Rif Berber

E151660

Rif Berber is a Northern Berber language spoken primarily in Morocco’s Rif region by the Riffian Amazigh people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rif Berber canonical 4
Rif Berbers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amazigh language ⓘ
Northern Berber language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber

Tarifit ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight ⓘ
Kabyle ⓘ
Shilha ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
endonym Tarifiyt ⓘ
linked to: Tarifit
hasApproximateSpeakers between 1 and 3 million speakers ⓘ
over 1 million ⓘ
hasDialects central Rif varieties ⓘ
eastern Rif varieties ⓘ
western Rif varieties ⓘ
hasGlottocode rifi1238 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code rif ⓘ
hasLinguasphereCode 10-AAO-d ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature root-and-pattern morphology typical of Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some varieties) ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature predominantly VSO word order ⓘ
influencedBy Classical Arabic ⓘ
Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Spanish ⓘ
languageBranch Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Berber languages ⓘ
macrolanguageOf Riffian varieties in northern Morocco ⓘ
partOf Amazigh linguistic continuum ⓘ
recognizedAs part of the Amazigh languages recognized in Morocco’s constitution ⓘ
region northeastern Morocco ⓘ
spokenBy Riffian Amazigh people ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber

Riffians ⓘ
spokenIn Morocco ⓘ
Rif region ⓘ
status regional language in Morocco ⓘ
subfamily Northern Berber ⓘ
usedBy Amazigh cultural activists in the Rif ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication in the Rif region ⓘ
usedIn local music and songs in the Rif region ⓘ
oral literature of the Rif ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Tifinagh ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarifit → hasAlternativeName → Rif Berber ⓘ
Rifian → alternateName → Rif Berber ⓘ
Tarifit language → spokenBy → Rif Berbers ⓘ
linked to: Rif Berber
Tarifit → alternateName → Rif Berber ⓘ
subject linked to: ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ (Tarifit)