Languages of Morocco
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The official languages of Morocco are Modern Standard Arabic and Standard Moroccan Amazigh. Moroccan Arabic is the primary spoken vernacular and lingua franca, but a number of regional and foreign lan
Sign in Arabic, Berber and French in Agadir
Morocco
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Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land
Languages of Morocco
…that multilingualism in Morocco is a vivid sociolinguistic phenomenon, which is favored by many people." There are around 6 million Berber speakers in Morocco. French retains a major place in Morocco, as it is taught universally and serves as Morocco's primary language of commerce and economics, culture…
Roman ruins of the city of Volubilis, which once served as the capital of Mauretania and the Idrisids
Idrisid coin in Fes, 840
al-Qarawiyyin, founded in Fes in the 9th century, was a major spiritual, literary, and intellectual centre.
The corpse of King Sebastian of Portugal being presented before Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur after the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, which marked the end of Portugal's ruling Aviz dynasty