Western Algerian Arabic (also known as Northwestern Algerian Arabic, Oranese Arabic or Oranian Arabic; in Arabic: الوهرانية, romanized: al-wahrāniya) is a dialectal continuum of Algerian dialects Arabic, mainly spoken in Oran, Algeria.[1]
| Western Algerian | |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Algerian Arabic Oranese Arabic Oranian Arabic | |
| Native to | Algeria |
| Region | Central Maghreb |
| Ethnicity | Algerian Arab-Berbers and Haratins |
| Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | oran1236 |
| IETF | arq-u-sd-dz31 |
It the western regional dialect of Algerian Arabic, belongs to the Maghrebi Arabic family, and marked by a Berber and Spanish substrates.[2] As well it shares a rich vocabulary common with as the Maltese and the Tunisian Arabic. It has become known outside of Algeria, notably thanks to the Algerian folk music Raï since the 1980s.
See also
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edit- ^ Algérie: Situation géographique et démolinguistique sur tlfq.ulaval.ca' (in French)
- ^ Le français en Algérie: lexique et dynamique des langues, Par Ambroise Queffélec, P 38 (in French)
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