Swazi people

E90581
Bantu people ethnic group

The Swazi people are a Bantu ethnic group native to Eswatini and neighboring regions, known for their monarchy-centered society, rich cultural traditions, and siSwati language.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Swazi people canonical 28
Swazi 2
Swazi community 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithState Eswatini ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Eswatini
capitalCityAssociated Mbabane ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenshipMajority Eswatini ⓘ
culturalPractice Incwala ceremony ⓘ
Umhlanga ceremony ⓘ
age-regiment system ⓘ
lobola ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Eswatini ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nguni people ⓘ
surface form: Nguni peoples
ethnonym Eswatini ⓘ
surface form: Swazi
hasMonarch Ngwenyama ⓘ
hasQueenMother Ndlovukati ⓘ
historicalKingdom Eswatini ⓘ
surface form: Swazi Kingdom
historicalMigration Bantu expansion ⓘ
languageBranch Nguni languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
nativeTo Eswatini ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
practicesReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
primaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
recognizedMinorityIn Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
region Highveld of Eswatini ⓘ
Middleveld of Eswatini ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ndebele people ⓘ
Xhosa people ⓘ
Zulu people ⓘ
royalSeatAssociated Lobamba ⓘ
socialStructureFeature monarchy-centered society ⓘ
traditionalAttire Swazi national dress ⓘ
traditionalClanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
traditionalDance Sibhaca ⓘ
Umhlanga dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalGovernmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Eswatini ⓘ
surface form: Swaziland
traditionalHousing beehive huts ⓘ
traditionalLawSystem Swazi customary law ⓘ
traditionalMusic Swazi traditional music ⓘ
usesLanguage Swazi language ⓘ
siSwati ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Eswatini → officialLanguage → Swazi people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swazi
Eswatini → demonym → Swazi people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swazi
Eswatini → primaryEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Nguni languages → areAssociatedWithEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Zulu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Swati → usedByEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Mswati III → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Swati language → primarySpeakers → Swazi people ⓘ
Ndebele people → relatedEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Nguni people → ethnolinguisticGroupOf → Swazi people ⓘ
Hlubi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
siSwati → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Dlamini → isUsedByEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Prince Cedza Dlamini → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Mpondo → sharesCustomsWith → Swazi people ⓘ
Makhosetive Dlamini → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
House of Dlamini → ethnicAssociation → Swazi people ⓘ
Ngwenyama → culture → Swazi people ⓘ
Swazi traditional religion → practicedBy → Swazi people ⓘ
Ludzidzini Royal Village → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Swazi language → primaryEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Umhlanga ceremony → culturalGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Sibhaca → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Umhlanga dance → practicedBy → Swazi people ⓘ
Sobhuza II → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Ntfombi Tfwala → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Princess Mantfombi Dlamini → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Incwala ceremony → associatedWith → Swazi people ⓘ
Incwala ceremony → performedBy → Swazi people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swazi community
Middleveld of Eswatini → formsHeartlandOf → Swazi people ⓘ
Middleveld of Eswatini → associatedEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ