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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Egypt > Siwi

Siwi

A language of Egypt

ISO 639-3siz

Population  30,000 (2006).
Region  Northwest desert, Siwa Oasis; several isolated villages in west oasis.
Language map  Egypt and Libya
Alternate names   Oasis Berber, Sioua, Siwa, Zenati
Dialects  Not closely related to other Berber languages.
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Berber, Eastern, Siwa
Language use  Also use Arabic.
Comments  Muslim.