Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Bambara (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Wolof (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Mauritania

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Moor, Haratine (Black)	2642000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Moor, Beidane (White)	1776000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Fuuta Torro	340000	Pulaar	Islam
Soninke	278000	Soninke	Islam
Tuareg, Tamasheq	149000	Tamasheq	Islam
Bedouin, Berabish	80000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Bambara	27000	Bamanankan	Islam
Deaf	24000	Language unknown	Unknown
Wolof	23000	Wolof	Islam
French	8000	French	Christianity
Jola-Fonyi	5600	Jola-Fonyi	Islam
Serer	5400	Serer-Sine	Islam
Amazigh, Masna	3200	Hassaniyya	Islam
Wolof, Lebou	1700	Wolof	Islam
Amazigh, Zenaga	1200	Hassaniyya	Islam
Imeraguen	1100	Language unknown	Islam
Nemadi, lkoku	500	Hassaniyya	Islam

Languages

10 languages recorded here.

Bamanankan

French

Hassaniyya

Jola-Fonyi

Language unknown

Pulaar

Serer-Sine

Soninke

Tamasheq

Wolof

All catalogue fields

157 fields recorded

rog3: MR
iso3: MRT
iso2: MR
ctry: Mauritania
poplpeoples: 5366000
cntpeoples: 17
cntpeopleslr: 15
poplpeopleslr: 5353000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 0.20841370033466
percentevangelical: 0.080142882480521
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 8
regionname: Africa, West and Central
workersneeded: 116
harvest_rog3: MR
harvest_iso3: MRT
harvest_iso2: MR
harvest_owcountrycode: MAUA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: MR
harvest_countrynumber: 134
harvest_ctry: Mauritania
harvest_ctryshort: Mauritania
harvest_countrynamechinese: 毛里塔尼亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 毛里塔尼亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Mauritanië
harvest_countrynamefrench: Mauritanie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Mauritanie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Mauretanien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Mauretanien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Mauritania
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Mauritania
harvest_countrynameitalian: Mauritania
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Mauritania
harvest_countrynamekorean: 모리타니
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 모리타니
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Mauritania
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Mauritania
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Mauritânia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Mauritânia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Мавритания
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Мавритания
harvest_countrynamespanish: Mauritania
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Mauritania
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Mauritanie
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Mauritanie
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 13
harvest_regioncode: 8
harvest_unsr: 011
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_maniregioncode: NA
harvest_capital: Nouakchott
harvest_population: 5315000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/mauritania.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 43980366
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-mr+wi.pdf
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 21
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/mauritania
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 5
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 70
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/MR_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0.1
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.052821498
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 6.6999998
harvest_owcountrypage: mauritania
harvest_literacyrate: 54
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 54
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: arb
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: mey
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 99.75
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 0.25
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.02
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.06
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.03
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.14
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.513
harvest_hdirank: 157
harvest_internetusers: 18
harvest_flashmapzoom: 400
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -155
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -141
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 20
harvest_googlemaplng: -12
harvest_ctrylatitude: 21.00789
harvest_ctrylongitude: -10.940835
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/mauritania/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 105
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 2.400384061449832
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=mr&joshua=mr
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-mauritania
harvest_internetusage: 21
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/mauritania/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 395954
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 1030700
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 7
harvest_countryphonecode: 222
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=582
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 0.2
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0.3
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 0.16
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .mr
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00