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Tarifit

Tarifit (also known as Riffian; endonym: Tmaziɣt or Tarifit/Tarifect) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by some 1,200,000 Riffians, comprising 3.2% of the population of Morocco, primarily in the Rif provinces of Nador, Al Hoceima, Driouch, and Berkane. It is also the second most spoken…

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Geographic distribution

MediterraneanAlgeriaNetherlandsBelgiumAl Hoceima
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Overview

EndonymZenatiRifMoroccoRiffians
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Dialects

IznasenSenhaja de SraïrMzab–Wargla languages
3 related topics

Writing system

TifinaghBerber Latin alphabet
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Ethnicity
Riffians
Glottolog
tari1263
ISO 639-3
rif
Language family
BerberNorthernZenatiTarifit · NorthernZenatiTarifit · ZenatiTarifit · Tarifit
Native speakers
1.2 million (2024)
Native to
Morocco, Spain (Melilla)

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Tarifit

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples168
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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related to Sources · 65
Tarifit → Abarrou, Alger, Amédée, An Introduction, Atlas, Ayt Weryaghel, Beni Iznassen, Berber Language, Bet't'ioua, Biarnay, Cadi, Clause Structure, Clive, Colin, Dictionnaire, Discourse Pragmatics, Editions L'Harmattan, Edwin Mellen Press, Esquisse, Faculty Dissertations
related to Morocco · 15
Tarifit → Al Hoceima, Berber, Ghomara, Ikebdanen, Lafkioui, Morocco, Nador, North Morocco, Sanhaja, Srair, Taza, Temsamane, The, They, Two
related to Writing system · 14
Tarifit → Basset, Berber, Biarnay, Latin, Like, Morocco, Most, Riffian Berber, Tashelhit, Texts, The, The Berber Latin, Tifinagh, Unlike
related to Dialects · 12
Tarifit → Berber, Blench, Disagreement, Iznasen, Kossman, Lafkioui, Mzab, Rif, Senhaja, Sraïr, There, Wargla
related to Geographic distribution · 12
Tarifit → Algeria, Belgium, Europe, Mediterranean, Melilla, Moroccan, Morocco, Netherlands, Rif, Smaller Tarifit-speaking, Spanish, Tarifit-speaking
related to Spain · 8
Tarifit → European Charter, It, Melilla, Minority Languages, Regional, Rif, Spain, Spanish
related to Loanwords · 7
Tarifit → All, Arabic, Around, Berberized, French, Sources, Spanish
related to Name · 6
Tarifit → Africa, Berber, Tamazight, Tarifit/Tarifect, The, Tmaziɣt
Language family · 4
Tarifit → BerberNorthernZenatiTarifit, NorthernZenatiTarifit, Tarifit, ZenatiTarifit
related to Classification · 4
Tarifit → It, Morocco, Rif, Zenati Berber

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berber rif orig morocco spoken dialects language consonants zenati spanish iznasen isbn northern nouns nador arabic well one feminine masculine

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TarifitEthnicityRiffians1.00infobox
TarifitGlottologtari12631.00infobox
TarifitISO 639-3rif1.00infobox
TarifitLanguage familyBerberNorthernZenatiTarifit1.00infobox
TarifitLanguage familyNorthernZenatiTarifit1.00infobox
TarifitLanguage familyZenatiTarifit1.00infobox
TarifitLanguage familyTarifit1.00infobox
TarifitNative speakers1.2 million (2024)1.00infobox
TarifitNative toMorocco, Spain (Melilla)1.00infobox
TarifitRegionRif1.00infobox
TarifitWriting systemLatin, Tifinagh, Arabic1.00infobox
Ketamainstance ofcities0.80text

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