BuntuLingo
Speak uBuntu
A live interpreter for Bantu languages. Speak in your own language — BuntuLingo listens, translates directly into the other person's language and says it out loud. Bantu Azanians do not need English, Portuguese, or French to speak to one another anymore.
Visit Southern Africa. Talk to its people.
Speak English, Portuguese or French with Bantu-speaking locals. More than a visit — a real conversation.
Tour operator? Try BuntuLingo with 30 free conversationsMany languages. Everyday connections.
Tourists & local voices
Ask directions, shop at markets and hear local stories in your language — with the speaker’s permission.
Family meetings & Lobola Ceremonies
Different clans, different languages, one conversation. Bring families together during family meetings and Lobola ceremonies.
Doctors & patients
Help visiting doctors hear a patient’s symptoms and health history in the patient’s own words.
Lawyers & clients
Help lawyers hear a client’s story and instructions directly, across a language barrier.
Translate only with everyone’s consent. Translations can be wrong; medical and legal decisions need a qualified interpreter. Internet access is required.
How it works
- 1Choose two languages
Pick your language and the other person's language at the top and bottom of the screen.
- 2Press and hold the big round button
Keep holding while you speak. Let go when you finish your sentence.
- 3Listen
BuntuLingo speaks your words out loud in the other person's language. Then they hold their button and reply.
Three ways to use it
Put the phone on the table between you. Each person has their own button.
Put your call on loudspeaker. BuntuLingo listens and translates both sides — hands free.
The speaker shares a 5-letter room code. Every listener hears the talk in their own language in their earphones.
Plans and prices
Southern African countries pay in Rand. Everyone else pays in US dollars.
- Unlimited face-to-face talking
- Phone call mode
- All 25 languages
When one person speaks to many people — at a meeting, workshop, church service, funeral or conference — the speaker opens a room in BuntuLingo. The app gives a short 5-letter room code, for example K7MPQ.
The speaker shares the code by voice, on a screen or on WhatsApp. Each listener opens BuntuLingo on their own phone, types the code, picks their own language and puts in earphones. They hear the speaker in their language while the speaker talks. Listeners pay nothing.
Only the person or organisation running the event pays: a Room Pass for one event, Unlimited rooms for groups with many events, and an optional Transcript Pack for a written record of what was said.
- One conference room
- Any number of listeners
- Each listener picks their own language
- Open as many rooms as you like
- For more than 3 events a month
- Everything in Personal
- Written record of the whole talk
- In every language used
- Download as a file
Credit & debit cards
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