Phuthi (Síphùthì)is a Nguni Bantu language spoken in southern Lesotho and areas in South Africa adjacent to the same border. The closest substantial living relative of Phuthi is Swati (or Siswati), spoken in Swaziland and the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Although there is no contemporary sociocultural or political contact, Phuthi is linguistically part of a historic dialect continuum with Swati.

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  • Phuthi (Síphùthì)is a Nguni Bantu language spoken in southern Lesotho and areas in South Africa adjacent to the same border. The closest substantial living relative of Phuthi is Swati (or Siswati), spoken in Swaziland and the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Although there is no contemporary sociocultural or political contact, Phuthi is linguistically part of a historic dialect continuum with Swati. Phuthi is heavily influenced by the surrounding Sotho and Xhosa languages, but retains a distinct core of lexicon and grammar not found in either Xhosa or Sotho, and found only partly in Swati to the north. The documentary origins of Phuthi can be traced to Bourquin (1927), but in other oblique references nearly 200 years from the present (Ellenberger 1912). Until recently, the language has been very poorly documented with respect to its linguistic properties. The only significant earlier study (but with very uneven data, and limited coherent linguistic assumptions) is Mzamane (1949).
  • Phuthi är ett tekelaspråk, som talas av minst 20 000 medlemmar av phutifolket i södra Lesotho och angränsande delar av Sydafrika. Inom phutispråket kan två huvuddialekter urskiljas; mpapa- och sigxododialekterna.
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  • Phuthi
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  • Síphùthì
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  • Southern Africa
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  • Phuthi (Síphùthì)is a Nguni Bantu language spoken in southern Lesotho and areas in South Africa adjacent to the same border. The closest substantial living relative of Phuthi is Swati (or Siswati), spoken in Swaziland and the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. Although there is no contemporary sociocultural or political contact, Phuthi is linguistically part of a historic dialect continuum with Swati.
  • Phuthi är ett tekelaspråk, som talas av minst 20 000 medlemmar av phutifolket i södra Lesotho och angränsande delar av Sydafrika. Inom phutispråket kan två huvuddialekter urskiljas; mpapa- och sigxododialekterna.
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  • Phuthi
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