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Name:
Arabic, Najdi Spoken
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Najdi Arabic; Bedawi; Arabic
Spoken in:
USA, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Canada
Number of speakers:
8,000,000 in Saudi Arabia. Population total all countries: 9,977,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
ars
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Arabian Peninsular (arbp)
Child Dialects:
Central Najdi; Rwala; Haayil; Al-Qasiim; Sudair; Riyadh; Hofuf; Biishah; Najraan; Wild `Ali; `Awaazim; Rashaayda; Mutair; `Utaiba; `Ajmaan (ars-cen)
South Anjdi; Aal Murrah; Najran (ars-sou)
North Najdi; Shammari; Bani Khaalid; Dafiir; Shammar (ars-nor)

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