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Riffian

Tarifit

Riffian is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Morocco, Spain, and Algeria, by about 4.4 million people.

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Riffian · 34.9°N 3.4°W

Tarifit (also known as Riffian; endonym: Tmaziɣt or Tarifit/Tarifect) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by some 1,200,000 Riffians, comprising 3.2% of the population of Morocco, primarily in the Rif provinces of Nador, Al Hoceima, Driouch, and Berkane. It is also the second most spoken language in Melilla, an autonomous Spanish city, after Spanish.

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Words in Riffian

MeaningWordRomanization
motheryemma
fatherbaba
manargaz
womantamɣart
nameisem
friendameddukeř
eyetiṭ
earameẓẓuɣ
noseanzar
toothtiɣmest
tongueires
handafus
headixf
bloodddem
skintirmešt
wateraman
firetimessi
suntfušt
moontaziri
staritri
skyajenna
rainanẓar
snowadfer
stoneaẓru
mountainadrar
riveriɣzar
searebḥar
treessejjart
leafafar
dogaydi

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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