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Name:
Tarifit
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Berber (Rif); Rifi; Rifia; Northern Shilha; Shilha; Tirifie; Riff; Ruafa; Fifia; Rif
Spoken in:
Belgium, Spain, France, Algeria, Germany, Netherlands, Morocco, Tunisia
Number of speakers:
1,500,000 in Morocco (1991). Population total all countries: 1,700,000
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
38637
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1700000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
rif
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Afro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Riff (riff)
Child Dialects:
Beni Iznassen; Beni Snassen; Iznacen (rif-ben)
Urrighel (rif-urr)
Arzeu; Old Arzeu (rif-arz)
Igzennaian (rif-igz)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Tarifit
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