Oran Arabic

E43178
Arabic dialect Maghrebi Arabic variety vernacular language

Oran Arabic is a regional variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in and around the city of Oran in northwestern Algeria, characterized by its distinctive phonology and vocabulary influenced by Berber, French, and Spanish.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Oran Arabic canonical 2
Orani Arabic 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic dialect ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic variety ⓘ
vernacular language ⓘ
belongsTo Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: North African Arabic dialects
closeTo Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Algiers Arabic

Tlemcen Arabic ⓘ
other urban Algerian Arabic dialects ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
differsFrom Classical Arabic ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Oran dialect ⓘ
Oran Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Orani Arabic
hasContactWith Berbers ⓘ
surface form: Berber

French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasFeature borrowed Berber toponyms and everyday terms ⓘ
code-switching with French among bilingual speakers ⓘ
loanwords from Spanish maritime and trade vocabulary ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Berber languages ⓘ
Classical Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinctive vowel system compared to Standard Arabic ⓘ
influence from neighboring Bedouin-type dialects ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus low prestige compared to Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
primarily spoken, rarely written ⓘ
languageBranch Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageGroup Arabic ⓘ
languageSubbranch Central Semitic languages ⓘ
partOf Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Algerian Arabic

Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
region Oran ⓘ
surface form: Oran metropolitan area

western Algeria ⓘ
spokenIn Algeria ⓘ
Oran ⓘ
Oran ⓘ
surface form: Oran Province

northwestern Algeria ⓘ
typicalSpeakers inhabitants of Oran ⓘ
urban population of northwestern Algeria ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication ⓘ
informal speech ⓘ
local popular music lyrics ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maghrebi Arabic → hasDialect → Oran Arabic ⓘ
Oran Arabic → hasAlternativeName → Oran Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orani Arabic
Tlemcen Arabic → closelyRelatedTo → Oran Arabic ⓘ