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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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