Abstract
Morocco is a multilingual society in which a variety of languages harmoniously co-exist. The HIGH COMMISSION OF PLANNING (HCP) states that there are 7 languages used in Morocco, which are, according to their number of users: Moroccan Arabic, Tashelhit, Tamazight, Tarifit and Hassani, together with French and Spanish. While being multilingual, Morocco is also a diglossic nation in Ferguson’s terms, with two varieties of the same language, namely, Standard Modern Arabic and Moroccan Arabic. Today, Morocco is gradually shifting from a diglossic nation toward a unique sociolinguistic situation of “Dual Diglossia”. In other words, two situations of diglossia will have to coexist: on the one hand, Diglossia 1 that is already in place between Standard Modern Arabic (HV) and Moroccan Arabic (LV); on the other hand, Diglossia 2 that is being phased in between Standard Moroccan Berber, officially labeled Standard Moroccan Tamazight (HV) and Moroccan Berber (LV) with its three main varieties, Tashelhit, Tamazight and Tarifit.
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