Ḥassāniyya Arabic

The area where Ḥassāniyya is spoken, located on the outskirts of the Arab world, is
contiguous with those of several languages that do not belong to the Afro-Asiatic
phylum. However, the greatest influence on the evolution of Ḥassāniyya has been
its contact with Berber and Classical Arabic. Loanwords from those languages are
distinguished by specific features that have enriched and developed the phonological
and morphological system of Ḥassāniyya. In other respects, Ḥassāniyya and
Zenaga are currently in a state of either parallel evolution or reciprocal exchanges.