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Reuters
Reuters
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By Ahmed Eljechtimi

Morocco's Amazigh speakers fear indigenous language fading

Amazigh people wear traditional clothes as they celebrate their new year outside the parliament, with calls on the government to recognize the day and put more effort into supporting their language in Rabat, Morocco January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Abdelhak Balhaki

When Hassna Amzil's parents speak their original language of Amazigh, she struggles to follow as part of a generation whose families moved from Morocco's mountains to its Arabic-speaking major cities and now regret their lost roots.

Despite Morocco recognising Amazigh as an official language, with its distinctive script printed onto road signs and government buildings, it is barely taught in schools.

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