How to say hello in any language
A friendly greeting is a great way to start a conversation when you are
on holiday. By simply learning how to say hello in the local language, you are far more likely to enjoy a great holiday.
- How to say hello in Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i
- How to say hello in Albanian - tungjatjeta pronounced To-ngyat-yeta
- How to say hello in Arabic - asslam aleikum
- How to say hello in Armenian - barev or parev
- How to say hello in Austrian - Grüßgott
- How to say hello in Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam
- How to say hello in Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning;
pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)
- How to say hello in Bengali — namaskar (In West Bengal, India)
- How to say hello in Bulgarian - Dobar den
- How to say hello in Burmese - mingalarba
- How to say hello in Cambodian (Khmer)- Sua s'dei
- How to say hello in Catalan - bon dia
- Chichewa - Muribwanji
- Congo - mambo
- Cree - Tansi
- Croatian - dobar dan
- Czech -dobrý den
- Danish - hej
- Esperanto - saluton (formal),
- Estonian - tere päevast" (good day),
- Fijian - 'Bula Uro' (Informal Hello)
- Finnish - hyvää päivää
- French - bonjour
- Gaelic - dia duit
- Georgian - gamardjoba
- German - Guten Tag
- Gujarati - Namaste
- Greek - yasass
- Hawaiian - aloha
- Hebrew - shalom
- Hindi - namaste
- Hungarian - jó napot
- Icelandic - góðan dag
- Igbo - nde-ewo
- Italian - buon giorno
- Japanese - ohayoou gozaimasu
- Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-dee)
- Latin (Classical) - salve
- Latvian - labdien,
- Lithuanian - laba diena (formal)
- Lojban - coi
- Luxembourgish - moïen
- Maldivian (Dhivehi) - kihineth
- Mongolian - sain baina uu?
- Navajo - ya'at'eeh
- Nepalbhasha - Jwajalapa, ???????
- Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha
- Polish - dzien dobry
- Punjabi - sat sri akal
- Rajasthani (Marwari)- Ram Ram
- Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal;
daytime) buna searaformal; evening), buna (usually when speaking to a
female pronounced boo-nhuh)
- Russian - zdravstvuyte
- Samoan - talofa (formal), malo (informal)
- Serbian - zdravo,
- Sinhala - a`yubowan
- Slovak - dobrý den
- Slovenian — živjo
- Spanish - hola
- Sulka - marot
- Swahili - jambo
- Swedish - god dag (formal)
- Tahitian - ia orana
- Tamil - vanakkam
- Telugu- namaskaram, 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)
- Tigrinya (Eritrea) - selam
- Tongan - malo e lelei
- Tshiluba - moyo
- Tsonga (South Africa) - minjhani (when greeting adults), kunjhani (when
greeting your peer group or your juniors)
- Turkish - merhaba selam (formal), selam (Informal)
- Ukranian - dobriy ranok
- Urdu - adaab or salam or as salam alei kum (the full form, to which
the reply would be waa lay kum assalaam in most cases)
- Vietnamese - xin chào
- Zulu - sawubona