Draft:Hassaniya

Hassaniya
Hassaniya
Mauritanian Arabic, Maure
الحسانية
Native to	Mauritania; Western Sahara; Minority communities:; Mali (Azawad); Morocco (Cape Juby); Algeria (Tindouf); Senegal;
Ethnicity	Maghrebis Bidhan; Haratin; Imraguen; Sahrawis; ;
Speakers	5.2 million (2014–2021)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Maghrebi Hilalian Hassaniya; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Nemadi; Imraguen;
Writing system	Arabic alphabet; Latin alphabet (official in Senegal, largely unused); Arabic chat alphabet (informally);
Official status
Official language in	Mali
Recognised minority; language in	Morocco; Senegal;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mey
Glottolog	hass1238
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Phonology

Hassaniya consonant phonemes
		Labial		Interdental		Dental / Alveolar		Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
		plain	emphatic	plain	emphatic	plain	emphatic	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal		m	mˤ			n	(nˤ)	ɲ
Stop	voiceless	(p)				t	tˤ	c	k	q		(ʔ)
Stop	voiced	b	bˤ			d	dˤ	ɟ	ɡ	(gˤ)
Affricate								(t͡ʃ)
Fricative	voiceless	f		θ		s	sˤ	ʃ		χ	ħ	h
Fricative	voiced	v	(vˤ)	ð	ðˤ	z	zˤ	ʒ		ʁ	ʕ
Trill						r	rˤ
Approximant						l	lˤ	j	w

^ The Bidhan and Haratin of Western Sahara prefer the term Sahrawi due to the influences of Sahrawi nationalism in their national identity.