Najdi Arabic

E36756

Arabic dialect variety of Arabic

Najdi Arabic is a central Arabian dialect of the Arabic language spoken primarily in the Najd region of Saudi Arabia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Najdi Arabic canonical	20
Najdi Arabic dialect	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arabic dialect ⓘ variety of Arabic ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gulf Arabic ⓘ Hijazi Arabic ⓘ surface form: Hejazi Arabic
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Central Najdi Arabic ⓘ surface form: Central Arabian Arabic Najdi ⓘ
hasDialect	Badawi Najdi Arabic ⓘ Central Najdi Arabic ⓘ Northern Najdi Arabic ⓘ Southern Najdi Arabic ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	distinct masculine and feminine plural pronouns ⓘ use of analytic genitive constructions alongside construct state ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	affrication of /k/ and /g/ in some environments ⓘ preservation of classical Arabic interdental fricatives in many subdialects ⓘ
hasRegister	colloquial speech ⓘ informal media ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	subject–verb–object word order also used ⓘ verb–subject–object word order as common ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	ars ⓘ
languageBranch	Semitic languages ⓘ
languageCodeStandard	ISO 639 ⓘ surface form: ISO 639-3
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup	Central Semitic languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup	Arabic ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility	high with other central and northern Arabian dialects ⓘ partial with Gulf Arabic ⓘ partial with Levantine Arabic ⓘ
partOf	Arabic ⓘ surface form: Arabic language
primaryRegion	Najd ⓘ central Saudi Arabia ⓘ
regionType	central Arabian dialect area ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
sociolinguisticSituation	diglossia with Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
spokenIn	Al Jawf Region ⓘ surface form: Al-Jawf Region Al-Kharj ⓘ Al-Majma'ah ⓘ Arar ⓘ Buraydah ⓘ Ha'il Region ⓘ Qassim Region ⓘ Riyadh ⓘ Buraydah ⓘ surface form: Unaizah parts of Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia ⓘ rural areas of Najd ⓘ urban areas of Najd ⓘ
subclassOf	Peninsular Arabic ⓘ surface form: Central Arabian Arabic Peninsular Arabic ⓘ
usedAlongside	Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
usedIn	everyday communication in Najd ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Gulf Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Colloquial Arabic → includes → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Najd → language → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Najd → dialect → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Sanʽani Arabic → isDistinctFrom → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Nejd → dialect → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Peninsular Arabic → hasDialect → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Northern Najdi Arabic → subdivisionOf → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Badawi Najdi Arabic → subclassOf → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Badawi Najdi Arabic → dialectOf → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Badawi Najdi Arabic → mutualIntelligibility → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Southern Najdi Arabic → subclassOf → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Al-Ghat → hasSpokenDialect → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Central Najdi Arabic → subclassOf → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Central Najdi Arabic → dialectCluster → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Bedouin Arabic → hasDialect → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Mutayr → traditionalDialect → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Central Arabia → dominantDialect → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

Ha'il city → languageUsed → Najdi Arabic ⓘ

subject surface form: Ha'il

this entity surface form: Najdi Arabic dialect

Arabic language continuum → hasPart → Najdi Arabic ⓘ