Wow. Things are happening quite quickly. Today is my last day at work. I’m going to miss most of the people at CIEE. It’s an organization with a great mission; I’ve had fun over the past 13 months.
I have less than eight days left. There’s a lot to do. In reality, it’s probably more in my mind that I have so much to do rather than in actuality. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve gotten my Moroccan Arabic (Darija) - English dictionary and two grammar books. The Peace Corps Morocco also sent me a very good introduction guide to the language. There’s actually a chance that I won’t be learning Darija, but rather one of the three Berber languages.
Speaking of Berber languages, do you know who the Touareg are? No it’s not the new Volkswagen SUV. They are a nomadic tribe of southern Algeria, nothern Mali, Nigeria, etc. Well, they are a Berber-esque folk and their language actually has (had) a script, or written form. This is interesting because even today, the three Berber groups of Morocco do not have an official alphabet. Sometimes the language is written in Arabic script or sometimes in Latin script, if at all. Just an interesting fact I learned at the BPL (Boston Public Library) last night, while I was supposedly studying Darija.
pthththth.