Skip to main content
25th Edition
World
Languages
Countries
Insights
About
Help
Eswatini
Print
Primary tabs
Country
Languages
Status
(active tab)
Maps
Expand All
Collapse All
1 (National)
English
[eng]
1 (National). Statutory national language (2005, Constitution, Article 3(2)). 68,500 in Eswatini, all users. L1 users: 16,500 in Eswatini (2019). L2 users: 52,000 (2019).
Swati
[ssw]
1 (National). Statutory national language (2005, Constitution, Article 3(2)). 960,000 in Eswatini (2019). Total users in all countries: 4,714,500 (as L1: 2,314,500; as L2: 2,400,000).
5 (Dispersed)
Afrikaans
[afr]
5* (Dispersed). 14,000 in Eswatini (2019).
Tsonga
[tso]
5* (Dispersed). 23,500 in Eswatini (2019).
Zulu
[zul]
5* (Dispersed). 94,000 in Eswatini (2019).
Unestablished
Chichewa
[nya]
Unestablished. 5,700 in Eswatini (2019).
Hindi
[hin]
Unestablished. 8,200 in Eswatini (2019).
Sotho, Southern
[sot]
Unestablished. 5,400 in Eswatini (2019).
