Berber Alphabet & Language
Our guide’s father is Berber and his mother is Arab, so both of those languages were spoken at home. He can’t read written Berber though—the written alphabet has only been commonly used for about 5 years, and he hasn’t learned it. Since 2003, children in Moroccan primary schools have been taught to write with the Tifinagh alphabet.The three groups of Berbers each speak a different dialect. They can understand each other, although there are some difficulties. Our guide is Northern Berber and the bus driver is from the South. They often use Arabic to communicate instead of Berber.
