Siwi language
Afro-Asiatic -
Berber -
Eastern -
Siwi
Siwi (
Oasis Berber,
Sioua,
Siwa,
Zenati) is one of the
Eastern Berber languages. It is spoken in parts of
Egypt near the
Siwa Oasis and some villages in the desert by about 5,000 people. The language's relation to other
Berber languages is not very close. The people speaking Siwi are
muslims and most of them speak
Arabic, too.
Alternate Names
- Siwa
- Sioua
- Oasis Berber
- Zenati