Swazi

language of the Swazi people
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Swazi

Summary

Swazi is a language[1]. Swazi ranks in the top 0.71% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (864 views/month, #40 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swazi is in the country of Eswatini[3].
  • Swazi is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • Swazi is in the country of Mozambique[5].
  • Swazi's instance of is recorded as language[6].
  • Swazi's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Swazi is a type of Nguni[8].
  • Swazi's writing system is recorded as Latin script[9].
  • Swazi's Commons category is recorded as Swazi language[10].
  • Swazi's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ss[11].
  • Swazi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swazi language[12].
  • Swazi's language regulatory body is recorded as Pan South African Language Board[13].
  • Swazi's language regulatory body is recorded as Siswati Language Board[14].
  • Swazi's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2034200'}[15].
  • Swazi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ss', 'text': 'siSwati'}[16].
  • Swazi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ss', 'text': 'Siswati'}[17].
  • Swazi's indigenous to is recorded as Maputo Province[18].
  • Swazi's indigenous to is recorded as Eswatini[19].
  • Swazi's indigenous to is recorded as Mpumalanga[20].
  • Swazi's indigenous to is recorded as KwaZulu-Natal[21].
  • Swazi's indigenous to is recorded as South Africa[22].
  • Swazi's indigenous to is recorded as Mozambique[23].
  • Swazi's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SSW[24].
  • Swazi's exact match is recorded as http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133085546[25].
  • Swazi's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National[26].
  • Swazi's category for films in this language is recorded as Q101101660[27].

Why It Matters

Swazi ranks in the top 0.71% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (864 views/month, #40 of 5,611).[2] Swazi has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Swazi is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Eswatini, South Africa, Mozambique
    Instance of
    Indigenous to Maputo Province, Eswatini, Mpumalanga +3
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007551007305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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