Saudis
Also known as Saudi Arabians, Saudi, Saudi Arabian residents, Saudi Arabia residents, Saudi Arabian people, Saudi people, Saudi'yeen, Saudi'yoon
Saudis (; local dialects: , ) or Saudi Arabians are the citizen population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who speak the Arabic language, a Central Semitic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture. They are mainly composed of Arabs and live in the five historical Regions: Najd, Hejaz, Asir, Tihamah and Al-Ahsa; the regions which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded on or what was formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudis speak one of the dialects of Peninsular Arabic, including the Hejazi, Najdi, Gulf and Southern dialects (e.g. Bare
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Saudi Arabians
- Ethnic group.image
- Saudis People.svg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Map of Saudis in The World
- Ethnic group.population
- 22,000,000
- Ethnic group.popplace
- '''''' 20,080,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 1,771,894
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 167,511
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 440,773
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 100,247
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 21,842
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 102,604
- Ethnic group.pop8
- 41,900
- Ethnic group.pop9
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Culture
- Social life and customs
- Urban
- Afro-Saudi
- Bedouins
- Greetings
- Dress
- Religion
- Islam
- Non-Muslims
- Policy of exclusion
- Census
- Genetics
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
Saudis (; local dialects: , ) or Saudi Arabians are the citizen population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who speak the Arabic language, a Central Semitic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture. They are mainly composed of Arabs and live in the five historical Regions: Najd, Hejaz, Asir, Tihamah and Al-Ahsa; the regions which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded on or what was formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudis speak one of the dialects of Peninsular Arabic, including the Hejazi, Najdi, Gulf and Southern dialects (e.g. Bareqi), or South Arabian languages (e.g. Faifi) as a mother tongue.
==Culture==