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{{Infobox language
|name=Swazi
|nativename=SiSwati
|states=[[Swaziland|Eswatini]], [[South Africa]], [[Lesotho]], [[Mozambique]]
|speakers=2.3 million
|date=2006–2011
|ref=e18
|speakers2=2.4 million [[L2 speakers]] in South Africa (2002)<ref>Webb, Vic. 2002. "Language in South Africa: the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development." ''Impact: Studies in language and society,'' 14:78</ref>
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
|fam4=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
|fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
|fam6=[[Southern Bantu]]
|fam7=[[Nguni languages|Nguni]]
|fam8=[[Tekela languages|Tekela]]
|nation=[[Swaziland]] <br> [[South Africa]]
|script=[[Latin script|Latin]] (Swazi alphabet)<br>[[Swazi Braille]]
|sign=[[Signed Swazi]]
|iso1=ss
|iso2=ssw
|iso3=ssw
|glotto=swat1243
|glottorefname=Swati
|guthrie=S.43
|lingua=99-AUT-fe
}}
'''Swati''' (also known as Swazi) ({{small|Swazi:}} ''SiSwati'') is part of the Nguni group of [[Bantu languages]]. It is spoken by about 1.5 million people in Eswatini and South Africa. It is one of the eleven official languages in South Africa. It is taught in the schools of Eswatini, and in some South African schools. Swati is closely related to Phuthi, a language spoken in Lesotho, and to [[Zulu language|Zulu]], Ndebele and [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]].
Swati has four main varietes: Shiselweni, Hhohho, Manzini and Shiselweni. They correspond with the four administrative regions of [[Eswatini]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Niger-Congo languages]]
|name=Swazi
|nativename=SiSwati
|states=[[Swaziland|Eswatini]], [[South Africa]], [[Lesotho]], [[Mozambique]]
|speakers=2.3 million
|date=2006–2011
|ref=e18
|speakers2=2.4 million [[L2 speakers]] in South Africa (2002)<ref>Webb, Vic. 2002. "Language in South Africa: the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development." ''Impact: Studies in language and society,'' 14:78</ref>
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
|fam4=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
|fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
|fam6=[[Southern Bantu]]
|fam7=[[Nguni languages|Nguni]]
|fam8=[[Tekela languages|Tekela]]
|nation=[[Swaziland]] <br> [[South Africa]]
|script=[[Latin script|Latin]] (Swazi alphabet)<br>[[Swazi Braille]]
|sign=[[Signed Swazi]]
|iso1=ss
|iso2=ssw
|iso3=ssw
|glotto=swat1243
|glottorefname=Swati
|guthrie=S.43
|lingua=99-AUT-fe
}}
'''Swati''' (also known as Swazi) ({{small|Swazi:}} ''SiSwati'') is part of the Nguni group of [[Bantu languages]]. It is spoken by about 1.5 million people in Eswatini and South Africa. It is one of the eleven official languages in South Africa. It is taught in the schools of Eswatini, and in some South African schools. Swati is closely related to Phuthi, a language spoken in Lesotho, and to [[Zulu language|Zulu]], Ndebele and [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]].
Swati has four main varietes: Shiselweni, Hhohho, Manzini and Shiselweni. They correspond with the four administrative regions of [[Eswatini]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Niger-Congo languages]]