Editing Najd (section)

== Language ==
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The people of Najd have spoken [[Arabic language|Arabic]], in one form or another, for practically all of recorded history. As in other regions of the peninsula, there is a divergence between the dialect of the nomadic Bedouins and the dialect of the sedentary townspeople. The variation, however, is far less pronounced in Najd than it is elsewhere in the country, and the Najdi sedentary dialect may be either a descended from the [[Arabic dialects|Bedouin dialect]], or due to similar conditions of isolation from foreign influence, they share similar isolated features being related dialects. The [[Najdi Arabic|Najdi dialect]] is seen by some to be the least foreign-influenced of all modern Arabic dialects, due to the isolated location and harsh climate of the Najdi plateau, as well as the apparent absence of any substratum from a previous language. Indeed, not even the ancient [[Old South Arabian|South Arabian]] language appears to have been widely spoken in Najd in ancient times, unlike southern Saudi Arabia, for example.

Within Najd itself, the different regions and towns have their own distinctive accents and sub-dialects. However, these have largely merged in recent times and have become heavily influenced by [[Varieties of Arabic|Arabic dialects]] from other regions and countries. This is particularly the case in Riyadh.