siSwati

E267830

siSwati is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily by the Swazi people in Eswatini and parts of South Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
siSwati canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
Nguni language
natural language
alternativeName Swati
Swazi
belongsToBranch Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo language family
belongsToSubbranch Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages
Southern Bantu languages
closelyRelatedTo Northern Ndebele
surface form: Ndebele

Xhosa
Zulu
countryStatusInEswatini national language
countryStatusInSouthAfrica official language
ethnicGroup Swazi people
glottocode swat1243
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasDialects Northern Swati
Southern Swati
Swati language
surface form: Standard Swati

Transvaal Swati
hasLiteraryTradition oral literature
written literature
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNounClassSystem yes
hasStandardization standard orthography
languageCodeISO639-1 ss
languageCodeISO639-2 ssw
languageCodeISO639-3 ssw
languageFamily Bantu languages
officialLanguageOf Eswatini
South Africa
phonologicalFeature click consonants
tone
primaryScriptDirection left-to-right
region Southern Africa
regulatingBody Swaziland National Language Board
surface form: SiSwati National Language Board
spokenIn Eswatini
Lesotho
Mozambique
South Africa
subfamily Nguni languages
teachingSubject schools in Eswatini
usedBy Swazi monarchy in official ceremonies
usedIn Swazi traditional literature
broadcast media in Eswatini
education in Eswatini
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South African languageUsed siSwati
Mbabane language siSwati