Languages of Tunisia

Romance language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic. This distinction exists primarily among Western linguists; Arabic speakers themselves generally do not distinguish between Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, but rather refer to both as ( "the eloquent Arabic") or simply '''' ().

branch of the Afroasiatic language family indigenous to North Africa

Arabic dialect spoken in Tunisia

language

lingua franca of the Mediterranean Basin between the 11th and 19th centuries

language spoken in ancient North Africa

Afro-Asiatic dialect continuum of Amazigh languages

extinct Romance language

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Amazigh (Berber) language

deaf people's sign language

Amazigh (Berber) language

languages of a geographic region

Africitas is a putative African dialect of Latin. The term was first used by Erasmus as a pejorative to characterize certain elements of African Latin works. In the 20th century, the concept of Africitas was discussed by scholars, who often analyzed African authors like Saint Augustine, a Church Father, and the grammarian Marcus Cornelius Fronto in regard to this hypothetical dialect. After 1945, this scholarly conversation died off for many years. However, the discussion was revived in the early 21st century with the publication of the book, Apuleius and Africa (2014), which examined the conc