Tunisia

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Official Name
Republic of Tunisia
Population Full

11,721,000 (2020 World Factbook)

Principal Languages
Standard Arabic, Tunisian Spoken Arabic
Literacy Rate
82% (2015 World Factbook)
International Conventions
ACHPR (1983), CDE (1969), CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2006), ICCPR (1969), UNCRPD (2008), UNDRIP (2007)
General References
Applegate 1970, Cohen 1985, S’hiri 1994
Deaf Population
21,240
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Tunisia is 8. Of these, 6 are living and 2 are extinct. Of the living languages, 2 are indigenous and 4 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 2 are institutional, 3 are developing, and 1 is in trouble. Also listed are 7 unestablished languages.