Dialect comparison

Tarifit vs Tashelhit

Compare two dialects of Tamazight side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Tarifit

Riffian

The Berber variety of the Rif region in northern Morocco. Heavily distinct from other Tamazight varieties in phonology, including a strong final-vowel reduction.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
35.18°, -3.92°
Tashelhit

Shilha · Soussian Berber

The Berber variety of the southern Atlas and Souss valley in Morocco. The most numerous Tamazight variety, with a literary tradition going back centuries.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
30.42°, -9.59°

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