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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Label Occurrences
Tisiway canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber language
language
alternateName Siwa
linked to: Siwa Oasis

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

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Siwi hasAlternativeName Tisiway