Morrocan Arabic dialect(s)

[kalina]

Marhaba! (i am not sure how to type arabic on this page)

Can anyone give some examples of how Morrocan Arabic differs from standard Egyptian Arabic? I am curious to know some of the commonly seen/heard differences. I know it is quite different.

Thank you!

 

[Heba]

Hi
Morrocan Arabic is certainly different from Egyptian Arabic. Sometimes, we do not understand what Morrocans say.

Generally, I notice that in the the Morrocan dialect, the ق is prounounced as it should be in standard arabic, while we Egyptians prounounce it as if it were an أ

Let me try to give you an example.hmmm, let us think of the word (قال ). In the Morrocan dialect and in standard Arabic, it will be pronounced as qal /qal/, while in the Egyptian dialect, it will be pronounced as /al/. If the Egyptian version can be written, it will be like this (آل ).

I am not well versed in the Morrocan dialect, so I cannot actually give you many more examples. Hope the one example I gave above was helpful.

 

[MarcB]

Although most Arabic dialects havve some local vocabulary. Most Moroccan words are the same as in other countries and can e easily recognized in the written form. Pronunciation is the big difference.The first vowel sound is ussually omitted. eg. sbah= sabah, tbeeb= tabeeb, etc.
ana nshoof= ana ashoof ihna nshoofu= ihna nshoof.
Barakallaufik( god blees you)= shokran (thank you) the response is laa shokra ala wajib( don't thank me, it's my duty)Just a few examples.

 

[Josh_]

Hi
Morrocan Arabic is certainly different from Egyptian Arabic. Sometimes, we do not understand what Morrocans say.

Generally, I notice that in the the Morrocan dialect, the ق is prounounced as it should be in standard arabic, while we Egyptians prounounce it as if it were an أ

Let me try to give you an example.hmmm, let us think of the word (قال ). In the Morrocan dialect and in standard Arabic, it will be pronounced as qal /qal/, while in the Egyptian dialect, it will be pronounced as /al/. If the Egyptian version can be written, it will be like this (آل ).

I was under the impression that the Moroccans actually pronounced words with a ق (such as قلب ) as 'g'. For instance the word qalb (heart) would be prononced galb. I have some Moroccan music in which the 'q' is pronounced 'g'. Maybe it is only with certain words or certain types of words. I will have to look into it further.

 

[MarcB]

Josh ,both Heba and you are right. Most Moroccans pronounce ق as q but in the south as g same for Tunisia, southern Egypt and much of the gulf states. This is referring to ammiya.

 

[yassine]

Marhaba! (i am not sure how to type arabic on this page)

Can anyone give some examples of how Morrocan Arabic differs from standard Egyptian Arabic? I am curious to know some of the commonly seen/heard differences. I know it is quite different.

Thank you!

hello
if you want to know how to speak moroccan dialect just send me sentences and i will translate them, i'm a moroccan!