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Algerian Arabic
Algerian Arabic (Darja, Dziri) is the Maghrebi Arabic vernacular of Algeria, with Tellian, Saharan, and Hilalian varieties, a Berber substrate, heavy French borrowing, no official status, and limited standardization or NLP resources.
Hassaniya Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic (حسانية, Ḥassāniyya), also klâm el-bîḍân, is a Bedouin-type Maghrebi Arabic dialect of Mauritania, Western Sahara, and the Sahel, formed from Banu Hassan Arabic and Sanhaja Berber, official in Mauritania, with a strong oral poetry tradition.
Languages of Egypt
Languages of Egypt: Arabic (official; Modern Standard plus Egyptian Arabic dialects such as Cairene and Sa'idi), Nubian, Siwi Berber of Siwa, Beja, Domari, and liturgical Coptic, the last stage of Ancient Egyptian; minority languages face endangerment.
Moroccan Arabic (العربية المغربية الدارجة)
Moroccan Arabic (Darija, الدارجة) is Morocco's everyday spoken vernacular, a Maghrebi Arabic variety with Amazigh substrate and French/Spanish loanwords, spoken by ~92% (2024 census), diglossic with MSA, and lacking standard orthography.
Tunisian Arabic
Tunisian Arabic (Tounsi, Derja, تونسي; ISO 639-3 aeb) is the Maghrebi Arabic dialect of Tunisia, about 12 million speakers, n- first-person prefix, heavy vowel reduction, Berber, French, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish loanwords, no official standardization.