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ACW ISO 639-3

Arabic, Hijazi Spoken

A language of Saudi Arabia

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Hejazi Arabic, West Arabian Colloquial Arabic
Population
10,300,000 in Saudi Arabia (2018). , based on ethnicity. Total users in all countries: 10,792,400.
Location:
‘Asir, Bahah, Jizan, Madinah, Makkah, and Tabuk provinces; entire Red Sea coast and inland.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects
North Hijazi, South Hijazi, Valley Tihaamah, Coastal Tihaamah. North Hijazi has 4 subvarieties, South Hijazi has 16. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
User Population
395,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).
Location
Scattered.
Language Status
5 (Developing)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
User Population
30,400 in Eritrea (2020). Ethnic population: 80,000 (2010).
Location
Northern Red Sea and Southern Red Sea regions.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. The ethnic group, the Rashaida, migrated from Saudi Arabia to Eritrea in the 1840s. Muslim.
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Language Name
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
User Population
27,800 in Qatar (2019).
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Language Name
Arabic, Hijazi Spoken
User Population
39,200 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census).
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Map

Location: ‘Asir, Bahah, Jizan, Madinah, Makkah, and Tabuk provinces; entire Red Sea coast and inland.