Investigating on the Difficulties of Understanding the Algerian Dialectal Arabic by the Egyptian People

Abstract

The present dual-focused descriptive study purports itself to investigate and analyze the linguistic outcomes of dialects with different coexisted foreign languages within the Algerian context in general. In the other hand, it aims to highlight the causes, reasons and results behind ADA‟s hardship of comprehending Algerians‟ verbal repertoire by The Egyptians in particular. Indeed, the coexistence of languages and dialects in the Algerian linguistic landscape has influenced its linguistic profile via the morpho-phonological adoption and adaptation from different foreign languages. In order to conduct this research, both qualitative and quantitative tools are used, i.e., questionnaire and sample ADA sentences to check respondents‟ understanding. The generated data reveal that the diverse linguistic profile makes ADA difficult to understand by the Egyptians for several reasons including the hybrid words used within our dialect from French language and its contact with Berber and its varieties.