Tarifit

Tarifit
Riffian, الريفية
Tmaziɣt / Tarifiyt / Tarifect
Pronunciation[θmæzɪχt] / [θærɪfɪjt] / [θærɪfəʃt]
Native toNorthern Morocco, Melilla
RegionThe Rif (Regions of Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma and Oriental)
EthnicityRiffians
Native speakers
1.2 million (2024)[1]
Berber Latin alphabet, Berber Arabic alphabet, Tifinagh (symbolically)
Language codes
ISO 639-3rif
Glottologtari1263

Tarifit (Tarifit: Tmaziɣt, pronounced [θmæzɪχt]), also known as Riffian (Arabic: الريفية, romanizedar-rīfīyah) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by some 1,200,000[2][3] Riffians, comprising 3.2% of the population,[1] primarily in the Rif provinces of Nador, Al Hoceima and Driouch.

The autonym of the language is Tmaziɣt, which can be used to refer to any Berber language or, more specifically, Tarifiyt (pronounced Tarifect in central dialects).[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Gauthier, Christophe. "كلمة افتتاحية للسيد المندوب السامي للتخطيط بمناسبة الندوة الصحفية الخاصة بتقديم معطيات الإحصاء العام للسكان والسكنى 2024". Site institutionnel du Haut-Commissariat au Plan du Royaume du Maroc (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  2. ^ Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004". Site institutionnel du Haut-Commissariat au Plan du Royaume du Maroc (in French). Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Population légale des régions, provinces, préfectures, municipalités, arrondissements et communes du Royaume d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014" (Xls). Morocco. Haut Commissariat au Plan. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  4. ^ Maarten Kossmann; Khalid Mourigh (2020). An introduction to Tarifiyt Berber (Nador, Morocco). Ugarit Verlag. ISBN 9783868353075.
  5. ^ Mena Lafkioui (2007). Atlas linguistique des variétés berbères du Rif. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. ISBN 978-3-89645-395-2.

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