Fessi dialect

Like other urban Moroccan dialects, it is considered pre-Hilalian. Jewish Fessi dialect The Jewish community in Fes, prior to the departure of most of the city's Jewish residents in the second half of the 20th century, also spoke an Arabic dialect similar to the rest of city. == Linguistic features ==

Phonology It has traditionally had distinctive linguistic features, many of which were shared with other pre-Hilalian dialects in the region: on the phonological level, these include the stereotypical use of a postalveolar approximant (like the American pronunciation of /ɹ/ in the word "red") in the place of a trilled [r] for /ر/, or a pharyngealized glottal stop or voiceless uvular plosive in the place of a voiced velar plosive (g]) for /ق/. ==Notes==