Forget flowers and chocolate! The most decently romantic thing every Afropolitan can do this Valentine’s is to express their love in our Afrikan tongue. Yes, we are talking love that’s roots deep…get it? Anyway, because at WE love you! We did all the hard stuff that will make you a hunky chunk of Afrikan Rawmantic this February! So pick a languge, maybe even too and say those big- little words in…
TshiVenda
Ndi a ni funa!
Venda is one of the official languages of South Africa and is a member of the Bantu/Nguni family of languages. It is spoken by about a million people in the South African province of Limpopo, and by about 150,000 people in Zimbabwe.
Swahili
Ninakupenda
Swahili is a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania, Burundi, Congo (Kinshasa) Kenya, Mayotte, Mozambique, Oman, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, UAE and the USA. Around 5 million people speak Swahili as a native language, and a further 135 million speak is as a second language. Swahili is an official language of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya, and is used as a lingua franca throughout East Africa.
Bemba
Nalikutemwa
Bemba is a Bantu language spoken by about 3.6 million people in parts of Zambia, particularly the Northern, Luapula, Copperbelt and Northwestern Central provinces, and also in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
Oshiwambo
Ondikuhole
OshiWambo is a Bantu language spoken by about 680,000 people in Namibia and Angola. Major dialects include Kwanyama (OshiKwanyama), which is spoken in northern of Namibia and southern of Angola; Ndonga (OshiNdonga), which is spoken in northern Namibia; and Kwambi, which is also spoken in Namibia.
IsiNdebele
Ngiyakuthanda
Southern Ndebele (isiNdebele) is spoken by a large section of the Zimbabwean population, predominantly in the Matebeland provinces. It is one of the main languages in Zimbabwe. It is also spoken by about 2 million people in South Africa, where it is one of the official languages. Most of the speakers can be found in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng and North West provinces.
Tswana
Ke a go rata
Tswana is a Bantu language spoken by about 4.4 million people in Bostwana, where it is the national and majority language, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The majority of speakers, about 3.6 million, live in South Africa, where the language is officially recognised. Tswana is closely related to Southern and Northern Sotho, and is also known as Beetjuans, Chuana, Coana, Cuana and Sechuana.
Shona
Ndinokuda
Shona is a member of the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo language family. It is spoken by about nine million people mainly in Zimbabwe, where more than 80% of the population are Shona speakers. There are also speakers in Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana.
Remember to mean them !
