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Riff languages

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Geographic distribution
  
North Africa

Glottolog
  
None

Riff languages

Linguistic classification
  
Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Berber Zenati Riff

In some classifications, the Riff (Rif) languages are a branch of the Zenati languages (Northern Berber), of the Rif area of Morocco, that includes Riffian, one of the major Berber languages.

Blench (2006) considers Riff to be a dialect cluster, consisting of the following varieties:

  • Riffian
  • Ghmara
  • Shawiya
  • Tidikelt
  • Tuat
  • Tlemcen
  • Sheliff Basin

    • References

    Riff languages Wikipedia
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