Next time you say 'Hello', be sure you mean it

11 January 2021 - 09:11

By Nathaniel Lee

Dumela! Sawubona! Molo! Avuxheni! Matsheloni! Good Morning! Goei More! Thobela! Lotshani! Hello! Such is the representation of a simple greeting in some of the 11 official languages of SA, including the twelfth, Tsotsi-taal, and the informal.

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