Nemadi dialect
| Nemadi | |
|---|---|
| Ikoku | |
| Native to | Mali, Mauritania |
| Region | Timbuktu into Mauritania |
Native speakers | (200 cited 1967) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Nemadi is a language spoken by a small hunting tribe of eastern Mauritania known as the Nemadi people. It is, according to some sources, a dialect of Hassaniyya, according to others, a mixture of Zenaga, Azer and Hassaniyya. The name "Nemadi" itself appears to come from Soninke, where it means "master of dogs".