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Language |
Hello |
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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 |
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inf - (marḥaban) مرحبا |
Arabic |
(is
salām 'alaykum) ألسّلام عليكم |
(Egyptian) |
rsp - (wa 'alaykum is salām) وعليكم السّلام |
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(ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً |
|
rsp - (ahlan beek) أهلاً بيك |
|
inf - (ahlan) أهلاً |
Arabic |
Mar7aba |
(Lebanese) |
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Arabic |
(ssalamū
'lekum) اسلا عليكم |
(Moroccan) |
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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 |
Arrernte |
Werte |
Assamese |
নমস্কাৰ (nomoskaar) |
Asturian |
Hola
/ Bonos díes |
Azeri |
Salam, Salam
əleyküm, Əleyküm salam (reply) |
Basque |
Kaixo |
Belarusian |
Вітаю
(Vitayu) |
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Дзень добры (Dzien' dobry) |
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Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzien) |
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Прывітанне (Pryvitanne) - inf |
Bengali |
নমস্কার (nômoshkar) - for Hindus |
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আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum) |
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স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) - for Muslims |
Bhojpuri |
प्रणाम
(prannam) |
Bosnian |
Dobar
dan (frm) Zdravo / Merhaba (inf) |
Breton |
Salud |
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Mat an traoù? |
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Mat an traoù ganeoc'h? |
Bulgarian |
Здравейте (Zdravejte)
frm |
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Здравей (Zdravej) inf |
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Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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German |
Hallo, Guten
Tag, Servus, Moin |
German (Bavarian) |
Servas
/ Gria̦sgood |
Greek (Modern) |
Γειά! (ya)
– inf |
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Γειά σου (ya su) – inf |
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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 |
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Sæll (>m) Sæl (>f) |
Ido |
Saluto |
Igbo |
kedụ |
Indonesian |
Hi
/ Apa kabar? |
Interlingua |
Salute |
Iñupiaq |
Halauġikpiñ |
Irish (Gaelic) |
Dia
dhuit (sg) Dia dhóibh (pl) |
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reply: Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) |
|
Dia is Muire dhóibh (pl) |
Italian |
Ciao / Salve |
Jutish |
Godaw |
Japanese |
今日は
(konnichiwa) |
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おっす (ossu) - used between close male friends |
Jèrriais |
Salut
/ Bouônjour |
Kashubian |
Witôjze |
Kannada |
ನಮಸ್ತೆ (namaste) |
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ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (namaskāra) |
Kazakh |
Сәлем!
(Sälem!) - inf |
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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 |
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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) |
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Malay |
Selamat
pagi (good morning) |
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Selamat petang (good afternoon) |
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Selamat malam (good night) |
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Assalamualaikum (used by Muslims) |
Malayalam |
നമസ്തെ (namaste) |
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നമസ്കാരം (namaskaram) |
Manx (Gaelic) |
Dy
bannee diu, Ta shiu/oo cheet! |
Maldivian |
Assalaamu
Alaikum (frm) |
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Kihineh? (inf) |
Maltese |
Ħello
/ Hawn / Aw |
Māori |
Kia
ora |
|
Kia ora rā kōrua (dl) |
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Kia ora koutou (pl) |
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Tēnā koe (sg/frm) |
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Tēnā kōrua (dl/frm) |
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Tēnā koutou (pl/frm) |
Marathi |
नमस्कार (namaskār) |
Mongolian |
Сайн
уу? (Sain uu?) |
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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) |
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ନମସ୍ତେ (namaste) |
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ଶୁଣିବେ (sunibe) |
Papiamento |
Bon
dia / Halo |
Pashto |
(khe
chare) ښې چارې |
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(salaam) سلام |
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(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) |
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Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa! (Brazil) |
Punjabi |
ਸਤਿ
ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ। / ست سِری اَکال (sat srī akāl) |
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ਨਮਸਕਾਰ
/ نمسکار (namaskar) |
Quechua |
Rimaykullayki
/ Napaykullayki |
Romanian |
Salut / Bună
ziua |
Romansh |
Ciao
/ Tgau / Allegra |
Russian |
Здравствуйте! (Zdravstvujte!)
- frm |
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Привет! (Privet!) - inf |
Samoan |
Talofa
/ Falopa |
Sardinian |
Bone
die |
(Logudorese) |
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Scottish Gaelic |
Halò
/ Ciamar a tha thu/sibh? |
Serbian |
Здраво (Zdravo) |
Sesotho |
Lumela
/ Dumela (sg) |
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Dumelang (pl) |
Shona |
Mhoro
(sg) |
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Mhoroi (pl) |
Sicilian |
Ciau
/ Assabbinirica / Sabbinirica / Salutamu |
Sesotho |
Lumela
/ Dumela (sg) |
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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) |
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Hej (inf) Hallå (inf) |
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Tjena, Tja (vinf) |
Swiss German |
Grüezi
(frm) / Sali (inf) |
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Grüezi mittenand (pl/frm) |
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Sali zämme (pl/inf) |
Tagalog |
Mabuhay!
(frm) Hoy / Uy (inf) |
Tahitian |
Ia
ora na |
Tamil |
வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam)
- inf |
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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) |
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Mālō ‘etau lava (frm) |
Tswana |
Dumela |
Tsez |
АсаламугIалейкум!
(Asalamuʔaleykum!) |
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СаламгIапейкум! (Salamʔaleykum!) |
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СаламгIапейкум! (Biziyä!) (>f) |
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Изийаь! (Iziyä!) (>m) |
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Ризийаь! (Riziyä!) (>pl) |
Turkish |
Merhaba, Selam, İyi
günler |
Ukrainian |
Вітаю (Vitayu)
- frm |
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Агов (Ahov) - inf |
Urdu |
(āssālam
'alaykum) السلام علیکم |
|
reply - (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام |
|
inf - (salām) سلام |
Uzbek |
Assalomu
Alaykum! |
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Vaalajkum assalom! (reply) |
Venda |
I
nhlikanhi |
Venetian |
Ciao! |
Vietnamese |
Chào
anh (>m) |
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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) |
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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) |