| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Mozambique, South Africa (particularly Mpumalanga) | |
| Languages | |
| Historical Nguni varieties | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional African religion; some Christian influences | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Swazi people, Tembe people, Embo-Nguni, Embo-Dlamini, Tsonga-Nguni |
The Nyaka are a Southern African clan historically located along the Delagoa Bay coast and the low-lying coastal plains of the Maputaland-Lubombo region, which spans parts of Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini. [1] They are considered one of the ancestral groups connected to the formation of the Swazi people and the later Kingdom of Eswatini polity. Along with the Tembe, the Nyaka were among the earliest Bantu-speaking peoples encountered by the Portuguese in the region in the mid-1500s. [1]