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Index / Languages
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Languages
Arabic is the dominant language of Saudi Arabia, although English is of great importance in business.
Being such a large country, Saudi Arabia is home of several major dialects, but a few of them are a result of immigration in modern times. The two largest are Najdi and Hijazi. Najdi dominates along the northern half along the Red Sea, Hijazi is spoken in the regions south of the Najdi region. Gulf Arabic is also native to the northern coast of Saudi Arabia, but is also the main language of Kuwait, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. In the regions where Gulf is the original dialect, internal migration has made Najdi and Hijazi dominant today.
Of the many foreign languages spoken in Saudi Arabia, these have in reality no influence on the nation as a whole, they are spoken only between work immigrants, who again use English, or Arabic, to communicate with other nationals or Saudis Arabians.
Circassian is spoken by nationals of Saudi Arabia of Circassian background, but they all have very conduct of Arabic.
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