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As well as those characteristics, Tunisian Arabic is also known for differently pronouncing words according to their orthography and position within a text. [11] [12] This phenomenon is known as pronunciation simplification [13] and has four rules: [iː] and [ɪ], at the end of a word, are pronounced [i] and [uː]. Also, [u] is pronounced [u ...
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Tunisian Arabic on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Tunisian Arabic in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Tunisia is: a country; Location Tunisia is situated within the following regions: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Africa. Sahara Desert; North Africa. Maghreb; Time zone: UTC+01; Extreme points of Tunisia High: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m (5,066 ft) Low: Shatt al Gharsah −17 m (−56 ft) Land boundaries: 1,424 km Algeria 965 km Libya ...
Multilingualism within Tunisia and in the Tunisian diaspora makes it common for Tunisians to code-switch, mixing Tunisian with French, Italian and English or other languages in daily speech. [8] Examples: • El ħája héđi lézemha tdemonstráta. ("This topic should be demonstrated", with "demonstráta" being of Romance origin).
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Tunisia, [a] officially the Republic of Tunisia, [b] [18] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares maritime borders with Italy through the islands of Sicily and Sardinia to the north and ...
Tunisian Arabic, or simply Tunisian (Arabic: تونسي, romanized: Tūnsi), is a variety of Arabic spoken in Tunisia. [7] It is known among its 12 million speakers as Tūnsi, ⓘ "Tunisian" [8] or Derja (Arabic: الدارجة; meaning "common or everyday dialect" [9]) to distinguish it from Modern Standard Arabic, the official language of Tunisia.
Tunis is the transcription of the Arabic name تونس which can be pronounced as "Tūnus", "Tūnas", or "Tūnis". All three variations were mentioned by the 12th-century Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in his Mu'jam al-Bûldan (Dictionary of Countries).