Hijazi Arabic Translator
About Hijazi Arabic
Hijazi Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken by approximately 7 million people in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, including the cities of Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. As the dialect of Islam's two holiest cities, it has been shaped by centuries of contact with pilgrims and traders from across the Muslim world.
Hijazi Arabic is written using the Arabic script, shared with Modern Standard Arabic. The urban Hijazi dialect has distinctive features that set it apart from the Najdi Arabic variety that dominates eastern Saudi Arabia. An interesting fact about Hijazi Arabic is that due to the historical cosmopolitan nature of Jeddah and the Hejaz region, it has absorbed loanwords from Turkish, Persian, Malay, and various African languages, reflecting centuries of cultural exchange along trade and pilgrimage routes.