Percent of Tarifit speakers in Morocco by census 2004

] In some classifications, the Riff (Rif) languages are a branch of the Zenati languages, Zenati Berber languages ( Northern Berber), of the

Rif The Rif or Riff (, ), also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. This mountainous and fertile area is bordered by Cape Spartel and Tangier to the west, by Berkane and the Moulouya River to the east, by the Mediterrane ...

area of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

, that includes Riffian, one of the major Berber languages. Blench (2006) considers Riff to be a dialect cluster, consisting of the following varieties:AA list
Blench, ms, 2006 * Riffian * Ghomara * Shawiya * Tidikelt *

Tuat Tuat, or Touat, is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases. In the past, the oases were important for caravans crossing the Sahara. Geography Tuat lies to the south of the Grand Erg Occidental, to ...

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the p ...

* Sheliff Basin

References

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