| Maghrebi Arabic | |
|---|---|
| Darija, Western Arabic North African Arabic | |
| اللهجات المغاربية | |
| Region | Maghreb |
| Ethnicity | Maghrebi Arabs, also used as a second language by other ethnic groups in the Maghreb |
Native speakers | 88 million (2020–2022)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Arabic alphabet, Latin alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:arq – Algerian Arabicxaa – Andalusi Arabicmey – Hassaniya Arabicayl – Libyan Arabicmlt – Malteseary – Moroccan Arabicaao – Saharan Arabicsqr – Siculo-Arabicaeb – Tunisian Arabic |
| Glottolog | nort3191 |
Maghrebi Arabic (Arabic: اللَّهْجَة الْمَغارِبِيَّة, romanized: al-lahja l-maghāribiyya, lit. 'Western Arabic' as opposed to Eastern or Mashriqi Arabic), often known as ad-Dārija[a] (Arabic: الدارجة, meaning 'common/everyday [dialect]')[2] to differentiate it from Literary Arabic,[3] is a vernacular Arabic dialect continuum spoken in the Maghreb. It includes the Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Libyan, Hassaniya and Saharan Arabic dialects. Maghrebi Arabic has a predominantly Semitic and Arabic vocabulary,[4][5] although it contains a significant number of Berber loanwords, which represent 2–3% of the vocabulary of Libyan Arabic, 8–9% of Algerian and Tunisian Arabic, and 10–15% of Moroccan Arabic.[6] Maghrebi Arabic was formerly spoken in Al-Andalus and Sicily until the 17th and 13th centuries, respectively, in the extinct forms of Andalusi Arabic and Siculo-Arabic. The Maltese language is believed to have its source in a language spoken in Muslim Sicily that ultimately originates from Tunisia, as it contains some typical Maghrebi Arabic areal characteristics.[7]
- ^ Algerian Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Andalusi Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Hassaniya Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Libyan Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Maltese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
Moroccan Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
(Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box) - ^ Wehr, Hans (1979). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic: (Arab.-Engl.). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 319. ISBN 3447020024. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Harrell, Richard Slade (2004). A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic: Moroccan-English. Georgetown University Press. p. 18. ISBN 1589011031. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ Harrat, Salima (18 September 2018). "Maghrebi Arabic dialect processing: an overview". Journal of International Science and General Applications.
- ^ Elimam, Abdou (2009). Du Punique au Maghribi :Trajectoires d'une langue sémito-méditerranéenne (PDF). Synergies Tunisie.
- ^ Wexler, Paul (2012-02-01). The Non-Jewish Origins of the Sephardic Jews. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-2393-7.
- ^ Borg, Albert; Azzopardi-Alexander, Marie (2013). Maltese. Routledge. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1136855283. OCLC 1294538052. OL 37974130M. Wikidata Q117189264. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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