Kingdom of Morocco. al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia. National or official language: Standard Arabic. 27,377,000 (1998 UN). Literacy rate 30% to 50%. Also includes French 80,000. Information mainly from C. Coon 1931; Y. Zavadovskii 1962; D. Cohen 1963, 1985; J. Applegate 1970; J. Chetrit 1985. Sunni Muslim. Blind population 35,000 (1982 WCE). Deaf institutions: 1. Data accuracy estimate: B, C. The number of languages listed for Morocco is 11. Of those, 9 are living languages and 2 are extinct. Diversity index 0.47.
| ARABIC, HASSANIYYA | [MEY]
40,000 in Morocco (1995). Southern Morocco, from Laayoune on down.
Alternate names: SAHRAWI, MAURE, MAURI, MOOR, SULAKA, HASANYA, HASSANI.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
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| ARABIC, JUDEO-MOROCCAN | [AJU]
4,000 to 6,000 speakers in Morocco, including 90% in Casablanca (1997 World Jewish Congress). Casablanca.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
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| ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN | [ARY]
18,800,000 in Morocco (1995), 65% of the population (1991). Perhaps another 20% speak it as second language. Population total all countries 19,542,000.
Alternate names: MAGHREBI ARABIC, MAGHRIBI COLLOQUIAL ARABIC.
Dialects: RABAT-CASABLANCA ARABIC, FEZ. MEKNES, TANGIER ARABIC, OUJDA, JEBLI (JEBELIA, JBALA), SOUTHERN MOROCCO ARABIC, MARRAKECH ARABIC.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
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| ARABIC, STANDARD | [ABV]
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
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| SPANISH | [SPN]
20,000 in Morocco (1993 Johnstone). Melilla and scattered across the north coast.
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
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| TACHELHIT | [SHI]
3,000,000 in Morocco (1998). Population total all countries 3,500,000.
Alternate names: TASHILHEET, TACHILHIT, TASHELHIT, TASOUSSIT, SHILHA, SUSIUA, SOUTHERN SHILHA.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Atlas.
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| TAMAZIGHT, CENTRAL ATLAS | [TZM]
3,000,000 in Morocco (1998). Population total all countries 3,500,000.
Alternate names: CENTRAL SHILHA, MIDDLE ATLAS BERBER, SHILHA.
Dialects: CENTRAL ATLAS, SOUTH ORAN.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Atlas.
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| TARIFIT | [RIF]
1,500,000 in Morocco (1991). Population total all countries 2,000,000 (1991).
Alternate names: RIFI, RIFIA, NORTHERN SHILHA, SHILHA.
Dialects: URRIGHEL, BENI IZNASSEN.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, Riff.
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| GHOMARA | [GHO]
North and west of Tamazight, a small region near Chechaouen, western Rif mountains, Oued Laou Valley.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, Ghomara.
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| SENHAJA DE SRAIR | [SJS]
Northern, west of Tarifit.
Alternate names: SANHAJA OF SRAIR.
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, Riff.
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| MOROCCAN SIGN LANGUAGE | [XMS]
Used in Tetouan and other cities.
Classification: Deaf sign language.
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