Western Algerian Arabic

Western Algerian Arabic (also known as Northwestern Algerian Arabic, Oranese Arabic or Oranian Arabic; in Arabic: الوهرانية, romanized: al-wahrāniya) is a dialectal continuum of Algerian dialects 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.