- published: 04 Dec 2013
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The Swazi or Swati language (Swazi: siSwati [siswatʼi]) is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga, particularly former KaNgwane areas. Swazi is an official language of Swaziland (along with English), and is also one of the eleven official languages of South Africa.
Although the preferred term is "Swati" among native speakers, in English it is generally referred to as Swazi. Swazi is most closely related to the other "Tekela" Nguni languages, like Phuthi and Northern Transvaal (Sumayela) Ndebele, but is also very close to the "Zunda" Nguni languages: Zulu, Southern Ndebele, Northern Ndebele, and Xhosa.
Swazi spoken in Swaziland (eSwatini) can be divided into four dialects corresponding to the four administrative regions of the country: Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, and Shiselweni.
I will die
So will you
When we go
I will choose
Now it's time
To make you pay
End it all
In just one day
Hold out your wrists for me
It is your fantasy
Bleed out your pains
From your wounded veins
I was born
So were you
Through the womb
To the tomb
Now it's time
To make you pay
End it all
In just one day
Hold out your wrists for me
It is your fantasy
Bleed out your pains
From your wounded veins
No one gets past me today
Their is no other way
No one gets past me today
Make a line to be saved
Now maybe you'll see
Connection to death is me
Now maybe you'll see
Connection to death is me
Hold out your wrists for me
It is your fantasy
Bleed out your pains