The ASJP Database - Wordlist Siwa Berber

Wordlist Siwa Berber

Compiled by Ann-Katrin Wett

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: siwi1239
ISO 639-3: siz

Coordinates WGS84

29°10'N, 25°30'E
29.17, 25.50

number of speakers	20,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: AA > Berber
Glottolog: Afro Asiatic > Berber > Greaterzenatic > Libyan Egyptianoasesberber
Ethnologue: Afro Asiatic > Berber > Eastern > Siwa

Sources

Vycichl 2005: Berberstudien & a sketch of Siwi Berber (Egypt). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.; Laoust, Émile. 1931. Siwa. I. Son parler. Paris: Leroux.; Souag, Lameen. Siwa and its significance for Arabic dialectology. To appear in Zeitschrift für arabische Linguistik.