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A small number of programmes are broadcast in Hassaniya, which is widely spoken in Western Sahara.
iToot Stream 2010
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A small number of programmes are broadcast in Hassaniya, which is widely spoken in Western Sahara.
THE VIEW FROM FEZ 2009
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You can't speak because there is a hyena in your tent, sitting like a Frenchman's dog waiting to be fed, and it is speaking to you in clear Hassaniya, plain as any day.
The Well At al-Khiba' (arrival of the hyena) RW Spryszak 2011
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One of the translators who helped subtitle sections of the movie that are in Hassaniya Arabic said the filmmakers had distorted the meaning of key dialogue, and one of their cameramen said they made grave errors.
News 2009
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We definitely have a long way to go, but Awaynatt is the right place to be; the town is predominately White Moor, meaning Hassaniya is the predominate language which in turn means the Hassaniya spoken in Awaynatt has not been spliced with much Pular, Sonike, French or Wolof and is much closer to what we were taught in training.
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Everyone loves the fact that I speak a little Hassaniya and wear Mauritanian clothing and they all get visibly upset and confused when I wear anything different.
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Although, we seem to be doing pretty well with our Hassaniya.
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The film has affected my community and national cause ", Sellami told IPS in her native Hassaniya dialect.
IPS Inter Press Service Neena Bhandari <editors@ipsnews.net> 2009
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