Towards a digital linguistic atlas of local dialects in Algeria with a linguistic database: Constantine dialect as a model

Abstract

This article deals with a vision for the achievement of the project of a linguistic atlas of the dialects of Algeria supported by colored digital maps, showing the dialectical diversity of the selected region. And the circulation, the dialects used and current on the tongue of the inhabitants of Algeria We will focus in our research on the aspect of processing linguistic data in the manufacture of a digital linguistic atlas, in an attempt to invest computer data in describing local dialects and access to digital content, with the possibility of this content audio recordings of dialect variations, by providing our data bank through this linguistic research Also to pay tribute to the importance of the linguistic atlas in meeting the need of dialect workers for linguistic maps that identify the locations, nature and types of dialectal diversity in Algeria, The research also comes mainly to embody the digital principle and support the Arabic language by storing it digitally with the possibility of managing and printing linguistic maps according to the changes in them.