Swati

Swati (siSwati)

Swati is part of the Nguni group of Bantu languages and is spoken by about
1.5 million people in Swaziland and South Africa. It is one of the eleven official
languages in South Africa and is taught in the schools of Swaziland, and
in some South African schools. Swati, which is also known as Swazi,
is closely related to Phuthi, a language spoken in Lesotho, and to
Zulu, Ndebele and Xhosa.

Swati has four main dialects: Shiselweni, Hhoho, Nandzini and Shiselweni,
which correspond with the four administrative regions of Swaziland.

Swati pronunciation

Swati pronunciation

Information on Swati pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Sample text in Swati

Bonkhe bantfu batalwa bakhululekile balingana ngalokufananako ngesitfunti
nangemalungelo. Baphiwe ingcondvo nekucondza kanye nanembeza ngakoke bafanele
batiphatse nekutsi baphatse nalabanye ngemoya webuzalwane.

Links

Information about Swati languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swati_language
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/language/about/siswati.html
http://www.southafrica.com/languages/swati/
http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/siswati/

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