Siwi people
Jlan n Isiwan | |
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 Woman and child from Siwa Oasis, Egypt | |
| Total population | |
| c. 33,300 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Egypt | 33,300 |
| Languages | |
| Siwa Language, Egyptian Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Berbers | |
The Siwi people, also known as the Oasis Berbers, are a Berber ethnic group based in Egypts' Siwa and Qara oases. They speak the Siwa language. The Siwi community is the most distant concentration of Berbers from their historical national homeland in Algeria that is still in existence today.[1]
References
- ^ Margaret M. Vale (2015). Siwa: Jewelry, Costume, and Life in an Egyptian Oasis. American University in Cairo Press.
| Religions | |
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| Main groups | |
| Minorities and Foreign nationals | |
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