| Western Algerian | |
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| Northwestern Algerian Arabic Oranese Arabic Oranian Arabic | |
| Native to | Algeria |
| Region | CentralMaghreb |
| Ethnicity | AlgerianArab-Berbers andHaratins |
| Arabic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | oran1236 |
| IETF | arq-u-sd-dz31 |
Western Algerian Arabic (also known asNorthwestern Algerian Arabic,Oranese Arabic orOranian Arabic; inArabic:الوهرانية,romanized: al-wahrāniya) is adialectal continuum ofAlgerian dialectsArabic, mainly spoken inOran,Algeria.[1]
It the western regional dialect ofAlgerian Arabic, belongs to theMaghrebi Arabic family, and marked by aBerber andSpanish substrates.[2] As well it shares a rich vocabulary common with as theMaltese and theTunisian Arabic. It has become known outside of Algeria, notably thanks to the Algerianfolk musicRaï since the 1980s.
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