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Arabic variety of western Morocco From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Western Moroccan Arabic or ʿAroubi Darija (Arabic: عروبي, lit. 'rural, bedouin')[1] is a dialectal continuum of Hilalian Arabic, mainly spoken in the western (Doukkala, Abda, Tadla, Chaouia, Rhamna, Sraghna, Chiadma and Zaër) and central-western (Saïss, Gharb and pre-Rif) plains of Morocco.[2]
It can be divided into 3 regiolects : northern, central and southern.[3]
Speakers of Western Moroccan Arabic have declined after the colonisation period. The dialect falling out of favour, replaced by Pre-Hilalian Arabic dialects.[citation needed] The Western Moroccan Arabic Dialect is closer to Najdi Arabic in some terminology, and the conjugation of sentences is closer to Classical Arabic compared to other moroccan dialects. The letter (ق) is pronounced as a "G", which is a feature found only in Bedouin Arabic Dialects. This is due to the Hilalian heritage of the dialect, which itself is of Bedouin Arabic stock with Pre-Hilalian admixture.[citation needed]
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