🇲🇦 What Language Do They Speak in Morocco?
The short answer
Morocco's official languages are Arabic and Amazigh (Berber). Daily conversation happens in Darija, the Moroccan Arabic dialect, while French remains the language of much business and higher education, and Spanish is common in the north.
Worth knowing
- ●Darija differs enough from Middle Eastern Arabic that other Arabs often find it hard to follow
- ●Amazigh became co-official in 2011 and is written in the distinctive Tifinagh script
- ●Educated Moroccans routinely switch between Darija, French and standard Arabic in a single conversation
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