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Here's a list of common everyday greetings across major world languages, excluding English. These greetings reflect cultural norms for saying "hello," "good morning," "good evening," and similar.


Languages of the Americas

  1. Spanish – Hola (Hello)
  2. Spanish (Formal) – Buenos días (Good morning)
  3. Portuguese – Olá (Hello)
  4. Portuguese (Brazil) – Oi (Hi)
  5. French (Canada) – Salut (Hi)
  6. Quechua – Rimaykullayki (Hello, informal)
  7. Mayan (Yucatec) – Bix a bel (How is your path?)
  8. Haitian Creole – Bonjou (Good morning)
  9. Guarani – Mba’éichapa (How are you?)
  10. Nahuatl – Niltze (Greetings)

European Languages

  1. French – Bonjour (Good morning)
  2. Italian – Ciao (Hi/Bye)
  3. German – Hallo (Hello)
  4. German (Formal) – Guten Tag (Good day)
  5. Dutch – Hallo (Hello)
  6. Swedish – Hej (Hi)
  7. Norwegian – Hei (Hi)
  8. Danish – Hej (Hi)
  9. Finnish – Hei (Hi)
  10. Russian – Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte – Formal hello)
  11. Polish – Cześć (Hi)
  12. Czech – Ahoj (Hi)
  13. Slovak – Ahoj (Hi)
  14. Hungarian – Szia (Hi)
  15. Greek – Γεια σας (Yia sas – Formal hello)
  16. Bulgarian – Здравейте (Zdraveyte – Hello)
  17. Croatian – Bok (Hi)
  18. Serbian – Здраво (Zdravo – Hello)
  19. Icelandic – Halló (Hello)
  20. Irish Gaelic – Dia duit (God to you)

Middle Eastern & Central Asian Languages

  1. Arabic – مرحبا (Marhaba – Hello)
  2. Arabic (Formal) – السلام عليكم (As-salamu alaykum – Peace be upon you)
  3. Hebrew – שלום (Shalom – Peace/Hello)
  4. Persian – سلام (Salam – Hello)
  5. Turkish – Merhaba (Hello)
  6. Pashto – سلام (Salaam – Hello)
  7. Kurdish (Kurmanji) – Silav (Hello)
  8. Armenian – Բարեւ (Barev – Hello)
  9. Georgian – გამარჯობა (Gamarjoba – Hello)

South Asian Languages

  1. Hindi – नमस्ते (Namaste – Greetings)
  2. Urdu – سلام (Salaam – Hello)
  3. Bengali – নমস্কার (Nomoskar – Greetings)
  4. Punjabi – ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat Sri Akal – Greetings)
  5. Gujarati – નમસ્તે (Namaste – Hello)
  6. Marathi – नमस्कार (Namaskar – Greetings)
  7. Sinhala – ආයුබෝවන් (Ayubowan – Greetings)
  8. Tamil – வணக்கம் (Vanakkam – Greetings)
  9. Telugu – నమస్కారం (Namaskaram – Hello)
  10. Kannada – ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (Namaskara – Greetings)
  11. Malayalam – നമസ്കാരം (Namaskaram – Greetings)

East Asian Languages

  1. Mandarin Chinese – 你好 (Nǐ hǎo – Hello)
  2. Cantonese – 你好 (Néih hóu – Hello)
  3. Japanese – こんにちは (Konnichiwa – Good day)
  4. Korean – 안녕하세요 (Annyeong haseyo – Hello)
  5. Mongolian – Сайн байна уу (Sain baina uu – Hello)
  6. Tibetan – བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། (Tashi delek – Hello)

Southeast Asian Languages

  1. Thai – สวัสดี (Sawasdee – Greetings)
  2. Lao – ສະບາຍດີ (Sabaidee – Hello)
  3. Khmer (Cambodian) – សួស្ដី (Suostei – Hello)
  4. Vietnamese – Xin chào (Hello)
  5. Malay – Selamat pagi (Good morning)
  6. Tagalog (Filipino) – Kamusta (How are you?)
  7. Javanese – Sugeng enjang (Good morning)

African Languages

  1. Swahili – Jambo (Hello)
  2. Zulu – Sawubona (I see you)
  3. Xhosa – Molo (Hello)
  4. Amharic – ሰላም (Selam – Hello)
  5. Yoruba – Bawo (How are you?)
  6. Hausa – Sannu (Hello)
  7. Shona – Mhoro (Hello)
  8. Wolof – Salaam aleekum (Peace be upon you)

Pacific & Indigenous Australian Languages

  1. Maori (New Zealand) – Kia ora (Hello)
  2. Hawaiian – Aloha (Hello)
  3. Samoan – Talofa (Hello)
  4. Tongan – Malo e lelei (Hello)
  5. Fijian – Bula (Hello)
  6. Aboriginal Australian (Arrernte) – Womurrpa (Hello)
  7. Torres Strait Creole – Gud pasin (Good morning)

Other Languages of Significant Populations

  1. Esperanto – Saluton (Hello)
  2. Uighur – ياخشىمۇسىز (Yaxshimusiz – Hello)
  3. Kazakh – Сәлеметсіз бе (Salemetsiz be – Hello)
  4. Uzbek – Assalomu alaykum (Peace be upon you)
  5. Tajik – Салом (Salom – Hello)
  6. Malayalam (Diaspora) – Namaskaram (Formal hello)
  7. Tamil (Sri Lankan Diaspora) – Vanakkam

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