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Language code: ssw

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ssw

Documentation

The table below provides technical details for the Swati language, designated by the ssw code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

ssw

Standard

ISO 639-2, ISO 639-3

Name

Official

Swati

Native

SiSwati

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
HhohhoLubomboManziniShiselweni
Related languages
ZuluXhosaSouthern NdebeleNorthern Ndebele
Key facts
Swati is a tonal language with high and low pitch distinctionsIt has a noun-class system with over a dozen classes marked on nouns and agreement markersThe sound inventory includes click consonants borrowed from Khoisan languagesModern Swati orthography is Latin-based and employs extra diacritics for certain consonantsLoanwords from Afrikaans and English are common in everyday speech
Sample phrase

Sawubona, unjani?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Swati language, identified by the code ssw, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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