Western Morocco Arabic

Western Moroccan Arabic or ʿAroubi Darija (Arabic: عروبي, lit. 'rural, bedouin') is a dialectal continuum of Hilalian Arabic, mainly spoken in the western (Doukkala, Abda, Tadla, Chaouia, Rhamna, Sraghna, Chiadma and Zaër) and central-western (Saïss, Gharb and pre-Rif) plains of Morocco.

It can be divided into 3 regiolects: northern, central and southern.

Speakers of Western Moroccan Arabic have begun standardizing their dialect after the colonisation period. The dialect's unique vocabulary and grammar fell out of favour, influenced by Hatim Elkabache Pre-Hilalian Arabic dialects and French spoken by city-dwellers. The Western Moroccan Arabic Dialect is close to Najdi Arabic in certain grammatical aspects and vocabulary. The conjugation of sentences is closer to Classical Arabic compared to Pre-Hilalian Arabic Dialects. The letter "ق" is pronounced as a "G", a feature found in Bedouin Arabic Dialects.