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The Acceptance of Foreign Languages and Languages Fusion in Tunisia - Focused on the Language Policy -

Tunisia have been the Islamic country since AD 7c and the present constitution of Tunisia confines it’s identity as Islam and Arabic language. However, a lot of Tunisians(especially the urban citizens and elite society) prefer the French language to Arabic language. This research studies from here. Why? Although Tunisia having the long Islamic tradition, why many Tunisian prefer the French language and it’s culture? I think that it is a close relation with the French colony to Tunisia between 1881-1956. The French imperial administration in Tunisia spread the advanced western culture in Tunisia and made believe them to accomplish the modernized and advanced Tunisia through mimicrying France. Ironically this policy was succeed even after independence of Tunisia by Tunisians themselves. In this article, I research the French’s colonial language policy in Tunisia and independence Tunisia administration’s language policy that has carried the Arabization. Also, I research the language choice by the mass media of Tunisia and Tunisian’s perception to the current language variations in Tunisia. I expect that I will analyze the language interaction and its phenomena by the languages contact though Tunisia