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most of the other languages not even being close to the Rif mountains. The source itself is dubious as well, it's repeating a 2001 subgrouping of Berber and contains a supposed Berber language, "Zurg", that doesn't actually exist. If necessary, this proposed branch can be added to the Zenati article, but perhaps under a different name still.}} ~~~~ |
| Riff | |
|---|---|
| Riffian | |
| Geographic distribution | North Africa |
| Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
In some classifications, the Riff (Rif) languages are a branch of the Zenati Berber 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:
References
- AA list, Blench, ms, 2006
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