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Maghrebi Arabic - Derija

Maghrebi Arabic is the general description for the varieties of Arabic spoken in the Maghreb. This area includes the following states:

Morocco

Tunisia

Algeria

Libya

Derija mostly spoken Arabic language only:

Maghrebi Arabic is a language that is mostly spoken only: Speakers of Maghrebi Arabic call the language Derija or Darija, which means "dialect." It is primarily used as a spoken language; written communication is primarily done in Modern Standard Arabic, along with news broadcasting.

Derija is used for almost all spoken communication, as well as in TV dramas and on advertising boards in Morocco and Tunisia.

Borrowed words from other languages:

Derija is characterized by many borrowings from the languages of the colonizers of North Africa, including France and Spain, as well as independent developments, much of which are probably due to a Berber influences.

Maghrebi dialects all use 'n-' as the first person singular prefix on verbs, distinguishing them from Middle Eastern dialects and Standard Arabic.

They frequently borrow words from French (in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), Spanish (in Morocco) and Italian (in Libya and to a lesser extent Tunisia) and conjugate them according to the rules of Arabic.

Derija is quickly changing and developing:

Since it is rarely written, there is no standard and it is free to change quickly and to pick up new vocabulary from neighboring languages. This rapid development of the language is similar to what happened to Middle English language after the Norman conquest.

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