Riffian Berber

E155261

Riffian Berber is a Northern Berber language spoken primarily by the Riffian people in the Rif region of northern Morocco.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

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

Tarifit ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Central Atlas Tamazight ⓘ
Kabyle ⓘ
Shilha ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable (some intergenerational transmission issues) ⓘ
glottocode tarifit1240 ⓘ
hasDialect central Riffian dialects ⓘ
eastern Riffian dialects ⓘ
western Riffian dialects ⓘ
hasISOCode rif ⓘ
linked to: Rif
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom French ⓘ
Moroccan Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Spanish ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature gender distinction (masculine and feminine) ⓘ
number distinction (singular and plural) ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn Morocco (as part of Amazigh) ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some dialects) ⓘ
emphatic consonants ⓘ
hasStandardizationEffort Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature verb–subject–object basic word order (tending) ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic (lexicon) ⓘ
Spanish (lexicon) ⓘ
languageFamily Berber languages ⓘ
partOf Afroasiatic language family ⓘ
recognizedAs part of the official Amazigh language of Morocco ⓘ
region Mediterranean coast of Morocco ⓘ
linked to: northern Morocco

northeastern Morocco ⓘ
spokenBy Riffian people ⓘ
spokenIn Rif region ⓘ
northern Morocco ⓘ
subfamily Northern Berber ⓘ
taughtIn some Moroccan schools as part of Amazigh education ⓘ
usedBy Riffian diaspora communities ⓘ
usedFor local media in northern Morocco ⓘ
oral communication in the Rif ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script (historically) ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Tifinagh script ⓘ
linked to: Tifinagh

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (38)

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

Tarifit → hasAlternativeName → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Shilha → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Zenati languages → hasSubgroup → Riffian language ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Riffians → language → Riffian Tamazight ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Chaoui → relatedEthnicGroup → Riffian Berbers ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Nador → majorSpokenLanguage → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Rif region → hasEthnicGroup → Riffian Amazigh ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Rif Berber → alternateName → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Rif Berber → spokenBy → Riffian Amazigh people ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Zenati Berber → hasSubgroup → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Tarifit language → hasAlternativeName → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Tamazight → hasVariety → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Riffian Berber → alternativeName → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Shawiya language → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Beni Iznasen language → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Beni Iznasen language → closelyRelatedTo → East Riffian Berber ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Zenati → hasDialectGroup → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Al Hoceima → ethnicMajority → Riffian Amazigh ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Irifiyen → ethnoLinguisticGroup → Riffian Amazigh ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Tachelhit → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Mozabite Berber → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Rif tribes → culturalIdentity → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Nador Province → hasEthnoLinguisticGroup → Riffian Amazigh ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Tarifit → alternateName → Riffian ⓘ
subject linked to: ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ (Tarifit)
linked to: Riffian Berber
Shilha language → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Proto-Berber → hasDescendant → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Central Rif → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Riffian Amazigh ⓘ
subject linked to: central Rif
linked to: Riffian Berber
Beni Snous Tamazight → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Maghrebi Berber → hasDialect → Riffian ⓘ
linked to: Riffian Berber
Chaouïa → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Ait Waryaghar → language → Riffian Berber ⓘ
subject linked to: Ait Waryaghar tribe
Berber tribes of the Rif → usesLanguage → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Atlas Berber → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Tashelhiyt → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ
Souss Tachelhit → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ