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South Africa has 11 official languages, 2 of European origin, and the rest of African origin. Here is a list of how to say Hello and Goodbye in three of these languages.

English: Hello - Goodbye

Afrikaans: Hello = Hallo, Hi = Haai, Goodbye = Totsiens

Zulu - Hello = Sawubona (to a singular person), Sanibonani (to a plural group of people) - Goodbye = Sala kahle (to a singular person), Salani kahle (for plural)

Here's a complete list of all 11.

English

Hello

Afrikaans

Goeiedag

Ndebele

Lotjhani

Xhosa

Molo

Zulu

Sawubona

Swati

Sawubona

Sotho

Dumela

Northern Sotho

Dumela

Tswana

Dumela

Venda

♂Ndaa / ♀Aa

Tsonga

Avuxeni

English

Goodbye

Afrikaans

Totsiens

Ndebele

Uhambe kuhle

Xhosa

Sala kakuhle

Zulu

Sala kahle

Swati

Sala kahle

Sotho

Sala hantle

Northern Sotho

Å ala gabotse

Tswana

Tsamayo sentlê

Venda

Kha vha sale zwavhudi

Tsonga

Salani kahle

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