ARY ISO 639-3
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
الدارجة (Darija) Autonym
A language of Morocco
- ISO 639
- ary
- Alternate Names
- Colloquial Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, Maghribi, Moroccan Arabic, Moroccan Colloquial Arabic, Moroccan Dareja, Moroccan Darija, Moroccan Dereja
- Autonym
- الدارجة (Darija)
- Population
- 27,900,000 in Morocco, all users. L1 users: 22,900,000 in Morocco (2016). L2 users: 5,000,000. Total users in all countries: 33,358,230 (as L1: 28,238,230; as L2: 5,120,000).
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
- Dialects
- Rabat-Casablanca Arabic, Fez, Meknes, Tangier, Oujda, Jebli (Jbala, Jebelia), Southern Morocco Arabic, Marrakech. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; genitives, adjectives, relatives after noun heads; articles and numerals before noun heads; question word initial; prefixes 3. suffixes 4; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case of noun phrase; verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject, object-obligatory; CCVCC; nontonal.
- Language Use
- Some also use French [fra]. Some also use Spanish [spa], in the north. Used as L2 by Central Atlas Tamazight [tzm], Ghomara [gho], Judeo-Moroccan Arabic [aju], Spanish [spa], Tachelhit [shi].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1932–2012.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Belgium
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
340,000 in Belgium (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
62,100 in Canada (2016). Total Arabic speakers in Canada: 420,000 (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
79,700 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Denmark
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
5,900 in Denmark (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Scattered.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Egypt
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
1,710,000 in Egypt (2019).
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed) View other languages of Western Sahara
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
8,150 in Western Sahara (2018).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Spain
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
870,000 in Spain (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of France
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
1,140,000 in France (2008 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Kingdom
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
15,200 in United Kingdom (2011). Total Arabic speakers in the United Kingdom: 159,000 (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Gibraltar
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
2,800 in Gibraltar (2015).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Italy
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
309,000 in Italy (2012 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Libya
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
306,000 in Libya (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Netherlands
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
481,000 in Netherlands, all users. L1 users: 361,000 in Netherlands (2019). L2 users: 120,000.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Norway
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
10,900 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Portugal
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
5,800 in Portugal (2021 Joshua Project). , based on ethnicity. Total Arabic speakers in Portugal: 25,800 (2021 Joshua Project).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
3,680 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
User Population
108,000 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census).
Map
Location: Widespread.
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