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- Afroasiatic
- Maghrebi Arabic
- Moroccan Arabic
ISO 639-3 · aryary
Afroasiatic family
Moroccan Arabic
الداريجة
Moroccan Arabic is a language of the Maghrebi Arabic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Morocco and Western Sahara. Wikidata counts 27.5 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language spoken in Morocco”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ary- Glottocode
moro1292- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Centre point
- 35.10, -5.90
- Wikipedia
- 50 language editions
27.5 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Moroccan Arabic · الداريجة |
|---|---|
| Also called | Darija, Moroccan Arabic language, Moroccan Vernacular Arabic, Moroccan Darija |
| L1 speakers | 27,500,000 (2019) |
| 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 Moroccan Arabic
The branches above Moroccan 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 Morocco
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