Western Algerian Arabic
Western Algerian | |
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Northwestern Algerian Arabic Oranese Arabic Oranian Arabic | |
Native to | Algeria |
Region | Central Maghreb |
Ethnicity | Algerian Arab-Berbers and Haratins |
Arabic script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | oran1236 |
IETF | arq-u-sd-dz31 |
Western Algerian Arabic (also known as Northwestern Algerian Arabic, Oranese Arabic or Oranian Arabic; in Arabic: الوهرانية, romanized: al-wahrāniya) is a dialectal continuum of Algerian dialects Arabic, mainly spoken in Oran, Algeria.
It the western regional dialect of Algerian Arabic, belongs to the Maghrebi Arabic family, and marked by a Berber and Spanish substrates. As well it shares a rich vocabulary common with as the Maltese and the Tunisian Arabic. It has become known outside of Algeria, notably thanks to the Algerian folk music Raï since the 1980s.