Dialect comparison

Algerian Arabic vs Sudanese Arabic

Compare two dialects of Arabic side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Algerian Arabic

Dziri · Darja

The Maghrebi Arabic of Algeria. Internally varied between urban Tellian, Saharan, and Hilalian rural varieties; carries deep Berber substrate and French contact lexicon.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
36.75°, 3.06°
Sudanese Arabic

The Arabic of Sudan, retaining a number of older features lost in other dialects and shaped by long contact with Nubian and other African languages.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
15.50°, 32.56°

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