Tunisia

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Arabic, Standard

[arb] 1 (National). Statutory national language (1959, Constitution, Article 1). 8,790,000 in Tunisia (2014 SIL), all users.

Arabic, Tunisian Spoken

[aeb] 3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language. 10,800,000 in Tunisia (2014 census). Total users in all countries: 11,709,020.

English

[eng] 5* (Dispersed). 1,721,500 in Tunisia, all users. L1 users: 1,500 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc). L2 users: 1,720,000 (Ramaswami et al 2012).

French

[fra] 5* (Dispersed). 6,081,200 in Tunisia, all users. L1 users: 1,200 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc). L2 users: 6,080,000 (Beck et al 2018).

Tunisian Sign Language

[tse] 5 (Developing). 21,200 (2008 WFD). Approximately 0.2% of total population. Another estimate: 53,000 deaf (2014 IMB).

Shilha

[jbn] 6b* (Threatened). 50,000 in Tunisia (2004 S. Chaker).

Lingua Franca

[pml] 10 (Extinct). No known L1 speakers. The last speakers probably survived into the 1850s (Holm 1989).

Sened

[sds] 10 (Extinct). No known L1 speakers. The last speakers probably survived into the 1970s.

Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken

[aao] Unestablished. 68,000 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc).

Arabic, Algerian Spoken

[arq] Unestablished. 268,000 in Tunisia (2016).

Arabic, Libyan Spoken

[ayl] Unestablished. 293,000 in Tunisia (2016).

Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

[apc] Unestablished. 23,000 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc).

Ghadamès

[gha] Unestablished. 3,100 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc).

Italian

[ita] Unestablished. 1,100 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc).

Maltese

[mlt] Unestablished. 3,400 in Tunisia (2015 J. Leclerc).