Concept information
Preferred term
meyHassaniyya
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Hassānīya ( Hassānīya; also known as Hassaniyya, Klem El Bithan, Hasanya, Hassani, Hassaniya) is the variety of Arabic originally spoken by the Beni Hassān Bedouin tribes, who extended their authority over most of Mauritania and the Western Sahara between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. It has almost completely replaced the Berber languages spoken in this region. Though clearly a western dialect, Hassānīya is relatively distant from other North African variants of Arabic. Its geographical location exposed it to influence from Zenaga and Wolof. There are several dialects of Hassaniya. The primary differences among them are phonetic. Today Hassaniya is spoken by inhabitants of Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Senegal and the Western Sahara.
Entry terms
- Hassānīya language
ISO 639-3 code
- mey
Notation
- mey
In other languages
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Hassanya
French
-
Hassania
German
-
Hassanía
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mey
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