Spoken L1 Language: Tunisian Arabic

Comments on subclassification

Hammett, Sandra 2012 Fischer, Wolfdietrich and Jastrow, Otto 1980: 33-34

AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:
Arabic, Tunisian (aeb-aeb) = 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. Gained vitality in the 17th century with the use of Arabic script in literature. Used in everyday communications in Tunisia and Libya. Widely used in education after Tunisian independence in 1956.
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