Heath, Jeffrey2024-03-182024-03-182020-04-08https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3744519https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/833https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/786https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/786https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/786Morocco, even if the disputed Western Sahara is excluded, is rivaled only by Yemen in its variety of Arabic dialects. Latin/Romance sub- and ad-strata have played crucial roles in this, especially 1. when Arabized Berbers first encountered Romans; 2. during the Muslim and Jewish expulsions from Iberia beginning in 1492; and 3. during the colonial and post-colonial periods.MoroccoArabicArabic dialectsMoroccan Arabic