Tarifit
Sign in to saveTarifit (, ; ), also known as Riffian, 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 and Driouch.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Tarifit
- Language.altname
- Riffian, Tarifiyt, ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ
- Language.nativename
- Tmaziɣt
- Language.states
- Northern Morocco, Melilla
- Language.region
- Rif Mountains
- Language.ethnicity
- Riffians
- Language.speakers
- million
- Language.glottorefname
- Tarifiyt-Beni-Iznasen-Eastern Middle Atlas Berber
- Language.map
- Riffian Language Map.PNG
- Language.date
- 2024
- Language.familycolor
- Afro-Asiatic
- Language.fam2
- Berber
- Language.fam3
- Northern
- Language.fam4
- Zenati
- Language.script
- Latin, Tifinagh, Arabic
- Language.iso3
- rif
- Language.glotto
- tari1263
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29 sectionsContents
- Name
- Classification
- Geographic distribution
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Dialects
- Phonology
- Vowels
- Vocalized r
- Consonants
- Assimilations
- Sound shifts
- Zenati sound shifts
- L and ř
- R vocalization
- Writing system
- Grammar
- Nouns
- Lexicon
- Basic vocabulary
- Loanwords
- Examples of words loaned from Classical/Moroccan Arabic
- Examples of words loaned from Spanish
- Examples of words loaned from French
- Examples of words loaned from Latin
- Sample text
- References
- Sources
- External links
Tarifit (, ; ), also known as Riffian, 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 and Driouch.
== Name == The traditional autonym of the language is Tmaziɣt (Tamazight), a term that is widely used, albeit in different forms, among Berber speaking groups all over northern Africa. Tarifiyt (pronounced Tarifect in central dialects), as a linguistic term, is a new coinage, developed when it became more and more relevant to distinguish it from other Berber varieties.