Dialect comparison

Siwi vs Tashelhit

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

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°
Tashelhit

Shilha · Soussian Berber

The Berber variety of the southern Atlas and Souss valley in Morocco. The most numerous Tamazight variety, with a literary tradition going back centuries.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
30.42°, -9.59°

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