Western Arabic dialects

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Maghrebi_Arabic
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo Maltese
gptkbp:compatibleWith formal writing
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Eastern_Arabic_dialects
gptkbp:glottologCode magr1238
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Tunisian_Arabic
gptkb:Algerian_Arabic
gptkb:Hassaniya_Arabic
gptkb:Libyan_Arabic
gptkb:Moroccan_Arabic
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:Hassaniya_Arabic
gptkb:Hilalian_dialects
gptkb:Pre-Hilalian_dialects
gptkb:Sulaym_dialects
gptkbp:historicalPeriod evolved after Arab conquest of North Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Arabic dialects
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Berber_languages
gptkb:Sub-Saharan_African_languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 aeb
arq
ary
ayl
mey
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afro-Asiatic
gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Semitic
gptkb:Central_Semitic
gptkbp:linguisticFeature distinctive pronunciation of qaf
lexical borrowings from Berber and Romance languages
phonological differences from Classical Arabic
use of French and Berber loanwords
gptkbp:mainlySpokenIn gptkb:Maghrebi_Arabs
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith low with Eastern Arabic dialects
gptkbp:notOfficialLanguageOf any country
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 70 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Maghreb
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Mauritania
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:Tunisia
gptkb:Western_Sahara
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Arabic_dialects
gptkbp:usedIn informal speech
gptkbp:writingSystem Arabic script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eastern_Arabic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6