Morocco (as part of Amazigh)

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Morocco is a North African country where Amazigh (Berber) languages and culture, including Tashelhit, hold a significant indigenous and officially recognized status.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sovereign state
AmazighLanguageSpokenInRegion Central Atlas Tamazight in Middle Atlas
Tarifit
surface form: Tarifit in Rif

Tashelhit in Sous and High Atlas
borderCountry Algeria
Spain
surface form: Spain (land borders in Ceuta and Melilla)

Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
borderSea Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
capital Rabat
constitutionalStatusOfAmazigh official language
continent Africa
culturalHeritage Amazigh crafts
Amazigh dance
Amazigh music
Amazigh oral poetry
culturalPolicy promotion of Amazigh festivals
currency Moroccan dirham
educationPolicy Amazigh language teaching in schools
ethnicGroup Amazigh
Arabs
governmentType unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
hasCulturalRegion Atlas Mountains
Rif
Sous
hasGovernmentBodyForAmazigh Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture
hasMinorityLanguagePolicy supports Amazigh language standardization
headOfStateTitle King
indigenousPeople Amazigh
ISO3166-1Alpha2 MA
languageBranchOfAmazighLanguages Berber languages
languageFamilyOfAmazighLanguages Afroasiatic
largestCity Casablanca
legalRecognitionOfAmazigh 2011 constitution
mediaPolicy Amazigh-language radio stations
Amazigh-language television channels
nationalIdentityComponent Amazigh heritage
officialLanguage Amazigh
Arabic
officialName Morocco
surface form: Kingdom of Morocco
recognizedLanguage Tamazight
Tarifit
Tashelhit
religionMajority Sunni Islam
subregion North Africa
UNMemberState true
writingSystemForAmazigh Tifinagh

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tashelhit isOfficialStatusIn Morocco (as part of Amazigh)
Tarifit language recognizedBy Morocco (as part of Amazigh)
this entity surface form: Moroccan state (as part of Amazigh)
Riffian Berber hasOfficialStatusIn Morocco (as part of Amazigh)