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    If they speak their local Arab dialects, can a person from Morocco and a person from Iraq understand each other?

    Question #84258. Asked by author. (Aug 07 07 5:03 AM)


    Arpeggionist

    		There are many "localisms" that different Arab dialects have. A Morrocan and an Iraqi would have only a little trouble understanding each other, as if one were speaking Frissian and the other Flemish. Certainly there are plenty of Morrocans and Iraqis in Israel, but their Arabic, like their Hebrew, has melded over the years into a sort of "Yerushalmi" dialect, which takes the best of their extremes and gives it a new flavor.

    Aug 07 07, 6:07 AM
    Vy_lette

    		No.

    The Arabic language is a Semitic language with many varieties that diverge widely from one another -— both from country to country and within a single country.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Arabic

    Aug 07 07, 6:54 AM

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