Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides information about various African languages and information about the words for "yes" and "no" in those languages.
The content of this post is presented for linguistic, cultural, and educational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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DISCLAIMER:
This compilation is not intended to be a complete listing of words for "yes" and "no" in all of the African traditional languages.
This compilation also isn't meant to be a resource for how these words are pronounced.
This compilation doesn't include French, Portuguese, English, Spanish, or any Pidgin/Creole languages which are also spoken in certain African nations. Some traditional African languages aren't included in this compilation because I couldn't find the words for "yes" and "no" in those languages.
Additions and corrections are very welcome.
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INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND THE WORDS FOR "YES" AND "NO" IN THOSE LANGUAGES
Pancocojams Editor's Note:
With the exception of the Amazigh language, these languages are given in alphabetical order based on the name that is commonly used for that language in the United States (for example, "Swahili" is listed and not "KiSwahili" and "Zulu" is listed and not "IsiZulu").
I've identified a link for the brief excerpt about each language, but usually haven't included the online link or links for the information that I retrieved from online sources about the words "yes" and "no" in those languages. That retrieved information is given after the brief quote as indicated by "snip".
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AKAN
Read the entries for Fante and Twi that are found below.
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AMAZIGH (BERBER)
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_languages
"The Berber languages, also known as Berber or the Amazigh languages[2] (Berber name: Tamaziɣt, Tamazight; Neo-Tifinagh: ..., Tuareg Tifinagh ...), are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related dialects spoken by the Berbers, who are indigenous to North Africa.[3] The languages were traditionally written with the ancient Libyco-Berber script, which now exists in the form of Tifinagh.[4]
Berber is spoken by large populations of Morocco, Algeria and Libya, by smaller populations of Tunisia, northern Mali, western and northern Niger, northern Burkina Faso and Mauritania and in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt. Large Berber-speaking migrant communities, today numbering about 4 million, have been living in Western Europe, spanning over three generations, since the 1950s. The number of Berber people is much higher than the number of Berber speakers. The bulk of the populations of the Maghreb countries are considered to have Berber ancestors.[5]”...
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Berber [Yes] "Ih"; [No] "Uhu"
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AMHARIC
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic
"Amharic... is one of the Ethiopian Semitic languages, which are a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas and as a lingua franca by other populations residing in major cities and towns of Ethiopia. The language serves as the official working language of Ethiopia, and is also the official or working language of several of the states within the federal system.[9] With 21,811,600 total speakers as of 2007, including around 4,000,000 L2 speakers, Amharic is the second-most commonly spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic.[10]"...
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Amharic: [Yes] "Awo"; "Aye"; [No] "Aydelem"
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ARABIC
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic
"Arabic... is a Central Semitic language that first emerged in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the lingua franca of the Arab world.[
[...]
Native to Countries of the Arab League, minorities in neighboring countries and some parts of Asia, Africa, Europe
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Arabic: [Yes] "Na’am"; [No] "La"
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From
https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-say-%E2%80%9Cyes%E2%80%9D-in-Arabic
"Zora O'Neill, Author of "All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World"
Answered Mar 24, 2017
Arabic has a written form that is standard across the Arab world. In the written language,
na’am (نعم) is the word for ‘yes.’
But across the Arab world, there are dozens of spoken Arabic dialects, and most people will say ‘yes’ in a different way, depending on what dialect of Arabic they speak.
For example, Egyptians commonly say
aywa (أيوا), often just shortened to
ah. In Lebanon, people usually say
eh or
ay."
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BAMBARA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambara_language
"The Bambara (Bamana) language, Bamanankan, is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 15 million people, natively by 5 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users. It is estimated that about 80 percent of the population of Mali speak Bambara as a first or second language.”...
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[Yes] "Awɔ"; [No] "Ayi"
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BEMBA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bemba_language
"The Bemba language, ChiBemba (also Cibemba, Ichibemba, Icibemba and Chiwemba), is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups, including the Bisa people of Mpika and Lake Bangweulu, and to a lesser extent in Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Botswana. Including all its dialects, Bemba is the most spoken indigenous language in Zambia.[4] The Lamba language is closely related and some people consider it a dialect of Bemba."...
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Bemba: [Yes] "Ee"; [No] "Awe" , "Iyoo"
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CHEWA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewa_language
"Chewa....also known as Nyanja ... is a language of the Bantu language family. The noun class prefix chi- is used for languages,[4] so the language is usually called Chichewa and Chinyanja (spelled Cinyanja in Zambia, and Cinianja in Mozambique). In Malawi, the name was officially changed from Chinyanja to Chichewa in 1968 at the insistence of President Hastings Kamuzu Banda (himself of the Chewa tribe), and this is still the name most commonly used in Malawi today.[5] In Zambia, Chewa is spoken by other people like the Ngoni and the Kunda, so a more neutral name, Chinyanja '(language) of the lake' (referring to Lake Malawi), is used instead of Chichewa."...
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Chewa: [Yes] "Ee", "Eya", "Inde"; [No] "Ayi", "Iyayi"
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EWE
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_language
"Ewe... is a Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana by approximately 6–7 million people as either the first or second language.[6] Ewe is part of a cluster of related languages commonly called Gbe; the other major Gbe language is Fon of Benin. Like many African languages, Ewe is tonal."...
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[Yes] "Eeh"; "E. (ay)" ; [No] "Awo"; "Ao"
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FANTE
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fante_dialect
"Fantse (Mfantse, Fante, Fanti) is one of the three formal literary dialects of the Akan language. It is the major local dialect in the Central Region of Ghana as well as in settlements in other regions from mid to southern Ghana."...
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Fante: [Yes] "Oho"; [No] "Nyew"
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From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_language
"Akan... is a Central Tano language that is the principal native language of the Akan people of Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of that country, by about 58% of the population, and among 30% of the population of Ivory Coast.
Three dialects have been developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies: Asante, Akuapem (together called Twi), and Fante, which, despite being mutually intelligible, were inaccessible in written form to speakers of the other standards."
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Read the entry for Twi below.
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FULA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_language
"Fula..., also known as Fulani… or Fulah…(Fula: Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; French: Peul), is a language spoken as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 20 countries in West and Central Africa. Along with other related languages such as Serer and Wolof, it belongs to the Senegambian branch within the Niger–Congo languages, which does not have tones, unlike most other Niger–Congo languages. More broadly, it belongs to the Atlantic geographic grouping within Niger–Congo. It is spoken as a first language by the Fula people ("Fulani", Fula: Fulɓe) from the Senegambia region and Guinea to Cameroon and Sudan and by related groups such as the Toucouleur people in the Senegal River Valley. It is also spoken as a second language by various peoples in the region, such as the Kirdi of northern Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria."
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Fula: [Yes] "Ohoo"; "Eh"; [No] "Kay", "Na non"
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GA (Gã)
From
https://www.omniglot.com/writing/ga.htm
"Ga is a member of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo languages. It is spoken in Ghana by about 600,000 people, particular in the southeast of the country around the capital, Accra."...
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Ga: [Yes] "hεε,εhεε"; [No] "daabi"
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HAUSA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_language
"Hausa... is the Chadic language (a branch of the Afroasiatic language family) with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by some 27 million people, and as a second language by another 20 million. The total numer [sic] of Hausa speakers as of 2018, totals about 150 million people.[4] The ancestral language of the Hausa people, one of the largest ethnic groups in Central Africa, Hausa is commonly spoken throughout southern Niger and northern Nigeria. It has developed into a lingua franca across much of Western Africa for purposes of trade.
[...]
Native to Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo and Sudan."...
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Hausa: [Yes] "Eh"; [No] "A'a"
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IGBO
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_language
"Igbo ... is the principal native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria. The language has approximately 24 million speakers, who live mostly in Nigeria and are primarily of Igbo descent...
[...]
Native to Nigeria
Region southeastern Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea"...
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Igbo [Yes] "Éey, Ëhh". (pronunciation: ey, AEH) ; [No] "Ḿbà" (pronunciation: IM-bah)
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KIKUYU
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikuyu_language
"Kikuyu or Gikuyu (Gikuyu: Gĩkũyũ [ɣēkōjó]) is a language of the Bantu family spoken primarily by the Kikuyu people (Agĩkũyũ) of Kenya. Numbering about 7 million (22% of Kenya's population),[4] they are the largest ethnic group in Kenya.
[...]
Native to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda"
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[Yes] "Niguo"; [No] "Asha"
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KIMBUNDU
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimbundu
"Kimbundu, or North Mbundu, one of two Bantu languages called Mbundu (see Umbundu), is the second-most-widely spoken Bantu language in Angola. It is concentrated in the north-west of the country"...
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Kimbundu: [Yes] "Kyene"; [No] "Kaná"
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KINYARWANDA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinyarwanda
"Kinyarwanda....; known as Igifumbira in Uganda) is an official language of Rwanda and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language spoken by 12 million people in Rwanda, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjacent parts of southern Uganda (Kirundi dialect is the official language of neighbouring Burundi).[4]
Kinyarwanda is one of the four official languages of Rwanda (along with English, French and Kiswahili) and is spoken by almost all of the native population. That contrasts with most modern African states, whose borders were drawn by colonial powers and do not correspond to ethnic boundaries or precolonial kingdoms.[5]"...
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Kinyarwanda= [Yes] "Yego"; [No] "Oya"
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LINGALA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingala
"Lingala (Ngala) is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a large part of the Republic of the Congo, as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic. It has over 10 million speakers."...
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Lingala- [Yes] "Ee; [No] "Te"
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LUBA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luba-Kasai_language
"Luba-Kasai, also known as Western Luba, Bena-Lulua, Ciluba/Tshiluba,[5] Luba-Lulua[6] or Luva, is a Bantu language (Zone L) of Central Africa and an official language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahili, and Kikongo.
An eastern dialect is spoken by the Luba people of the East Kasai Region and a western dialect by the Lulua people of the West Kasai Region."...
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[Yes] "Eyowa"; [No]; "Tòo"
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LUGANDA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luganda
"Luganda, or Ganda[1]... Oluganda [oluɡâːndá][5]), is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than five million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda, including the capital Kampala of Uganda. It belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo language family. ....
With about four million first-language-speakers in the Buganda region and a million others fluent elsewhere, it is the most widely-spoken Ugandan language. As a second language, it follows English and precedes Swahili.
Luganda is used in some primary schools in Buganda as pupils begin to learn English, the primary official language of Uganda. Until the 1960s, Luganda was also the official language of instruction in primary schools in Eastern Uganda."...
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Luganda: [yes] "Yee", "Mm", Weewawo; [No] Nedda
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LUO
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luo_dialect
"The Luo dialect, Dholuo (pronounced [d̪ólúô][3]) or Nilotic Kavirondo (pejorative colonial term), is the eponymous dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 6 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania,[4] who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and areas to the south.
[...]
Native to Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan"...
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From
http://economics.ozier.com/language/dholuo.html [with brackets added]
"[Yes], ee or duoko (Note that ee is also used in Luhya.)
{No], dawe (Note that dawe or tawe is also used in some Luhya dialects.)"
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M, N
MALAGASY
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_language
"Malagasy ... is an Austronesian language and the national language of Madagascar. Most people in Madagascar speak it as a first language as do some people of Malagasy descent elsewhere."...
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Malagasy: [Yes]"Eny"; [No] "Tsia"
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MANDINKA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandinka_language
"The Mandinka language (Mandi'nka kango), or Mandingo, is a Mandé language spoken by the Mandinka people of the Casamance region of Senegal, the Gambia, and northern Guinea-Bissau. It is one of principal languages of the Gambia.
Mandinka belongs to the Manding branch of Mandé, and is thus similar to Bambara and Maninka/Malinké. In a majority of areas, it is a tonal language with two tones: low and high, although the particular variety spoken in the Gambia and Senegal borders on a pitch accent due to its proximity with non-tonal neighboring languages like Wolof."...
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Mandinka: [Yes] "Ha"; [No] "Hani"
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NDEBELE [Northern Ndebele]
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ndebele_language
"Northern Ndebele (English: /ɛndəˈbiːliː/), also called Sindebele, Zimbabwean Ndebele[1] or North Ndebele,[4][5] and formerly known as Matabele, is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, spoken by the Northern Ndebele people, or Matabele, of Zimbabwe.
Northern Ndebele is related to the Zulu language, spoken in South Africa. This is because the Northern Ndebele people of Zimbabwe descend from followers of the Zulu leader Mzilikazi (one of Zulu king Shaka's generals), who left the Zulu Kingdom in the early 19th century, during the Mfecane, arriving in present-day Zimbabwe in 1839.
Although there are some differences in grammar, lexicon and intonation between Zulu and Northern Ndebele, the two languages share more than 85% of their lexicon. To prominent Nguni linguists like Anthony Cope and Cyril Nyembezi, Northern Ndebele is a dialect of Zulu. To others like Langa Khumalo, it is a language. Distinguishing between a language and a dialect for language varieties that are very similar is difficult, with the decision often being based not on linguistic but political criteria.[6][7][8][9]
Northern Ndebele and Southern Ndebele (or Transvaal Ndebele), which is spoken in South Africa, are separate but related languages with some degree of mutual intelligibility, although the former is more closely related to Zulu. Southern Ndebele, while maintaining its Nguni roots, has been influenced by the Sotho languages.[10]"...
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Northern Ndebele: [Yes] "Yebo", "Ye"; {No] "Hayikhona", "hayi", "hayibo"
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OROMO
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo_language
"Oromo .... is an Afroasiatic language spoken in the Horn of Africa. It is the most widely spoken language in the family's Cushitic branch. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 24.6 million Oromo people and neighbouring peoples in Ethiopia and by an additional half million in parts of northern and eastern Kenya.[6] It is also spoken by smaller numbers of emigrants in other African countries such as South Africa, Libya, Egypt and Sudan. Oromo is a dialect continuum; not all varieties are mutually intelligible.
The native name for the Oromo language is Afaan Oromoo, which translates to "mouth (language) of Oromo". It was formerly known as Galla, a term now considered pejorative but still found in older literature."...
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Oromo: [Yes] "Ee, eeyyee"; [No] "Lakki"
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SHONA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_language
"Shona...(chiShona) is the most widely spoken Bantu language as a first language and is native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The term is also used to identify peoples who speak one of the Central Shona varieties: Zezuru, Karanga, Manyika and Korekore. Based on Clement Doke's 1931 report, Union Shona or Standard Shona was developed from the Central Shona varieties. Because of the presence of the capital city in the Zezuru region, that variety has come to dominate in Standard Shona.
The larger group of historically related languages (called Shona languages by linguists) also includes Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Kalanga (Western Shona), but speakers of those languages prefer their distinct identities and usually reject any connection to the term Shona.
[...]
Native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique"...
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Shona: [Yes] "Hongu"; [No] "Kwete"
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SOMALI
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_language
"Somali ... is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language of Somalia, Somaliland,[7] a national language in Djibouti, and a working language in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. ... The Somali language is written officially with the Latin alphabet."...
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Somali: [Yes] "Haa"; [No] "Maya"
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SOTHO
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesotho_language
"Sesotho (or Sotho…); also known as Southern Sotho or Southern Sesotho[5]) is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho-Tswana (S.30) group, spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages, and in Lesotho, where it is the national language."...
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Sesotho: [Yes] "Eea"; [No] "Che"
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SWAHILI
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language
"Swahili, also known as Kiswahili (translation: language of the Swahili people), is a Bantu language and the first language of the Swahili people. It is a lingua franca of the African Great Lakes region and other parts of eastern and south-eastern Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[7] Comorian, spoken in the Comoros Islands is sometimes considered to be a dialect of Swahili, though other authorities consider it a distinct language.”...
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From
https://www.duolingo.com/comment/25743255/Swahili-yes-and-no
answered by ReaganEarl , 2018
[Yes] "Ndio"; [No] "La"
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answered by Airport1, 2018
"[Yes] = "Ndiyo" ("Naam")
[No] = "Hapana" ("La")
the form for yes is spoken I guess just "dio" (correct me otherwise), while "hapana" for "no" is spoken like "habana", and "la" is the shorter arabic from, which is also used."
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SWAZI
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazi_language
"The Swazi, Swati or siSwati language (Swazi: siSwati [siswatʼi]) is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga, particularly former KaNgwane areas. Swazi is an official language of Swaziland (along with English), and is also one of the eleven official languages of South Africa.
Although the preferred term is "Swati" among native speakers, in English it is generally referred to as Swazi. Swazi is most closely related to the other "Tekela" Nguni languages, like Phuthi and Northern Transvaal (Sumayela) Ndebele, but is also very close to the "Zunda" Nguni languages: Zulu, Southern Ndebele, Northern Ndebele, and Xhosa."...
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Swazi: {Yes] "Yebo"; [No] "Cha"
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TSWANA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tswana_language
"The Tswana or Setswana language is spoken in Southern Africa by about five million people.[1] It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family...
Tswana is an official language and lingua franca of Botswana. The majority of Tswana-speakers are found in the north of South Africa, where four million people speak the language and an urbanised variety which is part slang and not the formal Setswana, known as Pretoria Tswana, is the principal language of that city.
[...]
Native to Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia"...
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Tswana: [Yes] "Ee"; [No] "Nnyaa"
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TWI
From
Twi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twi
"Twi ... also known as Akan Kasa) is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by about 6–9 million Ashanti people as a first and second language.[7][3] Twi is a common name for two former literary dialects of the Akan language; Asante (Ashanti) and Akuapem, which are mutually intelligible. There are about 9 million Twi speakers, mainly originating from the Ashanti Region[1][3] and about a total of 17–18 million Ghanaians as either first or second languages. Akuapem Twi was the first Akan dialect to be used for Bible translation, and became the prestige dialect as a result.[8] It is also spoken by the Southeastern people of Cote D'Ivoire.
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Twi: [Yes] "Aane" (ah-nay). [No] "Dabi" (dah-bee); "Daabi"
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TIGRINYA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigrinya_language
"Tigrinya (often written as Tigrigna;... is an Afroasiatic language of the Semitic branch. It is mainly spoken by the Tigrayans in the highlands of Eritrea and in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa. Tigrinya has around around 6,915,000 total speakers. Tigrinya speakers in Ethiopia (known as Tigrawot; feminine Tigrāweyti, male Tigraway, plural Tegaru) number around 4,320,000 individuals, and are centered in the northern Tigray Region. The Tigrinya speakers in Eritrea total roughly 2,540,000, and are concentrated in the southern and central highland areas. Tigrinya is also spoken by emigrants from these regions, including some Beta Israel.[5]
Tigrinya should not be confused with the related Tigre language. The latter language is spoken by the Tigre, who inhabit the lowland regions of Eritrea."...
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Tigrinya: [Yes] "U'weh"; [No] "Aykonen"
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WOLOF
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language
"Wolof ... is a language of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania, and the native language of the Wolof people. Like the neighbouring languages Serer and Fula, it belongs to the Senegambian branch of the Niger–Congo language family. Unlike most other languages of the Niger-Congo family, Wolof is not a tonal language...
It is the most widely spoken language in Senegal, spoken natively by the Wolof people (40% of the population) but also by most other Senegalese as a second language.[5]
Wolof dialects vary geographically and between rural and urban areas. "Dakar-Wolof", for instance, is an urban mixture of Wolof, French, and Arabic.
"Wolof" is the standard spelling and may refer to the Wolof people or to Wolof culture. Variants include the older French Ouolof and the principally Gambian Wollof, Jolof, jollof, etc., which now typically refers either to the Jolof Empire or to jollof rice, a common West African rice dish"....
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Wolof: [Yes] "Waaw", [No] "Déedéet", (Dedet)
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XHOSA
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_language
"Xhosa … or isiXhosa … is a Nguni Bantu language with click consonants ("Xhosa" begins with a click) and one of the official languages of South Africa.[9] Although not widely spoken there, it is also an official language of Zimbabwe.[10] "Xhosa is spoken as a first language by 8.2 million people and by 11 million as a second language in South Africa, mostly in Eastern Cape Province.
[....]
Native to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho"...
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Xhosa: [Yes] "Ewe"; [No] "Hayi"
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YORUBA
From
https://www.omniglot.com/writing/yoruba.htm
"Yoruba (Èdè Yorùbá)
Yoruba is a member of the Volta-Niger branch of the Niger-Congo family of languages. It is spoken by about 28 million people in southwest Nigeria, Benin, Togo, the UK, Brazil and the USA. It is one of the four official languages of Nigeria, along with English, Hausa and Igbo."...
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Yoruba: [Yes] "Bẹẹ ni" ("bẹẹni"); [No] "Bẹẹ kọ" ("bẹkọ"); "Ó ti"; "Ra ra"
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ZULU
From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_language
"Zulu or isiZulu (Zulu: isiZulu) is the language of the Zulu people, with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority (over 95%) of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (24% of the population), and it is understood by over 50% of its population.[5] It became one of South Africa's 11 official languages in 1994.
According to Ethnologue,… it is the second most widely spoken of the Bantu languages, after Shona. Like many other Bantu languages, it is written with the Latin alphabet."...
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Zulu: {Yes] "Yebo"; [No] "Cha"
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