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languages, and counting!
Last update: November 12, 2022
| Click on a column title to sort the column alphabetically. | In brown: phonetical transcription. |
| LANGUAGE | COUNTRY | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|---|
| AFRIKAANS | South Africa | goeiedag |
| ALBANIAN | Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia | mirë dita |
| ALSATIAN | France (Alsace) | guàtertag / ponchour / guate morye (morning) / guatenowe (evening) |
| AMHARIC | Ethiopia | dana esteline |
| ARABIC | Maghreb, Near East | صباح الخير / salam / sabâhu al khair |
| ARAMAIC | Iraq | chlomo |
| ARMENIAN | Armenia, Armenian Highlands | barev |
| AUSTRIAN GERMAN | Austria | grüß Gott (formal) / servus (informal) |
| AZERBAIJANI | Azerbaijan, Russia (Dagestan), Iran | salam |
| BAMBARA | Mali | ani sogomen (morning) / ani tlé (afternoon) / ani oulà (evening) |
| BAMOUN | Cameroon | me sha'she |
| BAOULÉ | Ivory Coast | n'dja arè (to a man) / mô arè (to a woman) |
| BASQUE | Spain, France | egunon (morning) / arratsaldeon (afternoon) / gauon (evening) |
| BASSA | Liberia, Sierra Leone | menyéga (to one person) / menyéga bé (to several persons) |
| BELARUSIAN | Belarus | vitaju / dobraj ranicy (morning) / dzien dobry (afternoon) / viečar dobry (evening)
Прывiтанне (pryvitannie) |
| BENGALI | Bangladesh, India | namaskar |
| BERBER | Algeria, Mali, Niger | ass-iyessbhène / ass ameggaz / azul |
| BERI-BERI (KANURI) | Niger | inda wadou |
| BÉTÉ | Ivory Coast | ayo |
| BOBO | Burkina Faso, Mali | ka tiana (morning) / ka sion (afternoon) / ka lima (evening) |
| BOSNIAN | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo | dobardan (day time) / dobrojutro (morning) / dobarvece (evening) / zdravo ("hi") |
| BRETON | France (Bretagne) | demat |
| BULGARIAN | Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania | добър ден (dóbar den) / Здравей (zdrave) |
| BURMESE | Myanmar | mingalaba |
| CATALAN | Spain (Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia), Andorra, France | bon dia / hola |
| CHAMORRO | USA (Guam, Mariana Islands) | hafa adai |
| CHEROKEE | USA (Oklahoma) | osiyo |
| CHINESE (MANDARIN) | China, Taiwan, Singapore | 你好 [nǐ hăo] (informal) / 您好 [nín hǎo] (formal) |
| CORNISH | UK (Cornwall) | de(th) da (good day) / myttyn da (good morning) / gorthewer da (good evening) / nos da (good night) |
| CORSICAN | France (Corse), Italy (Sardiania) | bonghjornu / salutu |
| CROATIAN | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | bok / dobar dan |
| CZECH | Czech Republic | dobrý den |
| DANISH | Denmark, Germany (Southern Schleswig), Greenland, Faroe Islands | goddag (formal) / hej (coll.) |
| ZARMA | Niger | mat ni kani (morning) / mat aren foy (afternoon) |
| DIOULA | Ivory Coast, Burkina faso | anissoroma (morning) / anissou (evening) |
| DOGON | Mali | alapiale (morning) / alapiagili (afternoon) |
| DUTCH | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname | goede morgen / goede middag / goede avond
(morning / afternoon / evening) |
| EDE-IDAASHA | Benin | ékooni |
| ENGLISH | UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa | hello |
| ESPERANTO | [constructed language] | bonan tagon / saluton |
| ESTONIAN | Estonia | tere / tere hommikust good evening : tere õhtust |
| FANG | Equatorial Guinea, Gabon | mbolo (1 pers.) / mboloani (X pers.) |
| FAROESE | Faroe Islands, Denmark | hey |
| FIJIAN | Fiji | yadra |
| FINNISH | Finland, Sweden | hyvää päivää (formal) / päivää (semi formal) moi / hei / terve |
| FLEMISH | Belgium (Flanders) | hoeien nuh'nt |
| FRENCH | France, Canada (Quebec), Belgium (Wallonia), Switzerland (Romandie), Monaco, Luxembourg | bonjour (morning) / bonsoir (evening) / salut (colloquial) |
| FRISIAN | Netherlands, Germany | ha / goeie / hoi |
| FRIULAN | Italy (Friuli) | bondi |
| FULA | Africa (Sahel and West Africa) | diarama (one person) / ong diarama (several people) |
| GALICIAN | Spain (Galicia) | ola |
| GALLO | France (Brittany, Normandy) | bonjou / salu |
| GEORGIAN | Georgia | gamarjoba (anytime) / dila mshvidobisa (good morning) |
| GERMAN | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy (South Tyrol), Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg | hallo / guten Tag (more polite) |
| GOTHIC | Eastern Europe, Italy, Gallia Aquitania, Gallia Narbonensis, Hispania, Crimea - extinct | hails (to a man) / haila (to a woman) / hailai (plural m.) / hailos (plural f.) |
| GREEK | Greece, Cyprus | gia / kalimera (good morning) |
| GUARANI | Paraguay | mba'éichapa |
| GUJARATI | India (Gujarat) | kem cho |
| HAITIAN CREOLE | Haiti | bonjou / bon swa / la rezone / alo |
| HAUSA | Nigeria, Niger, Ghana | ina kwana (morning) / ina wini (afternoon) |
| HAWAIIAN | USA (Hawaii) | aloha |
| HEBREW | Israel | shalom |
| HINDI | India | namaste / namaskaar |
| HMONG | China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand | nyob zoo |
| HUNGARIAN | Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia | jó napot kívánok / szia |
| ICELANDIC | Iceland | goðan dagin / halló |
| IGBO | Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea | ndeewo / i boola chi / ututu oma |
| INDONESIAN | Indonesia | morning: selamat pagi
noon: selamat siang afternoon: selamat sore evening: selamat malam |
| INUKTITUT | Canada | ullaakkut |
| IRISH GAELIC | Ireland | Dia duit |
| ITALIAN | Italy, San Marino, Switzerland | ciao / buongiorno (good morning) |
| JAPANESE | Japan | konnichi wa
ohayô (gozaimasu) (in the morning - more polite with "gozaimasu") |
| KABIYÈ | Togo, Ghana, Benin | ŋlɩwa'lɛ (nliwalè) |
| KABYLE | Algeria (Kabylie) | azul |
| KHMER | Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam | chumreap suor (formal) / susdey (informal) |
| KIKONGO | Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Angola | mbote |
| KINYARWANDA | Rwanda | mwaramutsé (morning) / mwiriwe (mid-day) / muramuke (evening) |
| KOREAN | Korea, North Korea | annyǒng hashimnikka / annyong haseyo |
| KOTOKOLI | Togo, Ghana, Benin | gna vin kazô (sing) / mii vin kazô (plur) |
| KURDISH | Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran | rojbas / silav |
| LAO | Laos, Thailand | sabai di |
| LARI | Republic of the Congo | mbote |
| LATIN | Roman Kingdom - extinct | salve, ave (addressing 1 pers.) / salvete, avete (X pers.) |
| LATVIAN | Latvia | labdien |
| LIGURIAN | Italy (Liguria) | ciâo / scignorîa |
| LINGALA | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Central African Republic | mbote |
| LITHUANIAN | Lithuania | laba diena
labas rytas (morning) / labas vakaras (evening) |
| LOW SAXON | Germany (Northern Germany), Netherlands | hallo / houje |
| LUXEMBOURGISH | Luxembourg | moien / gudde moien |
| MACEDONIAN | Macedonia | dobar den / zdravo |
| MALAGASY | Madagascar | manao ahoana / manahoana |
| MALAY | Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore | selamat pagi (morning) / selamat tengahari (afternoon) selamat petang (evening) / selamat malam (after sunset) |
| MALAYALAM | India (Kerala) | namaskaram |
| MALTESE | Malta | merħba / oj |
| MANJACK | Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia | befa (morning) / penak (afternoon) / betakala (evening) |
| MAORI | New Zealand | kia ora |
| MAPUCHE (MAPUDUNGUN) | Chile, Argentina | mari-mari |
| MBOUDA | Cameroon | ozông tchî |
| MEDUMBA | Cameroon | mə́ cà'tə̀ ū |
| MINNAN (SOUTHERN MIN) | China (Southern Fujian, Taiwan) | kia bo |
| MOBA | Togo | doangouam |
| MONGOLIAN | Mongolia | sain baina uu (Сайн байна уу) |
| MORÉ | Burkina Faso | né yibéogo / yibé |
| NEPALI | Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar | namaste |
| NORMAN | France (Normandy) | boujou / warro |
| NORMAN (GUERNÉSIAIS) | Channel Islands (Guernsey) | warro |
| NORMAN (JÈRRIAIS) | Channel Islands (Jersey) | wharro |
| NORWEGIAN | Norway | god dag / hei / morn / god morgon (nynorsk) / god morgen (bokmål) |
| NUFI (FE'EFE'E) | Cameroon | mbə̄ə̄ lɑ́ / ngɑ̌ cɑ̀'sì ō / nzɑ̌ léé è |
| OCCITAN | France, Spain, Italy, Monaco | bon jorn / adieu |
| OLD NORSE | Scandinavia - extinct | heill (to a man) / heil (to a woman) / heilir (to several men) / heilar (to several women) / heil (men and women) |
| PAPIAMENTO | Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao | bon dia (good day) / bon tardi (good afternoon) / bon nochi (good evening/night) |
| PASHTO | Afghanistan, Pakistan | stele mashe |
| PERSIAN (DARI) | Afghanistan | dorood / سلام (salâm) |
| POLISH | Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia | dzień dobry / dobry wieczór (le soir) |
| PORTUGUESE | Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe | bom dia (morning) / boa tarde (after 12.00) / boa noite (evening) oi / olá |
| PUNJABI | Pakistan, India (Punjab) | sat sri akal |
| ROMANI | Romania, Europe | latcho divès |
| ROMANIAN | Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine | bună ziua |
| RUSSIAN | Russia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Central Asia | Добрый день (dobrii den) / Здравствуйте (zdravstvuitye) / Привет (privet) |
| SAMI (NORTHERN) | Norway, Sweden, Finland | bures |
| SAMOAN | Samoan Islands | talofa |
| SANGO | Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo | bara mo
bara Âla (formal) bara âla (several people) |
| SANTALI | India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal | ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ (johar) |
| SARDINIAN | Italy (Sardinia) | bona die |
| SCOTTISH GAELIC | UK (Scotland) | hallo |
| SERBIAN | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro | dobar dan / zdravo |
| SHIMAORE | France (Mayotte) | jéjé |
| SHONA | Zimbabwe | mhoro (plural: mhoroi) |
| SINDHI | Pakistan (Sindh) | acho saiin |
| SINHALESE | Sri Lanka | ayubowan |
| SLOVAK | Slovakia | dobré ráno (morning)
dobrý deň (during the day) dobrý večer (evening) |
| SLOVENE | Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia | 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 | Slovenia | dobar dan |
| SONINKE | Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana | an mou diom |
| SPANISH | Spain, Hispanic America, Equatorial Guinea | buenos días / hola |
| SWAHILI | Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda | yambo |
| SWEDISH | Sweden, Finland | god dag / hej |
| SWISS GERMAN | Switzerland | guete tog / grüessech / grützi / muerge (morning) |
| SYRIAC | Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey | chlomo |
| TAGALOG | Philippines | kumusta (po) / magandang araw |
| TAHITIAN | France (Society Islands) | 'ia ora na |
| TAMASHEQ | Mali, Burkina Faso | wayi wan |
| TAMIL | India, Sri Lanka | vanakam / kallaï vannakam (morning only) |
| TELUGU | India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana) | namaskaram |
| THAI | Thailand | สวัสดีค่ะ [sawatdii kha] (woman speaking)
สวัสดีครับ [sawatdii khrap] (man speaking) |
| TIBETAN | China (Tibet), Nepal | tashi delek |
| TONGAN | Tonga | malo e lelei |
| TOUBOU | Chad, Libya, Niger, Sudan | wossoura (to 1 person) / wassara (to several persons) |
| TURKISH | Turkey, Cyprus, Greece | merhaba |
| UDMURT | Russia (Udmurtia) | dzéchbur (common form for one person)
dzéchbureś (polite form for one person or common form for two or more people) |
| UKRAINIAN | Ukraine | Вітаю [vitaju] (hello) / Привiт [pryvit] (hi) / Добрий ранок [dobryi ranok] (good morning) Добрий день [dobryi den] (good afternoon) / Добрий вечiр [dobryi vechir] (good evening) |
| URDU | Pakistan, India | as salaamo alaikum |
| UZBEK | Uzbekistan, Afghanistan | assalomu alaykum |
| VIETNAMESE | Vietnam | chào (ông, bà, cô : Mr, Mrs, Miss) |
| WALLISIAN | France (Wallis and Futuna) | malo te mauli (morning) / malo te kàtaki (afternoon) |
| WALLOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) | Belgium | bondjoû / ay! / Diè wåde |
| WELSH | UK (Wales) | hylo / sut mae |
| ANTILLEAN CREOLE | France (French Antilles) | bonjou |
| WOLOF | Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania | nangadef |
| YORUBA | Nigeria, Benin | e karo |
| ZULU | South Africa | sawubona (to one person) / sanibonani (to more than one person) |
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