Hilalian dialects

Hilalian dialects
Hilalian dialects
اللهجات الهلالية
Region	Maghreb
Ethnicity	Arabs
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Maghrebi Arabic Hilalian dialects; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Libyan; Tamanrasset; Hassaniya; Chaoui Moroccan Arabic; Dukala Moroccan Arabic; Western Egyptian Bedawi Arabic;
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The Hilalian dialects (Arabic: اللهجات الهلالية) are a continuum of Arabic dialects of the Maghreb, which were introduced during the Hilalian invasions between the 11th and 12th centuries, as well as the migration of Arab Hilalian tribes to the Western Maghreb. These dialects played a great role in the emergence of the Egyptian and Maghrebi dialects.^[1] The Bani Hilal tribes settled in the region of Casablanca-Settat in Morocco, parts of Libya, central Algeria, and Tunisia.

^ François Decret, Les invasions hilaliennes en Ifrîqiya

[1] François Decret, Les invasions hilaliennes en Ifrîqiya

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