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
 * Awde, Nicholas and K. Smith. Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English : English-Arabic. London: Bennett & Bloom, 2004. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Heath, Jeffrey. Hassaniya Arabic (Mali) - English - French dictionary. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2004. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Elhoussein, Ahmed Salem. Basic English-Hassaniya dictionary : more than 8000 words, phrases and sentences. Nouakchott: n.p., n.d.. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Gamble, David P. Wolof-English dictionary. Research Dept, London: Colonial Office, 1958. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Kantorek, Nyima. 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
 * Francis, Timothy P and Stephen Hanchey. Mauritanian Arabic. Grammar Handbook. n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Available at: WorldCat.
 * Fofana, Amadou Tidiane and Antonia Yétúndé Fọlárìn Schleicher. Pulaar learners' reference grammar. Madison, Wis: NALRC Press, 2002. Available at: WorldCat.

Additional Resources

 * Hanchey, Stephen and Timothy P. Francis. Mauritanian Arabic. Communication and Culture Handbook. n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Available at: WorldCat.