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<div class="pg_page_title">🤗 '''Kalanga''' Greetings for Everyday Life</div>
<div style="font-size:280%;">🤗 '''Kalanga''' Greetings for Everyday Life</div>
 
Hi Kalanga learners! 😃
Hi Kalanga learners! 😃


 
Kalanga is a Bantu language, most closely related to Nambya in northwestern Zimbabwe and the Shona languages in central and eastern Zimbabwe.
Do you want to learn how to say “Hello” in '''Kalanga'''?


Greetings are an important part of any language because they allow you to connect and communicate with others.  
Greetings are an important part of any language because they allow you to connect and communicate with others.  


If you’re planning a trip to the country or are trying to learn Kalanga, keep reading to discover some of the most important greetings.
If you’re planning a trip to Zimbabwe or are trying to learn Kalanga, keep reading to discover some of the most important greetings.
 


Let’s get started! 🤗
Let’s get started! 🤗
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!'''English'''
!'''English'''
!'''Kalanga'''
!'''Kalanga'''
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|general greeting
|Dumilani
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|Ndashwa
|Ndashwa
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|-
|how are you?
|how are you?
|Kutjani?
|Kutjani?
|-
|-
 
|Good  morning, how are you?
|Dumilani, mamuka tjini?
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|I am fine thanks
|Tamuka totibathu
|-
|What is your name?
|Zina lilo/labo/lenyu ndiani?
|-
|Who are you?
|Ndi'ngwiani?
|-
|I come from
|Ndodwa ku....
|-
|Thank you
|Ndaboka
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|Okay
|Kwaka lulwama/Akuna nlandu
|-
|What's up?
|Kutjani/ukatini
|-
|Who are you?
|Ndi ingwi ani?
|-
|It was nice meeting you
|Ndoshatha kushangana na’ngwi
|}
|}


==Sources==
==Sources==
Polyglot Club thanks '''Jennifer Runner''' for her outstanding work in collecting some of the phrases for this Kalanga lesson. 👍
* http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/
 
* https://kalanga.org/language/
Her objective is, like the Polyglot Club, to promote intercultural communication and understanding and to raise awareness of linguistic diversity in the world. ✨
* https://www.facebook.com/Syb267/posts/basic-vocabulary-of-kalanga-language1-good-morning-how-are-you-dumilani-mamuka-t/235383605035810/
 
*More information on her website: http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/


==Free Kalanguya Lessons==
==Free Kalanga Lessons==
*'''[[Language/Kalanga/Grammar|Grammar Lessons]]'''
*'''[[Language/Kalanga/Grammar|Grammar Lessons]]'''


Latest revision as of 11:38, 27 March 2023

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🤗 Kalanga Greetings for Everyday Life

Hi Kalanga learners! 😃

Kalanga is a Bantu language, most closely related to Nambya in northwestern Zimbabwe and the Shona languages in central and eastern Zimbabwe.

Greetings are an important part of any language because they allow you to connect and communicate with others.

If you’re planning a trip to Zimbabwe or are trying to learn Kalanga, keep reading to discover some of the most important greetings.

Let’s get started! 🤗

Greetings[edit | edit source]

English Kalanga
how are you? Mamuka tjini?
reply to Mamuka tjini Ndamuka
reply to Mamuka tjini Ndamuka totibathu
how are you? Mashwa tjini?
reply to Mashwa tjini Ndashwa
how are you? Kutjani?
Good morning, how are you? Dumilani, mamuka tjini?
I am fine thanks Tamuka totibathu
What is your name? Zina lilo/labo/lenyu ndiani?
Who are you? Ndi'ngwiani?
I come from Ndodwa ku....
Thank you Ndaboka
Okay Kwaka lulwama/Akuna nlandu
What's up? Kutjani/ukatini
Who are you? Ndi ingwi ani?
It was nice meeting you Ndoshatha kushangana na’ngwi

Sources[edit | edit source]

Free Kalanga Lessons[edit | edit source]

Language Exchange[edit | edit source]

Forum[edit | edit source]

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