Zenaga
A language of Mauritania
| Population | 200 in Mauritania, decreasing. |
| Region | South, Mederdra to Atlantic coast. Also in Senegal. |
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Mauritania |
| Dialects | Related to other Berber languages in basic structure though specific features are quite different. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Zenaga |
| Language use | Mainly adults. Community. Also use Hassaniyya [mey]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 10% Arabic [arb]. |
| Comments | People are bedouins, reported to travel mainly in caravans. Racially, they are both white and black; the latter are descendants of slaves captured centuries ago. Pastoralists. Muslim. |
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