Algerian Arabic (Arabic: الدارجة الجزائرية , romanized: ad-Dārja al-Jazairia), natively known as Dziria, Darja or Derja, is a dialect derived from the form of Arabic spoken in Algeria. It belongs to the Maghrebi Arabic language continuum and is partially mutually intelligible with Tunisian and Moroccan. Like other varieties of Maghrebi Arabic, Algerian has a mostly Semitic vocabulary. It contains Berber, Punic and Latin (African Romance) influences and has some loanwords from French, Andalusian Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Spanish. Algerian Arabic contains a few Berber loanwords which represent 8% to 9% of its vocabulary. Use Algerian Arabic is the native dialect of 75% to 80% of Algerians and is mastered by 85% to 100% of them. It is a spoken language used in daily communication and entertainment, while Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is generally reserved for official use and education. As in the rest of the Arab world, this linguistic situation has been described as diglossia: MSA is nobody's first acquired language; it is learned through formal instruction rather than transmission from parent to child. Besides informal communication, Algerian Arabic is rarely written. In 2008, The Little Prince was translated in Algerian Arabic. The first novel written in Algerian Arabic is published by Rabeh Sebaa in 2021 and is entitled Fahla (in Latin script and Arabic characters). Dialects The Algerian language includes several distinct dialects belonging to two genetically different groups: pre-Hilalian and Hilalian dialects. Hilalian dialects Hilalian dialects of Algeria belong to three linguistic groups: Eastern Hilal dialects: spoken in the Hautes Plaines around Sétif, M'Sila and Djelfa; Central Hilal dialects: of central and southern Algeria, south of Algiers and Oran; Mâqil dialects: spoken in the western part of Oranais (noted for the third singular masculine accusative pronoun h, for example, (I saw him), which would be in other dialects). Modern koine languages, urban and national, are based mainly on Hilalian dialects. Pre-Hilalian dialects Pre-Hilalian Arabic dialects are generally classified into three types: Urban, "Village" Sedentary, and Jewish dialects. Several Pre-Hilalian dialects are spoken in Algeria: Urban dialects can be found in all of Algeria's big cities. Urban dialects were formerly also spoken in other cities, such as Azemmour and Mascara, Algeria, where they are no longer used. The Jijel Arabic (or Jijeli Dialect) is spoken in the triangular area north of Constantine, including Collo and Jijel (it is noteworthy for its pronunciation of [q] as [k] and [t] as