Morrocan

The Marocain is a Semitic Langue , spoken by the Morocco ains Arabic-speaking people (and can also be included/understood by the populations berbèrophones). It belongs to the group of the Maghrebian dialects, with the Algerian , the Tunisian and the Maltais.

In Morocco, one calls this Dialecte the “ darija ”, and it is the language which is usually spoken, in the street, the daily life, and more and more at the time of events, official or not. However, with the center even of this language, there are several alternatives, which depend especially on the area from which the speaker comes. Thus, a Morrocan of the Northern does not express himself with same the Accent as a Morrocan of the Southern, and some Mot S are not the same ones. These alternatives are in general known of all, but there are certain speakers of various areas which cannot be included/understood perfectly.

Alternatives

Here various alternatives of the Moroccan dialectical Arabic:

To speak about Reduction - Casablanca: in general included/understood by all, it is diffused the most thanks to the mediae
Parler about Fès - Meknes recognized like the constant accent.
To speak about North (Tangier, Tetouan): many lexical loans to Spanish
To speak about the area of Doukkala: is often regarded as " campagnarde"
To speak Jbelli: Mountain dialect of the North-West spoken by Jbala, it is influenced by Tarifit (Rifain)
Parler about Marrakech
Parler about Oujda: Relatively near to the Algerian dialects

There exist differences enter the town speeches and the rural speeches. Certain cities like Tangier, Tetouan, Reduction, Salted and Fes comprise characteristics of Andalusian Arabic.

The Moroccan dialect is strongly influenced by the Berber Langue what increases its difference with the other Maghrebian dialects .

The number of speakers is estimated at approximately 30 million in Morocco, and a few hundreds of thousands in the countries of emigration ( fine 2001, 2,5 million Morrocans resides abroad) like mainly the Spain ( close to 500 000 Moroccan residents beginning 2006 ), the France, the Italy, the Belgium, the Netherlands, the Germany, or the Swiss .

Alphabet and pronunciation

The Moroccan dialect is associated with no form of standardized writing. He is generally written in Arabic. Nevertheless, with the appearance of new the means of communication on Internet and Mobile (SMS), the Morrocans having of provision especially of the Latin keyboards, use the Latin alphabet associated with figures which resemble Arab letters to be expressed in their dialect.

Web/SMS alphabet

the Latin alphabet

following figures to emulate letters of the alphabet Arab:

2 = ء " Hamza " or apostrophizes in Arabic 3 = ع " Al ʿAyn " 6 = ط " ṭāʾ " has; 7 = ح " Al ḥāʾ " 9 = ق " Al Qāf "

the association of couples of Latin letters to emulate letters of the alphabet Arab:

KH = خ " Al ḫāʾ " gh = غ " Al ġayn "

Another example of alphabet

b= B French

ḅ= emphatic of B, rather rare and non-existent in Classical Arabic and Eastern

t= in the majority of the town areas it is pronounced with a certain affriction (similar has /ts/ or has /tch/ in other areas, but is distinguished from t+s) whereas in rural the speeches known as " ɛrûbi" he is pronounced like one T French

ṯ= " th" English of the word " think" , this sound is non-existent in Moroccan Arabic, but to appear little in lexical loans with the Classical Arabic in certain speakers, although it is quasi always replaced per T

j= decides like a J French everywhere in Morocco, however it can occasionally be marked " dj" in some words, but that relates to only certain areas in particular the rural north and North-East and some speeches

ḥ= H pronounced at the bottom of the throat

ḫ= J of Spanish (Castilian), often retranscribed " kh"

d= D French

English ḏ= HT of the words " this" , " that". This sound is quasi-non-existent in Moroccan Arabic, it is marked only in certain mountainous regions of north. Always replaced by D

r= R rolled to Spanish or Italian. the majority of people of Fès do not pronounce it correctly, and that resembles more has a R American or a R French in their accent.

ṛ= emphatic of R, its non-existent in classical Arabic, it appears in some words

French z= Z

ẓ= emphatic of Z, its non-existent in classical Arabic, it appears in some words

s= S French

š= " ch" French as in the word " chose"

ṣ= emphatic of S

ḍ= emphatic of D

ṭ= emphatic of T

ظ= its non-existent in Morocco, always replaced by ḍ

ɛ= laryngeal, kind of vibration of the throat

ġ= R grasseyé, very near to the R French

f= F French

q= K pronounced at the bottom of the throat. this sound is sometimes interchangeable with " g". in certain old men town speeches and speech Jews it is marked " '" (attacks vocalic) but that remains very rare and in the process of disappearance

g= G French of the word " gare" , this sound generally appears to replace " q" especially in the speeches rural, but in the majority of the speeches, even town, it is frequently used for certain words. Only areas of north (Tangier.) and certain old men speech townsmen (the old city of Fès for example) use " exclusively; q". this sound can also appear for other reasons (loans, assimilations, dissimilations. .etc) and in this case it cannot be changed with " q". These rules are learned with the use.

k= K French

l= L French

ḷ= emphatic of L, this sound is non-existent in Classical Arabic, it appears in some words.

m= m French

ṃ= emphatic of m, this sound is non-existent in Classical Arabic, it appears in some words.

French n= N

h= H soft, like the H English of the words " have"

w= W English as in " water"

y= there as in yoyo

a= marked " è" in front of a normal consonant, and marked " a" opened in front of a emphatic consonant

i= marked " i" in front of a normal consonant, and " é" in front of emphatique

u= marked " ou" in front of a normal consonant, and " o" in front of emphatique

â= has long, even rule that for has

î= I long, even rule that for I

û= U long, even rule that for U

Hello: əs-salâm ɛlîkûm (That peace is on you).
Goodbye: b-əs-slâma (with peace).
Quelqu'un speaks French? : Wâš kâyən šî wâḥəd kayhdər l-fransâwiya ?
You speak French? : wâš katəhdər fransâwiya?
I am European: Âna urubbî
I am American: âna mirikâni
I am Arab: âna ɛərbî
I am French: âna fransâwi
Comment are you? : Kîf ḥâlək? kîf ḥâltək? (north) kî dâyər? (majority of the areas) kî râk? (is) -- or simply (everywhere) the bès? (reads. not badly?) = Ҫa goes? = Comment are you? /how are you?
Where is thing ''? (for a place): End jâ (T)? end jây (a)? (in certain areas one says “fâyən” and in others “wîn” instead of “end”
Where is thing ''? (for an object or a person): end huwa? fînû? fə-r-râh (fine râh)? according to the areas
Thank you: šukran, əḷḷâh ybârək fîk, bârak əḷḷâhu fîk, əḷḷâh iṭuwwəl ɛəmrek, əḷḷâh yərḥəm wəldîk and yəɛîšək (in the areas of the east)
How much? : Šḥâl?
It is how much? : b-šḥâl?
Please: ɛafâk, mən faḍlək, əḷḷâh iḥəllîk
Figures:

: One: Wâḥəd : Two: Jûj, zûj (in the east) : Three: tlâta : Four: rəbɛa : Five: ḥəmsa : Six: sətta : Seven: səbɛa : Eight: tmânya : Last nines: təsɛûd, təsɛa : Ten:

Of nothing will ɛašra: My kâyən muškîl, bla jmîl, lâ šukr ɛlâ wâjib
Good appetite: Šahiyya ṭayyba, b-əṣ-ṣəḥḥa, b-əš-šfa
Which is you make? : Šnu katɛaməl (northern)? âš kaddîr, âš taddîr (majority of the areas) wašta râk ddîr, smû râk ddîr? (is country)
Which this is you want? šnû/âš bġîti (m/f) (majority of the areas), šnû/âš ḥəbbîti (m/f) (area of Fès), wašta/smû bġît (m) /bġîti (F) (area of Oujda, is country)
Eloges: Tbârk əḷḷâh ɛlîk

Some Moroccan words

Slightly chantonnant, the Moroccan dialect is close to the Algerian , of the Tunisian , the Libyen and the Mauritanian. The Moroccan Arab dialect was influenced by the languages of Black Africa, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Berber and very slightly by Italian. Certain words Turkish, extremely rare are used in the extreme is country.

Certain words of frequent, typically Moroccan use:

- Mezian (good)

- Wakha (of agreement)

- B' hit (because)

- Tomobila (automobile)

- Trino/trane/Lmachina (darija Andalusian) (train)

- Because (coach)

- Magana (watch)

- Chnouhoua? Chnouhiyya? (What? What?)

- Kouzina/cousina/couchina (in the campaigns of Doukkala) (kitchen)

- Kifash (how?)

- Safi (it is all)

- Hetta shy/walou/Hetta haja (nothing)

- Meziane - myziana - mziwwna (beautiful/beautiful diminutive of beautiful; if known as in North)

- Bnine/ldid (delicious, appétissant)

- Talfasa (Television)

- Lma (Water)

- Makla (To eat)

- Yallah (Let us go there)

- Fine fayn (more refined) (Where)

- Wach… (Is what…)

- HS (my friend)/khouya (my brother) khty (my sister).

- Rajel (a man)/will mra (a woman). (says themselves to north and designates an young girl)/3ayel (says themselves to north and designates a young guy)

- Lmadrassa/sekouila (school)

- Tbawq: state second.

- Qahwa: coffee

- ḥlib: lait^ _ nas: people

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