Riffian Berber

E155261

Amazigh language Northern Berber language language

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

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Riffian Berber canonical	9
Riffian	5
Riffian Amazigh	3
East Riffian Berber	1
Riffian Amazigh people	1
Riffian Berbers	1
Riffian Tamazight	1
Riffian language	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Amazigh language ⓘ Northern Berber language ⓘ language ⓘ
alternativeName	Riffian Berber ⓘ surface form: Riffian 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 ⓘ surface form: rif
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom	French ⓘ Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ surface form: Moroccan 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 ⓘ surface form: Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture (IRCAM)
hasSyntacticFeature	verb–subject–object basic word order (tending) ⓘ
influencedBy	Arabic–English Lexicon ⓘ surface form: Arabic (lexicon) Spanish (lexicon) ⓘ
languageFamily	Berber languages ⓘ
partOf	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ surface form: Afroasiatic language family
recognizedAs	part of the official Amazigh language of Morocco ⓘ
region	northern Morocco ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean coast of 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 alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script Tifinagh ⓘ surface form: Tifinagh script

Referenced by (22)

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 Berber ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riffian language

Riffians → language → Riffian Berber ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riffian Tamazight

Chaoui → relatedEthnicGroup → Riffian Berber ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riffian Berbers

Nador → majorSpokenLanguage → Riffian Berber ⓘ

Rif region → hasEthnicGroup → Riffian Berber ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riffian Amazigh

Central Atlas Tamazight → closelyRelatedTo → Riffian Berber ⓘ

Rif Berber → alternateName → Riffian Berber ⓘ