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South Africa Literature and Language
South African history stretches back to the Khoisan tribes. Europeans, Indians, and Chinese later arrived in the country. White South Africans are of European descent, while modern-day South Africans are a mixture of nationalities.
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Although the chief weapons of the Zulu and the Gikyu were the leather shield and short stabbing spear, Zulu tactics from the 1830's on used skirmish lines of gunmen. In the original push south during the Great Trek Zulu skirmishers were armed with trade muskets (short barreled smootbore flintlocks sold through Arab and Portuguese traders via Zanzibar) and the occaisional Jaleel (long barreled flintlocks). During the Zulu war large numbers of Martini Henry 45 rifles were captured and put to use by Zulu rifleman who would give cover to their compatriots massed charges. - Zulu soldiers carried Enfield 1853 rifles with Schyner actions to load cartridges. The Cavalary used a shortened version of this model.
How do you say hello in South Africa?
Please note that the 'Xitsonga Avuxeni' (at the end) has the "x" pronounced as a "sh", so you would say "avusheni".
English = Hello
Afrikaans = Goeiedag
isiNdebele = Lotjhani
isiXhosa = Molo
isiZulu = Sawubona
SiSwati = Sawubona
Sesotho = Dumela
Sesotho = sa Leboa Dumela
Setswana = Dumela
Tshivenḓa = ♂Ndaa / ♀Aa
Xitsonga = Avuxeni
I believe that the translation is something like this:
"Even though you saved that man today,
He will be ruined no matter what.
Come on, girl."
I'm only partly sure of this.
