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Judeo-Moroccan Arabic is the variety or the varieties of the Moroccan vernacular Arabic spoken by Moroccan Jews living or formerly living in Morocco . Historically, the majority of Moroccan Jews spoke Moroccan vernacular Arabic , or Darija , as their first language, even in Amazigh areas, which was facilitated by their literacy in Hebrew script . The Darija spoken by Moroccan Jews, which they referred to as al-‘arabiya diyalna ("our Arabic") as opposed to ‘arabiya diyal l-məslimīn (Arabic of the Muslims), typically had distinct features, for example, they would pronounce s as š and z as ž, some lexical borrowings from Hebrew , and in some regions Hispanic features from the migration of Sephardi Jews following the Alhambra Decree . The Jewish dialects of Darija spoken in different parts of Morocco had more in common with the local Moroccan Arabic dialects than they did with each other. Nowadays, speakers of the language are usually older adults. The young generation of the Jews of Morocco who studied at schools of the Alliance Israelite Universelle under the French protectorate made French their mother tongue. After 1948, the vast majority of Moroccan Jews migrated to Israel and have switched to using Hebrew as their native language . Those who immigrated to metropolitan France typically use French as their first language, while the few still left in Morocco tend to use either French, Moroccan or Judeo-Moroccan Arabic in their everyday lives. "Curses and profanity in Moroccan Jewish-Arabic and what's left of it in the Hebrew sociolect of Israelis from Moroccan origins" . Langues en contact dans le judéo-arabe de Fès : le système consonantique . Ethnologue: Languages of the World . 15th edition.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Judeo-Moroccan Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Morocco . 99% of all current speakers now live in Israel . The few speakers remaining in Morocco are usually older adults. Ethnologue: Languages of the World . 15th edition.
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Judeo-Moroccan Arabic is a variety of the Arabic Language spoken by Jewish people living or formerly living in Morocco .The vast majority of all current speakers now live in France and Israel . The few speakers remaining in Morocco are usually older adults. Judeo-Moroccan Arabic at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Raymond G. Ethnologue: Languages of the World . 15th edition.
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Judeo-Moroccan Arabic is a variety of the Arabic Language spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Morocco and Algeria .Speakers of the language are usually older adults.The vast majority of Moroccan Jews and Algerian Jews have relocated to Israel and have switched to using Hebrew as their home language .Those in France typically use French as their first language, while the few still left in Morocco and Algeria tend to use either French, Moroccan or Algerian Arabic in their everyday lives. Judeo-Moroccan Arabic at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Raymond G. Ethnologue: Languages of the World . 15th edition.
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Judeo-Arabic variety of Morocco Judeo-Moroccan Arabic is the variety or the varieties of the Moroccan vernacular Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Morocco .Historically, the majority of Moroccan Jews spoke Moroccan vernacular Arabic , or Darija , as their first language, even in Amazigh areas, which was facilitated by their literacy in Hebrew script .The Darija spoken by Moroccan Jews, which they referred to as al-‘arabiya diyalna ("our Arabic") as opposed to ‘arabiya diyal l-məslimīn (Arabic of the Muslims), typically had distinct features, such as š>s and ž>z "lisping," some lexical borrowings from Hebrew , and in some regions Hispanic features from the migration of Sephardi Jews following the Alhambra Decree .The Jewish dialects of Darija spoken in different parts of Morocco had more in common with the local Moroccan Arabic dialects than they did with each other. Nowadays, speakers of the language are usually older adults. The young generation of the Jews of Morocco who studied at schools of the Alliance Israelite Universelle under the French protectorate made French their mother tongue. The vast majority of Moroccan Jews have relocated to Israel and have switched to using Hebrew as their native language . Those who immigrated to metropolitan France typically use French as their first language, while the few still left in Morocco tend to use either French, Moroccan or Judeo-Moroccan Arabic in their everyday lives."Curses and profanity in Moroccan Jewish-Arabic and what's left of it in the Hebrew sociolect of Israelis from Moroccan origins" .Langues en contact dans le judéo-arabe de Fès : le système consonantique . Ethnologue: Languages of the World . 15th edition.
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variety of arabic spoken by jews living or formerly living in morocco
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variety or the varieties of the moroccan vernacular arabic spoken by moroccan jews living or formerly living in
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