ELP ID
18614
ELP Language
Siwi
Speaker Number
10000-99999
Ethnic Population
15,886
Public Comment
"The Egyptian census of 2006, viewable at http://www.msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg/pls/census/cnsest_a_sex_ama?LANG=1&lname=0&YY=2006&cod=33&gv=, gives a population of 15,886 for Siwa, if we include the small Siwi-speaking town of Gara and exclude the Bedouin Arabic-speaking small villages of Maraqi and Bahayeldin to the east. A minority of non-Siwi Egyptians is also found in the town, reducing the figure slightly, but no estimate of their population is available."
Source
Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa
Preferred
Off
Speaker Number Text
<15,000
Speaker Number Range
10000-99999