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If you are planning on travel you should know that there are literally hundreds of languages between the regional, tribal and Urban language centers. There are many areas where European influence has played a major role in language development (french, English, German...) so you if you already know one of these languages you might be able to get by. ie Cameroon-French, Kenya-English, South Africa (Afrikaans)- German.
- Language (Region) Greeting / Response-
Kimeru (Kenya) - Muga / Muga Mono
Zulu (SE Africa) - "Saubona," which is literally "good morning."
"African" is not a language. Africa is a continent that contains 54 countries and more than 2100 completely different languages. Some estimates place the number of languages at around 3000.
If you have any quesitons about African languages, you will have to specify the language.
The most prominent languages spoken in Africa are:
Afrikaans
Amharic
Arabic
English
French
Fula
Hausa
Igbo
Oroma
Somali
Swahili
Yoruba
Zulu
- Afrikaans = nee
- English = no
- Ndebele =
- Northern Sotho = aowa
- Sotho =
- Swazi =
- Tswana =
- Tsonga =
- Venda =
- Xhosa = hayi
- Zulu = cha
Hello in various African languages:
- Afrikaans = haai
- Amharic = ሰላáˆá¢ (sälam)
- Arabic = (marḥaban) مرØبا
- Bambara = I ni ce (singular), Aw ni ce (plural)
- Bemba = Ulishani
- Cape Verdean Creole = oi
- French = bonjour
- Igbo = Kedụ
- Khoekoe = halau
- Kinyarwanda = bite
- Lingala = mbote
- Lozi = Lumela (singular), Mlumeleng (plural)
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How do you say sleep well in South African?
There are many native languages spoken in South Africa.
How do you say Thursday in African Language?
There are about 1500 languages spoken in Africa. In South Africa for example, you call Thursday "Thursday", at least in one of the 11 official languages.
What are the different ways do you say bless you in Africa?
Africa has many diffrent languages, in Afrikaans a language spoken in South Africa you say gesondheid if you want to say bless you after you've sneezedbut translated bless you, you'd say seën jou
How do you say welcome home in some of the languages of South Africa?
Afrikaans = Welkom tuisEnglish = Welcome HomeNdebeleNorthern SothoSothoSwaziTswanaTsongaVendaXhosa = Wamkelekile akhayaZulu = Wamukelekile ekhaya
How does one say special in the African language?
"African" is not a language. Africa is a continent that contains 54 countries and more than 2100 completely different languages. Some estimates place the number of languages at around 3000.If you have any questions about African languages, you will have to specify the language.The most prominent languages spoken in Africa are:AfrikaansAmharicArabicEnglishFrenchFulaHausaIgboOromaSomaliSwahiliYorubaZulu
How do you say fire in some of the languages of South Africa?
Fire in some of the languages of South Africa:Afrikaans = vuurEnglish = fireNdebele = vuthaNorthern Sotho =Sotho =Swazi = lìlòTswana = moleloTsonga =Venda =Xhosa = ngomliloZulu = umlilo
How do you say sleep well in South African?
There are many native languages spoken in South Africa.
How do you say i love you in cape town South Africa?
South Africa has 11 official languages, so depends on which one you wanted to use
How do you say Thursday in African Language?
There are about 1500 languages spoken in Africa. In South Africa for example, you call Thursday "Thursday", at least in one of the 11 official languages.
How do you say Merry Christmas in the African language?
There are many languages spoken in Africa, so the way to say "Merry Christmas" would depend on the specific language. For example, in Swahili (spoken in East Africa), you would say "Krismasi Njema," and in Afrikaans (spoken in South Africa), you would say "Geseënde Kersfees."
How do you say flamingo in south African?
There are 11 official languages in South Africa and hundreds of minority languages. You would need to be more specific about which South African language you are referring to.
How do you say south and north in Africa?
There is no one single language in Africa, there are over 2000 spoken languages and dialects across 54 independant countries
How do you say dream in African?
There is no language called "African." Africa is a huge continent with many languages. Perhaps you mean "Afrikaans," spoken in South Africa?
How do you say by in Africa?
It is not really possible to answer this question. Africa is a continent with over 50 countries and over 1 billion people. Some estimates say there are up to 3000 different languages spoken in Africa. Some of them are widely internationally spoken and some are localised tribal languages. In any case, it would be impossible to give a translation for any word in all of the languages spoken in Africa.
How do you say 'Mediterranean' in some of the languages of Africa?
"African" is not a language. Africa is a continent that contains 54 countries and more than 2100 completely different languages. Some estimates place the number of languages at around 3000.If you have any questions about African languages, you will have to specify the language.The most prominent languages spoken in Africa are:AfrikaansAmharicArabicEnglishFrenchFulaHausaIgboOromaSomaliSwahiliYorubaZulu
How do you say bear in African?
There is no such language as "African". Hundreds of languages are spoken in Africa. If you meant "Afrikaans" which is a derivative of Dutch that is spoken in South Africa, the word is "Beer".
What are the different ways do you say bless you in Africa?
Africa has many diffrent languages, in Afrikaans a language spoken in South Africa you say gesondheid if you want to say bless you after you've sneezedbut translated bless you, you'd say seën jou
