Purity and Contamination: Language Ideologies in French Colonial Native Policy in Morocco.

The article discusses the commitment of French authorities in Morocco in maintaining the differences between Berbers and Arabs. It notes on the beliefs that French scholars and military administrators that the country was a Berber country and that Arabization should be discouraged which is evident in the linguistic ideological upbringings of both French native policies and the studies that strengthens the first two decades of the Moroccan Protectorate. Moreover, it presents on the documentation of the Protectorate archival record of the two language ideologies.