what language is spoken in algeria
Languages Spoken in Algeria. Algeria's official language is Arabic, which is spoken by an estimated 81% of the population. All official documents are printed in Arabic and those from non-Arab households usually learn the language in school. Arabic has been the official language of the country since 1963. More recently, Berber has become recognized as one of the country's national languages. This occurred in 2002 and is an appropriate step since 99% of the population speaks Arabic, Berber or both.
In 1993, of 27.3 million people in Algeria, 49% spoke French. At the time, studies predicted that 67% of the Algerian population would speak French by 2003. The Abassa Institute polled 1,400 Algerian households in April 2000 about their language use. Of them, 60% spoke and/or understood the French language.
Tamazight is spoken by 3.5 million in Morocco, making this Algerian minority one of the very largest Berber speaking groups in total. In Morocco it has a writing system, but there is no data about this being used in Algeria. Small languages. In the oasis of Tabelbela in western Algeria, Korandje is spoken. Korandje is not a Berber language, being of the Songhai branch of the Nilo-Saharan family it originates from countries south of Sahara.