Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan

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A language of Morocco

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Casablanca-Settat region.

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Canada

Language NameArabic, Judeo-Moroccan

User Population

2,960 in Canada (2016). Total Arabic speakers in Canada: 420,000 (2016 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Israel

Language NameArabic, Judeo-Moroccan

User Population

53,000 in Israel (Leclerc 2018a).

Location

Widespread.

Dialects

Many dialects. Much intelligibility with Tunisian Judeo-Arabic [aeb], some with Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic [yud], none with Judeo-Iraqi Arabic [yhd]. May be inherently intelligible with Moroccan Arabic [ary].

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

Shifting to Hebrew [heb].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Many borrowings from Spanish [spa], Ladino [lad] and French [fra]. Jewish.

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