This has proved necessary because over 80 percent of the country's 25 million people live in rural areas or small towns, where people depend to a great extent on their mother tongue for daily communication.
Leswi a swi boha hikuva tiko leri ri ni vaaki lava endlaka 25 wa timiliyoni, laha vanhu lava tlulaka 80 wa tiphesente va tshamaka etindhawini ta le makaya kumbe eswidorobanini leswitsongo, laha vanhu va kona va titshegeke swinene hi ririmi ra ka vona loko va vulavurisana siku ni siku.