Note: The interpreter is asking the Amazigh man how many kilometers remain to the village of the Ait Tous tribe (Imilchil) -he briefly switches to Moroccan Arabic at one point-the man replies ma n'arifsh (I don't know), though the young boy says wahid wa 'ashreen (21).
About the session: A series of speech samples (greeting, asking for directions) recorded in the small town of Merzouga, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, Errachidia province.
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