ISO 639-3 · rifrif
Afroasiatic family
Tarifit
Tarifit is a language of the Zenati languages branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Morocco and Algeria. Wikidata counts about 4.4 m speakers (2016). Wikidata describes it as “Zenati Berber language of northern Morocco”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
rif- Glottocode
tari1263- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Wikipedia
- 56 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tarifit |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rif, Tmaziɣt, Rifian language, Rif Berber, Rifian Berber |
| All speakers | 4,399,000 (2016) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Tarifit
The branches above Tarifit, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Morocco
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafefraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 maryMoroccan ArabicAfroasiatic · 27.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationtzmCentral Atlas Tamazightunclassified · 17 m6a · VigorousshiTashelhitAfroasiatic · 8 m5 · DevelopingmeyHassaniya ArabicAfroasiatic · 3.8 m3 · Wider CommunicationzghStandard Moroccan Amazighunclassified · 2.7 m1 · NationalsjsSenhaja de SrairAfroasiatic · 86,0006b · ThreatenedjbeJudeo-BerberAfroasiatic · 2,0008a · Moribund