ISO 639-3 · sswssw
Niger–Congo family
Swazi
siSwati
Swazi is a language of the Nguni branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Eswatini, South Africa and Mozambique. Wikidata counts about 2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language of the Swazi people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ssw- ISO 639-1
ss- Glottocode
swat1243- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Wikipedia
- 89 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Swazi · siSwati |
|---|---|
| Also called | Swati, siSwati, Swazi language |
| All speakers | 2,034,200 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Eswatini, South Africa |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Swazi
The branches above Swazi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
