Tuesday 5 November 2013

Hello World In Many Language

Language Hello
Afrikaans Haai (inf), Hallo, Goeie dag (frm)
Albanian C'kemi, Tungjatjeta
Alsatian Hallo / Güete Tag / Buschur / Güata Tàg / Göte Tàij / Grias di wohl / Salü
Amharic ሰላም (sälam) / tadiyass - inf
teanaste'lle'n (frm)
Arabic (as-salām 'alaykum) السلام عليكم
(Modern Standard) rsp - (wa 'alaykum as-salām) و عليكم السلام
inf - (marḥaban) مرحبا
Arabic (is salām 'alaykum) ألسّلام عليكم
(Egyptian) rsp - (wa 'alaykum is salām) وعليكم السّلام
(ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً
rsp - (ahlan beek) أهلاً بيك
inf - (ahlan) أهلاً
Arabic Mar7aba
(Lebanese)
Arabic (ssalamū 'lekum) اسلا عليكم
(Moroccan)
Aragonese Ola
Arapaho Héébee (m) Tous (f/m>f)
Armenian բարև(Barev) inf
(Eastern) ԲարևՁեզ (Barev dzez) frm
Armenian Բարեւ: (Parev) inf
(Western) Բարեւ ձեզ: (Parev tsez) frm
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Assamese নমস্কাৰ (nomoskaar)
Asturian Hola / Bonos díes
Azeri Salam, Salam əleyküm, Əleyküm salam (reply)
Basque Kaixo
Belarusian Вітаю (Vitayu)
Дзень добры (Dzien' dobry)
Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzien)
Прывітанне (Pryvitanne) - inf
Bengali নমস্কার (nômoshkar) - for Hindus
আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum)
স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) - for Muslims
Bhojpuri प्रणाम (prannam)
Bosnian Dobar dan (frm) Zdravo / Merhaba (inf)
Breton Salud
Mat an traoù?
Mat an traoù ganeoc'h?
Bulgarian Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm
Здравей (Zdravej) inf
Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf
Привет (Privet) - regards, greetings
Catalan Hola, Bon dia
Chabacano de Zamboanga Que tal? Hola!
Chabacano de Cavite Ola
Chamorro Håfa ådai / Buenas
Chechen Салам
Cherokee ᎣᏏᏲ (Osiyo) 'ᏏᏲ (Siyo)
Chichewa Moni
Chinese 你好 (néih hóu)
(Cantonese)
Chinese 你好 (ngi2 ho3)
(Hakka) 你好冇? (ngi2 ho3 mo?)
Chinese 你好 (nǐ hǎo) - inf
(Mandarin) 您好 (nín hǎo) - frm
Chinese 侬好 (nong23 hao34)
(Shanghainese) 大家好!(dâka-hô!) - hello everybody
饭吃过伐? (ve23 qik3 gu5 va1?) - "have you eaten?" (common greeting)
Chinese 你好 (lí-hó) - sg / 恁好 (lín-hó) - pl
(Taiwanese)
Chinese 汝好 (leu2 ho2)
(Teochew)
Choctaw Halito
Cimbrian Guuten takh
Cornish Dydh da, Hou, You, Ha, Hou sos
Corsican Salute / Bonghjornu
Croatian Bok / Čao / Dobar Dan
Czech Ahoj / Dobrý den
Danish Hej
Dutch Hallo / Goededag / Goeiedag (inf)
Elfdalian Hej, Høj, Góðdag
Esperanto Saluton
Estonian Tere, Tervist
Faroese Hallo / Hey
Fijian Bula (inf) Drau bula (dl) Dou bula (pl) Nibula (mp)
Finnish Terve, Hyvää päivää, Päivää, Moi, Hei
French Salut / Bonjour
Frisian (North) Moin / Guundach
Frisian (Sater) Gouden Dai
Frisian (West) A goeie, Hoi, Goeie, Goedei
Friulian Bundì, Mandi
Galician Ola
Georgian გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
German Hallo, Guten Tag, Servus, Moin
German (Bavarian) Servas / Gria̦sgood
Greek (Modern) Γειά! (ya) – inf 
Γειά σου (ya su) – inf
Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm
Greenlandic Aluu (inf) Inuugujoq / Kutaa (frm)
Gujarati નમસ્તે (namaste)
Haitian Creole Bonjou
Hausa Sannu / Salama alaikum / A gaishai ka (ki)
Amin. Alaikum salam (reply)
Hawaiian Aloha
Hebrew (šalom) שלום
Herero Tjike
Himba Mono
Hindi नमस्ते (namaste) नमस्कार (namaskār)
Hungarian Jó napot kívánok / Szervusz / Szia
Icelandic Halló / Góðan dag / Góðan daginn
Sæll (>m) Sæl (>f)
Ido Saluto
Igbo kedụ
Indonesian Hi / Apa kabar?
Interlingua Salute
Iñupiaq Halauġikpiñ
Irish (Gaelic) Dia dhuit (sg) Dia dhóibh (pl)
reply: Dia is Muire dhuit (sg)
Dia is Muire dhóibh (pl)
Italian Ciao / Salve
Jutish Godaw
Japanese 今日は (konnichiwa)
おっす (ossu) - used between close male friends
Jèrriais Salut / Bouônjour
Kashubian Witôjze
Kannada ನಮಸ್ತೆ (namaste)
ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (namaskāra)
Kazakh Сәлем! (Sälem!) - inf
Сәлеметсіз бе? (Sälemetsiz be?) - frm
Kinyarwanda Muraho / Bite (inf)
Klingon nuqneH ('What do you want?')
- general 'greeting' used when confronted by another
Korean 안녕하십니가 (annyeong-hasimnikka) - frm
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) - inf
안녕 (annyeong) - inf
!Kung San !kao
Kurdish (Sorani) Sillaw, Ew kata bash, Em kata bash
Lakota Sioux Hau (used only by men)
Latin Heus (inf) Ave / Salve (sg) Salvete (pl)
Latvian Sveiki
Limburgish Hallo
Lithuanian Labas, Sveikas, Sveiki
Low Saxon Moin
Luxembourgish Moien / Salut
Macedonian Здраво (Zdravo)
Malay Selamat pagi (good morning)
Selamat petang (good afternoon)
Selamat malam (good night)
Assalamualaikum (used by Muslims)
Malayalam നമസ്തെ (namaste)
നമസ്കാരം (namaskaram)
Manx (Gaelic) Dy bannee diu, Ta shiu/oo cheet!
Maldivian Assalaamu Alaikum (frm)
Kihineh? (inf)
Maltese Ħello / Hawn / Aw
Māori Kia ora
Kia ora rā kōrua (dl)
Kia ora koutou (pl)
Tēnā koe (sg/frm)
Tēnā kōrua (dl/frm)
Tēnā koutou (pl/frm)
Marathi नमस्कार (namaskār)
Mongolian Сайн уу? (Sain uu?)
Сайн байна уу? (Sain baina uu)
Nama !gai //oas
Nahuatl Niltze / Tialli / Pialli
Navajo Yá'át'ééh
Ndebele (Northern) Salibonani
Nepali नमस्ते (namaste)
Norwegian Goddag / Hei / Morn
Occitan Bonjorn! Adieu! Adieussiatz!
Ojibwe Aniin / Boozhoo
Old English Wes hāl (sg) Wesaþ hāl (pl)
Oriya ନମସ୍କର (namascara)
ନମସ୍ତେ (namaste)
ଶୁଣିବେ (sunibe)
Papiamento Bon dia / Halo
Pashto (khe chare) ښې چارې
(salaam) سلام
(as-salaamu' alaykum) السلام عايكم
Persian (Farsi) (dorood) درود (salâm) سلام
Pitjantjatjara Wai, Wai palya
Polish Cześć (inf) / Siema / Siemano (vinf)
Portuguese Olá / Estou? (Portugal)
Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa! (Brazil)
Punjabi ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ। / ست سِری اَکال (sat srī akāl)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ / نمسکار (namaskar)
Quechua Rimaykullayki / Napaykullayki
Romanian Salut / Bună ziua
Romansh Ciao / Tgau / Allegra
Russian Здравствуйте! (Zdravstvujte!) - frm
Привет! (Privet!) - inf
Samoan Talofa / Falopa
Sardinian Bone die
(Logudorese)
Scottish Gaelic Halò / Ciamar a tha thu/sibh?
Serbian Здраво (Zdravo)
Sesotho Lumela / Dumela (sg)
Dumelang (pl)
Shona Mhoro (sg)
Mhoroi (pl)
Sicilian Ciau / Assabbinirica / Sabbinirica / Salutamu
Sesotho Lumela / Dumela (sg)
Dumelang (pl)
Slovak Ahoj (sg/inf) Ahojte (pl/frm) Nazdar / Servus
Slovenian Pozdravljeni, Živjo, Zdravo
Somali Is ka warran
Spanish ¡Hola!
Stellingwarfs Hoj
Sundanese Halo (borrowed from Indonesian)
Swahili Habari (inf), Hujambo / Sijambo (reply)
Swedish God dag (frm)
Hej (inf) Hallå (inf)
Tjena, Tja (vinf)
Swiss German Grüezi (frm) / Sali (inf)
Grüezi mittenand (pl/frm)
Sali zämme (pl/inf)
Tagalog Mabuhay! (frm) Hoy / Uy (inf)
Tahitian Ia ora na
Tamil வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam) - inf
வணக்க0 (vaṇakkã) - frm
Tatar Isänme(sez) / Sawmı(sız) / Sälam (inf)
Telugu నమస్కారం (namaskārām)
Tetum Ola, Oi
Teribe Miga (said by a visitor)
Kobe (said to a visitor)
Thai สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee)
Tibetan བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། (tashi delek)
This phrase, which means "Good fortune", is used as a greeting, though isn't really an equivalent of hello. Questions like "How are you?" or "Where are you going?" are used instead.
Tok Pisin Gude / Hi / Hai
Tongan Mālō e lelei (inf)
Mālō ‘etau lava (frm)
Tswana Dumela
Tsez АсаламугIалейкум! (Asalamuʔaleykum!)
СаламгIапейкум! (Salamʔaleykum!)
СаламгIапейкум! (Biziyä!) (>f)
Изийаь! (Iziyä!) (>m)
Ризийаь! (Riziyä!) (>pl)
Turkish Merhaba, Selam, İyi günler
Ukrainian Вітаю (Vitayu) - frm
Агов (Ahov) - inf
Urdu (āssālam 'alaykum) السلام علیکم
reply - (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام
inf - (salām) سلام
Uzbek Assalomu Alaykum!
Vaalajkum assalom! (reply)
Venda I nhlikanhi
Venetian Ciao!
Vietnamese Chào anh (>m)
Chào chị (>f)
Volapük Glidis
Võro Tereq
Walloon Bondjoû
Warlpiri Ngurrju mayinpa
Welsh Helô / Hylô / Shwmae / S'mae
Wolof Na nga def (sg)
Na ngeen def (pl)
Salaam aleekum
Xhosa Molo (sg) Molweni (pl)
Yapese Mogethin
Yiddish (A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טאָג
Yorùbá Ẹ n lẹ
Yucatec Maya Ba'ax ka wa'alik?
Zazaki Selam / Ma be xér / Demê şıma be xeyr
Zulu Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl)