11 Facts About Moroccan Arabic

Moroccan Arabic, known as Darija, is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco.

Hassaniya Arabic, spoken in the Moroccan Sahara, is usually considered a separate spoken Arabic variety with some Amazigh vocabulary.

Moroccan Arabic was formed of several dialects of Arabic several belonging to two genetically different groups: pre-Hilalian and Hilalian dialects.

Similarly, and unlike most other Moroccan Arabic dialects, doubled consonants are never simplified to a single consonant, even when at the end of a word or preceding another consonant.

Newspapers in Moroccan Arabic exist, such as Souq Al Akhbar, Al Usbuu Ad-Daahik, the regional newspaper Al Amal, and Khbar Bladna (news of our country), which was published by Tangier-based American painter Elena Prentice between 2002 and 2006.

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Moroccan Arabic is characterized by a strong Berber as well as Latin stratum.

Some loans might have come through Andalusi Moroccan Arabic brought by Moriscos when they were expelled from Spain following the Christian Reconquest or, alternatively, they date from the time of the Spanish Protectorate in Morocco.

Also, unlike in Egyptian Moroccan Arabic, there are no phonological changes to the verbal cluster as a result of adding the circumfix.

Verbs in Moroccan Arabic are based on a consonantal root composed of three or four consonants.

In general, Moroccan Arabic is one of the least conservative of all Arabic languages.

Now, Moroccan Arabic continues to integrate new French words, even English ones due to its influence as the modern lingua franca, mainly technological and modern words.