Editing Eswatini (section)

===Languages===
{{main|Languages of Eswatini}}
''[[SiSwati language|SiSwati]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2841.htm |title=Background Note:Swaziland |author=U.S. Department of State |access-date=29 December 2009}}</ref> (also known as ''Swati'', ''Swazi'' or ''Siswati'') is a [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] of the [[Nguni languages|Nguni]] group, spoken in Eswatini and South Africa. It has 2.5&nbsp;million speakers and is taught in schools. It is an official language of Eswatini, along with English,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act, 2005 |url=http://www.gov.sz/images/stories/Constitution%20of%20%20SD-2005A001.pdf |access-date=3 June 2018 |page=12}}</ref> and one of the official languages of South Africa. English is the medium of communication in schools, conducting business, and the press.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kingdom of Eswatini Languages|url=https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Kingdom_of_Eswatini_Languages|access-date=2021-10-17|website=FamilySearch Wiki|date=7 September 2021|language=en}}</ref> About 76,000&nbsp;people in the country speak [[Zulu language|Zulu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=SZ |title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition |author = Lewis, M. Paul |year = 2009 |access-date =29 December 2009}}</ref> [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], which is spoken by many people throughout the region is spoken by about 19,000&nbsp;people in Eswatini. [[Afrikaans]] is also spoken by some residents of Afrikaner descent. Portuguese has been introduced as a third language in the schools because of the large community of Portuguese speakers from Mozambique{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} or [[North Region, Portugal|Northern]] and [[Central Region, Portugal|Central Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://iilp.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/africa-do-sul-sera-primeiro-pais-nao-europeu-com-ensino-complementar-de-lingua-portuguesa/ |title=África do Sul será primeiro país não europeu com ensino complementar de língua portuguesa |publisher = IILP |year = 2018 |access-date =23 October 2018}}</ref>