Western Morocco Arabic


Western Moroccan Arabic or ʿAroubi Darija is a dialectal continuum of Hilalian Arabic, mainly spoken in the western and central-western plains of Morocco.
It can be divided into 3 regiolects: northern, central and southern.
Speakers of Western Moroccan Arabic have begun standardizing their dialect after the colonisation period. The dialect's unique vocabulary and grammar fell out of favour, influenced by Pre-Hilalian Arabic dialects and French spoken by city-dwellers. The Western Moroccan Arabic Dialect is close to Najdi Arabic in certain grammatical aspects and vocabulary. The conjugation of sentences is closer to Classical Arabic compared to Pre-Hilalian Arabic Dialects. The letter "ق" is pronounced as a "G", a feature found in Bedouin Arabic Dialects.