Siwi language
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siwi-language-305-6822010
title:
Siwi language
text:
Siwi is the easternmost Berber language, spoken in the western Egyptian desert by an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people in the oases of Siwa and Gara, near the Libyan border. Siwi is the normal language of daily communication among the Egyptian Berbers of Siwa and Gara, but because it is not taught at local schools, used in the media nor recognised by the Egyptian government, its long-term survival may be threatened by contacts with outsiders and by the use of Egyptian Arabic in mixed marriages;
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description:
Eastern Berber language of western Egypt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siwi_language
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date modified:
2024-04-15T02:07:48Z
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