Southern Swati
E919738
Southern Swati is a regional dialect of the siSwati language spoken primarily in the southern parts of Eswatini and neighboring areas.
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ndebele
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Swati NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryAssociatedWith | Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
click consonants
ⓘ
tone ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isDialectOfLanguageWithName | siSwati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639Macrolanguage | ss ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Nguni languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Swazi linguistic continuum ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicGroup | Swazi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | southern dialect zone ⓘ |
| sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith | other siSwati dialects ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Eswatini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
border regions near Eswatini ⓘ southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Eswatini ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | siSwati ⓘ |
| usedBy | native siSwati speakers in southern Eswatini ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday communication ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.