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 Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Algerian Arabic

Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Darija

Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eastern Libyan Arabic

Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hassaniya Arabic

Judeo-Arabic
surface form: Judeo-Algerian Arabic

Judeo-Arabic
surface form: Judeo-Moroccan Arabic

Judeo-Arabic
surface form: Judeo-Tunisian Arabic

Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Libyan Arabic

Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moroccan Arabic

Oran Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tunisian Arabic

Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 alphabet
surface form: 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
North Africa
surface form: Maghreb

Mauritania
Morocco
Tunisia
Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
subclassOf Arabic
Colloquial Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic self-linksurface differs
surface form: North African Arabic

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Jemaa el-Fnaa languageUsed Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic (Darija)
Nador majorSpokenLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Rif Berber influencedBy Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Chenoua usedAlongside Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Tétouan language Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Korandje language hasInfluenceFrom Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Riffian Berber hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Beni Iznasen language threatenedBy Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Beni Snous language shiftedTo Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
northwestern Tunisia hasLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Tunisian Arabic
Seraïdi (nearby mountain village and resort) languageSpoken Maghrebi Arabic
subject surface form: Seraïdi
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Ghomara language neighboringLanguages Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Peninsular Arabic contrastedWith Maghrebi Arabic
Larache languageUsed Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Tlemcen Arabic subclassOf Maghrebi Arabic
Tlemcen Arabic subclassOf Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Tlemcen Arabic dialectOf Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Oran dialect partOf Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Al Hoceima primaryLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Biskra Province usedLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Taghazout languageSpoken Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Inezgane languageUsed Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Place El Hedim languageUsed Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic (Darija)
Andalusian Arabic influenced Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Maghrebi Arabic dialects
Andalusian Arabic influenced Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Andalusian Arabic influenced Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Andalusian Arabic influenced Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Tunisian Arabic
Andalusian Arabic closelyRelatedTo Maghrebi Arabic
Andalusian Arabic closelyRelatedTo Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Taslḥit hasDialect Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Marrakesh dialect
Taslḥit usedAlongside Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Siculo-Arabic subclassOf Maghrebi Arabic
Siculo-Arabic developedFrom Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Maghrebi Arabic dialects
Siculo-Arabic closelyRelatedTo Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Tunisian Arabic
Siculo-Arabic closelyRelatedTo Maghrebi Arabic
Temara commonLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Bab El Oued, Algiers, Algeria hasLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
subject surface form: Bab El Oued
this entity surface form: Algerian Arabic
Témara commonLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Sidi Slimane languageSpoken Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Sidi Kacem languageUsed Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Medina of Salé languageUsed Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Shuwa Arabic relatedTo Maghrebi Arabic
Zagora languageUsed Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Houmt Souk localDialect Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Tunisian Arabic
Hakitia hasInfluenceFrom Maghrebi Arabic
Moroccan languageAssociated Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Moroccan Arabic
Central Tunisia hasLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Tunisian Arabic
Hassaniya-speaking Moors dialectOf Maghrebi Arabic
Medenine localLanguage Maghrebi Arabic
this entity surface form: Tunisian Arabic
Arabic language continuum hasPart Maghrebi Arabic