Darija is a
playground.
Come play.
The Moroccan Arabic your loved ones actually speak, taught in little games, voice notes and inside jokes. Not a textbook in sight.
5 minutes · no signupone glass with Atay
- No credit card required
- Real Moroccan voices
- Cancel anytime
- Free to start
Sba lkhir! Ja3t?Good morning! Hungry?
Bzzaf! afak couscous?Very! Couscous please?
Wakha a wldi. Aji m3a lhwa dyal lmghreb.Okay sweetheart. Come at sunset coffee time.
☝ those numbers are letters: tap themthe whole number alphabet →
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Three words, thirty seconds
no account, no cardWhat does it mean?
Lessons the size of a tea glass.
Five minutes, one glass of mint tea. Atay pours, you sip:
Hear it like a localreal voices, zero robots
Every word is recorded by a real Moroccan. You'll know the melody before the meaning.
Play it, don't study it
Match, build, reply: order your nous-nous, guide the taxi, compliment the tajine.
Remember it for goodthen text it to someone tonight
Each word comes back right before you'd forget it, and every lesson ends with a phrase for the family chat.
Your path, in five levels
from the gate of the souk… to the joke corner
- TouristLevel 1Bab, the gatestart here
- GuestLevel 2the riad
- FriendLevel 3the café
- FamilyLevel 4Dar, the home
- MoroccanLevel 5the joke corner
37 million people speak Darija.
Learn it in their voices.
“Darija is not a school language. It is a family language. I don't want to make you perfect. I want to make you welcome.”
- Real spoken Darija: Duolingo doesn’t teach it, Rosetta Stone only has Standard Arabic
- Written the way Moroccans text each other, in Latin letters
- Every word recorded by a real Moroccan voice
Questions?
The first 4 lessons are free: 2 with no account, the next 2 with a free account. Pro unlocks every lesson after that, speaking practice and unlimited reviews, for €12 a month, €99 a year or €249 once. See pricing.
Darija is the language Moroccans actually speak every day, at home, in the souk, with the people they love. It’s rooted in Arabic but blends French, Berber, and Spanish influences. Read our complete guide.
Duolingo doesn’t teach Darija, and most Arabic apps teach Modern Standard Arabic, which nobody speaks at home in Morocco. A few apps do teach Darija; darji’s difference is a real Moroccan voice on every word, and Darija written the way Moroccans text each other. Start with your first 50 words.
Not at all. We start from zero and teach Darija in Latin script (the way Moroccans text each other).
darji is a web app: it runs in your phone’s browser, and you can add it to your home screen like any app. There is no App Store or Play Store version.
No. Every recording is a real Moroccan voice, never text-to-speech. That’s why you hear the Darija of a kitchen or a souk, not a robot.
واخا؟
Wakha means yes.
say wakha.
First lesson free · no signup one tea glass of your time
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