Country scorecard
Mauritania
Africa · 4.9M people
ALPS
1.59
languages per person
#86 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
9%
globally connected
Multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.6 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Mauritania is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇩🇿 Algeria98%
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia98%
- 🇲🇦 Morocco98%
- 🇰🇲 Comoros98%
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon98%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Standard Arabic99%
- French35%
- Fula20%
- English5%
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