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Updated 04 December 2020
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Egypt's Berber speakers cling to language in isolated oasis

Egypt's Berber speakers cling to language in isolated oasis

Youssef Diab drives his truck through the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, singing catchy songs in a local Berber dialect that clings to life despite the dominance of Arabic.

The UN has classified Siwi, the easternmost dialect of the Tamazight language spoken across North Africa as far as Morocco, as "endangered."