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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Swazi 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithState Kingdom of Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalCityAssociated Mbabane ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenshipMajority Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice Incwala ceremony ⓘ
Umhlanga ceremony ⓘ
age-regiment system ⓘ
lobola ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nguni people ⓘ
surface form: Nguni peoples
ethnonym Swazi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonarch Ngwenyama ⓘ
hasQueenMother Ndlovukati ⓘ
historicalKingdom Swazi Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalMigration Bantu expansion ⓘ
languageBranch Nguni languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
nativeTo Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 Swaziland NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalHousing beehive huts ⓘ
traditionalLawSystem Swazi customary law ⓘ
traditionalMusic Swazi traditional music ⓘ
usesLanguage Swazi language ⓘ
siSwati ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Eswatini → demonym → Swazi people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swazi
Mswati III → ethnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Eswatini → officialLanguage → Swazi people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swazi
Eswatini → primaryEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Zulu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ
Swati → usedByEthnicGroup → Swazi people ⓘ