Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan
A language of Israel
| Population | 250,000 in Israel (1992 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 258,930. |
| Region | Also in Canada, France, Morocco. |
| Dialects | Many dialects. Much intelligibility with Tunisian Judeo-Arabic [aeb], some with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic [yud], none with Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd]. May be inherently intelligible with Moroccan Arabic [ary]. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Judeo-Arabic [jrb] (Israel). |
| Language use | Also use Hebrew [heb]. |
| Language development | Radio programs. |
| Writing system | Hebrew script. |
| Comments | Many borrowings from Spanish, Ladino [lad], French. Jewish. |
Also spoken in:
Morocco
| Language name | Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan |
| Population | 8,930 in Morocco (2000). |
| Region | Casablanca. |
| Language map |
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara |
| Language use | Younger generation has French as mother tongue. Their Arabic is more similar to Moroccan Arabic than to Moroccan Judeo-Arabic. Mainly older adults. Some also use Spanish, French, or Hebrew [heb]. |
| Comments | A large number of borrowings from Spanish, Ladino [lad], and French. Several Jewish schools taught almost exclusively in Hebrew. Jewish. |
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