ISO 639-3 · sizsiz
Afroasiatic family
Siwa
Siwa is a language of the Eastern Berber branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Egypt and Libya.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
siz- Glottocode
siwi1239- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 33 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Siwa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Siwi, Siwa language |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Siwa
The branches above Siwa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Egypt
araArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafearzEgyptian ArabicAfroasiatic · 100.5 m3 · Wider CommunicationmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 maecSaʽidi ArabicAfroasiatic · 22.4 m6a · VigorousaylLibyan ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationbejBejaAfroasiatic · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingcopCopticAfroasiatic9 · Second language onlyegyEgyptianAfroasiaticExtinctxmrMeroiticNilo-SaharanavlBedawi ArabicAfroasiatic6a · Vigorous