Dialect comparison

Siwi vs Tamasheq

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

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: Egypt
Approximate centre: 29.20°, 25.52°

Tamasheq

Tuareg Berber

The Berber variety of the Tuareg confederations across the central Sahara. Written historically in the Tifinagh script, which Tuareg communities have preserved continuously.

Spoken in: Algeria
Approximate centre: 18.74°, 2.04°

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