In all languages, there are going to be sounds that differ from each other. Darija is no exception. Although Darija is mostly derived from Arabic there are some sounds that are derived from french and i’m sure some sounds may even come from berber(the language of the native people from morocco) although I am not …
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what’s up with the numbers in Darija?
As I begin trying to study Darija I noticed some distinctions between this language and formal Arabic. The first being that Darija is a language that is meant to be spoken not read. When reading the language I immediately noticed that the English script is being used to represent the letters instead of the Arabic. …