| American English | Nam-glish | Oshiwambo | Nama-Damara | Herero | Kwangali | Afrikaans | Tswana | San |
| hello | halo! | halo | haro | hallo | ||||
| how are you | ongini | koreya | ngapi | hoegaandit | ||||
| good | nawa | nawa | -wa | goed | ||||
| welcome | ||||||||
| thank you | tangi! | okuhepa | mpandu | dankie | ||||
| please | alikana | arikana | -kanderera | asseblief | ||||
| good morning | wa penduka | moro | moroka | goeiemôre | ||||
| good afternoon | mu uhala po | mwa uhara | metaha | goeiemiddag | ||||
| good evening | wa tokelwa | hwenda | ngurova | goeienaand | ||||
| good night | goeie nag | |||||||
| goodbye | enda nawa | okuvirikiza | kara po nawa | tot siens | ||||
| ekskuus | ||||||||
| lets go | ||||||||
| yes | heeno | ii | inh | ja | ||||
| no | ahowe | kako | hawe | nee | ||||
| Richard | Passat |
Sarah,Simon,Urbanus |
Evelyn,Ella | Joe | Mimi, Andre | Juanita |