Gulf Arabic
The main phonological feature that differentiates urban Hejazi from other peninsular dialects in regards to consonants; is the pronunciation of the letters , and (see Hejazi Phonology) and the pronunciation of as in Standard Arabic. Another differential feature is the lack of palatalization for the letters , and , unlike in other peninsular dialects where they can be palatalized in certain positions e.g. Hejazi 'new' vs. Gulf Arabic and Hejazi 'with you' vs. traditional Najdi .