Dialects: None known. Related to other Berber languages in basic structure though specific features are quite different.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 200 in Mauritania, decreasing. Population total all countries: 2,100.
Language Use: Mainly adults. Community. Also use Hassaniyya [mey], Standard Arabic [arb].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 10% Arabic [arb].
Writing System: Tifinagh (Berber)
Nation of Origin: Mauritania
Other Comments: Bedouins, reported to travel mainly in caravans. Racially, both white and black; the latter are descendants of slaves captured centuries ago. Muslim.