Climate
The weather in Marrakech is sunny nearly all year round, with pleasantly warm summers and mild winters. The hottest months of the year are July, August and September, but there is no humidity so temperatures are generally bearable. Winter can bring heavy downpours of rain, which leave the streets of the old town very muddy, and winter nights can be cold.
Currency
US $ = 8.96 MAD (Moroccan Dirham)
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Laguage
Because of the varied historical influences on the people of Morocco, there is a large variety of languages spoken throughout the country
Moroccan Arabic
This is the official language of Morocco. Though it is somewhat different from most other types of Arabic, most Moroccans can understand conventional Arabic.
Hassaniyya Arabic
Also known as Moor. Over 40 000 in Southern Morocco people speak this form of Arabic.
Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
Only about 8 925 people speak this form of Arabic. It is generally confined to certain, small areas in Morocco.
Standard Arabic
Most Moroccans can understand this form of Arabic which is spoken and written much throughout the rest of the Middle East and North Africa. Most Arabic television programs are in this form of Arabic.
Moroccan Sign Language
There is a large number of deaf men who speak sign language in the city of Oujda. It is hard to determine how many women are capable of sign language as they do not speak it in the streets. There are a few small deaf schools who teach the language though it is not generally used in Rabat, Tangier and Casa Blanca. Most people who use MSL cannot read or write Arabic. MSL is very different from American Sign Language and people conversant in the two sign languages would struggle to understand each other.
Spanish
Over 20,000 people in Morocco are capable of speaking Spanish. Besides being only a short distance away, Spain also acted as a protectorate of Morocco for a while after 1912. This resulted in Spanish influence in culture and language.
Tachelhit
3 to 4 million of the people of Morocco speak this form of Berber.
Central Atlas Tamazight
This is also spoken by roughly 3 million of the inhabitants of Morocco. It is a dialect of Berber.
Tarifit
A lesser used dialect of the Berber language. It is spoken by about 1.5 million people in Morocco.
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