It was spoken also by people to the north of the former colony of Western Sahara abandoned by Spain before the short conflict with Mauritania and the unresolved conflict with Morocco that annexed and controlled most of its territory, forcing most Western Saharan population to flee, and many of them live now in refugee camps in Algeria. It is still spoken in the small unoccupied regions of Western Sahara still controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (but also claimed by Morocco).
The language was spoken by people north of former Western Sahara, which Spain abandoned after a conflict with Mauritania and an ongoing dispute with Morocco. This resulted in many Western Saharan inhabitants fleeing to Algeria and living in refugee camps. The language persists in the small unoccupied regions of Western Sahara controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (also claimed by Morocco).