Arabic, Algerian Spoken
A language of Algeria
| Population | 20,400,000 in Algeria (1996 Hunter). Population total all countries: 22,397,000. |
| Region | Also in Belgium, Egypt, France, Germany, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. |
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara |
| Alternate names | Algerian |
| Dialects | Constantine, Algiers, Oran. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia). |
| Language use | The Ouled Nail of Biskra speak Arabic [arq], but are ethnically separate. 3,000,000 L2 speakers. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1872–1964. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. |
| Comments | Muslim (Sunni), Christian. |
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