Siwi language
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| Siwi | |
|---|---|
| Žlan n Isiwan | |
| Spoken in | Egypt |
| Region | Siwa Oasis, Gara Oasis |
| Native speakers | 15,000[1] to 30,000[2] (date missing) |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | siz |
Siwi is a Berber language of Egypt, spoken by about 15,000 to 30,000 people[1][2] in the oases of Siwa and Gara, near the Libyan border. The language has been heavily influenced by Egyptian Arabic, to a greater degree than most Berber languages.[3] It continues to be the first language of Siwi children.
[edit] Classification
Ethnologue[2] places Siwi in an Eastern Berber group with the Awjila–Sokna languages of central and eastern Libya. Kossmann (1999)[4] links it with Sokna and the Nafusi dialect cluster of western Libya and Tunisia, but not with Awjila.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa, Lameen Souag, PhD thesis, SOAS, 2010
- ^ a b c Ethnologue Report for Siwi
- ^ 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
- ^ Kossmann, Maarten. 1999. Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère. Köln: Köppe.
[edit] External links
Ongoing research on Siwi:
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