O se vaega o le faamemelo o femalagaaiga mai fafo o le feagai lea ma se aganuu a se isi atunuu, ma o le auala sili e faia ai lena mea o le fegalegaleai ma tagata o le lotoifale. O talanoaga e mafai ona faigata i Aferika, o se konetineta ei le va o le 1,500 ma le 2000 gagana Aferika . Ae tusa lava pe o ni nai upu po o fuaitau e alu i se auala umi, ma o le nofoaga sili e amata ai o le amataga-ma le 'alofa'. I lenei tusiga, tatou te tilotilo i nisi o faʻafeiloaʻiga faʻaaoga i luga o le konetineta, faʻatautaia e le atunuʻu ina ia faafaigofie le uia o le lisi.
O le tele o Aferika o loʻo faʻaaogaina faʻafeiloaiga eseese e le mafaitaulia, ma taʻitasi e fai ma sui o se isi taʻaloga, tagata poʻo ituaiga. O iinei, matou te lisiina ai faʻafeiloaʻiga sili ona masani ona faʻafeiloaia, o nisi o ia mea e mafai ona toe fai mai le tasi atunuʻu i le isi.
Manatua: O le tele o gagana e tautalagia, naʻo gagana aloaia poʻo sili ona lauiloa e aofia ai.
Auala e Fai "Talofa" I:
Potukale: Olofa (Hello), Bom dia (Lelei taeao), Taʻaloga Boa (O le aoauli lelei), Taʻaloga a Boa (Talofa lelei)
Setswana: Dumela mma (Talofa i se fafine) , Dumela rra (Talofa i se tamaloa)
Igilisi: Talofa
Burkina Faso
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Mossi: Aua e te taofiofia! (Oa mai le ataeao)
Dyula: O au o le sogoma (Lelei taeao)
Cameroon
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Igilisi: Talofa
Cote d'Ivoire
Farani: Bonjour
Arapi: As-Salaam-Alaikum ( Filemalie ia te oe)
Amharic: Teanastëllën (Talofa, aloaia), Tadiyass (Talofa, faʻaalia)
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Fang: M'bole (Talofa i se tasi tagata), M'bolani (Talofa i nisi tagata)
Ghana
Igilisi: Talofa
Twi: Maakuni (Taeao)
Swahili: Jambo (Hello), Habari (E faʻafefea?)
Igilisi: Talofa
Lesotho
Sesotho: Lumela (Talofa i le tasi tagata), Lumelang (Talofa i nisi tagata)
Igilisi: Talofa
Arapi: As-Salaam-Alaikum ( Filemalie ia te oe)
Malagasy: Salama (Hello) , M'bola tsara (Talofa)
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Chichewa: Moni (Talofa)
Igilisi: Talofa
Farani: Bonjour ( Talofa)
Bambara: O aʻu nei (Talofa)
Mauritania
Arapi: As-Salaam-Alaikum ( Filemalie ia te oe)
Hassaniya: Faʻamamalu (Hello)
Arapi: As-Salaam-Alaikum (Filemalie ia te oe)
Farani: Bonjour ( Talofa)
Mozambique
Potukale: Olofa (Hello), Bom dia (Lelei taeao), Taʻaloga Boa (O le aoauli lelei), Taʻaloga a Boa (Talofa lelei)
Igilisi: Talofa
Afrikaans: Hallo (Hello)
Oshiwambo: Mwa lele po (Hello)
Igilisi: Talofa
Samoa: Sànnu (Hello)
Igbo: Ibaulachi (Talofa)
Yoruba: Talofa (Hello)
Kinyarwanda: Muraho (Talofa)
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Igilisi: Talofa
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Wolof: Nanga Def (E faapefea oe?)
Sierra Leone
Igilisi: Talofa
Krio: Tata (Talofa)
Zulu: Sawubona (Talofa)
Xhosa: Molo (Hello)
Afrikaans: Hallo (Hello)
Igilisi: Talofa
Sudan
Arapi: As-Salaam-Alaikum ( Filemalie ia te oe)
Swaziland
Swati: Sawubona (Talofa)
Igilisi: Talofa
Swahili: Jambo (Hello), Habari (E faʻafefea?)
Igilisi: Talofa
Togo
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Farani: Bonjour (Talofa)
Arapi: As-Salaam-Alaikum ( Filemalie ia te oe)
Luganda: Oli otya (Talofa)
Swahili: Jambo (Hello), Habari (E faʻafefea?)
Igilisi: Talofa
Igilisi: Talofa
Bemba: Muli shani (E faʻafefea oe?)
Igilisi: Talofa
Shona: Mhoro (Talofa)
Ndebele: Sawubona (Talofa)
Mataupu na faʻamauina e Jessica Macdonald i le aso 12 o Aokuso 2016.