Mauritania Languages

Description
Arabic is the official and national language of Mauritania. The local spoken variety is known as Hassaniya. It is used for official communication and significantly differs from the Modern Standard Arabic.

Other national languages are:
 * Pulaar
 * Soninke
 * Wolof

French is widely used in the media and among educated classes.

Word List(s)

 * Arabic Genealogical Word List
 * French Genealogical Word List
 * Useful Arabic phrases - Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Alphabet
 * Arabic alphabet - Omniglot
 * Hassaniya Arabic alphabet - Omniglot
 * Pularr alphabet - Omniglot
 * Soninke alphabet - Omniglot
 * Wolof alphabet - Omniglot

Pronunciation
 * Soninke pronunciation - Omniglot
 * Wolof pronunciation - Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Dictionaries
 * Nicholas Awde & K Smith, Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English : English-Arabic, London : Bennett & Bloom, 2004 - Available at WorldCat
 * Jeffrey Heath, Hassaniya Arabic (Mali) - English - French dictionary, Wiesbaden Harrassowitz 2004 - Available at WorldCat
 * Ahmed Salem Elhoussein, Basic English-Hassaniya dictionary Available at WorldCat
 * David P Gamble, Wolof-English dictionary, 	London, Colonial Office, Research Dept. 1958 - Available at WorldCat
 * Nyima Kantorek, Wolof-English, English-Wolof dictionary & phrasebook, 	New York : Hippocrene Books, 2006 - Available at WorldCat

Online Dictionaries
 * Dictionary English - Arabic - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Pulaar - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Soninke - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - Wolof - Glosbe
 * Dictionary English - French - Glosbe

Language Aids
 * Timothy P Francis & Stephen Hanchey, Mauritanian Arabic. Grammar Handbook Available at WorldCat
 * Amadou Tidiane Fofana & Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher, Pulaar learners' reference grammar, Madison, Wis. : NALRC Press, 2002 - Available at WorldCat

Additional Resources

 * Stephen Hanchey & Timothy P Francis, Mauritanian Arabic. Communication and Culture Handbook Available at WorldCat