Moroccan Arabic
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Moroccan Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة المغربية, Moroccan Arabic: الدارجة المغربية), known as Darija in Morocco, is a form of Arabic spoken in Morocco.[2] It is mutually intelligible to Algerian Arabic. It is spoken as a first language by about 50% to 75% of Morocco's population.
| Moroccan Arabic | ||||
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| الدارجة اللهجة المغربية <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639-2' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Darija | ||||
| Pronunciation | [ddæɾiʒæ] | |||
| Native to | Morocco | |||
| Ethnicity | Arab-Berbers | |||
| Native speakers | 30.551 million (2014)[1] | |||
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Writing system | Arabic alphabet | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-3 | ary | |||
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Moroccan Arabic Media
Nawal speaking Moroccan Arabic.
Decorations written in Moroccan Arabic at Chez Ali palace in Marrakech.
A Moroccan person from the city of Salé speaking Moroccan Arabic
Ethno-linguistic map of northern Morocco: Pre-Hilalian speaking areas in purple (Mountain Arabic) and blue (old urban, village).
A 1922 issue of the newspaper El Horria in Darija with Hebrew script.
An interview with Salma Rachid, a Moroccan singer while she speaks Moroccan Arabic.
References
- ↑ "RGPH 2014". Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
- ↑ Yabiladi.com. "Darija, a lingua franca influenced by both Arabic and Berber". en.yabiladi.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.