Off-Topic List of how to say hello in different African countries

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HOW TO SAY "HELLO"IN DIFFERENT AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Angola

Portuguese: Olá (Hello), Bom dia (Good morning), Boa tarde (Good afternoon), Boa noite (Good evening)

Botswana

Setswana: Dumela mma (Hello to a woman), Dumela rra (Hello to a man)
English: Hello

Burkina Faso

French: Bonjour (Hello)
Mossi: Ne y yibeogo! (Good morning)
Dyula: I ni sogoma (Good morning)

Cameroon
French: Bonjour (Hello)
English: Hello
Cote d'Ivoire

French: Bonjour

Egypt

Arabic: As-Salaam-Alaikum (Peace be unto you)

Ethiopia

Amharic: Teanastëllën (Hello, formal), Tadiyass (Hello, informal)

Gabon

French: Bonjour (Hello)
Fang: M'bole (Hello to one person), M'bolani (Hello to several people)

Ghana

English: Hello
Twi: Maakyé (Good morning)

Kenya

Swahili: Jambo (Hello), Habari (How's it going?)
English: Hello

Lesotho

Sesotho: Lumela (Hello to one person), Lumelang (Hello to several people)
English: Hello

Libya

Arabic: As-Salaam-Alaikum (Peace be unto you)

Madagascar

Malagasy: Salama (Hello), M'bola tsara (Hello)
French: Bonjour (Hello)

Malawi

Chichewa: Moni (Hello)
English: Hello

Mali

French: Bonjour (Hello)
Bambara: I ni ce (Hello)

Mauritania

Arabic: As-Salaam-Alaikum (Peace be unto you)
Hassaniya: Aw'walikum (Hello)

Morocco

Arabic: As-Salaam-Alaikum (Peace be unto you)
French: Bonjour (Hello)

Mozambique

Portuguese: Olá (Hello), Bom dia (Good morning), Boa tarde (Good afternoon), Boa noite (Good evening)

*Namibia*

English: Hello
Afrikaans: Hallo (Hello)
Oshiwambo: Mwa lele po (Hello)

Nigeria

English: Hello
Hausa: Sànnu (Hello)
Igbo: Ibaulachi (Hello)
Yoruba: Bawo (Hello)

Niger
Zarma: Mate Gaham(How are you)
Songhay: Matni go(How are you)
Hausa: Sannu(Hello)
French: Bonjour (Hello)

Rwanda

Kinyarwanda: Muraho (Hello)
French: Bonjour (Hello)
English: Hello

Senegal

French: Bonjour (Hello)
Wolof: Nanga def (How are you?)

Sierra Leon

English: Hello
Krio: Kushe (Hello)
South Africa

Zulu: Sawubona (Hello)
Xhosa: Molo (Hello)
Afrikaans: Hallo (Hello)
English: Hello
Sudan

Arabic: As-Salaam-Alaikum (Peace be unto you)
Eswatini

Swati: Sawubona (Hello)
English: Hello
Tanzania

Swahili: Jambo (Hello), Habari (How's it going?)
English: Hello
Togo

French: Bonjour (Hello)
Tunisia

French: Bonjour (Hello)
Arabic: As-Salaam-Alaikum (Peace be unto you)
Uganda

Luganda: Oli otya (Hello)
Swahili: Jambo (Hello), Habari (How's it going?)
English: Hello
Zambia

English: Hello
Bemba: Muli shani (How are you?)
Zimbabwe

English: Hello
Shona: Mhoro (Hello)
Ndebele: Sawubona (Hello)
 

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