Riffian
Tarifit
Riffian is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Morocco, Spain, and Algeria, by about 4.4 million people.
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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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | yemma | |
| father | baba | |
| man | argaz | |
| woman | tamɣart | |
| name | isem | |
| friend | ameddukeř | |
| eye | tiṭ | |
| ear | ameẓẓuɣ | |
| nose | anzar | |
| tooth | tiɣmest | |
| tongue | ires | |
| hand | afus | |
| head | ixf | |
| blood | ddem | |
| skin | tirmešt | |
| water | aman | |
| fire | timessi | |
| sun | tfušt | |
| moon | taziri | |
| star | itri | |
| sky | ajenna | |
| rain | anẓar | |
| snow | adfer | |
| stone | aẓru | |
| mountain | adrar | |
| river | iɣzar | |
| sea | rebḥar | |
| tree | ssejjart | |
| leaf | afar | |
| dog | aydi |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- KabyleAfro-Asiatic61% alike
- Western Algerian BerberAfro-Asiatic54% alike
- TumzabtAfro-Asiatic52% alike
- Senhaja De SrairAfro-Asiatic52% alike
- Central Atlas TamazightAfro-Asiatic51% alike
- OuargliAfro-Asiatic47% alike
Grammar
- KabyleAfro-Asiatic80% alike
- TamasheqAfro-Asiatic79% alike
- Tayart TamajeqAfro-Asiatic78% alike
- Levantine ArabicAfro-Asiatic78% alike
- Libyan ArabicAfro-Asiatic78% alike
- Baharna ArabicAfro-Asiatic78% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · tari1263 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · rif