Languages that influenced the Moroccan Darija

in #travel7 years ago

For those who don't know know Morocco, I have to say that there are 2 official languages; Arabic and Tamazight. Still, those languages are not spoken in daily life. Only in official communications by the government etc. Darija is the one we use in our daily lives and it is a mix of Arabic, Tamazight, French, Spanish and probably other languages.

Examples of Darija words with Arabic origine

(Darija : Arabic : English)

Bab : باب : door

Klb or kalb : كلب : dog

Hob : حب : love

Dhab : ذهب : gold

Examples of Darija words with Tamazight origin

In Tamazight we use tifinagh alphabets and I don't have a keyboard of them so I will just write how we spell those words in Tamazight

Those are tifinagh alphabets
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(Darija : Tamazight : English)

Sarot : tasarot : key

Bargag : abargag : snitch

Mch : amoch : cat

Bra : tabrat : letter

Examples of Darija words with French origin

(Darija : French : English)

Tomobil : automobile : car

Rompwa : rondpoint : traffic circle

Brika : briquet : lighter

Portabl : portable : cell phone

Examples of Darija words with Spanish origines

(Darija : Spanish : English)

Manta : manta : blanket

Rwida : rueda : wheel

Simana : semana : week

Kurda : cuerda : rope

Blassa : plaza : place