Najdi Arabic

Najdi Arabic
Native to	Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria
Native speakers	unknown (undated figure of 10 million)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Peninsular Najdi Arabic
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ars
Glottolog	najd1235
220px   regions where Najdi is the language of the majority   regions that were influenced by Najdi Arabic or have a Najdi population

Najdi Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة النجدية‎‎) is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Najd region of Saudi Arabia.

There are four major dialects of Najdi Arabic.

1. Northern Najdi, spoken in Ha'il Region and Al-Qassim Region in the Najd.
2. Central Najdi (Urban Najdi), spoken in the city of Riyadh and surrounding towns and farming communities.
3. Southern Najdi, spoken in the city of Al-Kharj and surrounding towns.
4. Badawi Najdi, spoken by the nomadic bedouins of Najd. Some tribes have their own distinct accents. Badawi Najdi is also spoken in neighboring Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Iraq.

Bibliography

• P.F. Abboud. 1964. "The Syntax of Najdi Arabic", University of Texas PhD dissertation.