Kalanga is a language spoken in the southwest region of Zimbabwe. Kalanga shares about 75% of its core vocabulary with literary Standard Shona. The language is gradually being taken over by Tswana in Botswana and Ndebele in Zimbabwe and often borrows words from those languages, as well as from English.

Good morning. How are you? — Dumilani. Mamuka tjini?

I am fine thanks — Tamuka totibathu

What is your name? — Zina lilo/labo/lenyu ndiani?

Who are you? — Ndi ingwi ani?