Siwi

E29648
Afroasiatic language Berber language natural language

Siwi is a Berber language spoken primarily in Egypt’s Siwa Oasis, known for its unique features and relative isolation from other Berber varieties.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Siwi canonical 4
Siwan 1
Siwi (siz) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Berber language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
endonym Tasiwit ⓘ
geographicIsolation oasis community surrounded by Arabic-speaking areas ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Siwa Berber ⓘ
Siwi ⓘ
surface form: Siwan

Tasiwit ⓘ
Tisiway ⓘ
hasDomain folklore ⓘ
local songs ⓘ
traditional poetry ⓘ
hasFeature contact-induced change ⓘ
innovative verbal morphology ⓘ
lexical borrowings from Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
lexical borrowings from Libyan Arabic ⓘ
morphological differences from other Northern Berber languages ⓘ
phonological innovations distinct from other Berber languages ⓘ
relative isolation from other Berber varieties ⓘ
strong influence from Arabic ⓘ
unique demonstrative system among Berber languages ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Arabic

other Berber languages ⓘ
hasResearchField Afroasiatic comparative studies ⓘ
Berber linguistics ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ
influencedBy Egyptian Arabic ⓘ
Islamic religious vocabulary ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Arabic
ISO639-3Code siz ⓘ
languageBranch Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Berber
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic
primaryEthnicGroup Siwa Oasis inhabitants ⓘ
Siwa Berber ⓘ
surface form: Siwi Berbers
region Libyan Desert ⓘ
Western Desert ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert of Egypt
spokenBy Aghurmi village inhabitants ⓘ
Berber community of Siwa ⓘ
Siwa town inhabitants ⓘ
spokenIn Egypt ⓘ
Siwa Oasis ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
subclassOf Northern Berber ⓘ
surface form: Northern Berber language
usedFor everyday communication in Siwa Oasis ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berber languages → hasLanguage → Siwi ⓘ
Berber languages → hasLanguage → Siwi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zenaga
Tamazight (generic) → coversVariety → Siwi ⓘ
Siwi → hasAlternativeName → Siwi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siwan
Tashelhit → hasAlternativeName → Siwi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tashelhiyt
Tisiway → alternateName → Siwi ⓘ
Tisiway → hasEthnologueEntry → Siwi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siwi (siz)
Siwa Berber → nativeName → Siwi ⓘ