Moroccan Arabic

Moroccan Arabic is a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in Morocco
by about 20 million people. It is used mainly in everyday conversation,
while Modern Standard Arabic is used in offical communications with the
government and other public organisations, and a mixture of French and
Moroccan Arabic is used in business.

There is no standard way of writing Moroccan Arabic and it is rarely
written, though is used to some extent in poetry, newspapers and magazines.
The vocabulary is mainly of Arabic origin, with many words borrowed
from Berber, French and Spanish. Native names for Moroccan Arabic include
مغربي (Maġribi) and الدارجة (Darija).

Moroccan Arabic is more or less mutually intelligible with other varieties
of Maghrebi Arabic spoken in Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya, but speakers of Arabic
from other regions find it difficult to understand.

Moroccan Arabic pronunciation

Consonants

Vowels

Numerals and numbers

Information about Moroccan Arabic pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Sample text

Koul en-nas yetzadou h´ourrin ou metqaddin f-el-hemma w-el-h´ouqouq.
Âend-houm el-âqel w-ed-damir ou wajeb âli-houm yetâamlou
mâa baâd-houm baâd b-rouh´-el-khawa.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with
reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)