Swati

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Bantu language Nguni language natural language

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Nguni language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Swazi ⓘ
siSwati ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: Ndebele

Xhosa ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
glottologCode swat1243 ⓘ
hasDialects varieties spoken in Eswatini ⓘ
varieties spoken in South Africa ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature click consonants ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasNeighbouringLanguage Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sotho

Tsonga ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system with length contrast ⓘ
prenasalized consonants ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ss ⓘ
ISO639-2Code ssw ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ssw ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Eswatini ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
primaryCountry Eswatini ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
regulator Swaziland National Language Board ⓘ
spokenIn Eswatini ⓘ
Lesotho ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
subfamily Nguni languages ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Swazi people ⓘ
usedIn administration in Eswatini ⓘ
education in Eswatini ⓘ
media in Eswatini ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Zulu → closelyRelatedTo → Swati ⓘ
Gauteng → officialLanguage → Swati ⓘ