Morocco has two official languages: Arabic and Amazigh. Amazigh is the language of the Amazigh people, who are Indigenous to North Africa. There are different varieties of Amazigh spoken in Morocco, including Tashlhit.
Many Moroccans also speak French, and some speak Spanish and English, especially younger Moroccans.
One reason so many languages are spoken here is Morocco's history of colonization. During the early 1900s, France controlled most of Morocco, while Spain controlled areas in the north and south. This history continues to influence the languages people speak today.
Moroccans use the Moroccan dirham. There are coins worth 1, 2, 5, and 10 dirhams, as well as paper bills worth 20, 50, 100, and 200 dirhams.
There are also smaller coins called centimes, similar to cents in the United States. My favorite is the half-dirham coin, which is worth 50 centimes!
A medium-sized bottle of water, which is what I usually buy, costs about three Moroccan dirhams. I normally get mine from a hanout, which is a small Moroccan corner store. That is approximately 30 cents in U.S. money!
