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Historically, languages such as Phoenician, [14] Punic, [15] and Berber languages have been spoken in Morocco. Juba II, king of Mauretania, wrote in Greek and Latin. [16] It is unclear how long African Romance was spoken, but its influence on Northwest African Arabic (particularly in the language of northwestern Morocco) indicates it must have had a significant presence in the early years ...
Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.
A wall covered in zellīj at the Ben Youssef Madrasa in Marrakesh. Zellij (Arabic: زليج, romanized: zillīj), also spelled zillij or zellige, is a style of mosaic tilework made from individually hand-chiseled tile pieces.
Dailymotion is a French online video sharing platform owned by Canal+. Prior to 2024, the company was owned by Vivendi. [3] North American launch partners included Vice Media, Bloomberg, and Hearst Digital Media. [4] It is among the earliest known platforms to support HD (720p) resolution video.
Français fondamental was developed by the Centre d'Etude du Français Élémentaire, which was renamed to the Centre de Recherche et d'Étude pour la Diffusion du Français (CREDIF) in 1959. It was headed by linguist Georges Gougenheim. [1] The Ministry of Education of France sanctioned and promoted it as a method of learning French.
Modern Standard Arabic and Standard Moroccan Berber are the official languages of Morocco, [14] while Moroccan Arabic is the national vernacular dialect; [15] Berber languages are spoken in some mountain areas, such as Tarifit, spoken by 3.2%, Central Atlas Tamazight, spoken by 7.4%, and Tashelhit, spoken by 14.2%.
The standard-gauge Franco-Spanish Tangier–Fez Railway (French: Compagnie Franco-Espagnole du Tanger–Fès) was constructed from 1919 to 1927. The Tangier International Zone was created under the joint administration of France, Spain and the United Kingdom by an international convention signed in Paris on 18 December 1923. [65]
The editorial line of Le Réveil du Maroc has been described as supportive of French and Jewish interests and critical of the Makhzen. [4]Although the paper's founder and publisher Abraham Lévy-Cohen was a naturalized subject of the British crown, [1] he was a member of the Francophilic Jewish elite of Morocco and the paper "strongly supported France."