Hijazi Arabic
E11659
Hijazi Arabic is a major regional variety of Arabic spoken primarily in western Saudi Arabia, especially in the Hijaz region including cities like Mecca, Medina, and Jeddah.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Hejazi Arabic | 0 | 2 |
| Bedouin Hijazi Arabic | 0 | 1 |
| Rural Hijazi Arabic | 0 | 1 |
| Urban Hijazi Arabic | 0 | 1 |
| Western Saudi Arabic | 0 | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic dialect
→
spoken language variety → vernacular Arabic → |
| center |
Jeddah
→
Mecca → Medina → |
| country | Saudi Arabia → |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hijazi Arabic
→
surface form:
Hejazi Arabic
Hijazi Arabic →
surface form:
Western Saudi Arabic
|
| hasDialect |
Hijazi Arabic
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Bedouin Hijazi Arabic
Hijazi Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Rural Hijazi Arabic
Hijazi Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Urban Hijazi Arabic
|
| hasFeature |
distinct phonology from Najdi Arabic
→
distinct second person pronoun forms → distinct vocabulary from Gulf Arabic → influence from Egyptian Arabic → influence from Hejazi Bedouin dialects → influence from Levantine Arabic → influence from Modern Standard Arabic → loss of most short vowels in unstressed positions → simplified case endings compared to Classical Arabic → urban–rural dialect continuum → use of /dʒ/ or /ʒ/ for Classical Arabic /ǧ/ in urban varieties → use of /g/ sound in some Bedouin varieties → use of analytic genitive constructions instead of iḍāfa in some contexts → use of progressive aspect markers similar to other urban Arabian dialects → |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
→
surface form:
Afro-Asiatic languages
Arabic → Central Semitic languages → Semitic languages → |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | many other urban Arabian dialects → |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith | some non-Arabic languages of Saudi Arabia → |
| partOf |
Arabic
→
surface form:
Arabic language continuum
|
| region |
Red Sea coastal region of Saudi Arabia
→
Western Saudi Arabia → |
| sociolinguisticStatus |
not typically used in formal writing
→
vernacular language of Hijaz inhabitants → |
| spokenIn |
Hejaz
→
surface form:
Hijaz region
Jeddah → Mecca → Medina → Saudi Arabia → Taif → Yanbu → |
| subclassOf |
Colloquial Arabic
→
Gulf Arabic →
surface form:
Peninsular Arabic
|
| usedAlongside | Modern Standard Arabic → |
| usedFor |
everyday communication in Hijaz
→
informal media in western Saudi Arabia → |
| usesScriptVariant | Arabic alphabet → |
| writingSystem |
Arabic alphabet
→
surface form:
Arabic script
|
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hejazi Arabic
this entity surface form:
Hejazi Arabic
this entity surface form:
Western Saudi Arabic
this entity surface form:
Urban Hijazi Arabic
this entity surface form:
Rural Hijazi Arabic
this entity surface form:
Bedouin Hijazi Arabic