Tisiway

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Tisiway is an alternative name for the Siwi language spoken by the Siwi (Siwa Oasis) Berber community in Egypt.

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Tisiway canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber language
language
alternateName Siwa Oasis
surface form: Siwa

Siwi
country Egypt
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
hasEthnologueEntry Siwi
surface form: Siwi (siz)
hasGlottocode siwi1239
hasISO6393Code siz
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic
hasLinguisticArea North Africa
Oasis of Siwa
hasNumberOfSpeakersApprox 20000
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
hasPrimaryLocality Siwa Oasis
surface form: Siwa Oasis, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt
hasSpeakerCommunity Siwi people
surface form: Siwi Berber community
isAlsoCalled Siwa Berber
surface form: Siwi Berber
isMinorityLanguageIn Egypt
isSpokenNativelyBy Siwi people
surface form: Siwi Berbers
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
region Western Desert
surface form: Western Desert of Egypt
spokenBy Siwi people
spokenIn Egypt
Siwa Oasis
subfamily Berber languages
usedAlongside Arabic
usedIn Siwa Oasis community life
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Siwi hasAlternativeName Tisiway