Hassānīya language

Ḥassānīya
حسانية
Ḥassānīya
Native toSouthwestern Algeria, Libya, Northwestern Mali, Mauritania, southern Morocco, Northern Niger, Western Sahara
EthnicityArab
Arab-Berber
Native speakers
5.00 million (2014–2017)
Dialects
  • Nemadi
  • Imraguen
Arabic alphabet
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-3mey
Glottologhass1238
Current distribution of the Hassaniya language.

Hassānīya (Arabic: حسانية Ḥassānīya) is a type of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian Arabs and the Sahrawi people.

References

  1. "Morocco 2011 Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.