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| Languages of Mauritania | |
|---|---|
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| Official | Arabic (Modern Standard) |
| Semi-official | French (working language) |
| National | Arabic, Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof |
| Vernacular | Hassaniya Arabic |
| Minority | Zenaga, Bambara, Tamasheq, Serer |
| Signed | Francophone African Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
The languages of Mauritania include the official language, Arabic, three national languages, Pulaar, Soninke and Wolof, and French, a former official language which is still the language of working,[1] education and administration.[2]
The languages fall into two families: Afroasiatic languages, namely Zenaga-Berber, Tamasheq-Berber, Hassaaniya Arabic and Standard written Arabic; and Niger-Congo languages, principally Pulaar, Soninke and Wolof.
- ^ Cheikh, Mohamed Vall Ould (2012), Nglasso-Mwatha, Musanji (ed.), "Le français en Mauritanie : statuts et pratiques", Environnement francophone en milieu plurilingue, Études africaines et créoles (in French), Pessac: Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, pp. 375–397, ISBN 979-10-300-0671-1, retrieved 2024-09-30
- ^ Alassane Yero Ba et Abdoul Echraf Ouedraogo, Portrait des dynamiques linguistiques et de l'alphabétisation en Mauritanie, Une analyse à partir des données du recensement de 2013.