Atlantic-Congo · East Africa · Southern Africa

Swati

Not endangered

Swati is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3ssw
Glottocodeswat1243

Spoken in Lesotho · Mozambique · Eswatini · South Africa

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Swati.

  1. Zimbabwean Ndebele

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  2. Xhosa

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  3. Zulu

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  4. Sumayela Ndebele

    Threatened
    Grammar

  5. Phuthi

    Threatened
    Grammar sketch

  6. Chopi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  7. Gitonga

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  8. Ronga

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

Reference data for Swati from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)