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Modern Standard Arabic is the official language of the government of Mauritania. Hassaniyya Arabic (70%-80% of the population) [3] is the colloquial spoken variety of Arabic. Its name is derived from the tribe of the Bänū Ḥassān. [3] The language serves as a lingua franca in the country.
Most languages natively spoken in Africa belong to one of the two large language families that dominate the continent: Afroasiatic, or Niger–Congo. Another hundred belong to smaller families such as Ubangian, Nilotic, Saharan, and the various families previously grouped under the umbrella term Khoisan. In addition, the languages of Africa ...
Mauritania, [a] formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, [b] is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast , Mali to the east and southeast , and Senegal to the southwest .
Afrikaans; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; تۆرکجه; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Башҡортса; Беларуская
Sahrawis' native language is the Hassānīya, a variety of Arabic originally spoken by the Beni Hassan Arabian tribes of the Western Sahara. It has almost completely replaced the Berber languages originally spoken in this region. Though clearly a western dialect, Hassānīya is relatively distant from other North African variants of Arabic.
French is an administrative language and is commonly but unofficially used in the Maghreb states, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.As of 2023, an estimated 350 million African people spread across 34 African countries can speak French either as a first or second language, mostly as a secondary language, making Africa the continent with the most French speakers in the world. [2]
Mauritania (a national language along with Fula, Wolof, the official language is Arabic) Senegal (a national language along with Balanta , Bassari , Bedik , Fula , Hassaniya , Jola , Mandinka , Mandjak , Mankanya , Noon , Safen , Serer , Wolof , the official language is French )
Spoken in: West Africa, primarily in Mali and Mauritania; Sora – 𑃐𑃚𑃝, ସଉରା Spoken in: India; Sorani – سۆرانی, Soranî Spoken in: Iran and Iraq; Sotho – Sesotho Official language in: Lesotho and South Africa; South African Sign Language – Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal Official language in: South Africa; Southern ...