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- Afroasiatic
- Maghrebi Arabic
- Tunisian Arabic
ISO 639-3 · aebaeb
Afroasiatic family
Tunisian Arabic
Tounsi
Tunisian Arabic is a language of the Maghrebi Arabic branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Tunisia. Wikidata counts 11.6 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Arabic dialect spoken in Tunisia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aeb- Glottocode
tuni1259- Family
- Afroasiatic
- Wikipedia
- 39 language editions
11.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
3levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tunisian Arabic · Tounsi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tunisian Darija, Tunisian |
| L1 speakers | 11,600,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 11,200,000 |
| Written in | Arabic script, Arabic chat alphabet, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Tunisian Arabic
The branches above Tunisian Arabic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
