Tarifit
Tarifit or Tarifit Berber, also known as Riffian is a Moroccan Zenati Berber language. It is spoken natively by around 7 million people.[2]
| Tarifit | |
|---|---|
| ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵢⵜ, Tmaziɣt, Tarifiyt | |
| Native to | Morocco, Spain (Melilla), Algeria |
| Region | Rif |
| Ethnicity | Riffians |
| Native speakers | 7,000,000 (2016)[1] |
| Language family | |
| Standard forms | |
| Writing system | Latin, Arabic (Historically) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rif |
| 300px | |
Tarifit Media
- WIKITONGUES- Anass speaking Tarifit.webm
Young man speaking Riffian Berber, recorded in Cuba.
- Berbères en Algérie occidentale.svg
Linguistic map of western Algeria showing Berber-speaking areas, including Riffian cluster of Bettioua, Marsa Ben-Mhidi, Aït Snous and Aït Bousaïd
- Riffian Dialects in Morocco.PNG
Distribution of Riffian dialects
References
- ↑ Minahan, James B. (August 2016). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World, 2nd Edition: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. ISBN 9781610699549.
- ↑ Minahan, James B. (2016-08-01). Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World, 2nd Edition: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-954-9.