Re: Swaziland becomes Eswatini

Michael Everson wrote:

> Swaziland or eSwatini? King's new name faces legal challenge
  
According to the quoted article: "He asked that the court set aside the
decision as the product of the whim of the UK-educated monarch taken
without any public consultation, court papers showed on Friday. 'Every
citizen has a right to take part in the conduct of public affairs,
directly or through freely chosen representatives,' Maseko said in the
papers."

Um, he's a king. He gets to do things like change the name of his
country on a whim, and without asking his subjects. That's what absolute
monarchs do.

In any case, it was the ISO 3166 action, not the king's, that prompted
this change request.
  
> Are you sure it’s not eSwatini? That spelling structure is common in
> Bantu languages. (No, I didn’t go look it up.)

As I wrote, both ISO 3166 and apparently the government are using
"eSwatini" in Swati-language contexts, but "Eswatini" in
English-language contexts. It looked wrong to me too, but it's their
call really.
 
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Doug Ewell | Thornton, CO, US | ewellic.org


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