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إلعربية ديالنا

Moroccan Judeo-Arabic
  • Glottocode: jude1265
  • ISO 639-3: jrb
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Depending on where they lived, Moroccan Jews tended to be speakers either of Ladino (in places like Tetouan or Tangier) or Moroccan Judeo-Arabic (in places like Fez or Marrakesh), with some also speaking Amazigh (Berber) languages and many, especially in most recent times, also speaking Moroccan Arabic and the widespread colonial language, French. Within New York's Moroccan Jewish community — which includes synagogues in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn but is relatively small compared to other Jewish communities and to the Moroccan Jewish communities in Israel, France, Spain, and Latin America — there are a few who remember what was sometimes called il-‘arbiyya dyalna (our Arabic) in contrast to il- ‘arbiyya dil-msilmin (the Arabic of the Muslims) spoken by other Moroccans.
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