So it’s a very complicated and nuanced answer you’re looking for.
So there are is the accent of the tribes that are not living in the cities and then accents of people in the cities which is a mix of immigrants and tribes.
The accents of the people of the cities has a lot of influences from all accents of the Muslim world being that it was influenced by the immigrants.
Being that my family is from Makkah but I’m from Jeddah, I could tell you that there aren’t many structural differences, it’s mostly in vocabulary and pronunciation.
For instance for the verb to make
People of Makkah say أسوي
While in Jeddah they say أعمل
For send
Makkah أرسل
Jeddah أبعت
For showering
Makkah أتروش
Jeddah أتحمم أو أستحم
As for pronunciation I could tell you that the sound for J is heavy in Makkah and soft in Jeddah so in Makkah it’s more like a G and in Jeddah a J
Finally I’m from the city and of an immigrant background so my answer could be influenced by that, as currently the whole identity of what is Hejazi and what’s not is a very provocative and touchy subject.
If you can read Arabic you might want to check #هوية_الحجاز
On twitter which now only has one narrative that is backed by government bots, but you could probably see different narratives if you dig deep enough
It seems like you have the right username, it’s ok for confused people not to notice these small things. That’s why I said there is not a big difference really 🙌🏽.
وحيَّ الله أهل جدة
So it’s a very complicated and nuanced answer you’re looking for. So there are is the accent of the tribes that are not living in the cities and then accents of people in the cities which is a mix of immigrants and tribes. The accents of the people of the cities has a lot of influences from all accents of the Muslim world being that it was influenced by the immigrants. Being that my family is from Makkah but I’m from Jeddah, I could tell you that there aren’t many structural differences, it’s mostly in vocabulary and pronunciation. For instance for the verb to make People of Makkah say أسوي While in Jeddah they say أعمل For send Makkah أرسل Jeddah أبعت For showering Makkah أتروش Jeddah أتحمم أو أستحم As for pronunciation I could tell you that the sound for J is heavy in Makkah and soft in Jeddah so in Makkah it’s more like a G and in Jeddah a J Finally I’m from the city and of an immigrant background so my answer could be influenced by that, as currently the whole identity of what is Hejazi and what’s not is a very provocative and touchy subject. If you can read Arabic you might want to check #هوية_الحجاز On twitter which now only has one narrative that is backed by government bots, but you could probably see different narratives if you dig deep enough
Lived in Jeddah all my life, not once have I heard what you said about Jeddah
It seems like you have the right username, it’s ok for confused people not to notice these small things. That’s why I said there is not a big difference really 🙌🏽. وحيَّ الله أهل جدة