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- Hijazi Saudi
ISO 639-3 · acwacw
Afroasiatic family
Hijazi Saudi
Hijazi Saudi is a language of the Semitic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Saudi Arabia. Wikidata counts 14.5 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “variety of Arabic spoken in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
acw- Glottocode
hija1235- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 23 language editions
14.5 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Hijazi Saudi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Hejazi Saudi, Hijazi Saudi |
| L1 speakers | 14,500,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 6,031,700 |
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Hijazi Saudi
The branches above Hijazi Saudi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Saudi Arabia
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