Tizi means mountain pass. A mountainous country, with its three Atlas mountains, Morocco offers visitors many vertiginous tizi, the best known of which are between Marrakesh and Ouarzazate, on the one hand, and Taroudant on the other.
What languages are spoken in Morocco? - Page 3
There are many words for sheep in Berber, depending on their colour, behaviour and age. Anougoud refers to the young male sheep that will be killed at Eid time, and also to its meat.
The tent (Axam in Berber, khayma in Arabic) is the home of nomads. The ‘people of the tent’ are the family unit, the nucleus around which daily life is organised.
The Berber house is most often built of earth and is square in shape, or fortified, like a kasbah. In some Berber towns, such as Azrou or Ifrane, there are "European" houses.
They are called reg or hamada, from two Arabic words. In Berber, the stone desert is called Amerdoul. Most of Morocco's deserts are like this.
Three languages are officially spoken in Morocco: Arabic, French and Berber. There is also Darija. A few words to get you started...
Even Moroccans can't find all the Arabic words in this English text, which just goes to show how much vocabulary our two languages have exchanged.
Moroccan Arabic has given French many words, and received some as well. This exchange of vocabulary continues to this day. It exists also with English
