Say "Hello" in all 11 official South African languages
English will reach less than 10% of South Africans in their home
language. The first thing every South African should learn at school is
how to say "hello" to every other South African they'll meet. It's not so
hard.
You'll need to learn eight new words. IsiZulu and Siswati share "Sawubona";
Sesotho, Sepedi and Setswana can share "Dumela"; and you already know how to say
hello in English.
IsiZulu
Sawubona
IsiXhosa
Molo
Afrikaans
Hallo
English
Hello
Sepedi
Thobela
Sesotho
Dumela
Xitsonga
Avuxeni
Siswati
Sawubona
Tshivenḓa
Hurini
IsiNdebele
Lotja
Setswana
Dumela
Those are the basics. Most South African languages also have different
greetings for depending on the time of the day or when meeting or saying
goodbye to groups or individual people.
Click on any of the languages below to get dedicated resources for the
South African language you would like to learn.
