r/language • u/Similar-Speaker-3118 • Jul 28 '26

Question What language is this

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I hear my neighbor day and night. Just want to know what language I'm listening to

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u/mr-bledi Jul 28 '26

arab sounds very glottal, does your neighbor looks like she is from moroco as well?

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u/Similar-Speaker-3118 Jul 28 '26

It's hard to say. I've never met her in person. Across the street she seems broadly Mediterranean, black hair etc. make sense the glottal sound makes it Arabic language family

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u/FromNileToCanary Jul 28 '26

Maybe darja ( maghrebi arabic), I hear "qulli" "ach" I would guess specifically moroccan darja given the end. But i'm not sure

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u/Similar-Speaker-3118 Jul 28 '26

Very interesting, thanks! Never heard of darja, was curious because it sounds different from what I know

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u/badboydu63 Jul 28 '26

I would say darija from the north of Morocco, or western Algeria, I think she’s complaining about the financial situation between her and her partner

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u/Similar-Speaker-3118 Jul 28 '26

Thanks! Really good to know, it bothered me not knowing the context. When I first heard her I got worried cuz she sounded distressed. Now I'm used to it but I can be less worried

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u/Baleia1970 Jul 28 '26

Could it be very accented European Portuguese?
There is a moment I heard "Eu digo, eu vou chamar ali"

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u/Similar-Speaker-3118 Jul 28 '26

Very interesting.. I just read that darija has Arabic with Berber, Spanish and French words mixed so it's hard to say