This is an introductory text for the Swazi language, siSwati. Spoken by nearly a half million people in Swaziland, siSwati is one of the Nguni languages of the southeastern branch of the Bantu languages. Each of the 25 lessons in this text covers one or more basic grammatical structures. The first five lessons present the sound system in detail, greetings and classroom expressions, certain grammatical features that are unlike anything in the structure of English, and a summary of siSwati grammar. Lessons 6-22 have the same format: a dialogue containing examples of the new grammatical structure(s), vocabulary and structure sections, and exercises on the grammatical features presented in the lesson. The text, with its seventeen companion tapes, is suitable for use in university language classes or for linguistics students. There are no repetition drills in the text, but it would complement a language program that uses an audio-lingual approach. A siSwati-English glossary is provided. (AMH)