Judeo-Tunisian Arabic

Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
Judeo-Tunisian Arabic
Native to	Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem District, Israel; Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia; Tunis, Tunisia; Gabes, Tunisia
Native speakers	11,000 (2011–2018)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic South Central Semitic Arabic Maghrebi Arabic Pre-Hilalian Arabic Judeo-Tunisian Arabic; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Arabic script; Hebrew alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ajt (retired); subsumed in aeb (Tunisian Arabic)
Glottolog	jude1263
ELP	Judeo-Tunisian Arabic

Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, also known as Judeo-Tunisian, is a variety of Tunisian Arabic mainly spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Tunisia. Speakers are older adults, and the younger generation has only a passive knowledge of the language.

The vast majority of Tunisian Jews have relocated to Israel and have shifted to Hebrew as their home language. Those in France typically use French as their primary language, while the few still left in Tunisia tend to use either French or Tunisian Arabic in their everyday lives.

Judeo-Tunisian Arabic is one of the Judeo-Arabic languages, a collection of Arabic dialects spoken by Jews living or formerly living in the Arab world.

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