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Thus, French in Tunisia is a prestige language. [13] According to recent estimates provided by the Tunisian government to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, the number of French speakers in the country is estimated at 6.36 million people, or 63.6% of the population, almost all as a second language. [14]
Pages in category "French-language newspapers published in Tunisia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
La Presse de Tunisie was founded in 1934 [2] by Henri Smadja, a Tunisian and French Jewish doctor and lawyer, born in Tunisia, who became the owner of the daily newspaper Combat. The paper, based in Tunis, [3] was close to the Constitutional Democratic Rally. [1] Its sister paper is Arabic newspaper Assahafah. [2]
Just 10,000 French speakers remain in Syria today. French is mostly popular in the cities of Damascus and Aleppo where the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle and l’École Française, Syria's only two French schools, are located respectively. In 2016, a new French school opened in Tartous increasing the total number to three.
France invaded Tunisia in 1881 and established the French protectorate of Tunisia, which lasted until Tunisia's independence in 1956. In 1957, France cut off financial aid totaling $33.5 million to Tunisia because of its support for neighboring Algeria 's independence movements. [ 1 ]
Australians have been attracted by the lifestyle Dubai offers, including the wealth of outdoor activities for their families. [117] However, their population fell in 2009 due to the downturn in the economy of Dubai, as retrenched Australian expatriates with underwater real-estate loans fled the country to avoid debtor's prison. [118]
French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.