Siwi
Žlan n Isiwan
Spoken in	Egypt
Region	Siwa Oasis, Gara Oasis
Total speakers	about 15,000
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Berber Eastern Siwi
Language codes
ISO 639-1	None
ISO 639-2	ber
ISO 639-3	siz
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Siwi is a Berber language of Egypt, spoken by about 15,000 people in and around the oasis of Siwa, near the Libyan border. The language has been heavily influenced by Egyptian Arabic, to a greater degree than most Berber languages. It continues to be the first language of Siwi children.

[edit] See also

• Language
• Africa
• Siwa Oasis

[edit] References

• Ethnologue Report for Siwi
• World Atlas of Language Structures entry
• Werner Vycichl. 2005. "Jlân n Isîwan: Sketch of the Berber Language of the Oasis of Siwa (Egypt)," Berberstudien & A Sketch of Siwi Berber (Egypt). Ed. Dymitr Ibriszimow & Maarten Kossmann. Berber Studies, vol. 10. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. ISBN 3-89645-389-0

[edit] External links

Ongoing research on Siwi:

• Christfried Naumann
• Lameen Souag

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