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1 (National)
Arabic, Standard
[arb]
1 (National). De facto national language. 287,000 in Western Sahara (2015 SIL), all users.
5 (Dispersed)
Arabic, Hassaniyya
[mey]
5* (Dispersed). 424,000 in Western Sahara (Leclerc 2018d).
Arabic, Moroccan Spoken
[ary]
5* (Dispersed). 8,150 in Western Sahara (2018).
5 (Developing)
Tachelhit
[shi]
5* (Developing). 112,000 in Western Sahara (Leclerc 2018d).
Unestablished
Spanish
[spa]
Unestablished. 22,000 in Western Sahara (Instituto Cervantes 2019), L2 users.