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The language is spoken in the Rif area in the north of the country and is one of the three main Berber languages of Morocco. The Tashelhit language is considered to be the most widely spoken as it covers the whole of the Region Souss-Massa-Drâa, and is also spoken in the Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz and Tadla-Azilal regions. Studies done in 1990 ...
Standard Moroccan Amazigh (ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ; Arabic: الأمازيغية المعيارية), also known as Standard Moroccan Tamazight or Standard Moroccan Berber, is a standardized language developed by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) in Morocco by combining features of Tashelhit, Central Atlas Tamazight, and Tarifit, the three major Amazigh ...
Morocco has recently included the protection of Hassaniya in the constitution as part of the July 2011 reforms. French is taught universally and still serves as Morocco's primary language of commerce and economics; it is also used in education, sciences, government and most education fields.
A significant portion of northern Morocco receives Spanish media, television signal and radio airwaves, which reportedly facilitate competence in the language in the region. [246] After Morocco declared independence in 1956, French and Arabic became the main languages of administration and education, causing the role of Spanish to decline. [246]
Co-official language, along with Somali and English: No 2 Zanzibar b: 1,303,569: Co-official language, along with Swahili and English: No 3 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic c: 502,585: Co-official language, along with Spanish: No a. Internationally recognised as part of Somalia. b. A semi-autonomous region of Tanzania. c. Presently occupied in ...
The Hilalian dialects spoken in Morocco belong to the Maqil subgroup, [10] a family that includes three main dialectal areas: 'Aroubi Arabic (Western Moroccan Arabic): spoken in the western plains of Morocco by Doukkala, Abda, Tadla, Chaouia, Gharb, and Zaers, and in the area north of Fes by Hyayna, Cheraga, Awlad Jama', etc.
In any case, the linguistic and cultural identity of Morocco, just as its geography would predict, is the result of the encounter of three main circles: Arab, Berber, and Western Mediterranean European. The two official languages of Morocco are Modern Standard Arabic and Standard Moroccan Berber.
French is an implicitly "official language" of government and big business, and is taught throughout school and still serves as Morocco's primary language of business, economics, and scientific university education. French is also widely used in the media. Morocco is a member of La Francophonie. Berber activists have struggled since the 1960s ...