Dumela!
say it: “doo-MEH-lah”
Setswana
in its own words: Setswana
- Speakers
- 14 million
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Fun fact
Botswana's money is called pula, which means “rain” in Setswana. In the desert, rain is more precious than gold.