The word Voodoo comes from various West African languages. So do the words mambo, bogus, banana, and chimpanzee! There are several words borrowed from African languages that are used in everyday American parlance that many people probably don't even realize.
Gullah is a new dialect that combined English and African words in an African grammatical structure, developed by slaves in the lowlands of South Carolina. It is still spoken today in the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia.
The African Luhya words "ndachama abandu" are said in English language as 'I love our people'.
The African Luhya word "amakhuwa" means Words in the English language.
Two words borrowed from the Spanish language and used in English are "quesadilla" and "fiesta."
The English words Am coming become 'Nditsanga' in African Luhya language.
The African Luhya term for the English words 'he is awake' is Abushile.
It is the same meaning, in other words: the African translation of water in English is water aswell.
Gullah.
The African Luhya words "injira yefu" are said in English language as 'Our way'.
English isn't the native language but it is the most spoken. The most common language spoken by the natives is Patois, which is a mixture of English, African words, and used to be spoken there before the Caribbeans was colonized.
Gullah is a new dialect that combined English and African words in an African grammatical structure, developed by slaves in the lowlands of South Carolina. It is still spoken today in the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia.
The African Luhya words "ndachama abandu" are said in English language as 'I love our people'.
The African Luhya words " tsia elia" are said in English language as 'Go away'.
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
Plain English is simple, straightforward, easily understood English,in other words the opposite of the English used by lawyers which uses long words, out-of-date words, technical words and Latin words.
The English words "am mad" are translated into "Esinyishe" in African Luhya laanguage.
The English words "I will be late" are translated into "Ndalachelewa" in African Luhya language.