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- Afroasiatic
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- Algerian Arabic
ISO 639-3 · arqarq
Afroasiatic family
Algerian Arabic
دريرية
Algerian Arabic is a language of the Maghrebi Arabic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Algeria. Wikidata counts 42.3 m first-language speakers (2024). Wikidata describes it as “Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language spoken in Algeria”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
arq- Glottocode
alge1239- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Centre point
- 35.42, 3.23
- Wikipedia
- 43 language editions
42.3 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Algerian Arabic · دريرية |
|---|---|
| Also called | arq, Magherbi Arabic |
| L1 speakers | 42,252,851 (2024) |
| Written in | Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Algerian Arabic
The branches above Algerian Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Algeria
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