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BY Francis Akhalbey, 12:00pm November 21, 2018,

How to say hello in 23 African languages

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by Francis Akhalbey, 12:00pm November 21, 2018,

I nhlikanhi/ Ndaa to a male/ Aa to a female means hello in Venda (Spoken in South Africa).

Bawo means hello in Yoruba (Spoken in Nigeria).

Mbote means hello in Lingala (Spoken in DRC, Republic of Congo and Angola).

Habari yako means hello in Swahili.

Xewane means hello in Tsonga (Spoken in South Africa).

Dumela means hello in Tswana (Spoken in Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia)

Last Edited by:Ismail Akwei Updated: November 22, 2018

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