Talk:Swati language
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The article sez: "There are four dialects being Shiselweni, Hhoho, Nandzini, and Shiselweni"
Shiselweni is two of the four dialects? I think this needs correction, or at the very least, explanation.
- The Ethnologue article linked lists the dialects as Baca, Hlubi, Phuthi. The alleged four dialects seem to refer to the four districts of Swaziland, Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini and Shiselweni (although siSwati is also spoken in adjacent parts of South Africa). -Ahruman 11:24, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Terminology
It seems worth mentioning that siSwati is the most common term in English in Swaziland, which is probably where it is most often referred to. -Ahruman 11:27, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Number of speakers is 1,706,924?
What's with the bizarre precisely given number of speakers? -- Dissident (Talk) 05:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- It's the speaker count given by the Ethnologue, but I agree that it's pretty bizarre to have such a precise number. — mark ✎ 08:42, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
