dimanche 27 novembre 2011
Tunisia Languages
Republic of Tunisia. Al jumhuriyah at-tunisiah.
National or official language :Standard Arabic.
The number of languages listed for Tunisia is 8. Of those, 6 are living languages and 2 are extinct.
Living languages:
Arabic, juedo-Tunisian 500 in Tunisia, Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Standard Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, and Arabic.
Arabic, Tunisian spoken 9,000,000 in Tunisia (1995), population total all countries: 9,247,800. Also spoken in Belgium, France, and Germany. Alternative names: Tunisian, Tunisian Arabic, Tunisian Darija. Dialects: Tunis, Sahil, Sfax, north western Tunisian, South-western Tunisian, South-Eastern Tunisian. Close to Eastern Algerian Arabic, but clearly distinct. The Tunis dialects are structurally similar to dialects in Libya.
French 11,000 in Tunisia (1993) Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, western, Gallo-Romance, French.
Shilha 26,000 in Tunisia (1998) Southern Tunisia on Mediterranean islands (Jerba), isolated villages South in Jerba, Southern Tunisia, and Pacha, old Medina, and Bab Souika streets in Tunis, South of Gab?s.
Alternate names: Nafusi, Jabal Nafusi, Tunisian Berber, Asiatic, Berber, northern, Zenati, East.
Tunisian sign language Classification: Deaf sign language.
Arabic, juedo-Tunisian 500 in Tunisia, Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Arabic, Standard Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, and Arabic.
Arabic, Tunisian spoken 9,000,000 in Tunisia (1995), population total all countries: 9,247,800. Also spoken in Belgium, France, and Germany. Alternative names: Tunisian, Tunisian Arabic, Tunisian Darija. Dialects: Tunis, Sahil, Sfax, north western Tunisian, South-western Tunisian, South-Eastern Tunisian. Close to Eastern Algerian Arabic, but clearly distinct. The Tunis dialects are structurally similar to dialects in Libya.
French 11,000 in Tunisia (1993) Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, western, Gallo-Romance, French.
Shilha 26,000 in Tunisia (1998) Southern Tunisia on Mediterranean islands (Jerba), isolated villages South in Jerba, Southern Tunisia, and Pacha, old Medina, and Bab Souika streets in Tunis, South of Gab?s.
Alternate names: Nafusi, Jabal Nafusi, Tunisian Berber, Asiatic, Berber, northern, Zenati, East.
Tunisian sign language Classification: Deaf sign language.
Extinct languages
Lingua Fanca Extinct. Tunisia, Greece, Cyprus, Other major Mediterranean ports. Alternate names: Petit Mauresque, Ferenghi, Sabir, Ajnabi, Aljamia. Dialects: lexicon from Italian and Provencal. An earlier version may have been a pidginized Latin. On the Barbary Coast of North Africa in 1578, its lexicon came from Spanish and Portuguese. In Algeria in the 1830s, it drew increasingly from French, and later became the non-standard french of that area. It may also have influenced other pidgin in the south-eastern Mediterranean region, to have mainly Arabic syntax, and vocabulary which is 65% Italian, 10% Spanish, and other Catalan, French, Ladino, and Turkish words.
Sened Extinct. Sened and Tmagurt villages, Northwest of Gab?s, Southern Tunisia. Dialects: Tmagurt, Sened. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, East.
Lingua Fanca Extinct. Tunisia, Greece, Cyprus, Other major Mediterranean ports. Alternate names: Petit Mauresque, Ferenghi, Sabir, Ajnabi, Aljamia. Dialects: lexicon from Italian and Provencal. An earlier version may have been a pidginized Latin. On the Barbary Coast of North Africa in 1578, its lexicon came from Spanish and Portuguese. In Algeria in the 1830s, it drew increasingly from French, and later became the non-standard french of that area. It may also have influenced other pidgin in the south-eastern Mediterranean region, to have mainly Arabic syntax, and vocabulary which is 65% Italian, 10% Spanish, and other Catalan, French, Ladino, and Turkish words.
Sened Extinct. Sened and Tmagurt villages, Northwest of Gab?s, Southern Tunisia. Dialects: Tmagurt, Sened. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Northern, Zenati, East.
Tunisian words:
Good morning: Asslama
Welcome: Marhba
Have a nice stay: Ikama tayiba
Thank you very much: chokran
Goodbye: Bisslama
Soon: ILA illika
I hope to you a long life: ayichik
Have a nice day: Sabaha al khir
Good night: Tisbah alla khir
Good appetite: Chahiya tayiba
Good evening: Massa el khir
Please: Min fadlik
Good morning: Asslama
Welcome: Marhba
Have a nice stay: Ikama tayiba
Thank you very much: chokran
Goodbye: Bisslama
Soon: ILA illika
I hope to you a long life: ayichik
Have a nice day: Sabaha al khir
Good night: Tisbah alla khir
Good appetite: Chahiya tayiba
Good evening: Massa el khir
Please: Min fadlik
An introduction to Tunisia - Djerba
Floating just off Tunisia’s southern shoreline, Djerba has only recently started making waves on the world’s travel circuit. But that’s not to say it hasn’t been turning heads since, well, time began. Homer famously described this place as ‘the island of 10,000 palms’. And, more recently, Hollywood called in. Djerba’s sands provided the backdrop for most of the desert scenes in the first Star Wars movie.
These days, though, it’s the beaches that really put the island on the map. Long ribbons of pale sand wrap their way around the coast, and shelve gently into the Mediterranean Sea. For the best stretches, head to the island’s northeast coast, also known as the Zone Touristique. The ivory sands here come with a supporting line-up of luxury hotels, restaurants and watersports. If you like your beaches a bit quieter, check out the sandy swathes between Aghir and El Kantara.
Away from the coast, life in Djerba revolves around the capital, Houmt Souk. Translated, it means ‘Market Neighbourhood’, which gives you an idea of the kinds of things you’ll find here. Traditional Moorish buildings look out over pretty cobbled squares, winding lanes are fringed with craft shops and antique dens, and Berber traders haggle with the locals over ceramics, jewellery and spices.
These days, though, it’s the beaches that really put the island on the map. Long ribbons of pale sand wrap their way around the coast, and shelve gently into the Mediterranean Sea. For the best stretches, head to the island’s northeast coast, also known as the Zone Touristique. The ivory sands here come with a supporting line-up of luxury hotels, restaurants and watersports. If you like your beaches a bit quieter, check out the sandy swathes between Aghir and El Kantara.
Away from the coast, life in Djerba revolves around the capital, Houmt Souk. Translated, it means ‘Market Neighbourhood’, which gives you an idea of the kinds of things you’ll find here. Traditional Moorish buildings look out over pretty cobbled squares, winding lanes are fringed with craft shops and antique dens, and Berber traders haggle with the locals over ceramics, jewellery and spices.
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