Siwi people explained

Group:Siwi
Native Name:Isiwan
سيويون
Native Name Lang:Siwan
Image Caption:Siwa Girl
Population: 26,100
Region1: Egypt
Pop1:25,000
Region2: Libya
Pop2:1,100
Langs:Siwi Berber, Arabic
Rels:Islam
Related:Other Berbers

The Siwi people or Siwan people, are a Berber ethnic group of about 25,000 native to Egypt's Siwa and Qara oases. They speak the Siwa language, a Berber language, spoken by about 20,000, along with Arabic. The Siwi are the easternmost concentration of Berbers.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Margaret M. Vale. Siwa: Jewelry, Costume, and Life in an Egyptian Oasis. American University in Cairo Press. 2015.