Multilingual ways to say 'Hello'
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This is a list of greetings in various different languages (from the German Wikipedia):
- boro: खुलुम्बाइ (KHULUMBAI!)
- Bengali: নমস্কার (Namaskar! - gesprochen: Nomoshkar)
- Bulgarian: Здравей!, Здрасти! (Duzform), Здравейте! (Siezform)
- Chinese: 你好!
- Czech: Ahoj!
- English: Hello!, Hi!
- Esperanto: Saluton!
- Estnisch: Tere!
- Danish: Hej!
- Dutch: Hallo!, Hoi!
- Farsi: Salam!
- Fidschi: Bula!
- Finnish: Terve!
- Flemish: Hallo!
- French: Salut!, Bonjour !
- Greek: Γειά!
- Hawaiian: Aloha!
- Hebrew: !שלום
- Hindi: नमस्ते (Namaste!)
- Italian: Ciao! (informal), Buongiorno! (formal)
- Japanese: こんにちは! konnichi wa! (formal), おーい! ōi! (informal), もしもし moshimoshi (for the Telephone)
- Khmer: Tchum-reaup Suw!
- Korean: 안영하세요! (Anyeong Haseyo!)
- Croat: Zdravo!
- Lettish: Čau! Sveiki!
- Lithuanian: Labas!
- Malaiisch: Hai!
- Mongolian: Сайн уу!
- Norwegian: Hei!, Hallo!, Morn!
- Polish: Cześć!
- Portuguese: Olá! (Portugal), Oi! (Brasilien)
- Rumanian: Salut! (freundlich), Bună ziua! (formal)
- Russian: Привет!
- Swedish: Hej!, Hallå!
- Swiss German: Hoi!, Sali!, Hallo!
- Slovak: Ahoj!
- Spanish: ¡Hola!
- Tamil Nadu (Sri Lanka): வணக்கம்!
- Thai: สวัสดีคะ!
- Turkish: Merhaba! ((listen)), Alo! (on the telephone)
- Vietnamese: Chào!