You walk in the streets of Lusaka and even in the passenger public buses nicknamed flash you find the bus attendants called ‘conductors ‘ speaking in a language similar to swahili

For instance one attendant tells me “Hapo” “mko wawaili” and I recall back home in Kenya the meaning of the two words

He further says “Ndan alikona change ” translated in English as who has change and you left to wander comparing it to Swahili which translates as “Nani ako na change”

Am later told that is the Nyanja language widely spoken in Lusaka

My history tells me that Nyanja  is the native language that is mainly spoken in Lusaka.  Many of the older children are able to speak and understand English,  but it is still useful to know a little Nyanja.