To be honest, this video was so difficult for me to make and edit. I hope you find it valuable. You are free to correct me where I went wrong and also add onto this video. I am glad you came :) Please don't feel undervalued if I left your Language out. I chose widely spoken Bantu language in each African country because I couldn't fit all of them in a 10- minute video. I hope you understand 😊
From SOUTH AFRICA i apriciate all efforts you take to help or teach us how to talk other languages. Keep it up young lady we apriciate that more than how you thought. 😂😂
In DR Congo, we have 4 main national languages: Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo and Tshiluba. In Tshiluba, love means "dinanga" and I love you= Ndi mu kunanga. Thank you, we appreciate your diligent work. 💕💕
Lingala and Swahili are dominants. But we are slowly dropping Swahili because of the amount of Arabic words it has, plus English and Portuguese words in it.
@@Sey-n3n who told you congolese are dropping swahili. Swahili will never get dropped in eastern Congo. Swahili started as a bantu language. Yes it has some Arab words but it's a bantu language. Just like lingala has some French and Portuguese words
@@africaine4889 I know very well great Kivu, some people sing and speak Lingala, it's even more in great Katanga the number of Lingala speakers even if it's a Swahili space, but in grand Équateur there is almost zero the number of Swahili speakers. The grand Bandundu Lingala is dominant, and the grand Oriental Lingala is slightly dominant. Remember that the Army and music carry everything in Lingala. Swahili has soo many Arabs words, counting in Swahili itself is Arabic. Lingala spoken in Kinshasa has some French words, but the one spoken in Équateur has few to almost zero French words.
The diffeerence between isiZulu and isiXhosa is the "g". So in isiZulu it is as you said: "Ngiyakuthanda" and in isiXhosa it is "ndiyakuthanda". Love your work, I really do think that as Africans we are starting to find each other.
Also it does take a lot of time to research and make these videos, as an audience we can give back by watching all the way to the end and watching the Ads as well, it goes a long way. Cheering you on gal 👏🏾👏🏾
You said it all. It surely takes quite some time to reserch, record, and edit these videos. Thank you very much for recognising the creator's side. I could be producing a video daily😅. But that would make me collapse from fatigue. Thanks gal.
I love the passion you put in it.. Inspiring and educative, you have no idea how it's bringing the different African subtribes together. You pronounced very well our version nakhusima in bukusu. Keep going sis 👏🏾👏🏾
Hi David, yes! Actually, I feel bad that Tsonga was on my list but I mistakedly skipped it. I felt bad afterwards because Nakurandza is sooo close to our ndakhuyanza. Too bad.
For sure, it is almost related to Kinywarwanda and Kirundi. Why does Nakukunde sound funny to you? You made me laugh though🤣. By the way, you could well understand a Gusii person speaking. I kid you not!
@@luhyalanguageandcultureyou did well. In the Bantu group of people in Uganda they also nakukunda instead Natukunda. But you see all Africa we are one, you could see the comparison from all the 20 languages. Nakusiima in runyakore of western Uganda means I adore you.
Very well done my sister! I'm from Namibia and you got it right! The name of the language, OshiWambo, the "sh" is pronounced the same way was saying "shhhh" when trying to make someone be quiet, so it's a little "thicker" than how you pronounced it, but that's me being nitpicky! OshiWambo is also spoken in Angola as well, my particular "sub-tribe" (Kingdom Rather) is actually for the most part located in Southern Angola (the Kwanyama people, or OvaKwanyama as we would say in our language). Have a blessed day! 🇳🇦🙏🏿
Oh nice! How interesting that Oshiwambo is my next on the list. I am excited because the "Os" and "Shs" that I can pronounce with ease. Wow! So Oshiwambo is also spoken in Angola. That is very interesting. OvaKwanyama- How would you then call yourself? Omwakwanyama? please don't laugh. I would call myself Omuluhya. That's why I used that crude example :)
@@luhyalanguageandculture it's the same in our language. Omu for singular and Ova for plural. "Ame omuKwanyama" = I am a kwanyama person basically. ("Ame" = I Am) The "u" is more or less silent in pronunciation though, so ideally it should be written like this: "om'kwanyama".
I noticed that some Bantu languages have Nda prefix to say I love you, but Chishambara, Nda prefix puts things in the past tenses. So, I love you would be Ndinokutenda and I loved you would be Ndakakutenda.
How interesting. I didn’t notice that. You’re very analytical. By the way, “nda” in Luhya is present, present continuous, past tense, and future 😅. For example Ndakhuyanza - I love you Ndakhuyanza - I will love you Ndakhuyanza - I loved you Ndakhuyanza - I will always love you Ndakhuyanza khula mutsuli - I will love you till tomorrow See, crazy 😊
@@luhyalanguageandculture That is interesting, we have different prefix for each tense I will love you - ndizikutenda I will always love you - Ndizikutenda ikati yonse I will love you till tomorrow - Ndizikutenda kufikila muwango
Hi Amos. That is very interesting. Actually, you ar so right. There is a video I made about I love you in Luhya langauges and I struggled to differentiate happiness and love. Because, Obuyanzi can also mean happiness and love at the same time. Tricky sana. Thank you for pointing this out to us. Not many of our Luhya languages have been documented so it is a bit hard to find the correct word used on ground.
I am enjoying your channel, II am learning a lot about different languages. Please allow me to make a small contribution on the languages in South Africa. The country is Lesotho (tho) and not Lesotso. The language is Sesotho and not Sesotso. The last 3 letters in both the language and the country are THO. In isiXhosa which is my home language, you say Ndiyakuthanda and not Ndikuthanda Thank you once again for allowing me to learn from your channel.
Thank you for that sharp correction. It really means a lot that we get the right pronunciation and spelling as well. My Luhya accent of "tso" keeps getting in the way of the "tho" You did well to point that out. I so much appreciate.😊
Swati, Ndebele, Zulu and Xhosa are all Nguni languages. Once you know one of them, then you understand all. They are just like the Shona language which has 5 branches/sub-dialects namely chiZezuru, chiKaranga, chiManyika, chiNdau and chiKorekore. Once you know one of the 5 then you know all of them
Very interesting that today you have outline for us the sub-dialects of the Shona Language. That makes me sigh with relief that at least we Luhyas in Kenya aren't the only ones with many sub-dialects under one group.
Allan, it means, I will scratch you or hit you. In Marachi we have a vocabulary called okhukuda which means to scratch yourself against something. Maybe a way or something.
Nice one, Willis. My mom is a Wanga. Growing up I really admired Wanga language and I badly wanted to speak it. Unfortunately my Marachi accent would always stand in the way and everyone would always tell that my Wanga is not “original”
There is a maragoli who said Maragoli is closer to Kikuyu and Kisii than other luhya dialects. I vehemently opposed. Do a video to prove me right please!
@meshackmakokha3652, I hear that nonsense all the time. But I haven't heard a Maragolian say that. It's usually non-Maragoli speakers who assume and don't understand since they don't speak the dialect. A Maragolian born and speaker obviously knows you can't have a conversation with a Kikuyu or Kisii. They are Bantu languages, you can pick up some words, but definitely not the same
@@washburn182 I strongly agree with you. Before, I used to think along the same line about Maragoli but with Kisii not Gikuyu. But over time, I have proven that Maragoli is just like other Luhya subtribes with a few intonatonations and vocabulary differences and spellings of course. I would however, place Maragoli side by side with Luganda. At least the two, languages, I would say they are distant cousins.
@@Milosmiami Thank you for your contribution. Because of you, now we know how you people say I love you 😊. And thanks for that sharp correction of your flag.
😂 making the mistake we all make in Kenya. Reading Lesotho as if it is Kiswahili. It is pronounced "Lesutu" and Sesotho is read "Sesutu" as well. (For Kenyans)
🤣🤣🤣. You cracked my ribs. I really don't know why I pronounced Ngiyakuthanda so well with a "t" them messed up Lesotho. Juu ya iyo story I am goiing back to my primary school teacher for misinfomring me and calling it Lesotsoo not even Lesotho
@@luhyalanguageandculture 😂😂 they mistaught us. They also didn't know. I remember Ruto being corrected when South Africa's president was here. He kept saying 'Ramafosa' and 'Lesotho' the Kenyan way 😂 ..But sound 'ts' has a way it comes out and ..yeah it is not in there 😅. One thing I have seen with Southern African people, they read some of their 'o's as 'u's. (Not all) And they always pretend the 'h' is not there, but they still put it. I don't get it 😂😂. "Lesutu". I heard a Mozambican read Cabo Delgado as Cabu Delgadu
@@luhyalanguageandculture But we have always known it as Lesotho (reading the 'h'). We should be allowed to just call it like that 😂 ..'Lesutu' sounds like a different country. We have to have Lesotho. After all it sounds nice and unique
To be honest, this video was so difficult for me to make and edit. I hope you find it valuable. You are free to correct me where I went wrong and also add onto this video. I am glad you came :) Please don't feel undervalued if I left your Language out. I chose widely spoken Bantu language in each African country because I couldn't fit all of them in a 10- minute video. I hope you understand 😊
From SOUTH AFRICA i apriciate all efforts you take to help or teach us how to talk other languages. Keep it up young lady we apriciate that more than how you thought. 😂😂
Thank you for your kind words. But did you say teaching you to speak other languages😆. You mean it's that serious. Wow!
In DR Congo, we have 4 main national languages: Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo and Tshiluba. In Tshiluba, love means "dinanga" and I love you= Ndi mu kunanga. Thank you, we appreciate your diligent work. 💕💕
Lingala and Swahili are dominants. But we are slowly dropping Swahili because of the amount of Arabic words it has, plus English and Portuguese words in it.
@@Sey-n3n who told you congolese are dropping swahili. Swahili will never get dropped in eastern Congo. Swahili started as a bantu language. Yes it has some Arab words but it's a bantu language. Just like lingala has some French and Portuguese words
@@africaine4889 I know very well great Kivu, some people sing and speak Lingala, it's even more in great Katanga the number of Lingala speakers even if it's a Swahili space, but in grand Équateur there is almost zero the number of Swahili speakers. The grand Bandundu Lingala is dominant, and the grand Oriental Lingala is slightly dominant. Remember that the Army and music carry everything in Lingala. Swahili has soo many Arabs words, counting in Swahili itself is Arabic. Lingala spoken in Kinshasa has some French words, but the one spoken in Équateur has few to almost zero French words.
@@Sey-n3n Arabic in Swahili is about 0.9%. Swahili is 90% bantu language. Swahili itself is not Arabic, it means coast in bantu dialect
@@radihk8920 Go back to do your research, or your Google may be sleeping.
The diffeerence between isiZulu and isiXhosa is the "g". So in isiZulu it is as you said: "Ngiyakuthanda" and in isiXhosa it is "ndiyakuthanda".
Love your work, I really do think that as Africans we are starting to find each other.
Hi Nkola, thank you for recognising that mistale and correcting it. I think I will never forget the difference again. And thanks for your kind words.
Also it does take a lot of time to research and make these videos, as an audience we can give back by watching all the way to the end and watching the Ads as well, it goes a long way. Cheering you on gal 👏🏾👏🏾
Well done sis. Nda ikunda imilimo yawe.❤🎉😅😅
You said it all. It surely takes quite some time to reserch, record, and edit these videos. Thank you very much for recognising the creator's side. I could be producing a video daily😅. But that would make me collapse from fatigue. Thanks gal.
In South Africa 🇿🇦 we speak Sesotho also. In the Sesotho language you say
Kea ho rata means I love you
Thanks for the vid🙏🏾🇱🇸🇿🇦
I appreciate it, Makhalanyane :)
I love the passion you put in it.. Inspiring and educative, you have no idea how it's bringing the different African subtribes together. You pronounced very well our version nakhusima in bukusu. Keep going sis 👏🏾👏🏾
You got a new subscriber.
Yaaay! I got the Bukusu version right? I should even throw a party. Thanks dear, for the inspiration. Let's keep going.
Ndagukunda
In southern Mozambique and some regions of South-africa they speak tsonga. For them, i love is Nakurandza, very close to one of luya dialects.
Hi David, yes! Actually, I feel bad that Tsonga was on my list but I mistakedly skipped it. I felt bad afterwards because Nakurandza is sooo close to our ndakhuyanza. Too bad.
Douala language of Cameroo🇨🇲: Na tondi oa (natondi wa): I love you.
In CAR/C.A.R🇨🇫, I love is: Mbi ye monh, in Sango language. 🙏🇨🇩
Thank you, Mich for introducing us to yoir language here. I love how it sounds. You also did well to tell us about love in Central African Republic
Keep teaching us our Africans language
The pleasure is all mine. I find your name intereseting 😊. In a good way.
@@luhyalanguageandculturein Drc 🇨🇩 we speak swahili also and tshiluba
I appreciate your work sis keep it up
Thank you, Ngara. That means alot to me
In Kitaita ..from Kenya, I love you....Na kukunde sana.I find it funny ,Taita language is so much like Kinyaruanda or Burundi.
For sure, it is almost related to Kinywarwanda and Kirundi. Why does Nakukunde sound funny to you? You made me laugh though🤣. By the way, you could well understand a Gusii person speaking. I kid you not!
Doing well young lady.
Thank so much 🎉
Nice one my sister!🙏🏾👊🏾
I am glad you like it!
The way you pronounce Ndagukunda is priceless ❤
Sugira, you'd have seen me struggl to differentiate gu and ku. So I nailed it! Thank you😊
@@luhyalanguageandcultureyou did well. In the Bantu group of people in Uganda they also nakukunda instead Natukunda. But you see all Africa we are one, you could see the comparison from all the 20 languages.
Nakusiima in runyakore of western Uganda means I adore you.
Very well done my sister! I'm from Namibia and you got it right! The name of the language, OshiWambo, the "sh" is pronounced the same way was saying "shhhh" when trying to make someone be quiet, so it's a little "thicker" than how you pronounced it, but that's me being nitpicky!
OshiWambo is also spoken in Angola as well, my particular "sub-tribe" (Kingdom Rather) is actually for the most part located in Southern Angola (the Kwanyama people, or OvaKwanyama as we would say in our language).
Have a blessed day! 🇳🇦🙏🏿
Oh nice! How interesting that Oshiwambo is my next on the list. I am excited because the "Os" and "Shs" that I can pronounce with ease. Wow! So Oshiwambo is also spoken in Angola. That is very interesting.
OvaKwanyama- How would you then call yourself? Omwakwanyama? please don't laugh. I would call myself Omuluhya. That's why I used that crude example :)
@@luhyalanguageandculture it's the same in our language. Omu for singular and Ova for plural. "Ame omuKwanyama" = I am a kwanyama person basically. ("Ame" = I Am)
The "u" is more or less silent in pronunciation though, so ideally it should be written like this: "om'kwanyama".
From Uganda 🇺🇬 love so much ,nkwagala nnyo
Webaale nnyo, Nalumansi :)
Marvelous ❤
Isizulu is Ngiyakuthanda
In Isixhosa is Ndiyakuthanda
the defference being Ngi and Ndi.
Thanks Ndiyayithanda i channel yakho
Enkosi kakhulu 😊
Thanks for that young girl
I noticed that some Bantu languages have Nda prefix to say I love you, but Chishambara, Nda prefix puts things in the past tenses.
So, I love you would be Ndinokutenda and I loved you would be Ndakakutenda.
How interesting. I didn’t notice that. You’re very analytical. By the way, “nda” in Luhya is present, present continuous, past tense, and future 😅.
For example
Ndakhuyanza - I love you
Ndakhuyanza - I will love you
Ndakhuyanza - I loved you
Ndakhuyanza - I will always love you
Ndakhuyanza khula mutsuli - I will love you till tomorrow
See, crazy 😊
@@luhyalanguageandculture
That is interesting, we have different prefix for each tense
I will love you - ndizikutenda
I will always love you - Ndizikutenda ikati yonse
I will love you till tomorrow - Ndizikutenda kufikila muwango
Maragoli say Nda kuyanza, as two words. Ndakuyanza as one word means 'am happy'.
Hi Amos. That is very interesting. Actually, you ar so right. There is a video I made about I love you in Luhya langauges and I struggled to differentiate happiness and love. Because, Obuyanzi can also mean happiness and love at the same time. Tricky sana.
Thank you for pointing this out to us. Not many of our Luhya languages have been documented so it is a bit hard to find the correct word used on ground.
"Ndagunda mwana wange"= "I love my daughter ( son). From Rwanda.
@@krwema You gave such a practical example! Thanks for your input, Krwema
In Oshiwambo love is Ohole
Wow! Thank you Munyela. I suspected but I wasn't very sure.
Nakupenda ❤
In Zimbabwe we know it is Changana the language you call Tsonga in South Africa.
Thanks for informing us that. It is a pleasure to these things from the natives themselves like yourself
I am enjoying your channel, II am learning a lot about different languages. Please allow me to make a small contribution on the languages in South Africa.
The country is Lesotho (tho) and not Lesotso.
The language is Sesotho and not Sesotso. The last 3 letters in both the language and the country are THO.
In isiXhosa which is my home language, you say Ndiyakuthanda and not Ndikuthanda
Thank you once again for allowing me to learn from your channel.
Thank you for that sharp correction. It really means a lot that we get the right pronunciation and spelling as well.
My Luhya accent of "tso" keeps getting in the way of the "tho"
You did well to point that out. I so much appreciate.😊
Swati, Ndebele, Zulu and Xhosa are all Nguni languages. Once you know one of them, then you understand all.
They are just like the Shona language which has 5 branches/sub-dialects namely chiZezuru, chiKaranga, chiManyika, chiNdau and chiKorekore. Once you know one of the 5 then you know all of them
Very interesting that today you have outline for us the sub-dialects of the Shona Language. That makes me sigh with relief that at least we Luhyas in Kenya aren't the only ones with many sub-dialects under one group.
Ngiyakuthanda dadewethu- I love you my sister
Ngiyabonga 😊😊
I love you
In Kifuliiru nakusima
In Bemba of Zambia ndemitemwa
In Kibembe nauunda
In Kinyarwanda ndagukunda
In Chinyanja of Zambia ndekukonda
Thank you, Ps. Nyangela for your continued contribution.
Brilliant
Thanks sister, that's the spirit of being pan Africanist
Chichewa of Malawi 🇲🇼 Ndimakonda slightly similar to 🇺🇬 Runyankole- Ninkukunda😅
Malawi and Runyankole are indeed close to each other. Thank you for acknowledging the video.
How do you say in Shangana? (Mozambique)
And Tsonga
Hi Patriot, I only know of Tsonga which is Nakurandza
Xhosa - Ndiyakuthanda (Zulu- Ngiyakuthand =I love u 🇿🇦
Thank you for that sharp correction.
In Punu language (Gabon and Congo) I love you = Ni U rondi.
😂 you made Gĩkũyũ sound like kamba ..insightful video nonetheless!
😅haah! Really? And the way I struggled to get the accent right. Kumbe it completely threw me off . Anyway, thank you for your analysis 😊
the Zulu and the ndebeles in Zimbabwe they are brothers. they were separated long time ago when King shaka Zulu fought with mziligazi.
You just helped me bring back my history into reality. Thank you for your input.
In Cameroun bamileke. Me kon o i love you
You forgot to say what ndagukunda means in Luhya
Exactly, she should tell us what NDAGUKUNDA means in L:uhya🤣🤣🤣
Allan, it means, I will scratch you or hit you. In Marachi we have a vocabulary called okhukuda which means to scratch yourself against something. Maybe a way or something.
Moi aussi ndagukunze,uri mwiza,je t aime tu es belle.
Urakoze! Merci beaucoup. je suis humilié :)
No in Maragoli we say ndakuyanza
In Wanga dialect ndakhuchama or ndakhuyanza
Nice one, Willis. My mom
is a Wanga. Growing up I really admired Wanga language and I badly wanted to speak it. Unfortunately my Marachi accent would always stand in the way and everyone would always tell that my Wanga is not “original”
From south africa
Ndino kuda musikana wakanaka my msg to you❤
Ndatenda 😊
There is a maragoli who said Maragoli is closer to Kikuyu and Kisii than other luhya dialects. I vehemently opposed. Do a video to prove me right please!
@meshackmakokha3652, I hear that nonsense all the time. But I haven't heard a Maragolian say that. It's usually non-Maragoli speakers who assume and don't understand since they don't speak the dialect. A Maragolian born and speaker obviously knows you can't have a conversation with a Kikuyu or Kisii. They are Bantu languages, you can pick up some words, but definitely not the same
@@washburn182 I strongly agree with you. Before, I used to think along the same line about Maragoli but with Kisii not Gikuyu. But over time, I have proven that Maragoli is just like other Luhya subtribes with a few intonatonations and vocabulary differences and spellings of course. I would however, place Maragoli side by side with Luganda. At least the two, languages, I would say they are distant cousins.
Ndiyakuthanda almost sounds like ndikhusitanda😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣You cracked my ribs. Some of these vocabulary just made me laugh aloud. Ndimusitanda carried the day.
Cape Verde and Angolans you're not Portuguese
Ngyakutsandza eswatini
Me "I Iove you"❤❤❤
¡Gracias! Yo también te amo :)
Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 flag is this one ☝️ not the one you have and you say I love you : MA DJING WA in fang
@@Milosmiami Thank you for your contribution. Because of you, now we know how you people say I love you 😊. And thanks for that sharp correction of your flag.
IsiXhosa is Ndiyakuthanda not ndikuthanda🇿🇦😌
Ndiyakutanda. No wonder it sounded so different from IsiZulu and Siswati. I now know where I got it wrong. Thank you :)
😂 making the mistake we all make in Kenya. Reading Lesotho as if it is Kiswahili.
It is pronounced "Lesutu" and Sesotho is read "Sesutu" as well.
(For Kenyans)
🤣🤣🤣. You cracked my ribs. I really don't know why I pronounced Ngiyakuthanda so well with a "t" them messed up Lesotho. Juu ya iyo story I am goiing back to my primary school teacher for misinfomring me and calling it Lesotsoo not even Lesotho
@@luhyalanguageandculture 😂😂 they mistaught us. They also didn't know.
I remember Ruto being corrected when South Africa's president was here. He kept saying 'Ramafosa' and 'Lesotho' the Kenyan way 😂 ..But sound 'ts' has a way it comes out and ..yeah it is not in there 😅.
One thing I have seen with Southern African people, they read some of their 'o's as 'u's. (Not all) And they always pretend the 'h' is not there, but they still put it. I don't get it 😂😂.
"Lesutu".
I heard a Mozambican read Cabo Delgado as Cabu Delgadu
@@luhyalanguageandculture But we have always known it as Lesotho (reading the 'h'). We should be allowed to just call it like that 😂 ..'Lesutu' sounds like a different country.
We have to have Lesotho. After all it sounds nice and unique
I used to mispronounce the word Lesotho due to my Swahili influence
Well, that makes the two of us😃
En kinyarwanda: ndagukunda
Thank you, Abewe for your input
Kiswahili is not the lingua franca in the whole of Africa!
Yes, it is not. I agree.