AEB ISO 639-3
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
Derja, تونسي (Tounsi) Autonym
A language of Tunisia
- ISO 639
- aeb
- Alternate Names
- Tunisian, Tunisian Arabic, Tunisian Darija
- Autonym
- Derja, تونسي (Tounsi)
- Population
- 10,800,000 in Tunisia (2014 census). Total users in all countries: 11,709,020.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.
- Classification
- Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
- Dialects
- Tunis, Sahil, Sfax, North-Western Tunisian, South-Western Tunisian, South-Eastern Tunisian. Reportedly similar to Eastern Algerian Arabic [arq], but clearly distinct. Tunis dialect used in media and language textbooks for foreigners. Southern dialects structurally similar to those in Libya. Lexical similarity (based on percentage of common words): 37.6% with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) [arb] (Harrat et al 2015). A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].
- Language Use
- Used as L2 by Judeo-Tunisian Arabic [ajt].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2011.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn], informal use on social media (Akin 2014).
- Other Comments
- Muslim.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Belgium
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
20,900 in Belgium (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
15,400 in Canada (2016). Total Arabic speakers in Canada: 420,000 (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
38,400 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Spain
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
2,900 in Spain (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of France
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
447,000 in France (2008 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Italy
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
73,400 in Italy (2012 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Libya
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
213,000 in Libya (2020).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Netherlands
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
86,100 in Netherlands (2019).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
1,720 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United States
Language Name
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
User Population
10,200 in United States (2015). Total Arabic speakers in the United States: 924,000 (2015 census).
Map
Location: Widespread.
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