The ASJP Database - Wordlist Swazi

Wordlist Swazi

Compiled by Søren Wichmann

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: swat1243
ISO 639-3: ssw

Coordinates WGS84

26°30'S, 31°E
-26.50, 31.00

number of speakers	2,314,500
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Southernbantu Makua > Nguni Tsonga > Nguni(s.40) > Southernndebele Lowland
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > S > Nguni(s.43)

Sources

Corum 1991: An introduction to the Swazi (Siswati) language. Bloomington, Indiana: African Studies Program, Wooburn Hall, Indiana University.