Rabat - Over 26 per cent of Moroccans speak Amazigh, which is Morocco’s second official language after Arabic since the adoption of the 2011 constitution.
Ahmed EL Hlimi Al Alami, chairman of Morocco’s High Commission for Planning (HPC), announced that 89,8 % of Moroccans speak Darija, 96% of which live in cities and 80,2 % in the countryside.
The HCP announced the official results of the population and housing census in Morocco.
The results revealed that Amazigh-speaking persons stand for 26,7% of the population, 14% of which speak Tachlhit, 7,6% Tamazight and 4,1% Tarifit.
According to the last population and housing census held in September 2014, Morocco’s population reached 33, 573, 292 people.
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