Maghrebi Arabic

E6831

Arabic dialect group spoken language variety vernacular 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.

Aliases (15)

Moroccan Arabic ×11
Algerian Arabic ×5
Libyan Arabic ×4
Tunisian Arabic ×4
Moroccan Arabic (Darija) ×2
North African Arabic dialects ×2
Algiers Arabic ×1
Andalusian Arabic (historical) ×1
Darija ×1
Eastern Libyan Arabic ×1
Hassaniya Arabic ×1
Libyan Arab ×1
Maghrebi Arabic (lower than with Levantine) ×1
North African Arabic ×1
Western Libyan Arabic ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arabic dialect group → spoken language variety → vernacular Arabic →
coexistsWith	Berber languages → French → Italian → Modern Standard Arabic → Spanish →
hasDialect	Algerian Arabic → Darija → Eastern Libyan Arabic → Hassaniya Arabic → Judeo-Algerian Arabic → Judeo-Moroccan Arabic → Judeo-Tunisian Arabic → Libyan Arabic → Moroccan Arabic → Oran Arabic → Tunisian Arabic → Western Libyan 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 → 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 → Mauritania → Morocco → Tunisia → Western Sahara →
subclassOf	Arabic → Colloquial Arabic → North African Arabic →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maghrebi Arabic ("Moroccan Arabic") → Maghrebi Arabic ("Algerian Arabic") → Maghrebi Arabic ("Tunisian Arabic") → Maghrebi Arabic ("Libyan Arabic") → Maghrebi Arabic ("Hassaniya Arabic") → Maghrebi Arabic ("Darija") → Maghrebi Arabic ("Western Libyan Arabic") → Maghrebi Arabic ("Eastern Libyan Arabic") →	hasDialect
Algiers Province ("Algerian Arabic") → El Jem ("Tunisian Arabic") → Fes el-Bali ("Moroccan Arabic (Darija)") → Marrakesh ("Moroccan Arabic") → Medina of Tetouan ("Moroccan Arabic") → Meknes ("Moroccan Arabic") →	languageUsed
Constantine ("Algerian Arabic") → Fes el-Jdid ("Moroccan Arabic (Darija)") → Fez ("Moroccan Arabic") →	language
Salé ("Moroccan Arabic") → Téboursouk ("Tunisian Arabic") →	commonLanguage
Oran ("Algerian Arabic") → Tunis ("Tunisian Arabic") →	commonlySpokenLanguage
Arabic → Arabic ("Andalusian Arabic (historical)") →	hasDialectGroup
Haketia ("Moroccan Arabic") → Siwi ("Libyan Arabic") →	influencedBy
Oran Arabic → Oran Arabic ("Algerian Arabic") →	partOf
Oran Arabic ("North African Arabic dialects") →	belongsTo
Oran Arabic ("Algiers Arabic") →	closeTo
Gulf Arabic →	distinctFrom
Safia Farkash ("Libyan Arab") →	ethnicGroup
Northern Morocco ("Moroccan Arabic") →	hasLanguage
Llanito ("Moroccan Arabic") →	hasLanguageInfluence
Haketia ("Moroccan Arabic") →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Siwi ("Libyan Arabic") →	hasNeighborLanguage
Colloquial Arabic →	includes
Arabs →	includeSpeakersOf
Egyptian Arabic ("Libyan Arabic") →	influences
Egyptian Arabic ("Maghrebi Arabic (lower than with Levantine)") →	lexicalSimilarityWith
Shami Arabic ("North African Arabic dialects") →	relatedTo
Maghrebi Arabic ("North African Arabic") →	subclassOf
Tangier ("Moroccan Arabic") →	widelySpokenLanguage