A Bedouin-descended Arabic variety spoken across Mauritania, Western Sahara, and adjacent parts of the Sahel. Carries deep Berber substrate and a strong oral poetic tradition.
- Approximate centre
- 18.07°, -15.97°
Dialect comparison
Hassaniya Arabic vs Iraqi Arabic
Compare two dialects of Arabic side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Mesopotamian Arabic
Spoken across Iraq and parts of eastern Syria and southwestern Iran. Carries strong Aramaic and Turkic influence and splits internally between gilit (southern) and qeltu (northern) varieties.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 33.31°, 44.36°
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