Western Algerian Arabic
Western Algerian Arabic (also known as Northwestern Algerian Arabic, Oranese Arabic or Oranian Arabic; in ) is a dialectal continuum of Hilalian Arabic, mainly spoken in Oran, Algeria.

It the western regional dialect of Algerian Arabic, belongs to the Maghrebi Arabic family, and marked by a Berber and Spanish substrates. As well it shares a rich vocabulary common with as the Maltese and the Tunisian Arabic. It has become known outside of Algeria, notably thanks to the Algerian folk music Raï since the 1980s.
Q215844
dialectal continuum
Concept
Q12192053
Hilalian
MEDIA
Q1422423
Arabic
Concept
Q131818
Oran
LOC
Q262
Algeria
LOC
Q56499
Algerian Arabic
Concept
Q1194795
Maghrebi Arabic
Concept
Q25448
Berber
Concept
Q1321
Spanish
Concept
Q9166
Maltese
Concept
Q56240
Tunisian Arabic
MEDIA
Q43343
folk music
Concept
Q839029
Raï
Concept
Q2859333
Western Algerian Arabic
Concept
1980-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1980
DATE
subclass of
instance of
country
subclass of