History of Eswatini

Umlandvo waseSwatini , Have (SiSwati) and English languages

(SiSwati)

Tintfo takadzeni letikhombisa imisebenti yebantfu kusukela ekucaleni kweNkatsi yeLitje titfolwe eMbusweni wase-Eswatini. Takhamuti tekucala letatiwako talesigodzi bekungemtingeli kanye nekuhlanganisa emaKhoisan. Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, bantfu labanyenti baba ngemaNguni ngesikhatsi nangemuva kwekutfutsela kwebantfu baseBantu. Bantfu labakhuluma tilwimi letitfolakala kuletinye tilwimi taseSotho naseNguni bacala kuhlala ngekushesha ngelikhulu lesi-11. Leligama lelitsi Mswati II lisuselwa enkhosini yakamuva. Mswati II bekangumbusi lomkhulu wase-Eswatini, futsi wandzisa lendzawo yalelive ngalokuphindvwe kabili ngebukhulu bayo. Bantfu base-Eswatini bavela emindenini leminyenti lengahlukaniswa ngekutsi yi-Emakhandzambili, i-Bemdzabu, kanye ne-Emafikamuva, kuye ngekutsi bahlala nini futsi bahlala njani e-Eswatini.

(English)

Artifacts indicating human activity dating back to the early Stone Age have been found in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The earliest known inhabitants of the region were Khoisan hunter-gatherers. Later, the population became predominantly Nguni during and after the great Bantu migrations. People speaking languages ancestral to the current Sotho and Nguni languages began settling no later than the 11th century. The country now derives its name from a later king named Mswati II. Mswati II was the greatest of the fighting kings of Eswatini, and he greatly extended the area of the country to twice its current size. The people of Eswatini largely belong to a number of clans that can be categorized as Emakhandzambili, Bemdzabu, and Emafikamuva, depending on when and how they settled in Eswatini.