Hassaniya Arabic
E227709
Hassaniya Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken primarily in Mauritania and parts of neighboring West African and Saharan countries, known for its Bedouin roots and distinctive phonology and vocabulary.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hassaniya Arabic canonical | 20 |
| Hassani Arabic | 1 |
| Hassaniyya Arabic | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect continuum
ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ variety of Arabic ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Hassaniya Arabic
ⓘ
surface form:
Hassani Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
Hassaniyya Arabic
Hassānīya ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Bedouin Arabic of the western Sahara ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
nomadic Hassaniya
ⓘ
rural Hassaniya ⓘ urban Hassaniya ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Bedouin-type morphosyntax
ⓘ
distinctive phonology ⓘ distinctive vocabulary ⓘ emphatic consonants ⓘ pharyngeal consonants ⓘ preservation of classical Arabic consonants ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ uvular consonants ⓘ |
| historicalBasis | Banu Hassān dialects ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Berber languages
ⓘ
Classical Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ Pulaar ⓘ Soninke people ⓘ
surface form:
Soninke
Wolof ⓘ Zenaga Berber ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | mey ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalSimilarity |
high with Bedouin Arabic dialects
ⓘ
moderate with Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partial with other Arabic dialects ⓘ |
| origin | Bedouin Arabic ⓘ |
| phonologicalTrait |
complex system of emphaticization
ⓘ
distinction between several sibilant consonants ⓘ frequent realization of /q/ as [g] ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Mauritania ⓘ |
| region |
North Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Maghreb
Sahara Desert ⓘ
surface form:
Sahara
West Africa ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Mauritania
ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form:
Western Sahara
northern Mali ⓘ parts of Niger ⓘ parts of Senegal ⓘ southern Morocco ⓘ southwestern Algeria ⓘ |
| statusInMauritania | de facto national lingua franca ⓘ |
| subfamily | Central Semitic languages ⓘ |
| subgroup | Arabic ⓘ |
| usedBy | Moors (Bidhan) population ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday communication in Mauritania ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local media in Mauritania
ⓘ
oral poetry in Mauritania ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hassaniyya Arabic
this entity surface form:
Hassani Arabic