Swazi language

E397190
Bantu language Nguni language natural language

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

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Swazi language canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Nguni language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Siswati ⓘ
Swati ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
surface form: Xhosa language

Zulu language ⓘ
coOfficialWith English language ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasDialect northern Swazi dialects ⓘ
southern Swazi dialects ⓘ
hasGlottocode swat1243 ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature concordial agreement ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
verbal extensions ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate over 2 million speakers ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature click consonants ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStandardizationBody Eswatini National Curriculum Centre ⓘ
surface form: Eswatini National Curriculum bodies
hasStandardVariety Standard Swazi ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ss ⓘ
ISO639-2Code ssw ⓘ
isRecognizedBy Constitution of Eswatini ⓘ
Constitution of South Africa ⓘ
isTaughtAt universities in South Africa ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Nguni languages ⓘ
nativeName siSwati ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Eswatini ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Swazi people ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
regulates Swazi orthography ⓘ
spokenIn Eswatini ⓘ
Lesotho ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
usedIn broadcast media in Eswatini ⓘ
education in Eswatini ⓘ
local administration in Eswatini ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

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Swazi people → usesLanguage → Swazi language ⓘ