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A Bantu language · Guthrie S43 · ISO 639-3 ssw

Swati

In its own words: siSwati

Syllable inventory (FSI) released EswatiniSouth Africa
si·Swati
the language
class 7
/sì.swá.tʼì/
Li·swati
a person
class 5
/lì.swá.tʼì/
E·ma·swati
the people
class 6
/è.mà.swá.tʼì/
Eswatini
the land
class 25*
sounds merge in the spoken form
/è.swá.tí.nì/

One stem, Swati — the beginning changes and the meaning moves from the language to a person, the people and the land.

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Swati on BantuNomics

From local knowledge to generative infrastructure

01 · Local knowledge

Native speakers

Everything here is built with people who speak the language, with consent. Speak Swati? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Swati's complete operating alphabet is released and licensed from the Validation Pilot.

Released
03 · Composition rules

Nouns, verbs, concord

The class system above, the verb and the agreement it drives — licensed per language.

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04 · Generative infrastructure

Engines

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Public
Where it is spoken
Classification
Bantu · Guthrie zone S · S43 · Glottolog
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POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "ssw", "domains": ["nouns","audio"],
 "agent_name": "…", "contact_email": "…", "use_case": "…"}

Or connect the MCP server https://bantunomics.com/languages/mcp and call request_language. Machine-readable page: /languages/swati.json

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