Najdi Arabic | |
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Native to | Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria |
Native speakers
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(undated figure of 10 million) |
Afro-Asiatic
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Arabic alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | najd1235 |
Najdi Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة النجدية) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Najd region of Saudi Arabia.
There are four major dialects of Najdi Arabic.
Here is a table of the consonant sounds of Najdi Arabic. The phonemes /p/ ⟨پ⟩ and /v/ ⟨ڤ⟩ (not used by all speakers) are not considered to be part of the phonemic inventory, as they exist only in foreign words and can be pronounced as /b/ and /f/ respectively depending on the speaker.
Phonetic notes: