Arabic (Morocco) (ar-MA)

Complete reference for the ar-MA locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Locale reference

Arabic (Morocco)

Locale metadata

BCP 47 codear-MA

Native nameالعربية (المغرب)

English nameArabic (Morocco)

Languagear

RegionMA

ScriptArab

Text directionRight-to-left (RTL)

CLDR plural categorieszero, one, two, few, many, other

Estimated speakers~37,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short26‏/8‏/2026

Medium26‏/08‏/2026

Long26 غشت 2026

Fullالأربعاء، 26 غشت 2026

NumberFormat

Decimal1.234.567,89

Currency (USD)‏9,99 US$

Percent75‎%‎

Compact1,2 مليون

RelativeTimeFormat

قبل 3 أيام

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples وoranges وbananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by ar-MA: zero, one, two, few, many, other

zeroExample number: 0

→ zero

oneExample number: 1

→ one

twoExample number: 2

→ two

fewExample number: 3

→ few

manyExample number: 11

→ many

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['ar-MA', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/ar-MA.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="ar-MA" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'ar-MA',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'ar-MA': {
        translation: require('./locales/ar-MA/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;