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Standard Moroccan Amazigh (ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ; Arabic: الأمازيغية المعيارية), also known as Standard Moroccan Tamazight or Standard Moroccan Berber, is a standardized language developed by the Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) in Morocco by combining features of Tashelhit, Central Atlas ...
Recognition of the Berber languages has been growing in the 21st century, with Morocco and Algeria adding Tamazight as an official language to their constitutions in 2011 and 2016 respectively. Most Berber languages have a high percentage of borrowing and influence from the Arabic language, as well as from other languages.
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Mar 2, 2023 · 02 March, 2023. ShareFlipboardRedditWhatsAppXFacebook. On 24 January 2023, Morocco's House of Representatives passed a proposal requiring foreigners to have adequate proficiency in the Amazigh language (Tamazight), in addition to or instead of Arabic, as a prerequisite for Moroccan citizenship.
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Central Atlas Tamazight is one of the most-spoken Berber languages, along with Tachelhit, Kabyle, Riffian, Shawiya and Tuareg. In Morocco, it comes second as the most-spoken after Tachelhit. All five languages may be referred to as "Tamazight", but Central Atlas speakers are the only ones who use the term exclusively.
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Aug 21, 2023 · News. Behind Mohammed VI’s push for a more Amazigh Morocco. Amazigh identity, culture and language have been promoted by the state in recent years, a reversal of past policies. Amazigh...
Dec 18, 2020 · In Morocco, the Amazigh people are divided into three groups: the Riffians, the Chleuh, and the Central Moroccan Amazigh. The divisions are based on geography, where the Riffians are in the Rif Mountains while the Central Moroccan Amazigh are in Central Morocco.
Jan 5, 2023 · In Morocco, most of the poverty-stricken regions are predominantly Amazigh, which have higher rates of illiteracy than the rest of the country and lack basic state services and infrastructure in the rural mountainous territories.
