Hassānīya language

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Hassānīya (Arabic: حسانية <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Ḥassānīya) is a type of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian Arabs and the Sahrawi people.

Ḥassānīya
حسانية
Ḥassānīya
Native toSouthwestern Algeria, Libya, Northwestern Mali, Mauritania, southern Morocco, Northern Niger, Western Sahara
EthnicityArab
Arab-Berber
Native speakers5.00 million  (2014–2017)
Language family
Dialects
Writing systemArabic alphabet
Recognised minority language in Morocco[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mey
Árabe hassanía.png
Current distribution of the Hassaniya language.

References

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