Arabic, Tunisian Spoken
A language of Tunisia
| Population | 9,000,000 in Tunisia (1995). Population total all countries: 9,406,900. |
| Region | Also in Belgium, France, Germany, Libya. |
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara |
| Alternate names | Tunisian, Tunisian Arabic, Tunisian Darija |
| Dialects | Tunis, Sahil, Sfax, North-Western Tunisian, South-Western Tunisian, South-Eastern Tunisian. Similar to Eastern Algerian Arabic [arq], but clearly distinct. Tunis used in media and in language textbooks for foreigners. Southern dialects are structurally similar to those in Libya. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia). |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1903–1928. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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