Algerian Arabic is the variety or varieties of Arabic spoken in Algeria. In Algeria, as elsewhere, spoken Arabic differs from written Arabic; Algerian Arabic has a vocabulary mostly Arabic, with significant Berber substrates, and many new words and loanwords borrowed from French, Turkish and Spanish.

Like all Arabic dialects, Algerian Arabic has dropped the case endings of the written language. It is not used in schools, television or newspapers, which usually use Standard Arabic or French, but is more likely heard in music if not just heard in Algerian homes and on the street. Algerian Arabic is spoken daily by the vast majority of Algerians.

Within Algerian Arabic itself, there are significant local variations. Algerian Arabic changes from place to place and town to town. Even two towns near one another may not speak the same dialect or accent. It gets more extreme as you head towards the Moroccan and Tunisan borders. These are the major local variations of Algerian Darija:

example, /ʃʊfteh/ شُفتـَه, I saw him that would be /ʃʊftʊ/ in the other dialects.