Swazi

E922637

The Swazi are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily associated with Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and neighboring regions of South Africa, known for their distinct monarchy-centered culture and traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Swazi canonical 15
Swazi nation 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedModernState Kingdom of Eswatini ⓘ
linked to: Eswatini
associatedWith Eswatini monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Swazi Kingdom

House of Dlamini ⓘ
clanSystem sibongo (clan names) ⓘ
colonialHistoryWith United Kingdom ⓘ
cultureCenteredOn monarchy ⓘ
royal rituals ⓘ
customaryLawSystem Swazi customary law ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Eswatini ⓘ
ethnogenesisRegion Lubombo region ⓘ
south‑central Africa ⓘ
linked to: Zambezian region
ethnonymFor Swazi people ⓘ
historicalKingdom Kingdom of Eswatini ⓘ
linked to: Eswatini
historicalNameOfCountry Swaziland ⓘ
linked to: Eswatini
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
notableCulturalPractice Incwala ceremony ⓘ
Umhlanga Reed Dance ⓘ
linked to: Umhlanga ceremony
partOf Nguni cultural sphere ⓘ
primaryCountry Eswatini ⓘ
primaryLanguage Swazi language ⓘ
linked to: Siswati

siSwati ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ndebele people ⓘ
Xhosa people ⓘ
Zulu people ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Eswatini ⓘ
Eswatini–South Africa border region ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
subgroupOf Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
traditionalArtForm basket weaving ⓘ
beadwork ⓘ
traditionalDance warrior dances ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousingType beehive huts ⓘ
traditionalLeadershipTitle Ndlovukazi ⓘ
linked to: Ndlovukati

Ngwenyama ⓘ
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing ⓘ
traditionalReligion Swazi traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure chiefdoms ⓘ
patrilineal clans ⓘ
usesLanguage Swazi language ⓘ
linked to: Siswati

Zulu language ⓘ
linked to: Zulu

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.