Wanna A Know How To Say "HELLO" in different languages

 To Greet is been taught to us since childhood days and if you are visiting foreign land, this may turn out to be a big advantage, as a mere "Hello" in their language can tag a relationship between you and your host.

Arabic - sabbah-el-khair (good morning), masaa-el-khair (good evening), Marhaba (Hello)

* Armenian - barev or parev

* Bahamas – hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal)

* Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)

* Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)

* Bengali — namaskar

* Bulgarian - zdraveite, zdrasti (informal)

* Burmese - mingalarbar

* Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night

* Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings

* Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female)

* Chinese - Cantonese nei ho (pronounced nay ho) Mandarin (pronounced ni hao)

* Congo - mambo

* Croatian - boke (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra većer (evening), laku noć (night)

* Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)

* Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal), hejsa (very informal).

* Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)

* English - hello (formal), hi (informal)

* Esperanto - saluton

* Finnish - hyvää päivää (formal), moi or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)

* French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night). There is also "ça va", but this is more often used to mean "how are you?"

* Gaeilge - dia duit (informal; pronounced dee-ah gwitch; literally "God be with you")

* Georgian - gamardjoba

* German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).

* Gujarathi - kem che

* Greek - yia sou (pronounced yah-soo; informal), yia sas (formal)

* Hawaiian - aloha

* Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")

* Hindi - namaste (pronounced na-mus-thei), kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (more informal, familiar)

* Hindustani - namaste

* Hungarian, Magyar - jo napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal)

* Icelandic - góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dagg), hæ (informal)

* Igbo - nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo), nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)

* Indonesian - selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)

* Italian - ciào (informal; also means "goodbye"), salve, buon giorno (morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (afternoon; formal), buona sera (evening; formal)

* Japanese - ohayou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo go-zai-mass), konnichi wa (pronounced ko-nee-chee-wa; daytime or afternoon), konban wa (pronounced gong-ban-wa; evening); moshi moshi (pronounced moh-shee moh-shee; when answering the phone); doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)

* Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) - kwe kwe (pronounced gway gway)

* Kannada - namaskara

* Klingon - nuqneH? [nook-neck] (literally: "what do you want?")

* Korean - ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned ahn-yan-ha-say-yo), ahn nyeong (informal; can also be used to mean "goodbye")

* Kurdish — choni, roj bahsh (day; pronounced rohzj bahsh)

* Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-dee)

* Latin (Classical) - salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one person), salvete (pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than one person)

* Latvian - labdien, sveiki, chau (informal; pronounced chow).

* Lingala - mbote

* Lithuanian - laba diena (formal), labas, sveikas (informal; when speaking to a male), sveika (informal; when speaking to a female)

* Local Hawaiian Pidgin - sup braddah

* Luxembourgish - moïen (pronounced MOY-en)

* Malayalam - namaskkaram

* Maltese - merħba (meaning "welcome"), bonġu (morning), bonswa or il-lejl it-tajjeb (evening)

* Maori - kia ora

* Marathi - namaskar

* Mongolia - sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu? (pronounced say-noo; informal)

* Nahuatl - niltze, hao

* Navajo - ya'at'eeh

* Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha

* Northern German - moin moin

* Northern Shoto - dumelang

* Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), halloisen (very informal).

* Oshikwanyama - wa uhala po, meme? (to a female; response is ee), wa uhala po, tate? (to a male; response is ee) nawa tuu? (response is ee; formal)

* Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)

* Polish - dzień dobry (formal), witaj (hello) cześć (hi)

* Portuguese - oi, boas, olá or alô (informal), bom dia (good morning), boa tarde (good afternoon), boa noite (good evening).

* Rajasthani (Marwari)- Ram Ram

* Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal; daytime) buna searaformal; evening)

* Russian - pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)

* Samoan - talofa (formal), malo (informal)

* Scanian - haja (universal), hallå (informal), go'da (formal), go'maren (morning), go'aften (evening)

* Senegal - salamaleikum

* Serbian - zdravo (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro), dobar dan (afternoon)

* Sinhala - a`yubowan (pronounced ar-yu-bo-wan; meaning "long live")

* Slovak - dobrý deň (formal), ahoj (pronounced ahoy), čau (pronounced chow) and dobrý (informal abbreviation)

* Slovenian — živjo (informal; pronounced zhivyo), dobro jutro (morning), dober dan (afternoon), dober večer (evening; pronounced doh-bear vetch-air)

* South African English - hoezit (pronounced howzit; informal)

* Spanish - holà (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, que pasa (Spain, informal)

* Swahili - jambo

* Swedish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal)

* Swiss German - grüzi (pronounced grew-tsi)

* Tagalog (Pilipino - Philippines) - kumusta ka (means "how are you?")

* Tahitian - ia orana

* Tamil - vanakkam

* Telugu - namaskaram

* Telugu - baagunnara (means "how are you?"; formal)

* Tetum (Timor - Leste) - bondia (morning), botarde (afternoon), bonite (evening)

* Thai - sawa dee-ka (said by a female), sawa dee-krap (said by a male)

* Tongan - malo e leilei

* Tsonga (South Africa) - minjhani (when greeting adults), kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or your juniors)

* Turkish - merhaba (formal), naber? (Informal)

* Ukranian - dobriy ranuke (formal; morning), dobriy deyn (formal; afternoon), dobriy vechir (formal; evening), pryvit (informal)

* Urdu - adaab

* Vietnamese - xin chào

* Welsh - shwmai (North Wales; pronounced shoe-my)

* Yiddish - sholem aleikhem (literally "may peace be unto you")

* Zulu - sawubona


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