Arabic, Hijazi Spoken

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A language of Saudi Arabia

Location

‘Asir, Bahah, Jizan, Madinah, Makkah, and Tabuk provinces; entire Red Sea coast and inland.

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Eritrea

Language NameArabic, Hijazi Spoken

User Population

30,400 in Eritrea (2020). Ethnic population: 80,000 (2010).

Location

Northern Red Sea and Southern Red Sea regions.

Alternate Names

Rashaida, Rashida

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. The ethnic group, the Rashaida, migrated from Saudi Arabia to Eritrea in the 1840s. Muslim.

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Qatar

Language NameArabic, Hijazi Spoken

User Population

27,800 in Qatar (2019).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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United Arab Emirates

Language NameArabic, Hijazi Spoken

User Population

395,000 in United Arab Emirates (2020).

Location

Scattered.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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United States

Language NameArabic, Hijazi Spoken

User Population

39,200 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Arabic, Hijazi Spoken

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A language of Saudi Arabia

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