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Afroasiatic family
Hassaniya Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic is a language of the Maghrebi Arabic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Mali, Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco. Wikidata counts about 3.8 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language mainly spoken in Mauritania and Western Sahara”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mey- Glottocode
hass1238- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Wikipedia
- 44 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Hassaniya Arabic |
|---|---|
| Also called | Hassaniyya, Hassaniya, Hassaniyya Arabic, Klam El Bithan, Hassani |
| All speakers | 3,763,900 |
| Written in | Arabic script |
| Official in | Mali |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Hassaniya Arabic
The branches above Hassaniya Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Mali
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