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RTT 2 (later replaced by Arabic language channel Tunis 2 in 1990) was closed in 1994 and instead replaced by the youth channel Canal 21. French programming from France 2 continued to be aired until the end of October 1999. [3] The two channels later changed their names several times and are currently El Watania 1 and El Watania 2 since 2011.
The French Conseil économique, social et environnemental estimate that were they included, the total number of French speakers passed 500 million in the year 2020. [6] Proportion of French speakers (including L2-speakers) by country in 2022, saturating at 50%, according to the OIF [7]
The French, who wanted to set up the relay for the second ORTF channel in Tunisia in 1966, came up against the refusal of Tunisian officials. In 1969, ORTF officials agreed to finance the creation of a second French-speaking Tunisian channel, to fit out a studio at the RTT headquarters equipped with light technical means of transmission and to install four transmitters and repeaters around the ...
In 1967, a year after its birth, Tunisian Television broadcast three hours of programs a day: two are in Arabic and one in French. In this context, it is developing cooperation with French-speaking television, in particular Télévision Suisse Romande , which provided it with programs and welcomed trainees in its Geneva studios.
A person speaking Tunisian Arabic. The Tunisian Arabic (تونسي) is considered a variety of Arabic – or more accurately a set of dialects.[2]Tunisian is built upon a significant phoenician, African Romance [3] [4] and Neo-Punic [5] [6] substratum, while its vocabulary is mostly derived from Arabic and a morphological corruption of French, Italian and English. [7]
Arabic is a language cluster comprising 30 or so modern varieties. [1] Arabic is the lingua franca of people who live in countries of the Arab world as well as of Arabs who live in the diaspora, particularly in Latin America (especially Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile and Colombia) or Western Europe (like France, Spain, Germany or Italy).
In 2010, there were 6,639,000 French-speakers in Tunisia, or about 64% of the population. [208] Italian is understood and spoken by a small part of the Tunisian population. [209] Shop signs, menus and road signs in Tunisia are generally written in both Arabic and French. [210]
The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus [1] in 1880 and became important as part of the conceptual rethinking of cultures and geography in the late 20th century.