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tarifit language

The TarifitLanguage is a RiffLanguage of Morocco. SIL code: RIF. ISO 639-2: ber. Population: 1,500,000 in Morocco (1991). Population total all countries 2,000,000 (1991). Region: Northern Morocco. The dialects listed are near Al Hoceima. Also spoken in Algeria, France, Netherlands. Alternate names: RIFI, RIFIA, NORTHERN SHILHA, SHILHA. Dialects URRIGHEL, BENI IZNASSEN. Comments: The chief differences among dialects are phonological. There may be other dialects. Coon (1939) said Senhaja de Srair is a separate language. 'Rifia' is the Arabic name for their language, 'Rifi' (sg.) or 'Ruafa' (pl.) are names for the people, 'Rif' or 'Riff' geographical names. Muslim. Bible portions 1887-1890. Also spoken in: Algeria. (Language name: TARIFIT.) Alternate names: TIRIFIE, RIFF, RIFI, RUAFA, FIFIA, RIF, NORTHERN SHILHA, SHILHA. Dialects ARZEU, IGZENNAIAN, IZNACEN (BENI IZNASSEN). Comments: Muslim. Bible portions 1887-1890.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)

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Instances	afro asiatic language	An AfroAsiaticLanguage is any one of 372 languages forming a major family of languages of Africa and Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	content bearing physical	Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
	entity	The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
	human language	The subclass of Languages used by Humans.
	language	A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
	linguistic expression	This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
	northern afro asiatic language	A NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguage is one of a group of 17 closely related AfroAsiaticLanguages found in North Africa and the Middle East.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	physical	An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
	riff language	A RiffLanguage is one of two closely related ZenatiLanguages of Algeria.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	spoken human language	A SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
	zenati language	A ZenatiLanguage is one of 12 closely related NorthernAfroAsiaticLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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