Editing Siwi language (section)

==Classification==
Siwi was traditionally associated with the [[Zenati languages|Zenati]] subgroup of Berber, following the 15th century historian al-Maqrizi,<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Al-Maqrizi|1997|p=435}}</ref> and Destaing,<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Destaing|1920}}</ref> who treated both as members of a "groupe du Nord", on the basis of similarities in the verbal system. Vycichl<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Vycichl|2005|p=188}}</ref> notes that it shares the feature of prefix vowel reduction with Zenati. Aikhenvald and Militarev,<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Aikhenvald|Militarev|1984}}</ref> followed by ''[[Ethnologue]]''<ref>{{ethnologue26|siw}}</ref> placed Siwi in an [[Eastern Berber languages|Eastern Berber]] group, along with [[Awjila language|Awjila]] and [[Sokna language|Sokna]] in eastern and central [[Libya]]. Kossmann<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Kossmann|1999}}</ref> links it with Sokna and the [[Nafusi language|Nafusi]] dialect cluster of western Libya and Tunisia, but not with Awjila. Souag<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Souag|2013|pp=17–26}}</ref> similarly argues, based on shared innovations, that Siwi emerged from a dialect continuum stretching between Nafusi and Sokna that excluded Awjila, and went on to have some influence on Awjila after this dialect continuum's breakup.

The "[[Endangered Languages Project]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/295 |title=Siwi |website=The Endangered Languages Project}}</ref> classifies the Siwa language as vulnerable to extinction, listing a 20% certainty based on compiled evidence.<ref>{{harvcoltxt|Brenzinger|2008}}</ref><ref>{{harvcoltxt|UNESCO|2010}}</ref>