In programming of any kind, it is traditional to create a Hello World app for your first project. This simply means you’re printing the words “Hello World” to the screen. His is a hard act to follow, and our hope is that Hello World will hold true to the vision behind Switched ON. There are some fantastic features inside Hello World. Educators and teachers will find them invaluable, but we think they’re interesting to anybody into computing in general.
This page shows equivalents of 'hello' or similar general greetings in many languages. It also shows how to say 'hello' on the telephone, if there is a different way of doing so.
Guide to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, sg = singular (said sg), dl = dual (said to two people), pl = plural (said to three or more people), rsp = respectful form, m = said by men, f = said by women
Click on any of the phrases that are links to hear them spoken. If you can provide recordings, corrections or additional translations, please contact me.
To see more phrases in each language click on the language names. If you'd like to see these phrases in any combination of two languages, try the Phrase Finder.
| Language | Hello / general greetings |
|---|---|
| Abkhaz | Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) Бзиара убааит (Bziara ubaait) - m Бзиара ббааит (Bziara bbaait) - f Бзиара жәбааит (Bziara žəbaait) - pl |
| Adyghe | Фэсапщы Сэлам (inf) |
| Afrikaans | Haai (inf) Hallo Goeie dag (frm) |
| Akkadian | (allû) (šulmu) |
| Aklan | Kamusta Hay Hello |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Fâla Mir-dita (good day) Qysh je? Si je? Tun-gât-jeta (may your life be longer) |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Ç'kemi Tungjatjeta |
| Aleut | Aang |
| Alsatian | Hallo Güete Tag Buschur Güata Tàg Göte Tàij Grias di wohl Salü |
| Altay | Эзендер (Ezender) - frm Эзен (Ezen) - inf |
| Amharic | ሰላም። (sälam) [peace] - inf ታዲያስ። (tadyass) - inf [how is it?] - inf ጤና ይስጥልኝ። (ṭenaisṭəlləň) >frm [may he (God) give you health on my behalf] |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | (as-salām 'alaykum) السلام عليكم rsp - (wa 'alaykum as-salām) و عليكم السلام inf - (marḥaban) مرحبا |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (is salām 'alaykum) ألسّلام عليكم rsp - (wa 'alaykum is salām) وعليكم السّلام (ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً rsp - (ahlan beek) أهلاً بيك inf - (ahlan) أهلاً |
| Arabic (Lebanese) | Mar7aba |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (ssalamū 'lekum) اسلا عليكم |
| Aragonese | Ola |
| Aramaic | Shl'am lak שלמלך (＞m) Sh'lam lek שלמלך (＞f) Sh'lam l-kon (＞mpl) Sh'lam l-ken (＞fpl) |
| Arapaho | Héébee (>m) Tous (>f) |
| Armenian (Eastern) | բարև (Barev) inf ԲարևՁեզ (Barev dzez) frm |
| Armenian (Western) | Բարեւ: (Parev) inf Բարեւ ձեզ: (Parev tsez) frm |
| Aromanian | Bunâ dzuâ |
| Arrernte | Werte |
| Assamese | নমস্কাৰ (nômôskar) |
| Asturian | Hola Bonos díes |
| Atikamekw | Kwei Matcaci |
| Aymara | Laphi! Jay |
| Azerbaijani | Salam Salam əleyküm Əleyküm salam (reply) |
| Balinese | Swastyastu Om swastyastu (May peace be with you) |
| Bambara | I ni ce (sg) Aw ni ce (pl) |
| Barbareño | Haku' |
| Bashkir | сәләм (säläm) |
| Basque | Kaixo |
| Batak (Toba) | Horas |
| Batsbi | მარშიხ ვალ (>m) (Maršix val) მარშიხ ჲალ (>f) (Maršix yal) |
| Bavarian | Seavus Grias god Grias di Moizaid (mealtime greeting) |
| Belarusian | Вітаю (Vitaju) Дзень добры (Dzień dobry) Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzień) Прывітанне (Pryvitańnie) - inf |
| Bemba | Shani Ulishani (inf) Mulishani (frm) Mwapoleni mukwai Eya mukwai (reply) |
| Bengali | নমস্কার (Nômôskar) - for Hindus আসসালামু আলাইকুম (Asôlamu alaikum) - for Muslims |
| Bhojpuri | प्रणाम (prannam) |
| Bikol | Hello |
| Bislama | Halo |
| Bosnian | Dobar dan (frm) Zdravo |
| Breton | Salud Mat an traoù? Mat an traoù ganit? (inf) Mat an traoù ganeoc'h (frm/pl) |
| Bulgarian | Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm Здравей (Zdravej) inf Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf Привет (Privet) - regards, greetings |
| Burmese | မဂႆလာပၝ (min-ga-la-ba) |
| Cape Verdean Creole | Olá Oi |
| Catalan | Hola Bon dia |
| Cebuano | Hello Hoy Uy |
| Central Dusun | Kopisanangan |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Que tal? Hola! |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Ola |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) | Håfa ådai Buenas |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) | Hafa Adai |
| Chechen | Салам (Salam) Маршалла ду хьоьга (Marşalla du ẋöga) - sg Маршалла ду шуьга (Marşalla du şüga) - pl |
| Cherokee | ᎣᏏᏲ (Osiyo) - frm ᏏᏲ (Siyo) - inf ᏏᏳ (Siyu) - inf |
| Chichewa | Moni Moni onse (hello all of you) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 你好 (néih hóu) |
| Chinese (Hakka) | 你好 (ngi2 ho3) 你好冇？ (ngi2 ho3 mo?) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 你好 (nǐ hǎo) - inf 您好 (nín hǎo) - frm |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) | 侬好 (nóng hō) [nʊŋ.hɔ] 大家好！ (gawêi hō!) - Hello everybody 饭吃过伐？ (ve che gu va?) - 'Have you eaten?' 饭吃过了伐？ (ve che gu le va?) - 'Have you eaten?' 侬吃过饭了伐？ (nóng che gu ve le va?) - 'Have you eaten?' 吃过了？ (che gu le) - 'I've eaten' - reply |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 你好 (lí-hó) - sg 恁好 (lín-hó) - pl |
| Chinese (Teochew) | 汝好 (leu2 ho2) 汝食饱无？ (leu2 ziah8 ba2 bho5?) - 'Have you eaten?' |
| Chipewyan | ʔédlánet’é |
| Choctaw | Halito |
| Chuukese | Ran annim |
| Chuvash | Салам! (Salam!) |
| Cimbrian | Guuten takh! |
| Coastal Kadazan | Kopivosian |
| Comanche | Marʉ́awe (sg) Marʉ́awebu̱kwu̱ (dl) Haa marʉ́awe (pl) Haa marʉ́awe (Hi) Marʉ́awekwai (Tell me all about it) |
| Cornish | Dydh da Hou Ha Hou sos Lowena dhis (sg) Lowena dhywgh (pl) |
| Corsican | Salute Bonghjornu |
| Cree | ᑕᓂᓯ (Tanisi) ᐙᒋᔮ (Waachiyaa) |
| Croatian | Bok Dobar Dan |
| Crow | Sho'daache Kahée |
| Cupeño | Míyaxwe |
| Cuyonon | Hello Kamosta? |
| Czech | Ahoj (inf) Čau (inf) Čus (inf) Nazdar (inf) Dobrý (inf) Dobrý den (frm) |
| Danish | Hej |
| Dari | (As-salâmo 'alaykom) ااسال م عليكم |
| Dholuo | Misawa (frm) Misawa ahinya (reply) Ber (inf) Ber ahinya (reply) |
| Dutch | Hallo Goededag Goeiedag (inf) Hoi Daag Doei |
| Dzongkha | སྐུ་གཟུགས་བཟང་པོ་ལགས། (Kuzu zangpo la) - frm སྐུ་གཟུགས་བཟང་པོ། (Kuzu zangpo) - inf |
| Efik | Mọkọm Ekọm do |
| Elfdalian | Häj ą̊ dig! |
| English (British) | Hello Hi (inf) |
| Estonian | Tere Tervist |
| Extremaduran | Ola! Buenas! Heu! (inf) Híu! (inf) Yeu! (inf) Hai! (inf) |
| Faroese | Hallo Hey |
| Fijian | Bula (inf) Drau bula (dl) Dou bula (pl) Nibula (mp) |
| Finnish | Terve Hyvää päivää Päivää Moi Hei |
| French | Bonjour (frm) Salut (inf) |
| Frisian (North) | Moin Guundach |
| Frisian (Saterland) | Gouden Dai Hallo Hoi Goeie |
| Frisian (West) | Hoi Goeie A goeie Goedei |
| Friulian | Mandi |
| Galician | Ola |
| Garhwali | सिवासौँळी/ढकुली |
| Garifuna | Buiti binafi |
| Georgian | გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) |
| German | Hallo Guten Tag Servus (used in Austria & Bavaria) Moin (used in Northern Germany) |
| Greek (Ancient) | Χαῖρε! (Khaíre!) - sg Χαίρετε! (Khaírete!) - pl |
| Greek (Modern) | Γειά! (Ya) - inf Γειά σου (Ya su) - inf Γειά σας (Ya sas) - frm |
| Greenlandic | Aluu (inf) Inuugujoq Kutaa (frm) |
| Gujarati | નમસ્તે (namaste) |
| Haitian Creole | Bonjou |
| Hausa | Sannu Salama alaikum A gaishai ka Amin. Alaikum salam (reply) |
| Hawaiian | Aloha |
| Hebrew | (Shalom) שלום |
| Herero | Tjike? Koree? |
| Himba | Mono |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (namaste) नमस्कार (namaskār) |
| Hmong (White) | Nyob zoo (live well) |
| Hungarian | Jó napot kívánok Szervusz Szia |
| Icelandic | Halló Góðan dag Góðan daginn Sæll (>m) Sæl (>f) Sæll vertu (>m) Sæl vertu (>f) Komdu sæll (>m) Komdu sæl (>f) Komdu sæll og blessaður (>m) Komdu sæl og blessað (>f) Blessaður (>m) Blessað (>f) |
| Igbo | Kedụ |
| Iloko | Kablaaw |
| Inari Saami | Tiervâ Pyeri peivi (good day) |
| Indonesian | Hi Apa kabar? Salam sejahtera (frm) |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᐃ (Ai) ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ (Ainngai) |
| Iñupiaq | Haluu Hai Haluuġikpiñ (to one person) Haluuġivsik (to two people) Haluuġivsi (to three or more people) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Dia dhuit (sg) Dia dhaoibh (pl) Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) - reply Dia is Muire dhaoibh (pl) - reply |
| Italian | Ciao Salve |
| Ivilyuat (Cahuilla) | Míyaxwen |
| Jamaican | Ello Hail up Waa gwaan? (What's going on?) Gud day |
| Japanese | 今日は (konnichiwa) おっす (ossu) - used between close male friends |
| Javanese | ꦲꦭꦺꦴ (Halo) |
| Jenesch | Puiznu |
| Jèrriais | Salut Bouônjour |
| Jutish | Godaw |
| Kalmyk | Мендвт (Mendvt) Менд (Mend) inf |
| Karuk | Ayukîi |
| Kashubian | Witéj (sg/inf) Witéjże (sg/inf) Witéjta (pl/frm) Witéjtaż (pl/frm) |
| Kannada | ನಮಸ್ತೆ (namaste) ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (namaskāra) |
| Kashmiri | Assalām ‘alaikum (>Muslims) Namaskār (>Hindus) Halo (inf) आदाब । (aadaab) |
| Kawaiisu | Hagare'enaam |
| Kazakh | Сәлем! (Sälem!) - inf Сәлеметсіз бе? (Sälemetsiz be?) - frm |
| Khmer | ជំរាបសួរ (chôm rab suôr) - frm សួស្ដី (suô-stei) - inf |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | Halau |
| Kikuyu | wĩmwega |
| Kinyarwanda | Muraho Bite (inf) |
| Kiribati | Ko na mauri (sg) Kam na mauri (pl) Kam na bane ni Mauri (addressing large crowds) Mauri |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka) - frm 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) - inf 안녕 (annyeong) - inf |
| Kumeyaay (Diegueño) | Haawka |
| !Kung San | !kao |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Rojbash (frm) - Good day Ser chava ser sera (inf) Silav |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Sillaw Ew kata bash Em kata bash (Çonî?) چۆنی |
| Kyrgyz | Салам! (Salam!) - sg/inf Саламатсыңбы! (Salamatsyngby!) - sg/inf Саламатсыңарбы! (Salamatsyngarby!) - sg/inf Саламатсызбы! (Salamatsyzby!) - sg/frm Саламатсыздарбы! (Salamatsyzdarby!) - pl/frm Саламатчылык! (Salamatchylyk) - reply/frm Ассалом алейкум! (Assalom aleykum!) - m/>m Алейкум Ассалам! (Aleykum Assalam!) - reply Саламат! (Salamat!) - short reply Саламатчылык! (Salamatchylyk) - full reply Арыбаңыз! (Arybangyz!) - sg/frm Бар болуңуз! (Bar bolunguz!) - reply |
| Ladino | (Buenos diyas) בוינוס דייאס |
| Lakota Sioux | Hau (m) |
| Lao | ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) |
| Latin | Heus (inf) Ave Salve (sg) Salvete (pl) |
| Latvian | Sveiki |
| Laz | გეგაჯგინას (Gegacginas) [inf] ხელა დო კაობათე (Xela do ǩaobate) [frm] |
| Lezgi | Салам алейкум (Salam alejkum) Салам виридаз (salam viridaz) - 'hello to everyone' Салам (Salam) |
| Limburgish | Hallo |
| Lingala | Mbote Mbote na yo (sg) Mbote na bino (pl) Sango nini |
| Lithuanian | Labas Sveikas Sveiki |
| Low Saxon | Moin |
| Lozi | Lumela (sg) Mlumeleng (pl) |
| Luganda | Gyebale ko (Thanks for your work) Gyebale ko, nnyabo (Hello madam) Gyebale ko, ssebo (Hello sir) Ki kati? Oli otya (sg) Muli mutya (pl) Ka jambo (inf) Ogamba ki? (inf - What do you say?) Ogamba otya? (inf - How do you say?) |
| Lule Sámi | Buoris |
| Luiseño | Mííyu |
| Luxembourgish | Moien Salut |
| Macedonian | Здраво (Zdravo) |
| Magahi | परनाम /pərna:m/ (to elder speaker) शुभ प्यार /subʱ pja:r/ (to younger speaker) |
| Maithili | Pranam (frm) Halchal ki chho? (inf) |
| Malagasy | Manao ahoana (inf) Manao ahoana e (frm) |
| Malay | Selamat pagi (good morning) Selamat petang (good afternoon) Selamat malam (good night) Assalamualaikum (used by Muslims) |
| Malayalam | നമസ്തേ (namastē) നമസ്കാരം (namaskaram) |
| Mam | Jeeka, ma tzuula (sg) Jeeka, ma chi uula (pl) Ma (reply) |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Moghrey mie (morning) Fastyr mie (afternoon / evening) |
| Maldivian | frm - (Assalaamu Alaikum) އައްސަލާމު ޢަލައިކުމް inf - (Kihineh?) ކިހިނެހް؟ |
| Maltese | Ħello Hawn Aw |
| Māori | Kia ora Kia ora rā kōrua (dl) Kia ora koutou (pl) Tēnā koe (sg/frm) Tēnā kōrua (dl/frm) Tēnā koutou (pl/frm) |
| Marathi | नमस्कार (namaskār) |
| Marshallese | Io̧kwe (sg) Io̧kwe io̧kwe Io̧kwe kom̧ (pl) Io̧kwe aolep (hello everyone) |
| Mauritian Creole | Bonzur |
| Míkmaq | Gwe’ |
| Mon | ဟာဲ (hāai) |
| Monégasque | Ciau Bon girunu Bungiurnu |
| Mongolian | Сайн уу? (Sain uu?) Сайн байна уу? (Sain baina uu) |
| Mono | Manahúú |
| Mossi | Ne y windiga |
| Nahuatl | Niltze Tialli Pialli |
| Nauruan | Ekamowir omo |
| Navajo | Yá'át'ééh |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | ज्वजलपा |
| Nkore | Oraire ota? (How was your night?) Agandi (Other news) Ni marungi (Good news - reply) |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Salibonani |
| Ndebele (Southern) | Lotjhani Sawubona (sg) Salibonani (pl) Yebo (reply) |
| Nepali | नमस्ते (namaste) |
| Niuean | Fakaalofa atu Fakaalofa atu ki o koe (sg) Fakaalofa atu ki a mua (dl) Fakaalofa atu ki a mutolu (pl) |
| Nogai | Салам! Амансызба! Аман-эсен-сизбе! Аьруьвсизбе! Яхшымысыз? Салам алейкум! (Ас-саляму алейкум!) ('Peace to you!') Алейкум салам! (Ва алейкум ас-салам!) - reply |
| Northern Sámi | Bures Bures bures (reply) |
| Northern Sotho | Dumêlang Thôbêla Helele Hai |
| Norwegian | Goddag Hei Morn |
| Obispeño (Northern Chumash) | Hatʸu |
| Occitan | Bonjorn! Adieu! Adieussiatz! |
| Ojibwe | Aniin (inf) Bozhoo (frm) |
| Okinawan | 今日拝なびら (chuu wuganabira) はいさい (haisai) m はいたい (haitai) f へーさい (heesai) m (Shuri) へーたい (heetai) f (Shuri) 今日や早く起きそーいびーんやー (chuuya feeku ukisooibiinyaa) - frm (lit. You're early today) |
| Old English | Wes hāl (sg) Wesaþ hāle (pl) Wesaþ hāla (pl/f) |
| Old Prussian | Ƿes hāl |
| Omaha | Ahó (m>m) Dúda! |
| Oriya | ନମସ୍କାର (Namascāra) ଶୁଣିବେ? (Śuṇib?) ହାଏ (Hāe) |
| Palauan | Alii |
| Papiamento | Bon dia Halo |
| Pashto | (khe chare) ښې چارې (salaam) سلام (as-salaamu' alaykum) السلام عايكم |
| Persian (Farsi) | (dorood) درود (salâm) سلام |
| Picard | Bojour Bojour mes gins (frm) Salut ti z'aute (inf) |
| Pitjantjatjara | Wai Wai palya |
| Polish | Cześć (inf) Siema (vinf) Siemano (vinf) |
| Pohnpeian | Kasalehlie Kaselehlie maing (sg) Kaselehlie maing ko (pl) Kaslel (inf) Selel (inf) |
| Portuguese | Olá |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa! |
| Punjabi | ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ। / ست سِری اَکال (sat srī akāl) ਨਮਸਕਾਰ / نمسکار (namaskar) |
| Quechua | Rimaykullayki Napaykullayki |
| Rapa Nui | 'Iorana Pe hē 'Iorana |
| Réunion Creole | Bonzour Adié té Adié zot tout' |
| Romani | Sastipe! Lachho dives (Good day) Lachi tiri divés (Good day to you) Kushti divvus (British Romany) |
| Romanian | Salut Bună ziua |
| Romansh | Ciao Tgau Allegra |
| Russian | Здравствуйте! (Zdrastvujte!) - frm Привет! (Privet!) - inf Приветик (Privetik!) - inf |
| Rusyn | Слава Исусу Христу (Slava Ysusu Chrystu) Слава на вікы (Slava na viky) - reply |
| Sakha | бирибиэт (biribiet) - frm Дорообо (doroobo) - inf |
| Samoan | Malō (inf) Malō soifua (frm) Tālofa |
| Sango | Bara mo Balaô |
| Sanskrit | नमस्ते (namaste) नमो नमः (namo namaḥ) नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) |
| Sardinian (Campidanese) | Saludi |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Bone die |
| Scots | Hullo |
| Scottish Gaelic | Halò Ciamar a tha thu? (inf) Ciamar a tha sibh? (frm/pl) |
| Serbian | Здраво (Zdravo) |
| Serrano | Haminat |
| Sesotho | Lumela Dumela (sg) Dumelang (pl) Helele |
| Shona | Mhoro (sg) Mhoroi (pl) |
| Sicilian | Ciau Salutamu Assa binidica Sabbinidica [assabbini'ɾika] (formal for elderly people) |
| Sindhi | used among Muslims - (Salāmu) سَلامُ (Asalāmu alekum) السلام عليڪم reply - (Walekum asalām) اسماء: وعلیکم السلام used among Hindus - (Namaste) نَمَستي used between men - (Sāīn, sāīn) سائيِن، سائيِن women to men - (Adā) اَدا to women - (Adī) اَديِ |
| Sinhala | ආයුඛෝවන් (āyubūvan) |
| Slovak | Dobry den Ahoj (sg/inf) Ahojte (pl/inf) Nazdar Servus |
| Slovenian | Pozdravljeni Živjo Zdravo (in cities) |
| Solresol | Simi |
| Somali | Salaam alaykum Wa alaykum salaam (reply) Iska warran Alhamdulillah, waan iska fiicanahay (reply) Waan fiicanahay (reply) |
| Sorbian (Lower) | Dobry źeń (frm) Ja śi strowim (inf) Buź strowjona (inf) |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Dobry dźeń Ja će strowju (inf) Budź strowjeny (inf) |
| Southern Sámi | Buaregh Bööresth Buerie biejjie (Good day) |
| Spanish | ¡Hola! |
| Stellingwarfs | Hoj |
| Sundanese | Sampurasun Rampés (reply) |
| Swahili | Habari (inf) Hujambo (sg) Hamjambo (pl) |
| Swazi | Sawubona (sg - Do you see me?) Sanibonani (pl - Do you see me all?) Yebo (reply = yes) |
| Swedish | God dag (frm) Hej (inf) Hallå (inf) Tjena Tja (vinf) |
| Swiss German | Grüezi (frm) Sali (inf) Grüezi mittenand (pl/frm) Sali zämme (pl/inf) |
| Tagalog | Musta? (inf) Kumusta? (frm) Hello Hi |
| Tahitian | 'Ia ora na |
| Tajik | Ассалому алейкум (Assalomu alejkym) Ва алайкум ассалом (Valajkum assalom) - reply Салом (Salom) - inf |
| Tamil (formal) | வணக்கம்! (vaṇakkam) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | வணக்க0! (vaṇakkã) [fm] |
| Tatar | Isänme(sez) Sawmı(sız) Sälam (inf) |
| Telugu | నమస్కారం (namaskārām) |
| Tetum | Elo Hi |
| Teribe | Miga (said by a visitor) Kobe (said to a visitor) |
| Thai | สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee) |
| Tibetan | བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། (tashi delek)* |
| Tigrinya | ሰላም (selam) |
| Tokelauan | Tālofa (sg - greetings to you) Mālō (sg) Tālofa nī (dl) Mālō nī (dl) Fakatālofa atu kia te koulua (pl) Fakatālofa atu kia te koutou (pl) |
| Tok Pisin | Gude Hi Hai |
| Tongan | Mālō e lelei (inf) Mālō ‘etau lava (frm) |
| Tongva (Gabrielino) | Miiyiha' Nechoochon (Greetings) |
| Tsonga | Xewani Avuxeni (sg) Ahee (reply) |
| Tsotsil | K'uxi Alo Alotalel Jech Lek |
| Tswana | Dumela |
| Tsez | АсаламугIалейкум! (Asalamuʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Salamʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Biziyä!) (>f) Изийаь! (Iziyä!) (>m) Ризийаь! (Riziyä!) (>pl) |
| Tumbuka | Monile Monire a mama (>f) Monire a dada (>m) Monire a gogo (>eld) Monire mose (>pl) |
| Turkish | Merhaba Selam İyi günler |
| Turkmen | Salam Salawmaleýkim (frm/m) Waleýkim essalam (frm/m - reply) Waleýkim (frm/f - reply) |
| Ukrainian | Вітаю (Vitayu) - frm Агов (Ahov) - inf |
| Ulch | Сородэ |
| Urdu | (āssālam 'alaykum) السلام علیکم reply - (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام inf - (salām) سلام |
| Uyghur | ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم! frm - (Ässalamu äläykum!) ۋەئەلەيكۇم ئەسسالام! reply - (Wä'äläykum ässalam!) ياخشىمۇسىز! inf - (Yaxshimusız!) |
| Uzbek | Assalomu Alaykum (frm) Salom (inf) |
| Venda | I nhlikanhi Ndaa (m) Aa (f) |
| Venetian | Ciao! |
| Veps | Tervhen Tervhen eläd |
| Vietnamese | Chào anh (>m) Chào chị (>f) |
| Võro | Tereq |
| Walloon | Bondjoû (Good day) Eh, Bondjou ! Diè wåde (God keep you) A (Hi) Salut ! |
| Warlpiri | Ngurrju mayinpa |
| Welsh | Helô Hylô Shwmae S'mae |
| Westrobothnian | Hej Heddu |
| Wolof | Na nga def (sg) Na ngeen def (pl) Salaam aleekum |
| Xhosa | Molo (sg) Molweni (pl) |
| Yapese | Mogethin |
| Yiddish | (A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טאָג |
| Yoruba | Ẹ n lẹ |
| Yucatec Maya | Ba'ax ka wa'alik? |
| Zazaki | Selam Merheba Xêr bo Demweş |
| Zulu | Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl) |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Saluton |
| Interlingua | Bon die! Salute! (on meeting) Holla! (to call attention) Vide! (to express surprise) |
| Klingon | nuqneH () ('What do you want?') - general 'greeting' used when confronted by another) |
| Quenya | Aiya! (Hail) - frm Aia! Ala! Alar! Alasse! Alla! Namárië (Be well) Mára rë (Good day) Máriessë! (In happiness!) Hara máriessë! (Stay in happiness!) Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo - frm (A star shall shine on the hour of our meeting) Mántielvo (inf) |
| Volapük | Glidö! |
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Hello on the phone
How to say hello on the telephone in many languages.
| Language | Hello (on phone) |
|---|---|
| Adyghe | Алло |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Alo |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Alo |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | ('āllō) آلو |
| Arabic (Moroccan) | (alu) الو |
| Armenian (Eastern) | ալլո (Alló) |
| Assamese | হেল্ল' (hello) |
| Bengali | হ্যালো (Hyalo) |
| Bikol | Hello |
| Bosnian | Halo Molim |
| Bulgarian | Ало (Alo) |
| Burmese | ဟဲလို? (hello) |
| Catalan | Hola? Si? Digui? |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 喂 (wái) |
| Chinese (Hakka) | 噯 (oi) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 喂 (wéi) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 喂 (ôe) |
| Czech | Haló |
| Danish | Hallo |
| Elfdalian | Häj! Allo! |
| English (British) | Hello |
| Extremaduran | Sí? Diga? |
| Finnish | Haloo? |
| French | Allô ? |
| Georgian | ალო (alo) გისმენთ (gisment) |
| German | Hallo |
| Greek (Modern) | Έλα (Éla) - inf Λέγετε (Léyete) - frm Εμπρός (Embrós) - inf Παρακαλώ; (Parakaló?) - inf |
| Greenlandic | Haluu |
| Hebrew | (Halo) הלו |
| Hindi | हेलो (helo) |
| Hungarian | Halló |
| Indonesian | Halo |
| Italian | Pronto? |
| Japanese | もしもし (moshi moshi) |
| Kalmyk | Алло (Allo) |
| Kiribati | Hello |
| Korean | 여보세요 (yeoboseyo) |
| Kumyk | Алло! (Allo!) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Elu |
| Lithuanian | Alio |
| Okinawan | もしもし (moshi moshi) |
| Macedonian | Ало (Alo) |
| Magahi | हलो /həlo:/ हेलो /heːloː/ |
| Mongolian | Байна уу (Baina uu) |
| Nogai | Алло? |
| Norwegian | Hallo |
| Polish | Halo Słucham |
| Portuguese | Está lá? Estou sim? Estou? Hâlo |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Alô? |
| Romanian | Alo |
| Russian | Алло? (Allo?) |
| Rusyn | Вітай (Vitaj) Агой (Ahoj) |
| Serbian | Молим (Molim) |
| Sinhala | හලෝ (halō) |
| Slovenian | Halo |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Hallo Csesc |
| Spanish | ¡Diga! ¡Dígame! ¿Sí? ¿Bueno? ¡Hola! ¿Aló? |
| Tagalog | Musta? (inf) Kumusta? (frm) Hello Hi |
| Thai | ฮัลโหล (hanlǒh) |
| Tokelauan | Tālofa |
| Tsotsil | K'uxi Alo Alotalel Jech Lek |
| Turkish | Alo, Efendim |
| Tuvaluan | Tālofa! |
| Ukrainian | Алло (Allo) Слухаю (Sluchaju) |
| Urdu | (helo) ەيلو |
| Uyghur | ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم! frm - (Ässalamu äläykum!) ۋېي! from Chinese 喂 - inf - (Wey!) |
| Uzbek | Labbay! |
| Vietnamese | Á-lô! |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Halo |
| Ido | Saluto Bona jorno |
| Interlingua | Hallo! |
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Links & sources
Hello in many languages
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/hello.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello
World Telephone Cultures
http://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=HelloOnTelephoneWorldwide
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