Siwa Berber
The easternmost surviving Berber language, spoken in the Siwa Oasis of western Egypt. Heavily restructured by Arabic contact; the only Tamazight variety inside Egypt.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 29.20°, 25.52°
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Siwi vs Tashelhit
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DialectSiwiThe easternmost surviving Berber language, spoken in the Siwa Oasis of western Egypt. Heavily restructured by Arabic contact; the only Tamazight variety inside Egypt.DialectTashelhitThe Berber variety of the southern Atlas and Souss valley in Morocco. The most numerous Tamazight variety, with a literary tradition going back centuries.CompareCentral Atlas Tamazight vs SiwiAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Tamazight and the dialects within it.