Les variétés arabes de Ghomara ? s-sāħǝl vs. ǧ-ǧbǝl (la côte vs. la montagne)

Abstract

This article focuses on the linguistic variation among the Ghomara, northern Morocco. In order to do this, the imperfective preverbal markers and the spirantisation of dental phonemes are studied to highlight the variation between coastal and inland regions. At the same time, it attempts to show the first signs of linguistic change in the speech of young people. The data were collected in Qāʕ Asrās (on the coast of Bni Zyāt) and two villages of the mountainous tribe of Bni Sǝlmān between March 2014 and May 2015, and they include informants aged between 15 and 80.