Alternate Names: Tunisian, Tunisian Arabic, Tunisian Darija
Dialects: North-Western Tunisian, Sahil, Sfax, South-Eastern Tunisian, South-Western Tunisian, Tunis. Reportedly similar to Eastern Algerian Arabic ,, but clearly distinct. Tunis dialect used in media and language textbooks for foreigners. Southern dialects structurally similar to those in Libya. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.
Status Notes: De facto national working language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 9,000,000 in Tunisia (1995). Population total all countries: 9,406,900.
Language Development: Bible portions: 1903–1928.
Spoken In: Tunisia
Writing System: Arabic
Nation of Origin: Tunisia
Other Comments: Muslim.