AJU ISO 639-3
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan
A language of Morocco
- ISO 639
- aju
- Alternate Names
- il‘arabiyya dyalna
- Population
- 8,930 in Morocco (2000). 90% in Casablanca (1997 World Jewish Congress). Total users in all countries: 65,910.
- Location:
- Casablanca-Settat region.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
- Dialects
- A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic [jrb].
- Language Use
- Youth have French [fra] as L1. Arabic used is more similar to Moroccan Arabic [ary] than to Moroccan Judeo-Arabic. Adults only. Most shifting to French [fra]. Some shifting to Moroccan Spoken Arabic [ary]. Also use Hebrew [heb]. Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Radio. Dictionary. Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan
- Writing
- Hebrew script [Hebr].
- Other Comments
- Many borrowings from Spanish [spa], Ladino [lad], and French [fra]. Jewish.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan
User Population
2,960 in Canada (2016). Total Arabic speakers in Canada: 420,000 (2016 census).
- Location
- Widespread.
- Dialects
- Many dialects. Much intelligibility with Tunisian Judeo-Arabic [aeb], some with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic [yud], none with Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd]. May be inherently intelligible with Moroccan Arabic [ary].
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Many borrowings from Spanish [spa], Ladino [lad] and French [fra]. Jewish. View other languages of Israel
Language Name
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan
User Population
53,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).
Map
Location: Casablanca-Settat region.
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