Judeo-Tunisian Arabic: Information from Answers.com

Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
Spoken in	Israel, Tunisia
Total speakers	45,500
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic South Central Semitic Arabic Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
Writing system	Hebrew alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	`–`
ISO 639-3	`ajt`
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Judeo-Tunisian Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Tunisia. 99% of all speakers now live in Israel. Speakers are older adults and the younger generation has only a passive knowledge of the language.^[1]

Notes

^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

References

Ethnologue entry for Judeo-Tunisian Arabic

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v • d • e Varieties of Arabic

Pre-Islamic	Old South Arabian† · Ancient North Arabian† (Safaitic†, Lihyanitic†, Thamudic†, Hasaitic†) · Classical Arabic

Modern Literary Variety	Modern Standard Arabic

Maghreb	Moroccan Arabic · Algerian Arabic · Tunisian Arabic · Andalusian Arabic† · Libyan Arabic · Jebli Arabic · Jijel Arabic · Saharan Arabic · Hassānīya Arabic · Darija

Levant	Lebanese Arabic · Syrian Arabic · North Syrian Arabic · Palestinian Arabic · Bedawi Arabic · Cypriot Maronite Arabic

Mesopotamia	Iraqi Arabic (Baghdad Arabic) · North Mesopotamian Arabic

Arabia	Gulf Arabic · Bahrani Arabic · Najdi Arabic · Hejazi Arabic · Sharqi Arabic · Yemeni Arabic · Hadhrami Arabic · Dhofari Arabic · Omani Arabic · Shihhi Arabic

Nile Valley	Egyptian Arabic · Sa'idi Arabic · Sudanese Arabic

Peripheral	Nigerian Arabic . Chadian Arabic · Khuzestani Arabic · Shirvani Arabic† · Central Asian Arabic · Tajiki Arabic · Uzbeki Arabic

Judeo-Arabic	Judeo-Moroccan Arabic · Judeo-Yemeni Arabic · Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (Baghdad Arabic (Jewish)) · Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic · Judeo-Tunisian Arabic

Italo-Maltese	Maltese · Siculo-Arabic†

Creoles	Nubi language · Babalia Creole Arabic · Juba Arabic

† Extinct

Jewish languages

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Hebrew

Eras	Biblical · Mishnaic · Medieval · Modern

Dialects	Ashkenazi · Sephardi · Mizrahi · Yemenite · Tiberian · Samaritan Hebrew

Judeo-Aramaic

Aramaic	Biblical · Targum · Talmudic · Barzani · Hulaulá · Lishana Deni · Lishán Didán · Lishanid Noshan · Samaritan Aramaic

Arabic	Judeo-Iraqi · Judeo-Moroccan · Judeo-Tripolitanian · Judeo-Tunisian · Judeo-Yemeni

Others

Kayla / Qwara (Cushitic) · Judeo-Berber (Berber)

Indo-European

Germanic

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Jewish English

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Catalanic · Judeo-Italian · Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino) · Haketia · Tetuani · La‘az · Shuadit · Zarphatic · Lusitanic · Judeo-Aragonese

Indo-Iranian

Judeo-Persian

Bukhori · Juhuri · Dzhidi · Judeo-Hamedani · Judeo-Shirazi · Judeo-Esfahani · Judæo-Kurdish · Judeo-Yazdi · Judeo-Kermani · Judeo-Kashani · Judeo-Borujerdi · Judeo-Khunsari · Judeo-Golpaygani · Judeo-Nehevandi

Others

Yevanic (Hellenic) · Knaanic (Slavic) · Judæo-Marathi (Indo-Aryan)

Other Jewish languages

Krymchak / Karaim (Turkic) · Judeo-Malayalam (Dravidian) · Judaeo-Georgian (Kartvelian)

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