Hi

[mike o fodão]

Hello

[Samurai Sam]

Hi

[stinky racc]

Hey

[冷酷な悪魔]

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Africa
Spread over at least six major language families, Africa’s language diversity is incomparable to the rest of the world and includes huge tonal diversity, and even the use of clicks and unique mouth movements to help articulate phrases in certain contexts. Saying ‘Hello’ at least, is fortunately often easy to pronounce!

Afrikaans
hallo (hah-loh) — hello
Amharic
tena jistilign (teh-nah yihst-ihl-ihgn) — hello (formal)
selam (sae-lahm) — hello (informal)
Chichewa
moni (moh-nee) / muli bwanji (moo-lee bwahn-jee) — hello
Hausa
salama alaikum (sah-lahm-ah ah-lai-koom) — hello (formal)
sannu (sahn-noo) — hello (informal)
Igbo
ndêwó (in-deh-woh) — hello (formal)
kèdú (keh-doh) — hello (informal)
Kinyarwanda
muraho (moo-rah-hoh) — hello
bite (bee-teh) — hello (informal)
Lingala
mbote (mboh-teh) — hello
Luganda
ki kati (kee kah-tee) — hello (informal)
Malagasy
manao ahoana (man-ow ah-ohn-ah) / salama (sah-lAHm-ah) / akory (ah-kOO-ree)
miarahaba (mee-arah-hah-bah) — hello
Ndebele
salibonani (sah-lee-boh-nah-nee) — hello
Northern Sotho
dumêlang (doo-meh-lang) — hello
Oromo
ashamaa (ah-shah-maa) — hello
attam (aht-tahm) — hello (informal)
Sesotho
dumela (doo-meh-lah) — hello
Shona
mhoro (mhoh-roh) — hello (singular)
mhoroi (mhoh-roh-ee) — hello (plural)
Swahili
jambo (jahm-boh) — hello
hujambo (hoo-jahm-boh) — hello
Swati
sawubona (sah-woo-boh-nah) — hello
Tigrinya
selam (seh-lahm) — hello
Tsonga
avuxeni (ah-voo-sheh-nee) — hello (greeting)
ahee (ah-hee) — hello (response)
Tswana
dumela (doo-meh-lah) — hello
Wolof
salaam aleekum (sah-laam ah-ley-koom) — hello
Xhosa
molo (maw-law) — hello
Yoruba
bawo (bah-woh) — hello
Zulu
sawubona (sah-woo-boh-nah) — hello


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Asia
Aside from Turkic languages of Central Asia and some Asian languages that were influenced by European colonization, most Asian languages are astoundingly unique and diverse, and there’s less common ground shared with other major language families.

Thai, Lao, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Japanese and Chinese are tonally varied languages, meaning as you speak, pitch changes dramatically alter the meaning of words and phrases. By observing native speakers, you can hear how certain phrases, including greetings, are articulated in their native natural ways.

Armenian
barev dzez (bah-REV DZEZ) — hello
barev (bah-REV) — hello (informal)
Azerbaijani
salam (sah-lam) — hello
Bengali
nômoshkar (naw-mo-shkar) — hello (for Hindus)
assalamualaikum (ahs-sah-lahmoo-ah-lay-koom) / salam (sah-lahm) — hello (for Muslims)
Burmese
mingalarba (min-ga-la-ba) — hello
Cambodian
chum reap suor (*) — hello (formal)
sous-dey (*) — hello (informal)
Cantonese
néih hóu (*) — hello
Chinese
nǐ hǎo (nee how) — hello
Dzongkha
kuzu-zangpo (koo-zoo-zang-poh) — hello
Georgian
gamarjoba (gah-mahr-joh-bah) — hello
Gujarati
namaste (nah-mah-steh) — hello
kem cho (kem-choh) — hello (lit. How are you?)
Hindi
namaste (nah-mah-steh) — hello
Indonesian
halo (hah-loh) — hello
Japanese
konnichiwa (kohn-nee-chee-wah) — good afternoon / hello
Kannada
namaste (nah-mah-steh) / namaskāra (nah-mah-skah-rah) — hello
Kazakh
sälemetsiz be? (sah-lem-met-siz beh) — hello (formal)
sälem (sah-lem) — hello (informal)
Korean
annyeonghaseyo (an-nyee-ong-hah-seh-yo) — hello (formal)
annyeong (ah-nyee-ong) — hello (informal)
Kyrgyz
salamatsyzby (sah-lam-aht-seez-bee) — hello (formal)
salam (sah-lam) — hello (informal)
Lao
sabaidee (sah-bai-dee) — hello
Malay
selamat pagi (se-lah-maht pah-gee) — good morning
selamat petang (se-lah-maht pe-tahng) — good afternoon
selamat malam (se-lah-maht mah-lahm) — good night
hello (he-loh) — hello
hai (hai) — hello (informal)
Malayalam
namaskaram (nah-mah-skahr-ahm) — hello (formal)
aay (ah-yeh) — hello (informal)
Mongolian
sain baina uu (sain bai-na OO) — hello
Nepali
namaste (nah-mahs-teh) — hello
Pashto
salaam (sah-lahm) — hello
khe chare (KHEH chah-reh) — hello (informal)
Punjabi
sat sri akal ji (saht sree ah-kahl jee) — hello (formal, Sikh)
asalamwalaykum (ah-sah-lahm-wah-lay-koom) — hello (formal, Muslim)
sat sri akal (saht sree ah-kahl) — hello (informal, Sikh)
salaam (sah-laam) — hello (informal, Muslim)
Sinhala
āyubōvan (ah-yuh-boh-van) — hello (formal)
halō (ha-loh) — hello (informal)
Tagalog
kumusta? (koo-moos-ta) — hello
helów (hey-LOW) — hello (informal)
Taiwanese Hokkien
lí-hó (lee-hoh) — hello
Tamil
vaṇakkam (vah-nahk-kahm) — hello
Tatar
isänmesez (ees-aen-meh-sehz) / sawmısız (saw-mis-siz) — hello
sälam (sae-lahm) — hello (informal)
Telugu
namaskārām (nah-mahs-kaar-am) — hello
Thai
sà-wàt-dee (*) — hello
Tibetan
tashi delek (tah-shee del-ek) — hello
Urdu
āssālam ‘alaykum (ahs-sah-lahm ah-lay-koom) — hello (greeting)
wālaikum assalām (wah-lay-koom ahs-sah-lahm) — hello (response)
salām (sah-lam) — hello (informal)
Uyghur
ässalamu läykum (aes-sah-lahm-oo lae-koom) — hello (greeting)
wä’äläykum ässalam (wae-aelae-koom aes-sah-lahm) — hello (response)
yahshimusiz (yah-shih-moo-sihz) — hello (informal)
Uzbek
assalomu aleykum (ahs-sah-lo-moo ah-lay-koom) — hello (formal)
salom (sah-lom) — hello (informal)
Vietnamese
xin chào (sin chow) — hello


hello in 100 languages

Europe
Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages are the three major Indo-European language families and there is a lot of overlapping vocabulary and word formation. Through the Latin and Greek formations and derivations of many words and phrases, you will see many similarities between the European greetings in this list.

Albanian
tungjatjeta (toon-jah-TYEH-tah) — hello (formal)
tjeta (TYEH-tah) — hello (informal)
Basque
kaixo (kai-sho) — hello
Belarusian
vitaju (vee-TAH-you) — hello
Breton
demat (de-mat) — hello / good day
Bulgarian
zdravejte (zdrah-VEY-teh) — hello (formal)
zdravej (zdrah-VEY) — hello (informal)
Bosnian
dobar dan (DOH-bahr dahn) — good day
zdravo (ZDRAH-voh) / merhaba (MEHR-hah-bah) — hello (informal)
Catalan
hola (OH-lah) — hello
Croatian
bok (bohk) — hello
Czech
dobrý den (DOH-bree dehn) — good day
ahoj (ahoy) — hello
Danish
hallo (ha-loh) — hello
hej (hai) — hi/hey
Dutch
hallo (HAH-low) — hello
Estonian
tere (TEHR-reh) — hello
Finnish
hyvää päivää (HOO-vah PAI-vah) — good day
terve (TEHR-veh) — hello
moi (moy) / hei (hay) — hey
French
bonjour (bohn-ZHOOR) — hello / good day
salut (sah-LOO) — hello (informal)
Frisian
goeie (GOO-ee) — hello
Irish
dia duit (DEE-ah GHWIT) — hello
Gaelic
halò (ha-lo) — hello
German
guten tag (goo-ten tahk) — good day / hello
hallo (ha-loh) — hello (informal)
Greek
yasass (YAH sahss) — hello (formal)
yassou (YAH soo) — hello (informal)
Hungarian
szervusz (SEHR-voos) — hello
szia (SEE-ah) — hello (informal)
Icelandic
góðan dag (goh-than da-yin) — good day
halló (ha-loh) — hello
hæ (hai) — hi
Italian
buon giorno (bwohn JOHR-noh) — good day/hello
salve (SAHL-veh) — hello (formal)
ciào (chow) — hello (informal)
Latvian
sveika (SVEH-kah) — hello (to a male)
sveiks (SVEH-eeks) — hello (to a female)
Lithuanian
labas (LAH-bahs) — hi
sveikas (SVAY-kahs) — hello (to a male)
sveika (svay-KAH) — hello (to a female)
sveiki (svay-KEE) — hello (plural)
Luxembourgish
moïen (moy-en) — hello
Norwegian
god dag (goo dahg) — hello
hei (hay) — hi
Polish
dzień dobry (jeen doh-bree) — good day / hello
cześć (cheshch)— hello
Portuguese
olá (oh-lAH) — hello
Romanian
salut (sah-LOOT) — hello
Russian
zdravstvuyte (ZDRAHST-vooy-tyeh) — hello
privet (pree-VYEHT) / zdorovo (zduh-ROH-vuh) — hello (informal)
Serbian
zdravo (ZDRAH-voh) — hello
Slovak
dobrý deň (OH-bree deñ) — good day / hello (formal)
ahoj (ah-hoy) / čau (chow) — hello (informal)
Slovenian
živjo (ZHEE-vyoh) / zdravo (ZDRAH-voh) — hello
Spanish
hola (oh-lah) — hello
Swedish
hej (heh) — hello
Ukrainian
dobriy den (DOH-bree dehn’) — good day / hello
vitayu (vee-TAH-yoo) — hello (formal)
pryvit (prih-VEET) — hello (informal)
Welsh
helo (he-loh) — hello
s’mae (s-my/shoo-my) — hello (informal)
Yiddish
a gutn tog (a goo-ten tawg) — good day / hello
sholem-aleykhem (shoh-lem ah-leh-khem) — hello (greeting)
aleykhem-sholem (ah-leh-khem shoh-lem) — hello (response)
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Middle East
Middle Eastern languages are far removed from Indo-European languages and therefore, overlap is scarce. However, Middle Eastern greetings are often short and simple, and many are very similar to each other!

Arabic
as-salām ‘alaykum (ahs-sahlahm ‘ah-leh-loom) — hello (formal)
marhaban (mahr-hah-bahn) / ahlan (ah-lahn) — hello (informal)
Hebrew
shalom (shah-LOHM) — hello
Kurdish (Kurmanji)
merheba (mer-he-bah) / silav (see-lav) — hello
Persian
salâm (sah-laam) / dorud (doh-rood) — hello
Turkish
merhaba (mehr-hah-bah) — hello
selam (sel-um) — hello (informal)



Oceania
The primary Oceanic language family, the Austronesian language family, covers some Asian languages too like Malay, Indonesian, and Tagalog. Austronesian languages are fairly easy to pronounce, and often feature short and snappy, monosyllabic phrases for ‘hello’.

Fijian
ni sa bula (nee sah boo-lah) — hello
bula (boo-lah) — hello (informal)
Hawaiian
aloha (ah-loh-hah) — hello
Maori
tēnā koe (teh-nah koy) — hello (to one person)
tēnā kōrua (teh-nah kaw-roo-uh) — hello (to two people)
tēnā koutou (teh-nah koh-toh)— hello (to three or more people)
kia ora (kee-ah aw-rah) — hello (informal)
Marshallese
yokwe (YAW-kweh) — hello
Palauan
alii (ah-LEE) — hello
Samoan
tālofa (tah-low-fah) — hello
malō (mah-loh) — hello (informal)
Tahitian
ia ora na (ee-ah oh-rah-na) — hello
Tok Pisin
gude (goo-deh) — hello
Tongan
mālō e lelei (mah-loh ah leh-leh) — hello


So there it is, how to say Hello in 100 languages. If you thought that was a long list then consider that there are upwards of 6,500 languages in the world!



The diversity of language is truly a fantastic human accomplishment and it’s great to explore the vast differences and fascinating similarities in how we greet each-other – the universal way of starting conversation. It’s insightful to see from this list how some languages include a selection of different greetings, and how some have very short and simple greetings. It’s testament to human creativity that between us all, we have generated so many unique ways of greeting one another.

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