In Morocco's High Atlas mountains, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now jeopardised by rural ...

TILOUGUIT, Morocco - In the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now ...

Many Moroccans hold the belief that most foreigners need not learn Darija, Morocco’s most widespread, though unofficial, tongue.

Youness Guarmouti moves throughout his classes at Amideast, the language school for foreign students in Rabat, with a gentle confidence that appears to win over his students immediately.

In some countries, school systems strive to produce bilingual students. In Morocco, students are now expected to be quadrilingual, and it is causing friction among the country’s conservative and ...

According to a study commissioned by the British Council, 40% of young Moroccans feel that it is more important to learn English than French, compared to only 10% who think otherwise. This figure will ...

The Assinsg language replaces spoken words with sharp whistles that can carry for nearly three kilometres (two miles) in the mountains, according to researchers — Abdel Majid BZIOUAT In Morocco's High ...