African Language | Can They Understand Each Other?

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Do you think African languages are similar?
Do you think they can understand each other?
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[@Noah_ol11]

I think the lady of Zimbabwe could make a video with the members from DRC , Rwanda and South Africa , since these countries had been on the channel before and would be cool see their interations

[@riannedaemul]

That’s gonna be exciting 😅

[@oliveranderson7264]

Definitely, especially since those languages are actually related to one another, like Ryan said. I'm sure most Bantu speakers can guess the meaning of these words: kurya, umuntu, umwana, ingurube, imbwa, tatu, amaso, ururimi

[@ahurali5185]

I wish they make the African edition of "Guess What African Country I'm From"

[@POYSSI]

For sure if the South African person is Venda or Ndebele, it would be very easy.

[@AmosHashaka]

I agreed!

[@henri191]

It's been a long tine since the last video with only african countries , Egypt is the one that has been more time on the channel , but see more countries is pretty good , i loved the hair of the lady of Zimbabwe

[@riannedaemul]

Thank you 😅

[@henri191]

​@@riannedaemul❤🇿🇼 😊

[@doricemichelle3614]

She's so beautiful.From Tanzania 🇹🇿

[@katefrancinethbauleth2500]

I came for Namibia 🇳🇦 but I stayed for the other girlies 😂🫶🏽

[@AestheticBlue13]

Ur like me came for Zim 🇿🇼 but stayed for them all too.

[@doricemichelle3614]

Both girls are beautiful but that one from Zimbabwe so much beautiful

[@hlindner75]

I've just been to Mosi-oa-Tunya, the Smoke that Thunders. Zimbabwe is amazing. Greetings from Namibia!

[@riannedaemul]

That’s great 😅

[@Magic_Kayyy]

So in love with the Namibian girl

[@SamtheI]

The Egyptian girl is so Elegant!

[@menaahjuma]

💕💕

[@nagichampa9866]

She's gorgeous!

[@HØRŪŞ_442]

Thank you, like her ancestors, the Pharaohs 🥰❤

[@RogerRamos1993]

She's classy.

[@africaine4889]

Lol the pharaohs of ancient egypt are not her ancestors. Arabs are​@@HØRŪŞ_442

[@ICU1337]

This was a fun one! These 3 ladies had my dying😂👏🏽! Especially Goldilocks over there at the end🤣! Glad this channel mixed things up a bit, been waiting for the African edition for awhile now👍🏽

[@elmicahuniverse]

My sister Josephine❤❤❤😭😭😭🇳🇦 🇳🇦 🇳🇦 🇳🇦 🇳🇦

[@TuaTeMauAkauAtea]

Native African languages most spoken in and outside Africa: swahili, East Africa, about 50 million, hausa, Central Africa, about 25 million, fulfulde (Senegal, Cameroon, Chad), yoruba (Nigeria, Benin), igbo (Nigeria).

[@momo-cchi5978]

Hausa people mainly live in West Africa.

[@Linoosworld]

Here for Namibia 🥰🥰

[@meriamtnn]

The shona lady seems so nice.😊❤️

[@riannedaemul]

Aww thank you 😊

[@RougeLino]

yeah i think i'm just in love with josephine it's the brain, the visuals and the mannerism(?)

[@rico_zw]

🇿🇼 that 'ndinonzwa zvakaipa" had me dying 😂 masalad enyu aya

[@SAINt_MAYHON]

haa ndaseka 😂😂

[@tatendachimwendo6442]

Mmm Hansi kunzwa zvakanaka..

[@riannedaemul]

Guys what did you want me to say😂 Asi handisi muSalad tho😅

[@Filthy.Potato]

I thought she meant she’s got great hearing 😂😂😂

[@brianjames9312]

You were amazing and you represented well.

[@pharaohmedjaylawofmedjay2680]

All Them Are Beautiful ❤❤❤

[@riannedaemul]

Thank you 😊

[@ettienedavids6623]

Sounds awesome "ndinokuda" ❤from an English hearing perspective it sounds more like Do you know a good heart😊I love you

[@ettienedavids6623]

😂"ndikole" my Afrikaans hearing sounds like frying meat, preparing meat lovemaking braai turn

[@BlackInKorea]

Lol frying meat

[@hlomoyo6655]

Point of correction, ndinonzwa zvakaipa literally means i hear bad things, but it should be hadisikundzwa zwakanaka , which transpates to I'm not feeling good.

[@SAINt_MAYHON]

aita kakukanganwa😂

[@riannedaemul]

Haaa guys please 😂😂😂our interpretation of Shona is different and by the way they put the statement l had to translate it like that 😅

[@SAINt_MAYHON]

aewaa😂😂@@riannedaemul

[@Xarmutinha]

8:13 "aeaeh"😂😂😂

[@user-tk4gr9zo7t]

I can’t breathe 😂😂😂

[@the_princess_soko4148]

😂😂you couldn't help yourself sprinkle sprinkle some English 😂😂

[@afckajjansi]

effects of colonialism lol we can't escape anglais

[@riannedaemul]

Sis 😂😂ndisiye lol

[@HelloJukidu]

I absolutely loved this video! Is really amazing how different it is from anything I was exposed to and I hope yall can bring more people from african Countries, i really want to see more!!!

[@wen_michael]

Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 🔥 💪 ltinewe mwana wevhu

[@Voice_Of_Truth467]

Realize how the Namibian language is similar to the Zimbabwean. The Black American African scholar Chancellor Williams in his book " The destruction of Black Civilization" shows how linguistics is one of the major factors in determining whether a people group are one. This can be seen through all of Black Africa.

[@l.n963]

not really, the west african languages are quite different from the bantu(southern/central/east african) languages. also there are the nilotic, san, and mbuti languages. since zimbabwe and namibia populations emerged from the eastern bantu migration(i know namibia is located in southwest africa, but the population got there through a long route through the eastern part of africa. you can notice they pronounce the r quite strong, opposed to western bantu languages. they share more similarities then with western bantu languages like lingala, kikongo, kimbundu (congo, northern angola).

[@malcolmmunyaza]

I find it funny to see "black Africa". I mean...that's like saying "white Ireland". 😃

[@l.n963]

@@malcolmmunyaza thats like saying white europe!

[@malcolmmunyaza]

@@l.n963 Right?! 🤣😀😂😅

[@Voice_Of_Truth467]

​@@malcolmmunyaza I understand, it's obvious Africa is the land of the Blacks but keep in mind that the current situation in some areas due to historical events don't reflect this, therefore it's important from time to time to make mention of it.

[@thiagooliveira583]

From the girl from Zimbabwe, I heard she saying her country name

[@twinnyk4213]

Ahhh iwe avocado in Zimbabwe is kotopeya. You did not do justice to this

[@TuaTeMauAkauAtea]

This was nice, cool 😎🆒👍to learn more about regional african cultures and idioms.

[@calebloaiza4826]

Omg all the time I hear british, american, australian English. But when I hear an african speaking it sounds like music to my ears. They have an unique rythm. So relaxing. I love their accent and if I could speak like them I'd do it.

[@Rosannasfriend]

That’s beautiful.

[@pierreabbat6157]

One Arabic phrase was close enough to "ahavtik" for me to understand, and I also caught "salaam aleykum, ismi" (is -kum masculine plural? is there a distinct feminine form?). But of those Bantu languages I know nothing. I wish I knew some Bantu so that I could understand what they understood of each other's languages.

[@izzaldeenalkurdi8806]

In standard Arabic Kum masculine kuna feminine but because she used the dialect so there’s no difference

[@dinahassan4320]

The afro Languages sound amazing ❤

[@Rachael-Chigwedere]

Namibian girl she's so interlligent

[@DanielRamos-uf3ui]

Welcome, African girls!

[@doctorfrankomhofela5521]

am here cz of our girl represent zimbabwe love

[@riannedaemul]

❤❤❤

[@kilanspeaks]

Of course they don’t 😂 That’s like saying “Can Asians understand each other?”

[@butterbruhh]

If you're not educated just say so 🤣

[@CrisCheese_]

​@@butterbruhh???

[@wangpeter-dp7nw]

Ndinonzwa zvakaipa means atleast three things 1. I can hear bad news or things 2. It can also mean I’m a better listener 3. It can also mean I’m not feeling good

[@skippychisango2241]

Ndinonzwa zvakaipa- not feeling good it doesn't sound really more meaningful in Shona how about handisi kunzwa zvakanaka

[@yoro_77]

✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾❤

[@Nancy-sf2pl]

Having a Swahili speaker was such an obvious thing to do because the language has similarities with both Arabic and southern African Bantu langues. Yet they didn’t do it 😂

[@pierreabbat6157]

The Swahili plural of "kitabu" is "vitabu", which makes no sense to the Arabs.

[@izzaldeenalkurdi8806]

@@pierreabbat6157 I’ve Kenyan friend I don’t want to say that I can understand everything from him but Arabic and Swahili shares a lot .. the word Swahili itself is an Arabic word سواحيلي سواحلي which means coastal

[@Rahab1986]

That was a miss

[@Smokey348]

maybe there is no model that speaks swahili

[@themotorious]

This was so wholesome!

[@klmdadi]

I saw this wonderful program on KZbin, but I cannot enlarge the image

[@tahrmilad4123]

حلوة السلسلة علم فلسطين يا بنت مصر 🇵🇸

[@That_girlTITI]

hesi shaaaa

[@riannedaemul]

Hi

[@That_girlTITI]

@@riannedaemul hey

[@prystamangami9306]

“ Ndinonzwa zvakaita” eeeh ndapererwa 🙌 .😅😅😅😅 whati tha heu 😅

[@riannedaemul]

How do you say that though

[@Klololol2213]

​@@riannedaemulYou have a point Ryan, tinotenda ikoko for being on i-Show for eZimbabwe

[@ArielNascimento]

This was nice, i love it

[@Waltaere]

World frieends 😃

[@kingjames2114]

Is that ice spice?

[@malcolmmunyaza]

Arabic isn't a Bantu Language so they won't have words in common

[@tanakamuno274]

~Ndinonzwa zvakaipa?~😂😂😂😂😂😂. I am not feeling well is handisi kunzwa mushe or ndirikurwara. But you tried girl🇿🇼

[@innomagege]

Aiwa in Shona is No, in Arabic its Yes

[@mercymaricho9606]

Because of in shona it means nekuda kwe

[@JoshuaTarupiwa-tu5rb]

Girl you shona is low like you know but it's not deep.. shortish was much. You did great ❤

[@riannedaemul]

❤

[@amandaofficial806]

Point of correction ndinonzwa zvakaipa means i hear bad things then handisikunzwa zvakanaka means i cannot hear nicely so im not feeling well is ndirikurwara😂

[@phineasmasori3540]

Uyo wekuzim ndiwasu

[@Ice_V]

I 've never heard about "African language"😁

[@pretios475]

"Ndinonzwa zvakaipa" is definitely incorrect Shona. Haibo😂. We would definitely not get you, unless we know you are not Shona, in which case would actually wonder what one is trying to say..if you are not feeling well, 'Handisi kunzwa zvakanaka' or "Ndiri kurwara" which is 'I'm ill/sick'

[@danielspencer6174]

White woman speak Namibian language she leaned well.

[@celiajames600]

She's a black woman. She's albino.

[@demzlee1255]

I think she’s albino

[@Poboppi]

She's Albino😭. Lacks melanin but she's black.

[@EE-vah8394]

She's albino

[@omeshoonhwasceneries9898]

She is a black woman

[@EllyZuvarigere]

i thing the zimbabwean lady need to learn more she really dont know shona

[@ruthmolaquewaweru8715]

Arabic and Bantus languages have nothing in common unless its Swahili. This video foes not make alot of se sense.

[@titteryenot4524]

What always blows my mind is that there are 7,000 languages spoken in the world today. 7,000! I can speak 5 languages fluently, and even then the languages I speak (English, French, Spanish, Italian, German) have massive overlaps. It’s just mind-blowing that there are 7,000 languages as, when all is said and done, a language is just about sounds.

[@patrickm3981]

I guess that in reality there are more then 7000 languages, because often the line between what is called a language and what a dialect is blurry and sometimes political. For example German is usually just counted as one language because only Standard German is an official language. Though there are dialects and they can differ a lot from Standard German. They have not only differences in pronunciation but have also different words and also differences in grammar. Someone that only speaks Standard German would for the most part not understand what I am talking if I use my local dialect. Maybe he could guess a few words here and there, but not enough to be able to understand it. Therefore if the definition what a language is, is based on mutual intelligibility then for German alone you could add several languages to the total count. I guess that similar things can be found in other languages too, which would increase the total number of languages that in fact exist.

[@aleichem98]

No no no the Zimbabwe girl is not speaking our dear Shona very well, some parts she is way way off. Tinofanirwa kudzidza kutaura mutauro weShona yedu zvakanaka tisingasanganise nechirungu. Ndozvinoita vanogona kutaura mutauro wedu zvakanaka. Have been in the diaspora for over 25 years, we proudly only speak Shona in our home.

[@Voice_Of_Truth467]

To get a deeper understanding of the rich and untold history of Africa including the Arab invasion of North Africa. Brothers and Sisters please read: The Destruction of Black Civilization by the American Africa Scholar Chancellor Williams

[@snitra.]

The Egyptian girl speaks arabic nothing to do with African the middle girls speaks an African language

[@Toomko0330]

Firts

[@houzoud2416]

There is no African languages' the standard are European languages and Arabic

[@Jearrow]

Bffr just because you don't know the amount of languages that originate from africa doesn't mean they ain't existing. Like do you really think languages such as yoruba, Xhosa, kinyrwanda and so further are all derived from european or arabic languages ? a few ones including swahili, somali and amharic might have been influenced by arabic but they're still african languages. I ain't even talking about the fact that you said "european languages" even tho they barely have loanwords from these.

[@toyosia8051]

There are more languages in Africa than any other continent

[@ICU1337]

@@toyosia8051*"Humans are thought to speak more than 7,000 languages across the globe - 7,139 to be precise, according to Ethnologue. Asia has the most of them, 2,300, followed by Africa with 2,144. There are 1,313 tongues spoken in the Pacific region, followed by 1,061 in the Americas while Europe has 287 different languages"* Source the NSA because they would _never lie to us_ 😈

[@JC69420]

As an african , yes i can confirm our African ancestors before europe colonisation used to communicate with their body language instead 😮

[@ohkeydan6357]

African language = language of African. The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2,100,[1] and by some counts at over 3,000.[2] Nigeria alone has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue),[3] one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong to many distinct language families, among which the largest are: Niger-Congo, which include the large Atlantic-Congo and Bantu branches in West, Central, Southeast and Southern Africa. Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout Western Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa and parts of the Sahel. Saharan, Nilotic and Central Sudanic languages (previously grouped under the hypothetical Nilo-Saharan macro-family), are present in East Africa and Sahel. Austronesian languages are spoken in Madagascar and parts of the Comoros. Khoe-Kwadi languages are spoken principally in Namibia and Botswana. Indo-European languages, while not indigenous to Africa, are spoken in South Africa and Namibia (Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in Liberia and the former colonies of the United Kingdom (English), former colonies of France and of Belgium (French), former colonies of Portugal (Portuguese), former colonies of Italy (Italian), former colonies of Spain (Spanish) and the current Spanish territories of Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands and the current French territories of Mayotte and La Réunion.

[@AndrewJensen-dx1bp]

This makes no sense, just because Egpyt is technically in Africa doesn't make it an African language that can be unedrstood by other countries in Africa..... They speak Arabic. it's like putting people from East Asia with people who speak Arabic since the countries in the Middle East, West Asia are technically in the Asian continent

[@vinkaughn]

Lol. Arabic is spoken by *most* people in Northern parts of Africa. Not just in Egypt. And it has its existence in Africa for thousands of years.

[@AndrewJensen-dx1bp]

@JarirMacaurog ok but that's north Africa. Just like Arabic is spoken in west Asia. Doesn't mean rest of Asia would understand. Being apart of the same continent doesn't mean they all speak one language. Educate yourself buddy

[@vinkaughn]

Your point doesn't make sense either. First of all, we are NOT talking about the origin of the languages here. So in a literal sense, [Egyptian] Arabic can be called an African language too since it is a language of few countries in Africa.

[@vinkaughn]

So your point is, in order for a language to be called an African language, it should be like CONTINENTAL language that *could be understood by anyone* in Africa? How would that be possible?

[@vinkaughn]

Lol. I'm an Asian myself. And I don't understand Chinese, Hindi, Urdu, Korean, and Malay. Does that mean that as a Filipino my language is not one of Asian languages too?? Stupid.

[@mercymaricho9606]

Zim.ladie she is really not a shona personality

[@byeebitch]

The egyptian girl feels out of place here... It's like putting India with China, Korea and Japan. They have nothing in common. Arabic ain't African. It's not even an indigenous language of Egyptians either. Currently, the only indigenous language the Egyptians have is the Coptic language which the Christians use. At least Coptic language originates from Egypt, unlike Arabic language.

[@HussainAbdalla-h3m]

So you are saying that Arab people from North Africa are not Africans? No you're wrong. They are Africans too.

[@lero_]

arabic originates from egypt and assyria

[@seks_spica]

Why do we have an albino representing us?

[@izzaldeenalkurdi8806]

If there were Swahili and Amharic it’d be way easier for the Egyptian girl to understand

[@NdiTanaka]

Here for Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 please do more with Zim😭😂😂❤️

[@BlackInKorea]

❤❤❤

[@bengrethuwuseb6123]

The click languages from Namibia would be supper super interesting

[@jessicahijarunguru4117]

True, especially if they are compared with similar other clicks from Southern Africa e.g Xhosa (SA), Ndebele(Zim), Khoi -khoi (Nam), Setswana (Bots, no clicks but similar sounds), very interesting 😅

[@sassy1753]

🎉😂😂l love the zim girl..reminded me of how much we always use english in btwn❤😂when we cnt figure the shona word

[@riannedaemul]

I tell you, it’s a hustle 😂😂😂😂

[@gus984]

beautiful necklace ♥

[@thematthew761]

The Egyptian girl's necklace looks very interesting

[@gigtembu]

I know both Shona and Oshiwambo. I can tell the wambo lady is a Ndonga from town. E.g Ndeyipi is Ongeipi?

[@lotash1244]

From town😅

[@Yourwannabetraveler9025]

You should try , chavacano the spanish creole language in the southern philippines, if spain and brazil can understand the language. Its almost practically spanish just the grammar are jamble a little bit😊

[@dranthony1882]

Homegirl musadaro😂

[@SAINt_MAYHON]

homegirl varikunzwa zvakaipa🤣

[@riannedaemul]

Guys zvinoitika amana😂

[@AestheticBlue13]

I think the Zimbabwean and the Namibian were mostly making relations more than the Egyptian.

[@kudakwashemuchingami4645]

The shona lady doesn't know shona as well as she thinks

[@jacobmutongwizo8272]

A for Effort 🇿🇼. We need to do more to teach and preserve Shona, because clearly, its on the decline.

[@lvseka]

In Swahili ‘Go sleep’ would be ‘nenda ukalale’ pretty similar.

[@Karl3Lang]

Swahili and Southern African bantu languages have a lot of similarities.

[@AmosHashaka]

Zimbabwe, they languages e.g. Shona has a lot of words that are similar to Swahili and other Bantu languages i am from eastern DRC and i could understand her counting numbers! But eastern African, understand a little bit Arabic because Swahili derived from Arabic, Portuguese and Bantu languages, it is mashed up language from other languages that is distinctively African and i am happy that it being taught in African University and it is a language that could united Africa so we can interact which each other in a language that resembles our native languages in Africa!

[@BrandonPMotsilanyane]

When they tell u we understand each other cos its bantu speaking languages issa lie 😂😂😂 i didn't hear nothing then again mys setswana ain't that strong i can speak and understand it if i need it but can't depend on it if i left sadc😂😂....love from Botswana 🇧🇼🇧🇼

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

The Egyptian girl has a better chance understanding people from Ethiopia and Eritrea, who speak Semitic languages. And comparing Swahili to Arabic is like comparing English to French, sure you have the odd word here and there but apart form that they are fundamentally completely different languages and not mutually intelligible.

[@imonlyababyintheeyesofgod4131]

all those who participate '' la dote labola dowry '' REJECT IT '' it has caused many abortion suicide kidnaps Men are less educated .... and so on '' imagine yourself asking Jesus How much should I ask to marry my daughter josee for samuel... Jesus wouldn't be please when they love each other let them reunite '' I love you all I just don't want other people being slaughted from it '' Mungu akuba riki = God Bless

[@rogdarorfod]

Shona speaker pronounces ق better, than Egyptian 🙄

[@riannedaemul]

You lie 😂

[@fiercelioness4497]

🇿🇼Shona - Table is Tafura, Avocado - kotapeya , coffee maybe like tea - svitugadzike .

[@Ahmed-pf3lg]

Arabic is not an African language, it is a Western Asian/Middle Eastern language

[@gimi5502]

It’s been adopted by many African countries and most have their own dialects. Tunisia: Tunsi Morocco: Darija Algeria: Darja Arabic Mauritania/Western Sahara: Hassaniya Arabic Niger/Mali: Saharan Arabic Nigeria: Kanuri Arabic Chad/CAR: Chadian Arabic Uganda/Kenya: Nubi South Sudan: Arabi Juba/South Sudanese Arabic Comoros: Comorian Arabic Sudan: Khartoum/Sudanese Arabic Egypt: Masri/Egyptian Arabic Libya: Libyan Darija That’s 18 African countries that have their own unique Arabic dialects plus many other languages like Malagasy, Wolof, Swahili, Hausa, Somali, and Habesha languages have been influenced by Arabic. So when Africans take the language and adopt parts of it or make their own dialect it is an African language whether it originated there or not.

[@raychat2816]

Technically you’re right with Arabic being a Semitic language, but since it’s spoken in the entire north coasts of Africa today, it’s not wrong to be here, even if it’s not it’s natural habitat so to speak, at least not in it’s pure form, much like French, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch … are also spoken in Africa and have generated languages spoken today … Afrikaans is still an African language today even if it’s Dutch for the most part. Give the production team some slack, perhaps they couldn’t find a Copt Egyptian beauty who speaks Coptic in South Korea 😂, making it technically a purely African native language as far as Egypt goes 😊

[@UsedName-dg1vm]

That’s like saying English is not an Australian language because it is British.

[@Ahmed-pf3lg]

@@UsedName-dg1vm ..Yes English is not an Australian language lol. It’s spoken in Australia sure but not an Australian language Same with Arabic not an African language but spoken in Africa.

[@klmdadi]

You are smart.at least 10 countries speak Arabic language in Africa

[@lawmuskwe]

shona is easiest

[@celiajames600]

Nice 😊❤

[@Kane_2001]

Egypt lost server

[@KudatheBlessed]

Ndinonzwa zvakaipa??? Nah… come on!!!😂😂

[@najygara602]

😅😅😅😅

[@riannedaemul]

Gen’a Amana cut me some slack 😂

[@tadiwamagura9625]

Im not feeling well - handisi kunzwa mushe

[@tadiwamagura9625]

Or zvakana

[@KudatheBlessed]

@@tadiwamagura9625 yea, l know that one!!

[@loveviyazhero1701]

Enda unovata wava kudhomoka