Language name and location: Swati, Eswatini, South Africa [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区斯威士语, 史瓦帝尼 (斯威士兰), 莱索托, 莫桑比克, 南非共和国

 

1. -ɲɛ́

21.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili naɲɛ

2. -ɓilí

22.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nambini

3. -tsʼâtfʼu

23.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nantsʼatfʼu

4. -nɛ

24.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nanɛ

5. siɬánu

25.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nanɬanu 

6. -sipʰóɬôŋo ~ sitfʼûpʰa 

26.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nesitfʼupʰa 

7. sikʰombisa

27.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nesikʰombisa

8. sipʰɔɬɔŋɔ 

28.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nesipʰɔɬɔŋɔ 

9. lifiǀa

29.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɓili nelifiǀa

10. liʃumi

30.  ɛmaʃumi lamatsʼatfʼu

11. liʃumi naɲɛ

40.  ɛmaʃumi lamanɛ

12. liʃumi nambini

50.  ɛmaʃumi lamaɬanu

13. liʃumi nantsʼatfʼu

60.  ɛmaʃumi lamatfʼupʰa

14. liʃumi nanɛ

70.  ɛmaʃumi layisikʰombisa

15. liʃumi nanɬanu

80.  ɛmaʃumi layisipʰɔɬɔŋɔ 

16. liʃumi nesitfʼupʰa 

90.  ɛmaʃumi lalifiǀa

17. liʃumi nesikʰombisa

100. ikʰulu

18. liʃumi nesipʰɔɬɔŋɔ 

200. ɛmakʰulu lamaɓili

19. liʃumi nelifiǀa

1000. iŋkhuluŋwane

20. emaʃumi lamaɓili

2000. tiŋkhuluŋwane letʼimɓili

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. P.C. Taljaard, University of South Africa, South Africa, August 23, 2007.

供资料的语言学家: Dr. P.C. Taljaard, 2007 年 8 月 23 日.

 

Other comments: Swati (siSwati) or Isiswazi, Ngwane is spoken by approximately

4,714,500 speakers (960,000 in Eswatini (Swaziland) as well as Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa, Swati has a complicated phonetic system with some click sounds. The symbol 'ǀ' as in number 'nine' lifiǀa is a dental click. 'tsʼ' and 'fʼ' are ejectives.


 

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