30+ Facts About Languages In Morocco That You Need To Know

1. Morocco    has two official languages: Modern Standard Arabic and Amazigh.
2. According to the 2014 Moroccan Census, the Drâa-Tafilalet region has the highest percentage of Amazigh speakers.
3. Spanish is a widely spoken language in Northern Morocco.
4. There are speakers of Hassaniya Arabic in Southern Morocco.
5. French is the most spoken foreign language in Morocco.
6. English is the second most spoken foreign language in Morocco.
7. Amazigh became an official language in Morocco in 2011.
8. Haketía, a form of Judeo-Spanish, strongly influenced by Moroccan Arabic, was widely spoken by Sephardic Moroccan Jews.
9. The city of Casablanca is known as الدار البيضاء (ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ)    in Arabic.
10. Moroccan Arabic is spoken more in urban areas.
11. Amazigh is spoken more in rural areas.
12. Morocco in Arabic   is المغرب (Al-Maghrib), which means the West in English.
13. Morocco is a full member of the Francophonie.
14. There are three variants of Amazigh in Morocco: Tarafit, Tashelhit and Central Atlas Tamazight.
15. Moroccan public television broadcasts in Modern Standard Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, French, Amazigh and Spanish.
16. The first Mexican telenovela dubbed into Moroccan Arabic was Las dos Caras de Ana in the late 2000s.
17. The first shortlisted Moroccan film for an Oscar was "Omar Killed Me" in 2011; the film is in both French and Moroccan Arabic.
18. Bulletin officiel du royaume du Maroc   is published in both Modern Standard Arabic and French.
19. Moroccan Arabic was the first variant of Arabic to appear in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980.
20. Jebli Moroccan Arabic, spoken in the North of Morocco, is more strongly influenced by Amazigh than other varieties of Moroccan Arabic.
21. Andalusian Arabic, once spoken in Al-Andalus, has influenced many varieties of Moroccan Arabic.
22. According to the Arab Social Media Report of 2014, three-quarters of Moroccans use Facebook in French.
23. The Maghreb Agence    Press publishes in Modern Standard Arabic, English, French, Spanish   and Amazigh.
24. The Lingua Franca Mediterranea was a contact language spoken in Moroccan ports before the 20th century.
25. The nickname for the Morocco National Football team is أسود الأطلس ( 'Asūd al-Aṭlas), which translates to English as: "The Lions of the Atlas".
26. El Eco de Tetuán, in Spanish, was the first ever newspaper published in Morocco in 1860.
27. المغرب    (Al Maghrib) was the first Arabic-language newspaper in Morocco, first published in 1886.
28. In 2010, the Moroccan public broadcaster (National Company of Radio and Television) launched a television channel exclusively in Amazigh.
29. The Moroccan passport is trilingual (Modern Standard Arabic, French   and English)
30. Tachelhit is the most spoken Amazigh language in Morocco.
31. Morocco is the country with the most Amazigh speakers in the world.

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