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)
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)