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African Heritage Useful Words

Useful Words

Whether you go to Angola, or just want to talk to people around campus, these words will help you blow them away with your language skills. Have fun!

Useful greetings in ....

Angola Bom Dia (Good Morning)
Botswana Dumela mma/rra (Hello to woman/man)
Ivory Coast in-i-che (Hello)
Cameroon Bonjour (Hello)
Ethiopia teanastellen (Hello)
Ghana meeng-gah-bou (Hello-Spoken in the capital Accra)
Kenya Habari/Jambo (Hello)
Libya salaam aleikum
Sierra Leone How de body?