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单词 siswati
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Siswatin.adj.

Brit. /sɪˈswɑːti/, U.S. /sɪˈswɑdi/
Forms: 1900s– siSwati, 1900s– Siswati.
Origin: A borrowing from Siswati. Etymon: Siswati siSwati.
Etymology: < Siswati siSwati < si- , class prefix denoting a language + Swati , the name of the people (see Swazi adj.).The form siSwati reflects the Siswati spelling convention, in which the stem (not the class prefix) is capitalized.
A. n.
The language spoken by the Swati people of the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland) and South Africa, belonging to the Nguni group of the Bantu language family; = Swazi n. 2.The official name of the country was changed in 2018.
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Swazi1919
Siswati1952
1952 D. Ziervogel (title) A grammar of Swazi (siSwati).
1970 Amer. Anthropologist 72 1395/1 The stories were usually told in a native language, principally Zulu or Siswati.
1986 K. Katzner Langs. of World (rev. ed.) ii. 324 Swazi, more correctly called Siswati, is the national language of the kingdom of Swaziland in southern Africa. It is spoken by virtually the entire native population of the country.
2017 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 11 Oct. 3 Nomfundo is narrated in Siswati about a tormented and impulsive young woman who is pregnant with her first child.
B. adj.
Of, belonging to, or designating this language; written in or using this language.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > African languages > Niger-Kordofanian > [adjective] > of or relating to Bantu languages
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Fan1861
Amandebele1872
Nyamwezi1872
Wagogo1878
Lunda1879
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Tonga1891
Chichewa1897
Ronga1897
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Ila1907
Tsonga1907
Meru1908
Chewa1909
Venda1913
Lingala1922
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Pedi1922
Nyanja1923
Nguni1929
Ndebele1930
Lobedu1937
Tiv1939
Mongo1961
Siswati1964
1964 Standing Orders of Legislative Council (Govt. Notice. no. 114) 6 in Swaziland Legislation II The proceedings and debates of the Council shall be in the English or the Siswati language.
1965 Advertising & Press Ann. Afr. 158 The BBC News is relayed from 6 to 6.10 p.m. with local news in English from 6.10 to 6.20 p.m; thereafter the siSwati programme continues until 8 p.m.
1971 Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times 8 Oct. So goes the Siswati song of praise to..his majesty King Sobhuza II.
1996 N. M. Kamwangamalu & T. Chisanga in V. de Klerk Focus on S. Afr. 289 There is no siSwati edition for The Observer, but there is one for The Times, namely Thikhasi.
2015 Afr. News (Nexis) 19 Mar. S'khumbuto, the central memorial, is named for the siSwati word signifying a place of remembrance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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