Najdi Arabic
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Najdi Arabic is a central Arabian dialect of the Arabic language spoken primarily in the Najd region of Saudi Arabia.
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 (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.