A Southern African nation with Portuguese colonial heritage, rich in oil and diamonds, featuring diverse landscapes from beaches to savannas.
Example

Angola's economy has grown significantly since the end of its civil war in 2002.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
It is an urban South African youth language, also known as tsotsi taal or township talk, that mixes words from languages like Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Afrikaans, and English.
Example

They mostly speak Scamto to each other.

Sinazo • 04 August 2026

Northern transportation hub and gateway to Ilha de Moçambique.
Example

Nampula's Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima is a regional landmark.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
A nyatsi is a woman who is dating a married man. Sort of the same as a side chick.
Example

No one:

Daily Sun: Korobela chased my nyatsi.

Sinazo • 05 May 2021

A bottle of liquor.
Example

Tulinunua mzinga ya whiskey.

Admin • 26 July 2026
South African kasi term for "just like that" or "just the way it is".
Example

Thabo: You don't put salt when you cook pap?
Themba: Nah, I eat it net so.

Danny • 26 April 2021

Gossip or backbiting.
Example

Stop the kokonsa about people.

Admin • 26 July 2026
Umumbi means a Person is ugly
Example

Lomndazana loya Uthe umumbi

That girl said You're ugly

Anti Devil • 08 August 2026

Inkqayi is a Xhosa term for chiskop. Like when you cut all of your hair (bald).

A lot of people misspell it as nqayi.
Example

Soze ndiphinde ndichebe inkqayi.

MXhosa • 24 May 2021
also South Africa, Botswana
Not at all or nothing at all.
Example

Did you get anything from your parents?
No, fokol my sister

ReginaNdzo • 13 September 2026


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