The greatest number of differences between Tunisian and standard Arabic is not due to the influences from other languages but to a shift in meaning of several Arabic roots.Gibson, M. (2002). Dialect levelling in Tunisian Arabic: towards a new spoken standard. Language Contact and Language Conflict Phenomena in Arabic, 24-40. For example, means "serve" in Standard Arabic but "work" in Tunisian Arabic; meanwhile, means "work" in Standard Arabic but has a broader meaning of "do" in Tunisian Arabic; and in Tunisian Arabic means "go" rather than "walk" as in Standard Arabic.
