🇩🇿 What Language Do They Speak in Algeria?
The short answer
Algeria's official languages are Arabic and Tamazight (Berber). Everyday speech is Darja — Algerian Arabic laced with French and Berber words — and French itself remains widespread in business, media and universities despite having no official status.
Worth knowing
- ●Algeria is often called the world's second-largest French-speaking country by number of speakers
- ●Kabyle is the largest Tamazight variety, spoken in the mountains east of Algiers
- ●Algerian Darja can be hard for Middle Eastern Arabs to follow — the French mix-ins are constant
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