We use the same word "Hi" but we also say haijale(Hay-jar-le) or stambo(stam-bo).
A word used to greet those who are tourists and do not know Swahili will be 'Stambo'. Otherwise 'Atraisee' derived from the English 'I say'. Another word is 'Moodi', called when someone is knocking on the door.
Maymumi means how are you. Say Mambo if you are good.
"African" is not a language. Africa is a continent that contains 54 countries and more than 2100 completely different languages. Some estimates place the number of languages at around 3000.If you have any quesitons about African languages, you will have to specify the language.The most prominent languages spoken in Africa are:AfrikaansAmharicArabicEnglishFrenchFulaHausaIgboOromaSomaliSwahiliYorubaZulu
The Swahili word for "spirits" is "roho". While there are more than sixty languages spoken in Kenya, the two official languages are English and Swahili. There is no language called "Kenyan".
Swahili and English
Not by the majority of the inhabitants, but the few humans who live there usually speak Swahili.
There is no language called "Kenyan". Kenya's official languages are English and Swahili - in Swahili "dad" is "baba".
The English hallo or hello is often used in Swahili as a greeting, almost invariably on the phone and often in personal meetings. It is often misspelled as hallow or hellow.Salaam is the standard Swahili for "greetings."
Hello in Swahili is spelled as "Hujambo" or "Jambo".
Most people simply say "hello," which is the standard word for answering the telephone. Some people say jambo, but this is akin to pidgin Swahili. Standard Swahili greetings are questions, inquiring after the health of the interlocutor.
Jambo
The common greeting "jambo" is used in Kenya as a Swahili word to say hello. Swahili is widely spoken in Kenya as a national language and is commonly used in everyday communication.
The Swahili word for devil is "shetani."
habari mtanashati
"Jambo" means hello in Swahili.
Jambo rafiki
The Swahili word for "Honey" is "asali".
The Swahili word for goat is "mbuzi."
The Swahili word for grief is huzuni.