Dialect comparison

Central Atlas Tamazight vs Siwi

Compare two dialects of Tamazight side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Central Atlas Tamazight

Tamazight · Beraber

The Berber variety of the Middle Atlas mountains in central Morocco. Roughly 2.5 million speakers; the basis of much of the standardised Moroccan Tamazight taught in schools.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
32.93°, -5.67°
Siwi

Siwa Berber

The easternmost surviving Berber language, spoken in the Siwa Oasis of western Egypt. Heavily restructured by Arabic contact; the only Tamazight variety inside Egypt.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
29.20°, 25.52°

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