Each of South Africa’s official languages has a fascinating vocabulary, with some words and phrases influenced by other languages, and many unique to that language. Learn a little South African with these animations.
Most tourist guides to South Africa give you only basic phrases – hello, goodbye, how much? But our languages are richer and more complex than that.
Get the flavour of South Africa’s languages, and learn to speak them a little, with these animations.
Read more: The languages of South Africa
Afrikaans
isiNdebele
isiXhosa
isiZulu
Sesotho
Sepedi (Sesotho sa Leboa)
Setswana
siSwati
Tshivenda
Xitsonga
… and English
Finally, when you’re in South Africa
… learn to say the name of the country you’re in.
Researched, written and designed by Mary Alexander
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