What is hello in every language?

Answer 1

AFRIKAANS goeiedag

ALBANIAN mirë dita

ALSATIAN guàtertag

AMHARIC dana esteline

ARABIC salam / sabah el kheir / marhaba

ARMENIAN barev

AZERI salam

BAMBARA ani sogomen (morning) / ani tlé (afternoon) / ani oulà (evening)

BASQUE egunon (morning) / arratsaldeon (afternoon) / gauon (evening)

BELARUSIAN vitaju / dobraj ranicy (morning) / dzien dobry (afternoon) / viečar dobry (evening)

Прывiтанне (pryvitannie)

Bengali sunchhen

BERBER idh-iyessbhène

BOBO ka tiana (morning) / ka sion (afternoon) / ka lima (evening)

BOSNIAN halo

BRETON demat

BULGARIAN добър ден (dóbar den) / zdrave

BURMESE mingalar pa

CATALAN bon dia / hola

CHINESE nǐ hăo

CORNISH de(th) da (good day) / myttyn da (good morning) / gorthewer da (good evening) / nos da (good night)

CORSICAN bonghjornu / salutu

CROATIAN bok / dobar dan

CZECH dobrý den

DANISH goddag (formal) / hej (coll.)

DUTCH goede morgen / goede middag / goede avond

(morning / afternoon / evening)

ESPERANTO bonan tagon / saluton

ESTONIAN tere / tere hommikust

good evening : tere õhtust

FANG mbolo (1 pers.) / mboloani (X pers.)

FAROESE hey

FINNISH hyvää päivää (formal) / päivää (semi formal)

moi / hei / terve

FLEMISH goede morgen / goede middag / goede avond

(morning / afternoon / evening)

FRENCH bonjour (morning) / bonsoir (evening) / salut (colloquial)

FRISIAN ha / goeie / hoi

FRIULAN bondi

GALICIAN ola

GEORGIAN gamarjoba (anytime) / dila mshvidobisa (good morning)

GERMAN hallo / guten Tag (more polite)

GREEK gia / kalimera (good morning)

GUARANÍ mba'éichapa

HAITIAN CREOLE bonjou / bon swa / la rezone / alo

HEBREW shalom

HINDI namaste / namaskaar

HUNGARIAN jó napot kívánok / szia

ICELANDIC halló

IGBO ndeewo / i boola chi / ututu oma

INDONESIAN morning: selamat pagi

noon: selamat siang

afternoon: selamat soré

evening: selamat malam

IRISH GAELIC Dia duit

ITALIAN ciao / buongiorno (good morning)

JAPANESE konnichi wa

ohayô (gozaimasu) (more polite with "gozaimasu")

KABYLIAN azzoul

KHMER tcheripsou

KOREAN annyǒng hashimnikka / annyong haseyo

KURDISH silav

LAO sabai di

LATIN salve, ave (addressing 1 pers.) / salvete, avete (X pers.)

LATVIAN labdien

LINGALA mbote

LITHUANIAN laba diena

labas rytas (morning) / labas vakaras (evening)

LOW SAXON hallo / houje

LUXEMBOURGEOIS moien / gudde moien

MACEDONIAN dobarden

MALAGASY manao ahoana / manahoana

MALAY selamat pagi (morning) / selamat tengahari (afternoon)

selamat petang (evening) / selamat malam (after sunset)

MALAYALAM namaskaram

MALTESE merħba / oj

MAORI Kia ora

MONGOLIAN sain baina uu (Сайн байна уу)

MORÉ ne y yibeoogo

NORWEGIAN god dag / hei / morgn

OCCITAN bon jorn / adieu

PERSIAN salâm

POLISH dzień dobry / dobry wieczór (le soir)

PORTUGUESE bom dia (morning) / boa tarde (after 12.00) / boa noite (evening)

oi / olá

ROMANI latcho divès

ROMANIAN bună ziua

RUSSIAN Добрый день (dobrii den) / Здравствуйте (zdravstvuite)

SAMOAN talofa

SARDINIAN bona die

SCOTTISH GAELIC hallo

SERBIAN dobar dan / zdravo

SHIMAORE jéjé

SHONA mhoro (plural: mhoroi)

SINDHI acho saiin

SLOVAK dobré ráno (morning)

dobrý deň (during the day)

dobrý večer (evening)

SLOVENIAN pozdravljen (to a man) / pozdravljena (to 2 men) / pozdravljeni (to 3 men or more)

pozdravljena (to a woman) / pozdravljeni (to 2 women) / pozdravljene (to 3 women or more)

pozdravljeni (mixed group)

dobro jutro (good morning) / dober dan (good day) / dober večer (good evening)

lahko noč (good night - taking leave)

živijo (colloquial)

SOBOTA dobar dan

SPANISH buenos días / hola

SWAHILI jambo[dj] / [hu]jambo, habari za mchana?

SWEDISH god dag / hej

SWISS-GERMAN guete tog

TAGALOG magandang araw

TAHITIAN ia orana

TAMIL vanakam / kallaï vannakam (morning only)

TELUGU namaskaram

THAI สวัสดีคะ (sawatdii kha) - woman speaking

สวัสดครับี (sawatdii khrap) - man speaking

TURKISH merhaba

UDMURT dzéchbur (common form for one person)

dzéchbureś (polite form for one person or common form for two or more people)

UKRAINIAN pryvit (hi) / dobryi ranok (good morning)

dobryi den (good afternoon) / dobryi vechir (good evening)

URDU as salaamo alaikum

UZBEK assalomu alaykum

VIETNAMESE chào (ông, bà, cô : Mr, Mrs, Miss)

WALOON (orthographe à betchfessîs) bondjoû / ay! / Diè wåde

WELSH hylo / sut mae

WEST INDIAN CREOLE bonjou

YORUBA e karo

ZULU sawubona (to one person) / sanibonani (to more than one person)