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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.