Home › Entities › language › Siwa

Siwa

language
Language language Q36814
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Siwa is a language[1]. Siwa ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (492 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Egypt[3], Libya[4]
  • Instance of: modern language[5]
  • Subclass of: Eastern Berber[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Siwa language[7]
  • UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[8]
  • Indigenous to: Matruh Governorate[9], Butnan District[10]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SIZ[11]
  • Ethnologue language status: 6a Vigorous[12]

Why It Matters

Siwa has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Siwa is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Egypt Libya

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Siwa. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/siwa
MLA “Siwa.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/siwa.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_siwa_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Siwa}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/siwa}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Siwa — https://4ort.xyz/entity/siwa (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/siwa · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · ButterflyOFF · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Kab-Q36814-Tasiwit-ButterflyOFF.ogg
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'br', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fa'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: Kab-Q36814-Tasiwit-ButterflyOFF.ogg, Added pronunciation recorded via Wiki-Say-It! 0.2.10"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Egypt, Libya
    Iso 639-2 code → ber
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007546139805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.