The Influance of Hajj in Hijazi Dilect

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The Influence of Hajj in the Hejazi Dialect: Phonetically, Morphologically, Lexically By Sara Hani Al-Oufey Ph.D Aziza Mohammed Al-Essah, lecturer Associate Professor of Linguistics Lane 424 seminar in Linguistics KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY 2011 1. Introduction Language change is known as one of the most interesting changes associated with the social changes that undergo any speech community. Starting from the fifteenth century, Hejaz region accommodates annually millions of pilgrims from all over the world. Makkah the center of the Islamic world with the holy mosque and Ka'ba, Medina as a tourist spot that holds the prophet's mosque, and Jeddah the Islamic harbor and the entrance for all pilgrims are the top three provinces that were influenced by this miraculous assembly. Therefore, International dealers from Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, Afghanistan, and Syria established bazaars and markets selling handmade crafted goodies and food which are famous at their hometowns. Houses and hospitals were built upon the increasing need of health care and housing for those who will inhabit Hejaz around Hajj time for about three to six months or maybe more. Cultural and educational fiesta strikes Hejaz while Ethiopian, American, Caucasian, Mongolian, and African pilgrims socialized with natives. The examples mentioned above were an encouraging environment for great communication opportunities between visitors and natives which eventually led to one of the most culturally diverse nations linguistically and socially. It is important to state here that Hejaz is not the only region that might be experiencing a change with similar factors. The famous Vatican city in Europe receives millions of Catholic pilgrims has no set official language. The inhibitors speak Italian, French, and Latin. Writer Mohamed Labib Alaptnoni in his book The Hejazi

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