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Abaza: сальам (salᶻam)
Abkhaz: бзиа збаша (bzja zbaŝa), мыш бзи (məŝ bzi), (to a man) бзиара убааит (bzjara ubaajtʼ), (to a woman) бзиара ббааит (bzjara bbaajtʼ), (to more than one person) бзиара жәбааит pl (bzjara ẑʷbaajtʼ)
Afrikaans: hallo (af) , goeiedag
Ahom: 𑜈𑜩𑜨 𑜀𑜪𑜨 (bayo kaṃo)
Ainu: イランカラㇷ゚テ (irankarapte)
Akan: maakye (morning), maaha (afternoon), maadwo (evening)
Albanian: tungjatjeta (sq) , tung (informal), ç'kemi m or f Arbëresh Albanian: falem (aae)
Aleut: aang , draas
Altai: Southern Altai: эзен (ezen), селем (selem)
Alutiiq: cama’i
Ambonese Malay: wai
American Sign Language: B@Sfhead-PalmForward B@FromSfhead-PalmForward
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Apache: Jicarilla: dá nzhǫ́ Western Apache: dagotʼee , daʼanzho , yaʼateh
Arabic: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (ar) (as-salāmu ʕalaykum), سَلَام (ar) (salām), مَرْحَبًا (ar) (marḥaban), أَهْلًا (ar) (ʔahlan) Egyptian Arabic: اهلاً (ahlan) Hijazi Arabic: مَرحَبا (marḥaba), هلا (hala), السلام عليكم (as-salāmu ʕalēkum), أهلًا (ʔahlan) Iraqi Arabic: هلو (helaww)
Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܠܵܡܵܐ (šlāmā), ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܘܼܟ݂ (šlāmā ˁalōḵ) (formal; to a male), ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ (šlāmā ˁallāḵ) (formal; to a female), ܫܠܵܡܵܐ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (šlāmā ˁallāwḵōn) (formal; to a group)
Archi: салам алейкум (salam alejkum), варчӏами (warčʼami)
Armenian: բարև (hy) (barew) (addressed to a single familiar person), բարև ձեզ (barew jez) (addressed to several people), բարև Ձեզ (barew Jez) (formal, addressed to a single unfamiliar person), ողջույն (hy) (oġǰuyn)
Assamese: নমস্কাৰ (nomoskar) (very formal), আচ্চেলামো আলাইকোম (asselamü alaiküm) (formal, used among Muslims), হেল’ (helö)
Asturian: hola (ast)
Azerbaijani: salam (az) , səlam (South Azerbaijani), hər vaxtınız xeyir olsun , hər vaxtınız xeyir , günaydın , xoş gördük , əssəlamü əleyküm
Bambara: i ni ce
Bashkir: сәләм (sələm)
Basque: kaixo (eu)
Bats: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: віта́ю (vitáju), здаро́ў (zdarów) (colloquial), прыве́т (pryvjét), до́бры дзень (dóbry dzjenʹ) (good day)
Bengali: আসসালামু আলাইকুম (bn) (assalamu alaikum), সালাম (bn) (salam), নমস্কার (bn) (nomoskar), হ্যালো (bn) (hêlō)
Bhojpuri: प्रणाम (praṇām)
Bouyei: mengz ndil
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: здра́сти (bg) (zdrásti) (familiar), здраве́й (bg) sg (zdravéj) (familiar), здраве́йте (bg) pl (zdravéjte) (formal)
Burmese: မင်္ဂလာပါ (my) (mangga.lapa) , ဟဲလို (my) (hai:lui)
Carpathian Rusyn: наздар (nazdar)
Catalan: hola (ca)
Cayuga: sgę́꞉nǫʼ
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⵓⵍ (azul)
Chamorro: håfa adai
Chechen: маршалла ду хьоьга (maršalla du ḥʳöga) (to one person), маршалла ду шуьга (maršalla du šüga) (to a group of people), ассаламу ӏалайкум (assalamu ˀalajkum)
Cherokee: ᎣᏏᏲ (chr) (osiyo)
Chichewa: moni
Chickasaw: chokma
Chinese: Cantonese: 你好 (nei5 hou2), 哈佬 (haa1 lou2) Dungan: ни хо (ni ho), сэляму (seli͡amu), хома (homa) Eastern Min: 汝好 (nṳ̄ hō̤) Hakka: 你好 (ngì-hó) Hokkien: 汝好 (lí hó) Mandarin: 你好 (zh) (nǐ hǎo), 您好 (zh) (nín hǎo) (polite), 你們好 / 你们好 (nǐmen hǎo) (to a group of people), 好 (zh) (hǎo) (following an address form or name), 嗨 (zh) (hāi), 哈囉 / 哈啰 (zh) (hāluó), ciallo (slang) Wu: 儂好 / 侬好 (6non 5hau) Xiang: please add this translation if you can
Choctaw: halito
Chukchi: еттык (ettyk) (formal), ети (eti) (informal), етти (etti) (informal)
Circassian: East Circassian: уузыншэм (wuwuzənšɛm) West Circassian: please add this translation if you can
Coptic: ⲛⲟϥⲣⲓ (nofri)
Cornish: dydh da
Corsican: bonghjornu
Cree: Plains Cree: tânisi
Crimean Tatar: Cyrillic: Мераба Latin: Meraba
Czech: ahoj (cs) , nazdar (cs) (informal), čau (cs) (informal), dobrý den (cs) (formal)
Danish: hej (da) , dav (da) , god dag (formal), hallo (da) , halløj (informal)
Dhivehi: އައްސަލާމު ޢަލައިކުމް (assalāmu ʿalaikum̊)
Dutch: hallo (nl) , hoi (nl) , hai (nl) , hé (nl) , dag (nl) (informal), goeiedag (nl) , goededag (nl) , goedendag (nl) , goeiendag (nl) (formal)
Esperanto: saluton (eo)
Estonian: tere (et) , hei (et)
Faroese: hey , halló , góðan dag
Fijian: bula (fj)
Finnish: terve (fi) , moi (fi) , hei (fi) , moikka (fi)
Fox: ahô
French: bonjour (fr) , salut (fr) (informal), coucou (fr) (informal)
Frisian: West Frisian: hallo , hoi
Friulian: mandi
Fula: mihofnima
Galician: ola (gl) , oula , ouga
Georgian: გამარჯობა (ka) (gamarǯoba), ჰეი (hei)
German: hallo (de) , guten Tag (de) , servus (de) , moin (de) , grüß Gott (de) (Southern German, Austria), Tag (de) (shortened form of guten Tag) Alemannic German: grüezi , sälü (informal), sali (informal), hoi (informal), hello (informal) Bavarian: servus , grias di , pfiati (Timau)
Gilbertese: mauri
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰 (haila)
Greek: γεια (el) (geia), γεια σου (el) sg (geia sou), γεια σας pl (geia sas), χαίρε (el) sg (chaíre) (formal, archaic), χαίρετε (el) pl (chaírete) (formal, archaic) Ancient Greek: χαῖρε sg (khaîre), χαίρετε pl (khaírete), χαῖρε καί ὑγίαινε sg (khaîre kaí hugíaine)
Greenlandic: aluu (kl)
Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify ) maitei (gn)
Gujarati: નમસ્તે (namaste), નમસ્કાર (namaskār)
Haitian Creole: bonjou
Hausa: sannu
Hawaiian: aloha
Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (he) (shalóm), שָׁלוֹם עָלֵיכֶם (he) (shalóm 'aleikhém)
Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) (namaste), नमस्कार (hi) (namaskār) (used among Hindus), सलाम (hi) (salām) (used among Muslims), सत श्री अकाल (sat śrī akāl) (Sikh, hello/goodbye), हेलो (hi) (helo), हलो (halo), सत्य (hi) (satya), आदाब (hi) (ādāb)
Hmong: Green Hmong: nyob zoo White Hmong: nyob zoo
Hungarian: szia (hu) , sziasztok (hu) pl (informal), szervusz (hu) , szervusztok (hu) pl (somewhat formal), heló (hu) , helló (hu) (informal), jó napot (hu) , jó napot kívánok (hu) (formal), üdvözlöm (hu)
Icelandic: halló (is) , hæ (is) , góðan dag (is) , góðan daginn (is)
Ido: hola (io)
Igbo: kèdu
Indonesian: hai (id) , salam (id)
Ingrian: tere , draastui
Interlingua: bon die , salute (ia)
Iquito: juu
Irish: Dia dhuit (formal, singular), Dia dhaoibh (formal, plural), Dia's Muire dhuit (formal, singular, response), Dia's Muire dhaoibh (formal, plural, response)
Isan: please add this translation if you can
Italian: ciao (it) , salve (it) , buongiorno (it) , saluti (it) m pl
Iu Mien: yiem longx nyei
Jamaican Creole: ello , wah gwaan
Japanese: おはよう (ja) (ohayō), おはようございます (ja) (ohayō gozaimasu) (morning), 今日は (ja) (konnichi wa) (daytime), 今晩は (ja) (konban wa) (evening)
Javanese: halo (jv)
Jeju: 반갑수다 (ban-gapsuda), 펜안ᄒᆞ우꽈 (pen-anhawukkwa), 펜안 (pen-an)
Judeo-Tat: шолум (şolum)
Kabyle: azul
Kalmyk: мендвт (mendvt), менд (mend) (informal)
Kannada: ತುಳಿಲು (kn) (tuḷilu), ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (kn) (namaskāra)
Karachay-Balkar: кюнюгюз ашхы болсун (künügüz aşxı bolsun), ассаламу алейкум (assalamu aleykum)
Karelian: terveh , hei
Karen: Pa'o Karen: ခွဲးဟဝ်ဒျာႏ (blk) , မင်္ဂလာႏဒျာႏ (colloquial)
Kashmiri: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: сәлем (sälem) (informal), сәлеметсіздер (sälemetsızder) (formal)
Khmer: ជម្រាបសួរ (cumriəp suə), សួស្តី (suəsdəy)
Khün: please add this translation if you can
Komi: Komi-Permyak: Видза оланныд (Vidźa olannyd)
Korean: 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka) (formal), 안녕하세요 (ko) (annyeonghaseyo) (neutrally formal), 안녕(安寧) (ko) (annyeong) (informal)
Krio: kushɛ
Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: merheba (ku) , silav (ku) , selam (ku)
Kyrgyz: саламатсыздарбы (salamatsızdarbı), салам (ky) (salam)
Ladino: shalom , saludos , bonjur
Lak: салам (salam)
Lakota: háu
Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (lo) (sa bāi dī)
Latin: salvē (la) sg, salvēte (la) pl; avē (la) sg, avēte pl
Latvian: sveiki (informal to more than one person or people of indeterminate gender), sveiks (lv) (to a man), sveika (to a woman), čau (lv) (informal)
Laz: გეგაჯგინას (gegacginas)
Lezgi: салам (salam)
Lithuanian: labas (lt) , sveikas (lt) (informal), sveiki (lt) (formal)
Livonian: tēriņtš
Low German: Low German: moi , moin , hoi , hai , hee (nds) , hallo , gode(n) dag , ge(n)dag
Lü: ᦍᦲᧃᦡᦲ (yiinḋii)
Luo: msawa
Luxembourgish: hallo
Maasai: sopa (to one person), entasupa (to a group)
Macedonian: здраво (zdravo)
Malagasy: manao ahoana? , salama (mg) (Tsimihety)
Malay: helo (ms) , apa khabar (ms) , salam (ms)
Malayalam: ഹലോ (ml) (halō), നമസ്തേ (ml) (namastē), നമസ്കാരം (ml) (namaskāraṁ)
Maltese: bonġu (mt) (before noon), bonswa (after noon), nsellimlek (formal one to one person), nsellmilkom (formal one to more than one person), nsellmulek (formal more than one person to one person), nsellmulkom (formal more than one person to more than one persons), ħelow
Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᠶᡡᠨ (saiyūn)
Māori: kia ora (mi) (informal), tēnā koe (formal to one person), tēnā kōrua (formal to two people), tēnā koutou (formal to three or more people)
Marshallese: io̧kwe , yokwe
Mapudungun: mari mari
Maranungku: yo
Marathi: नमस्कार (mr) (namaskār)
Michif: tánishi , boñjour
Mingrelian: გომორძგუა (gomorʒgua)
Mohawk: sekoh
Mon: မ္ၚဵုရအဴ (mnw)
Mongolian: Cyrillic: сайн уу? (mn) (sajn uu?) (informal), сайн байна уу? (mn) (sajn bajna uu?), сайн байцгаана уу? (sajn bajcgaana uu?) (plural)
Mopan Maya: dʼyoos
Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: hǖhêi
Nahuatl: niltze (nah) , panoltih
Navajo: yáʼátʼééh
Neapolitan: uè
Nepali: नमस्ते (ne) (namaste), नमस्कार (ne) (namaskār)
Norman: baon-n-jour (Guernsey), banjour (Guernsey), boujouo (continental Normandy), bouônjour (Jersey), bwõju (Sark)
Norwegian: Bokmål: hallo (no) , hei (no) , god dag (no) (formal), halla (no) (informal), heisann
Nuosu: please add this translation if you can
Nǀuu: ǃhonkia , ǃʻhûua (Western), nǃʻhonga (Eastern), ǃʻhoangkia , ǃʻhoengkia , ǃʻhûuuwe (Western), nǃʻhongowe (Eastern), ǃʻhoangkica ("hello over there"), ǃʻhoangkiki ("hello there"), ǃʻhuqungkia
Occitan: bonjorn (oc) , adieu-siatz (formal "you"), adieu-siás (informal "you")
Odia: ନମସ୍କାର (or) (namaskāra)
Ojibwe: boozhoo
Okinawan: はいさい m (haisai), はいたい f (haitai), はい n (hai)
Old English: wes hāl
Oromo: akkam
Ossetian: салам (salam), байрай (bajraj), арфӕ (arfæ)
Palauan: alii
Pannonian Rusyn: здраво (zdravo)
Pashto: سلام (ps) (salām), سلام الېک (slāmālék), السلام عليکم (as-salám alaykúm)
Persian: Classical Persian: سَلَام (salām), سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum), دُرود (durōd), دَرُود (darūd), دَرُود (darūd) Dari: سَلَام (salām), سَلَام عَلَیْکُم (salām alaykum) (formal), دُرُود (durūd), دَرُود (darūd) Iranian Persian: سَلام (salâm), سَلام عَلِیْکُم (salâm aleykom) (religious), دُرود (dorud) (literary)
Picard: bojour
Pitcairn-Norfolk: watawieh
Polish: cześć (pl) (informal), witaj (pl) , witajcie , witam (pl) (more formal), dzień dobry (pl) (formal), siema (pl) (informal), czołem (pl) , halo (pl) (on phone), serwus (pl) (colloquial), cześka (colloquial), siemanero (colloquial), hej (pl) , cze , elo (pl)
Portuguese: oi (pt) , olá (pt) , (slang) e aí? (pt)
Punjabi: ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ (sati śrī akāl)
Rapa Nui: 'iorana
Romani: te aves baxtalo (to a male), te aves baxtali (to a female), te aven baxtale (to two or more people)
Romanian: salut (ro) , bună (ro) , noroc (ro) (informal), bună ziua (formal), servus (ro)
Russian: приве́т (ru) (privét) (informal), здоро́во (ru) (zdoróvo) (colloquial), здра́вствуйте (ru) (zdrávstvujte) (formal, first "в " is silent), до́брый день (ru) (dóbryj denʹ), здра́вствуй (ru) (zdrávstvuj) (informal, first "в " is silent), салю́т (ru) (saljút)
Rwanda-Rundi: Kinyarwanda: muraho
Samburu: supa (generic, to an equal or subordinate), entaa supa pl (from a male to a group of males), eserian pl (to a group including females), oyie (generic reply), (please verify ) kejua
Sami: Inari Sami: tiervâ Northern Sami: dearvva , būres Skolt Sami: tiõrv Southern Sami: buaregh
Samoan: talofa
Sanskrit: नमस्कार (sa) (namaskāra), नमस्ते (namaste), नमो नमः (namo namaḥ) (formal)
Santali: ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ (sat) (jôhar)
Scots: hullo
Scottish Gaelic: halò (informal), latha math (formal), (informal) hòigh
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: здра̏во , ћа̑о , ме̏рха̄ба , селам , бог , бок Latin: zdrȁvo (sh) , ćȃo , mȅrhāba , selam (sh) , bog , bok (sh)
Sesotho: lumela
Shan: မႂ်ႇသုင် (shn) (màue sǔng)
Shawnee: hatito
Shona: mhoro
Sicilian: ciao , salutamu , s'abbinidica
Sindhi: هيلو (helo)
Sinhalese: හලෝ (halō), ආයුබෝවන් (si) (āyubōwan)
Situ: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: ahoj (sk) , nazdar (informal), servus (sk) (informal), dobrý deň (formal)
Slovene: žívjo , zdrávo (informal), dóber dán , pozdravljeni (formal)
Somali: ma nabad baa , waa nabad
Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dobry źeń Upper Sorbian: dobry dźeń
Sotho: dumela (st)
Spanish: hola (es) , (familiar) holi (es) , holis (es)
Sundanese: halo , sampurasun (su) , sampurasun (su)
Svan: ხოჩა ლადა̈ღ (xoča ladäɣ)
Swahili: jambo (sw) , salaam
Swedish: hallå (sv) , hej (sv) , god dag (sv) (formal), tjena (sv) , hejsan (sv) (informal), tja (sv)
Tagalog: kamusta (tl) /kumusta (tl) , musta (tl) (slang), hoy (tl) , huy , oy /oi (tl) (informal), uy /ui (informal)
Tajik: салом (salom)
Tamil: வணக்கம் (ta) (vaṇakkam)
Tangsa: äshazhoix
Tatar: сәлам (tt) (sälam)
Telugu: నమసకారం (namasakāraṁ), బాగున్నారా (bāgunnārā)
Tetum: elo , olá
Thai: สวัสดี (th) (sà-wàt-dii), สวัสดีครับ (male speaker), สวัสดีค่ะ (female speaker), หวัดดี (wàt-dii) Northern Thai: สบายดีก่อ Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས (bkra shis bde legs)
Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam)
Tongan: mālō e lelei
Tswana: dumela (tn) (singular, as in dumela, rra , "hello sir"), dumelang (tn) (plural, as in dumelang, borra , "hello gentlemen")
Turkish: merhaba (tr) , selam (tr) , esenlikler Ottoman Turkish: مرحبا (merhaba), سلام (selam)
Turkmen: salam , gowmy? sg, gowmyň pl, gurgunmy
Tuvan: экии (ekii)
Udmurt: ӟечбур (dźećbur), ӟеч (dźeć), чырткем (ćyrtkem), умой (umoj)
Ukrainian: приві́т (uk) (pryvít) (informal), здоро́в був (uk) (zdoróv buv) (informal), добри́день (uk) (dobrýdenʹ) (neutral or formal), чоло́м (čolóm), се́рвус (sérvus), здра́стуйте (zdrástujte), здра́стуй (zdrástuj)
Urdu: سَلام عَلَیکُم (salām 'alaikum), اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیکُم (as-salāmu 'alaikum), اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیکُم وَرَحْمَۃُاللہ وَبَرَکَاتُہ (as-salāmu 'alaikum va-rahmatu-llāh, literally “Peace be upon you & May Allah bless”), آداب (ur) (ādāb)
Uyghur: سالام (salam)
Uzbek: salom (uz)
Venetan: ciao (vec)
Vietnamese: xin chào (vi) , chào (vi)
Volapük: glidis
Walloon: bondjoû (wa) , a (wa) , diewåde (wa) (old)
Welsh: helo (cy) , bore da (good morning), dydd da (good day), hylo
Winnebago: haho (male speaker), hą (female speaker), hinįkaraginʼ
Xhosa: molo sg, molweni pl
Xibe: ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠᡴᡡ ᠨᠠ (baitakū na)
Yakut: эҕэрдэ (eğerde), дорообо (doroobo) (informal)
Yiddish: שלום־עליכם (sholem-aleykhem), אַ גוטן (yi) (a gutn), גוט־מאָרגן (yi) (gut-morgn)
Yoruba: ẹ pẹ̀lẹ́ (polite), pẹ̀lẹ́ (non-polite)
Yup'ik: waqaa , cama-i
Zapotec: Isthmus Zapotec: ola
Zazaki: sılam , namaste
Zhuang: mwngz ndei
Zulu: sawubona (zu) (familiar), sanibonani (plural, respectful)