"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:
Afrikaans
Amharic
Arabic
English
French
Fula
Hausa
Igbo
Oroma
Somali
Swahili
Yoruba
Zulu
Ivevane
Thobela
ndimakukonda
That's a toughie. IN SHONA You could say "munhu anochengeta"-lliterally someone who protects/looks after. In Ndebele....?
Ndebele is related to Zulu and Xhosa. The languages related to Xhosa and Zulu are obviously the Nguni nations namely Northern Ndebele, Southern Ndebele and Swazi.
Wheat
To say "What is up" in Ndebele, you would say "Kunjani?"
You would say "Ngiyeza" in Ndebele to mean "I am coming."
In Ndebele, "everyone" can be translated as "bonke".
Heart is inhliziyo
In Ndebele it is "Yebo"
sizonke singakwanisa
In Ndebele, "grandfather" is "ubaba obukhulu" and "grandmother" is "ugogo obukhulu".
congratulations
Thobela
butterfly
Borboleta = butterfly
Butterfly is fjäril in Swedish.