Language Attitudes and Ethnic Language Loss in Algeria: The Case of the Chaoui Variety Among Young Users in the City of Oran

This article surveys language use in the city of Oran, Algeria. It aimed to study attitudes a small community Chaoui speakers towards their with other languages spoken city, namely Standard Arabic, Algerian and French. The results showed that though speech is still emotionally attached its ethnic considers it part parcel identity, clearly witnessing decline, which might eventually lead death. languages, however, maintain themselves thanks tight domain division, whereby Arabic used official formal situations, French, sciences, informal interpersonal communication. concludes by stressing role schools maintaining country’s allow them survive outside regions.