“Someone Pls Spell Their Names”: Boys With Rare Language Click Their Tongues to Answer Man in Viral Video

“Someone Pls Spell Their Names”: Boys With Rare Language Click Their Tongues to Answer Man in Viral Video

  • A short video showing some boys from Hadzabe tribe telling a stranger their names has raised many questions online
  • Making loud clicking sounds, the boys cheerfully spoke to the man as many wondered what they were saying
  • Many TikTokers who commented on their video wanted to know how their names could be written on paper

A viral video shared by @musahadzabe has shown a group of boys from Hadzabe, a tribe in Tanzania,, on a road as a man engaged them.

When he asked them what their names were, the boys took turns to tell him as they made clicking sounds with their tongues to respond.

Boys with interesting language/Hadzabe tribe.
The boys made clicking sounds with their tongues. Photo source: @musahadzabe
Source: TikTok

Boys from rare tribe

The first boy who responded got many laughing. TikTokers said it would be very hard to learn their language.

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When it got to the turn of the second one, he had more tongue-clicking to than saying actual words. Only the last boy's response seemed a bit decipherable.

Watch their video below:

As at the time of writing this report, the video has gathered more than 20,000 comments with over 1 million likes.

Legit.ng compiled some of their reactions below:

funny world said:

"Add their names together and u will make a dope amapiano beat!"

kyerewaagloria wondered:

"How can u scream and call them."

sh.arot said:

"I want to see the spelling of this names."

moses491 said:

"Dont think this are their real names."

Show Clips said:

"Imagine they played on a pro sports team and the announcers had to say their names."

kenni smiles said:

"Not even tryna be funny, I wanna see this language written."

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Kingdom said:

"I need someone to spell it those names for me please."

Secondary school student danced

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a pretty secondary school student, @audrx_mk, stirred massive reactions online after she showed off some dance moves with great ease.

Many people who watched her TikTok video were quick to point out her facial resemblance with Kelly, the American dancer who was a media sensation in 2022.

The girl danced with relative ease as she mimed in front of a camera set up inside her school's premises.

Source: Legit.ng

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.