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 Tunisian Arabic
Compare two dialects of Arabic side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Tounsi · Derja
The Maghrebi Arabic of Tunisia. Notable for vowel reductions, a rich set of French and Italian loanwords, and a literary written tradition unusual among colloquial Arabic varieties.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 36.81°, 10.18°
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