KtbDarija
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The KtbDarija is a new project aiming at standarizing Darija
Moroccan Arabic
Moroccan Arabic is the variety of Arabic spoken in the Arabic-speaking areas of Morocco. For official communications, the government and other public bodies use Modern Standard Arabic, as is the case in most Arabic-speaking countries. A mixture of French and Moroccan Arabic is used in business...

, and making it easier to learn for foreigners. It proposes a Latin alphabet for writing in that language, and a set of keyboard layouts for writing in this alphabet.

Alphabet

  • A = A
  • B = B
  • Ċ = Sh (Like in Shampoo)
  • D = D
  • E = /ə/ or gemination
    Gemination
    In phonetics, gemination happens when a spoken consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than a short consonant. Gemination is distinct from stress and may appear independently of it....

     of a consonant directly followed by an other one, ex : ĥdem : Work, ĥedem : Use ("literally make work"))
  • F = F
  • G = G (Like in Golf)
  • H = H (aspirated)
  • I = I
  • J = J
  • K = K
  • L = L
  • M = M
  • N = N
  • O = O/OO
  • Ĥ = Kh
  • Q = Arabic Qaf
    Qaf
    Qaf may mean:* Qāf , a letter in the Arabic alphabet.** the Surat Qaf of the Qur'an* Ka with descender , a letter in the Kazakh, Uzbek, and Abkhaz alphabets* Jabal Qaf or Mount Qaf, a mythical mountain according to Muslim tradition....

  • R = R
  • S = S
  • T = T (Like in Television)
  • Ḫ = Ḫ (H Like in Home)
  • V = V
  • Ġ = Gh
  • Ĝ = Vibration of the throat (Arabic Ayn
    Ayn
    Ayn may refer to:* Ayin or , a letter in many Semitic scripts* Ayn, Savoie, a commune of the Savoie département' of France* Ayn, Somalia , a region defined by the autonomous state of Puntland...

    )
  • Ṫ = T (Like in What)
  • Z = Z
  • ' = Glottal stop
    Glottal stop
    The glottal stop, or more fully, the voiceless glottal plosive, is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. In English, the feature is represented, for example, by the hyphen in uh-oh! and by the apostrophe or [[ʻokina]] in Hawaii among those using a preservative pronunciation of...

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