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==Description== | |||
Morocco's official languages are: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Arabic '''Moroccan Arabic'''] - known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghrebi_Arabic '''Darija''']. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_languages '''Berber'''] - Also known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Moroccan_Amazigh '''Standard Moroccan Berber''']. There are three dialects spoken: | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarifit '''Tarifit'''] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_languages '''Tashelhit'''] | |||
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Atlas_Tamazight '''Central Atlas Tamazight'''] <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Morocco," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco#:~:text=Languages, accessed 8 Apr 2022.</ref> | |||
'''French''' is widely used in government, media, companies, international commerce, and often in international diplomacy. French is taught as an obligatory language in all schools.<br> | |||
'''Spanish''' is spoken by many Moroccans, particularly in the northern regions.<br> | |||
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A Government study in 2012 showed - | |||
* 98% of Moroccans spoke Moraccan Arabic | |||
* 63% spoke French | |||
* 26% spoke Berber | |||
* 14% spoke English | |||
* 10% spoke Spanish <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages_of_Morocco," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Morocco, accessed 8 Apr 2022.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | |||
* Dan Bacon, '''''Moroccan Arabic phrasebook''''', Footscray, Vic. ; London : Lonely Planet, 2013 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/moroccan-arabic-phrasebook/oclc/810949768&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | |||
'''Alphabet''' | |||
'''Pronunciation''' | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | |||
'''Dictionaries''' | |||
* Richard S Harrell & Harvey Sobelman, '''''A dictionary of Moroccan Arabic''''', Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2004 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/dictionary-of-moroccan-arabic/oclc/474439964&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Mohamed Maamouri, '''''The Georgetown dictionary of Moroccan Arabic : Arabic-English, English Arabic''''', Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2018 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/georgetown-dictionary-of-moroccan-arabic-arabic-english-english-arabic/oclc/1104854937&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Clive W McClelland, '''''Tarifit Berber-English dictionary''''', Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2004 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/tarifit-berber-english-dictionary-documenting-an-endangered-language/oclc/681311586&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/ary Dictionary English - Moroccan Arabic] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/zgh Dictionary English - Standard Moroccan Tamazight] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/rif Dictionary English - Tarifit] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/shi Dictionary English - Tachelhit] - Glosbe | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/en/tzm Dictionary English - Central Atlas Tamazight] - Glosbe | |||
'''Language Aids''' | |||
* Richard S Harrell, '''''A short reference grammar of Moroccan Arabic''''', Washington, D.C. : Georgetown Univ Press, 2010 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/short-reference-grammar-of-moroccan-arabic/oclc/694060594&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Richard S Harrell, '''''A short reference grammar of Moroccan Arabic''''', Washington, D.C. : Georgetown Univ Press, 2010 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/short-reference-grammar-of-moroccan-arabic/oclc/694060594&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Moha Ennaji, '''''Contrastive syntax : English, Moroccan Arabic, and Berber complex sentences''''', Würzburg : Königshausen + Neumann, 1985 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/contrastive-syntax-english-moroccan-arabic-and-berber-complex-sentences/oclc/13358326&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Ali Alalou, '''''Grammar of Tamazight: Central Atlas of Morocco a functional approach''''', Muenchen LINCOM GmbH 2019 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/grammar-of-tamazight-central-atlas-of-morocco-a-functional-approach/oclc/1096291724&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
==Additional Resources== | |||
* Ernest T Abdel-Massih, '''''An introduction to Moroccan Arabic''''', Ann Arbor, MI : MPublishing, 2011 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/introduction-to-moroccan-arabic/oclc/1194812865&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
== References == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
Languages of Morocco include Arabic, Moroccan Sign Language, Spanish, Tachelhit, Tamazight, and Tarifit. | Languages of Morocco include Arabic, Moroccan Sign Language, Spanish, Tachelhit, Tamazight, and Tarifit. | ||