🇲🇷 Country
Mauritania
Mauritania is home to 11 languages, spoken across West Africa. Explore them on the map or in the full list below.
Capital
Nouakchott
Nationality
Mauritanian
Currency
Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO)
Languages
11
Independence
Nov 28, 1960
10 active
1 endangered
0 extinct
Where the languages are spoken
Each bubble marks where a language is centred in Mauritania; its size reflects how many people speak it there. Click a bubble for the source.
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All languages in Mauritania
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