Langenesis

Niger-Congo family

Swati

c. 1500 CE – today Living

Swati (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Niger-Congo language. Lineage: Proto-Niger-Congo → Proto-Atlantic-Congo → Proto-Benue-Congo → Proto-Bantu → Proto-Nguni → Swati.

See Swati on the interactive map
Speakers
2.3M (2,300,000)
ISO 639-3
ssw
Glottocode
swat1243

Nguni (Tekela) language of Eswatini and South Africa.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Niger-Congoc. 10,000 BCE – 7,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Atlantic-Congoc. 7,000 BCE – 5,000 BCE
  3. Proto-Benue-Congoc. 5,000 BCE – 3,500 BCE
  4. Proto-Bantuc. 3,000 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  5. Proto-Ngunic. 500 CE – 1500 CE
  6. Swatic. 1500 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Nguni.

Sources