Maghrebi Arabic

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Maghrebi Arabic is a group of closely related Arabic dialects spoken in North Africa, particularly in countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania, characterized by significant Berber, French, and other linguistic influences.

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Generate an image of Maghrebi Arabic (Maghrebi Arabic is a group of closely related Arabic dialects spoken in North Africa, particularly in countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania, characterized by significant Berber, French, and other linguistic influences.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic dialect group ⓘ
spoken language variety ⓘ
vernacular Arabic ⓘ
coexistsWith Berber languages ⓘ
French ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasDialect Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Darija ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Eastern Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Judeo-Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Judeo-Arabic

Judeo-Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Judeo-Arabic

Judeo-Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Judeo-Arabic

Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Oran Arabic ⓘ
Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Western Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
hasFeature extensive lexical borrowing from French ⓘ
high degree of internal dialectal variation ⓘ
phonological reduction of short vowels ⓘ
significant divergence from Eastern Arabic dialects ⓘ
strong Berber substrate ⓘ
use of preverbal particles for negation ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script ⓘ
influencedBy Berber languages ⓘ
Classical Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
ISOStatus not assigned a single ISO 639-3 code as a group ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Arabic languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch Central Semitic languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility partially mutually intelligible with other Arabic dialects ⓘ
primaryUse everyday spoken communication ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Algeria ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
subclassOf Arabic ⓘ
Colloquial Arabic ⓘ
North African Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

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Arabic → hasDialectGroup → Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
Arabic → hasDialectGroup → Andalusian Arabic (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic → subclassOf → North African Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Darija ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Western Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Eastern Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Gulf Arabic → distinctFrom → Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
Tunis → commonlySpokenLanguage → Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Fez → language → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Oran → commonlySpokenLanguage → Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → influences → Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → lexicalSimilarityWith → Maghrebi Arabic (lower than with Levantine) ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Marrakesh → languageUsed → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Constantine → language → Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Siwi → hasNeighborLanguage → Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Siwi → influencedBy → Libyan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Shami Arabic → relatedTo → North African Arabic dialects ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Safia Farkash → ethnicGroup → Libyan Arab ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Colloquial Arabic → includes → Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
Oran Arabic → partOf → Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
Oran Arabic → partOf → Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Oran Arabic → closeTo → Algiers Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Oran Arabic → belongsTo → North African Arabic dialects ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Tangier → widelySpokenLanguage → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Meknes → languageUsed → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Medina of Tetouan → languageUsed → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Salé → commonLanguage → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Llanito → hasLanguageInfluence → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Algiers Province → languageUsed → Algerian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Haketia → influencedBy → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Haketia → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Fes el-Bali → languageUsed → Moroccan Arabic (Darija) ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
El Jem → languageUsed → Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Northern Morocco → hasLanguage → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Morocco
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Fes el-Jdid → language → Moroccan Arabic (Darija) ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Téboursouk → commonLanguage → Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Aït Mansour Gorge → languageRegion → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Ouarzazate region → language → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Jbel Bani → hasLanguage → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Beni Mellal → languageUsed → Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Mughrabi Quarter → languageOfCommunity → Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
Masri → isDistinctFrom → Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
Sfax → languageUsed → Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
Sousse → language → Tunisian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic