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Preferred term

arqAlgerian Arabic  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • Algerian Arabic is the variety or varieties of Arabic spoken in Algeria. In Algeria, as elsewhere, spoken Arabic differs from written Arabic; Algerian Arabic has a vocabulary mostly Arabic, with significant Berber substrates, and many new words and loanwords borrowed from French, Turkish and Spanish.

Entry terms

  • Arabic, Algerian

ISO 639-3 code

  • arq

In other languages

  • لهجة جزائرية

    Arabic

  • Arabeg Aljeria

    Breton

  • Alžirski arapski

    Croatian

  • Arabe algérien

    French

  • Алжирски арапски јазик

    Macedonian

  • Алжирский диалект арабского языка

    Russian

  • Árabe argelino

    Spanish

  • Swedish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/arq

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