Will “Eastern” or “Egyptian” Arabic be understood in Morocco?
Best I can do is here: Arabic is Morocco’s official language (it is the “classical” Arabic of the Qur’an, literature and news media). The country has a distinctive dialect known as Moroccan-Arabic. Approximately 15 million Moroccans speak Berber –which exists in Morocco in three different dialects (Tarifit, Tashelhit, and Tamazight)–either as a first language or bilingually with the spoken Arabic dialect. French, which remains Morocco’s unofficial third language, is taught universally and still serves as Morocco’s primary language of commerce and economics; it also is widely used in education and government. Morocco is a member of La Francophonie. Amazigh (Berber) activists have struggled for half a century for the recognition of their language as the official language of Morocco in the Moroccan constitution. They also demand that this language is taught in all Moroccan schools. About 20,000 Moroccans in the northern part of the country speak Spanish. English, while still far behind
