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 MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Morocco
Tarifit, for example, is spoken in Er Rif and northern Middle Atlas.
The Arabs brought to Morocco a written language that is still the primary language of business and culture.
Morocco once had a Jewish population, numbering 221,000 in 1956, but nearly all of the country’s Jews emigrated elsewhere during the 1960s and 1970s because of tensions between Arab countries and Israel.
http://encarta.msn.com/text_761572952___7/Morocco.html

  
 Er Rif. Language
14 Tarifit (the Rif, in the north of Morocco).
The language Tarifit is the language Amazigh that at the moment survives in the north of the current State of Morocco.
It is the one used by all the arab speakers, in even for other languages that are not at all semitics.
http://geo.ya.com/errif/terrain/langue/langue.html

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Africa - Morocco - People
In addition, about 10 million Moroccans, mostly in rural areas, speak Berber--which exists in Morocco in three different dialects (Tarifit, Tashelhit, and Tamazight)--either as a first language or bilingually with the spoken Arabic dialect.
French, which remains Morocco's unofficial third language, is taught universally and still serves as Morocco's primary language of commerce and economics; it also is widely used in education and government.
Classical Arabic is Morocco's official language, but the country's distinctive Arabic dialect is the most widely spoken language in Morocco.
http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/mo/Morocco_people_summary.htm

  
 Morocco FAQ Do people speak English in Morocco?
Tarifit, the native language of 1.5 million Moroccans, is spoken in northern Morocco, particularly in the Rif mountains.
Most of the time, Arabs from across the world are able to have a basic conversation using their own separate dialects.
The term is used for the three original, non-Arab peoples living in Morocco, and for their languages.
http://www.triotours.com/faq/ma/english.htm

  
 Writing Berber Languages
Apparently it was also used occasionally for a few poems in Middle Atlas Tamazight and in Tarifit; however, the American anthropologist Carleton Coon noted (in 1931!) that most of the Berber books in Morocco even as far north as the Rif were in Tachelhit.
In the Tarifit Project site, spirantisation is marked for th ث and dh ذ; neither Prof.
For a more detailed history of old Libyan and Tifinagh (in French), see Monde Berbere.
http://www.geocities.com/lameens/tifinagh

  
 Moroccan Gateway: the Berbers
The three main dialects used in Morocco are Tachelhit, Tamazight and Tarifit.
Tarifit (or Rifia) is spoken in the Rif area of northern Morocco.
Berber is not officially recognised in Morocco, though French (the old colonial language) is. There was some pressure in 1996, when the constitution was being revised, to have Berber recognised.
http://www.al-bab.com/maroc/soc/berber.htm

  
 Yennayer 2951 in San Francisco
*Tarifit is spoken in the northern part of morocco (the Rif); Tachelhit is spoken from Essaouira to the Sahara in the southern part of Morocco.
Guests included activist Hmad Lachgar, former president of Tamaynut, the Amazigh association in Morocco and Mitch Ritter, an advocate of Tamazight language and Amazigh human rights throughout Tamazgha (north Africa), and a reporter on its fertile and innovative music and culture for the World Music magazine, Dirty Linen.
Due to repression in their respective countries, the language and culture of the Amazigh have been all but obliterated in Libya, Tunisia, and the Canary Islands, where only a few have maintained the ancient Tamazight language and Amazigh traditions.
http://www.waac.info/amazigh/culture/yennayer2951.html

  
 Ethnologue: Morocco
Coon (1939) says it is a separate language from Tarifit.
The number of languages listed for Morocco is 11.
Northern Morocco and southern Morocco south of the Atlas Mts., and including the port cities of the Sahara.
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/ethno/Moro.html

  
 The Tamazight (Berber) language profile
Despite the superficial ‘softening' of this policy in Algeria and Morocco by accepting Tamazight to be introduced in some universities, the Amazigh population is convinced that the objectives and the opinion of the arabo-islamist regimes have not changed at all.
Ancient Egyptian is somehow disputed between these two branches (see Vergote, 1970).
Besides Tifinagh, attempts were made to write the Tamazight language in Arabic characters.
http://www.waac.info/amazigh/language/achab_tamazight_language_profile.html

  
 Jabal al-Lughat
Language Log has recently posted twice on the bizarre name of the organization claiming to have carried out the attack.
This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
Beja is Afro-Asiatic*- either part of Cushitic or a separate branch, depending on who you ask - and happens to be among the most obviously similar languages to Semitic and to Berber.
http://lughat.blogspot.com

  
 The Rosetta Project: the 1000 language archive
Tell us about books, archives, organizations, and websites that contain information relevant to Tarifit.
This resource is also relevant to these languages:
http://www.rosettaproject.org/live/search/addresourceform?ethnocode=RIF&langname=Tarifit

  
 Language Information Translation Tarifit - The world speaks Pro-Tran
Language Information Translation Tarifit - The world speaks Pro-Tran
Total number of people using the Language in all countries
http://www.pro-tran.com/en/Sprachen-Information/spin_RIF.html

  
 YWAM Sahara - Rif Berbers
The follow-up of contacts made through Arabic (not Tarifit) Christian radio broadcasts and correspondence courses continues to be a principle source of new believers.
There has been a strong response to mother-tongue materials in Tarifit and other languages.
Only in recent years has there been any scripture available in Tarifit.
http://www.gosahara.org/rb.html

  
 languagehat.com: December 2003 Archives
I should have lived with a Russian family, and let more of the language sink in by osmosis, but I was too jealous of my privacy...
Eve has a list of movies where languages and accents are done well and badly; she solicits suggestions for others.
The Yinka Déné Language Institute, founded in 1988, is devoted to the preservation and promotion of Yinka Déné language and culture.
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/2003_12.php

  
 User:Mustafaa - Iridis Encyclopedia
Other African languages : Fur language, Berber languages, Northern Berber languages, Chenoua language, Soddo language, Korandje language, Gimira language, Tuareg languages, Saho language, Senhaja de Srair language, Tarifit language, Ghomara language, Komuz languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Afro-Asiatic languages, Tifinagh, Old Nubian language, Tagoi language.
Non-language articles that I've been particularly involved with
"And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the differences among your languages and your colors ; in these are signs indeed for the knowers." Qur'an 30:22.
http://www.iridis.com/User:Mustafaa

  
 Berber language teaching to start in 2003-2004 school year
In parallel to teaching the three dialects of Berber (Tachlhit, Tamazight and Tarifit), Berber teachers' instructors will be trained and starting from the coming school year, manuals will be distributed for free in the first year of primary education.
The decision, he went on, was made in 2001 in conformity with the sovereign's directives contained in two speeches he delivered in July and October 2001.
In a previous statement, the minister had said that a total of 1,000 Berber teachers will be appointed this year with plans to generalize the subject nationwide by 2010.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030627/2003062727.html

  
 The Rosetta Project: the 1000 language archive
Tarifit texts are available in the categories below.
Tell us about books, archives, organizations, and websites where we can find texts and other resources to build our archive.
Send a message to a language specialist or native speaker who might be able to review or contribute materials.
http://rosettaproject.org/live/search/detailedlanguagerecord?ethnocode=RIF

  
 Website of The Cultural Association Adrar voor Tamazight Art and Culture
Because of the nature of regional variation in Tamazight (Berber), the teaching has to take this into consideration: The three major varieties are all taught in their respective regions (Tarifit in the north, Tamazight in the central area, and Tashelhit more to the south).
The answer to all likeliyhood is NO. One cannot say much about the real plans of the ministry of Education in Morocco, as long as there are no documents accessible to the public, which would outline the language policy of Morocco, it is very hard to speculate on what the future will be like.
The ides -according to IRCAM sources is to gradually insert a small amount of Standard Tamazight in the educational programs, with the goal to reach one variety, a Standrd for all learners and/of speakers of Tamazight.
http://www.adrar.nl/indexEng.html

  
 Netherlands
Get more details about this country from The World Factbook.
Another reference on countries, languages and people groups is Peoplegroups.org.
Find out about people groups in this country from Joshua Project.
http://www.gospelrecordings.com/show_country.php?cty=nl

  
 Sources for the Numbers List
Prase 1974 confirms that Ahaggar and Ghat speak
Sometimes half the work in dealing with a new language is finding out what it is, and relating it to the sometimes wildly varying classifications from Ruhlen, Voegelin, and the Ethnologue.
This page gives the sources for each language on the Numbers from 1 to 10 page.
http://www.zompist.com/sources.htm

  
 A Tarifit Berber-English Dictionary is available from Bestprices.com Books!
A Tarifit Berber-English Dictionary is available from Bestprices.com Books!
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http://bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/0773463453BT.html

  
 Tarifit
This Afro-Asiatic language may have 2,000,000 speakers in Morocco and Algeria.
The Berber or Amazigh peoples live in Northern Africa throughout the Mediterranean coast, the Sahara and Sahel.
http://www.flw.com/languages/tarifit.htm

  
 Ghomara language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The language of the Ghomara is a Northern Berber language of the Zenati subgroup, spoken on the eastern edge of the Rif in Morocco.
Contrary to the Ethnologue, it is not extinct; Peter Behnstedt reports that it is spoken in at least the douar of Amtiqan and its immediate neighborhood, just west of Oued Ouringa.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghomara_language

  
 North African Language Links
Tutlayt Amazigh - brought to you by the Amazigh Renaissance.
Unfortunately, most of it is complaining about the suppression of the language, which isn't very helpful to people who actually want to learn it.
For the other major first language, Tamazight (Berber), there is a fair amount on the Net.
http://www.geocities.com/lameens/darja/links.html

  
 Tarifit language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tarifit is a Northern Berber language of the Zenati subgroup, spoken mainly in the Moroccan Rif by about 2 million people.
Tarifit is a Berber language, belonging to the Zenati subgroup of Northern Berber, and possibly the Rif subgroup of Zenati.
Tarifit is spoken mainly in the Moroccan Rif by about 2 million people, with a few speakers across the border in Algeria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarifit_language

  
 University Relations - News Release - Liberty University
Liberty University Professor of English and Linguistics, Dr. Clive McClelland, recently published a Tarifit Berber dictionary, a language spoken in the country of Morocco.
Berber is a language in the family of Hebrew and Arabic and is spoken by over one million inhabitants in Northeastern Morocco.
Equally important, there is the possibility that it will make an important contribution also to the speakers themselves.” The Edwin Mellen Press publish scholarly works by professors at universities who hold Ph.D. degrees in their field.
http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6848&NewsID=23

  
 2005 Population Figures for Settat, Morocco
Tarifit language and live in the Nador area), and the Chaouya group who are
...press the Government to preserve their language and culture...
Languages: Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business
http://travel.synabu.com/cities/S/Settat,_Morocco.html

  
 TAMAZIóôT ( Berber ) [X:169b]
More specifically it is a term used to designate the Berber dialect group of the Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco, one of three groups widely, if somewhat grossly, construed as representing Berber in Morocco’s territory: the other dialect groups in this paradigm are Tarifit in the north of the country and
This is a general term used by many Berber speakers [see berbers at vol.
The region’s history of tribal movement, immigration and displacement has left its mark on language patterns.
http://www.encislam.brill.nl/data/EncIslam/S5/SIM-7375.html

  
 On-line language recordings you can listen to now - List 1 - EveryTongue.com
% of the people on earth can find a language here they understand.
(Language name, population and Ethno-code from SIL International, www.ethnologue.com)
Below are languages in countries that begin with A through L. Click here
http://www.everytongue.com/list1-on-line-recordings.htm

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:RIF
'Rifia' is the Arabic name for their language, 'Rifi' (sg.) or 'Ruafa' (pl.) are names for the people, 'Rif' or 'Riff' geographical names.
Coon (1939) said Senhaja de Srair is a separate language.
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=RIF

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