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{{Infobox language
|name=Swazi
|nativename=SiSwati
|states=[[Eswatini]], [[South Africa]], [[Lesotho]], [[Mozambique]]
|speakers=2.3 million
|date=2006–2011
|ref=e18
|speakers2=2.4 million [[L2 speakers]] in South Africa (2002)<ref>Webb, Vic. 2002. "Language in South Africa: the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development." ''Impact: Studies in language and society,'' 14:78</ref>
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
|fam4=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
|fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
|fam6=[[Southern Bantu]]
|fam7=[[Nguni languages|Nguni]]
|fam8=[[Tekela languages|Tekela]]
|nation=[[Eswatini]] <br> [[South Africa]]
|script=[[Latin script|Latin]] (Swazi alphabet)<br>[[Swazi Braille]]
|sign=[[Signed Swazi]]
|iso1=ss
|iso2=ssw
|iso3=ssw
|glotto=swat1243
|glottorefname=Swati
|guthrie=S.43
|lingua=99-AUT-fe
}}
'''Swati''' (also known as Swazi) ({{small|Swazi:}} ''SiSwati'') is part of the Nguni group of [[Bantu languages]]. It is spoken by about 1.5 million people in [[Eswatini]] and [[South Africa]]. It is the [[official language]] of Eswatini and one of the eleven official languages in South Africa. It is taught in the schools of Eswatini, and in some South African schools. Swati is closely related to [[Phuthi]], a language spoken in [[Lesotho]], and to [[Zulu language|Zulu]], [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]] and [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]].

Swati has four main varietes: Shiselweni, Hhohho, Manzini and Shiselweni. They correspond with the four administrative regions of [[Eswatini]].

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[[Category:Languages of Lesotho]]
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