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Languages Spoken in Mauritania

Official: Arabic

Mauritania has a population of 4.3 million and is home to a small number of language communities, with 4 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Arabic serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Mauritania, 2 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

4.3M
Population
4
Languages
2
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Mauritania

Hassaniyya
Arabic alphabet
87%
CLDR
Arabic Official
Arabic Braille, Arabic alphabet
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85%
CLDR
French
French Braille, French alphabet
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13%
CLDR
Fula
Adlam, Ajami script
6%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"French (official), Dutch, English, Guadeloupian Creole, Haitian Creole, Italian, Martiniquan Creole, Papiamento (dialect of Netherlands Antilles), Spanish"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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