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Language Comparison: Swati vs Jamaican Patois
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Aspect | Swati | Jamaican Patois |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Creole, English-based |
Speakers | Approximately 4.7 million | Approximately 4 million |
Features | A Bantu language with rich noun class systems, agglutinative grammar, and click consonants; closely related to Zulu and other Nguni languages | A creole language derived from English, West African languages, and influences from Spanish and Portuguese; characterized by simplified grammar, phonetic spelling, and a rich oral tradition. |
Countries | Eswatini (official), South Africa (recognized regional language) | Jamaica (primary), and Jamaican diaspora communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | Yes, tones distinguish meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses noun classes and concord systems | No, uses simplified grammar and word order |
Derived From | Proto-Bantu, part of the Nguni subgroup | 17th-century English, with significant contributions from West African languages |
Loanwords | From English, Afrikaans, and Zulu | From West African languages, Spanish, and English |
Dialects | Includes regional variations in Eswatini and South Africa, but generally mutually intelligible | Includes slight regional variations across Jamaica, but generally mutually intelligible. Influences from urban versus rural areas can be observed. |
Alphabets | A, B, Bh, C, Ch, D, E, F, G, H, Hl, I, K, Kh, L, M, N, Nc, Nd, Ng, O, P, Ph, Q, S, Sh, Sw, T, Th, Ts, Tsh, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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