Morocco

Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (2011, Constitution, Article 5). 14,500,000 in Morocco (2015 SIL), all users.

Tamazight, Standard Moroccan

[zgh] 1 (National). Statutory national language (2011, Constitution, Article 5).

3 (Wider communication)

Arabic, Moroccan Spoken

[ary] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 27,900,000 in Morocco, all users. L1 users: 22,900,000 in Morocco (2016). L2 users: 5,000,000. Total users in all countries: 33,358,230 (as L1: 28,238,230; as L2: 5,120,000).

French

[fra] 3 (Wider communication). 12,705,400 in Morocco, all users. L1 users: 5,400 in Morocco (2018 J. Leclerc). L2 users: 12,700,000 (Beck et al 2018).

4 (Educational)

English

[eng] 4 (Educational). 5,000,000 in Morocco (Ramaswami et al 2012), L2 users.

5 (Dispersed)

Arabic, Hassaniyya

[mey] 5* (Dispersed). 282,000 in Morocco (2016).

5 (Developing)

Tachelhit

[shi] 5* (Developing). 5,000,000 in Morocco (2017). Total users in all countries: 5,118,000.

Moroccan Sign Language

[xms] 5 (Developing). 63,400 (2008 WFD). 63,400 sign language users. Another estimate: 165,000 deaf (2014 IMB).

Tarifit

[rif] 5 (Developing). 4,240,000 in Morocco (2016). Total users in all countries: 4,399,000.

6a (Vigorous)

Ghomara

[gho] 6a (Vigorous). 10,000 (2008 J. Hannouche).

6b (Threatened)

Senhaja Berber

[sjs] 6b (Threatened). 86,000 (2014 census). 6,000 Ayt Bshir, 7,000 Ayt Bunsar, 9,000 Ayt Hmed, 9,000 Ayt Khennus, 10,000 Ayt Mezduy, 17,000 Ayt Seddat, 17,000 Ketama, 5,000 Taghzut, 6,000 Zerqet.

Tamazight, Central Atlas

[tzm] 6b (Threatened). 4,590,000 in Morocco (2016). 936,000 monolinguals. Total users in all countries: 4,740,000.

Taznatit

[grr] 6b* (Threatened).

7 (Shifting)

Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan

[aju] 7 (Shifting). 8,930 in Morocco (2000). 90% in Casablanca (1997 World Jewish Congress). Total users in all countries: 65,910.

Spanish

[spa] 7 (Shifting). 1,666,590 in Morocco, all users. L1 users: 6,590 in Morocco (Instituto Cervantes 2019). L2 users: 1,660,000 (Instituto Cervantes 2019).

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