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Tarifit
Tarifiyt, Riffian, Tamazight, الريفية
Tmaziɣt
Pronunciation	[θmæzɪχt]
Native to	Northern Morocco
Region	Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma and Oriental (Morocco)
Ethnicity	Rifians
Native speakers	1.3 million (2004)^[1]^[2]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Northern Zenati Tarifit
Writing system	Latin, Arabic script, Tifinagh (symbolically)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rif`
Glottolog	`tari1263`

Tarifit Berber, also known as Riffian or locally as Tamazight (Tarifit: Tmaziɣt, pronounced [θmæzɪχt]; Arabic: الريفية) is a Zenati Berber language spoken in the Rif region in northern Morocco. It is spoken natively by some 1,271,000^[3]^[4] Rifians primarily in the Rif provinces of Nador, Al Hoceima and Driouch.

^ Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004". Site institutionnel du Haut-Commissariat au Plan du Royaume du Maroc (in French). Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "Population légale des régions, provinces, préfectures, municipalités, arrondissements et communes du Royaume d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014" (Xls). Morocco. Haut Commissariat au Plan. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ Maaroufi, Youssef. "Recensement général de la population et de l'habitat 2004". Site institutionnel du Haut-Commissariat au Plan du Royaume du Maroc (in French). Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "Population légale des régions, provinces, préfectures, municipalités, arrondissements et communes du Royaume d'après les résultats du RGPH 2014" (Xls). Morocco. Haut Commissariat au Plan. Retrieved 15 February 2016.