Riffian Berber

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

All labels observed (8)

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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

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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