Hi in Different Languages
Speaking words in Different Languages
Hi in Different Languages
Let's face it; being able to speak multiple languages would be really cool.
How to say hi in different languages
| Language | Hi / 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) |
| Aklan | Kamusta Hay Hi |
| 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 |
| 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 | Shlomo |
| Arapaho | Héébee (m) Tous (f/m>f) |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
բարև(Barev) inf ԲարևՁեզ (Barev dzez) frm |
| Armenian (Western) |
Բարեւ: (Parev) inf Բարեւ ձեզ: (Parev tsez) frm |
| Aromanian | Bunâ dzuâ |
| Arrente | Werte |
| Assamese | নমস্কাৰ (nômôskar) |
| Asturian | Hola Bonos díes |
| Atikamekw | Kwei Matcaci |
| Azeri | Salam Salam əleyküm Əleyküm salam (reply) |
| Bashkir | сәләм (säläm) |
| Basque | Kaixo |
| Bavarian | Seavus Grias god Grias di Moizaid (mealtime greeting) |
| Belarusian | Вітаю (Vitaju) Дзень добры (Dzień dobry) Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzień) Прывітанне (Pryvitańnie) - inf |
| Bengali | নমস্কার (nômoshkar) - for Hindus আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum) স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) - for Muslims |
| Bhojpuri | प्रणाम (prannam) |
| 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 | Hi Hoy Uy |
| 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) |
| Cherokee | ᎣᏏᏲ (Osiyo) 'ᏏᏲ (Siyo) |
| Chichewa | Moni |
| 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) 大家好！ (dâka hō!) - Hi everybody 饭吃过伐？ (ve qik gu va?) 飯吃了嗎？ - "have you eaten?" |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
你好 (lí-hó) - sg 恁好 (lín-hó) - pl |
| Chinese (Teochew) |
汝好 (leu2 ho2) |
| Chipewyan | ʔédlánet’é |
| Choctaw | Halito |
| Cimbrian | Guuten takh! |
| Cornish | Dydh da Hou Ha Hou sos Lowena dhis (sg) Lowena dhywgh (pl) |
| Corsican | Salute Bonghjornu |
| Croatian | Bok Ćao Dobar Dan |
| Cuyonon | Hi ; Kamosta? |
| Czech | Ahoj (inf) Čau (inf) Čus (inf) Nazdar (inf) Dobrý (inf) Dobrý den (frm) |
| Danish | Hej |
| Dutch | Hallo Goededag Goeiedag (inf) |
| Efik | Mɔkɔm |
| Elfdalian | Hej Høj Góðdag |
| English (British) | Hi Hi (inf) |
| Estonian | Tere Tervist |
| 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 (Sater) | Gouden Dai |
| Frisian (West) | Hoi Goeie A goeie Goedei |
| Friulian | Mandi |
| Galician | Ola |
| Georgian | გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) |
| German | Hallo Guten Tag Servus (used in Austria & Bavaria) Moin |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Ido | Saluto Bona jorno |
| Igbo | kedụ |
| Inari Saami | Tiervâ Pyeri peivi (good day) |
| Indonesian | Hi Apa kabar? |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᐃ (Ai) ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ (Ainngai) |
| Iñupiaq | Halauġikpiñ |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Dia dhuit (sg) Dia dhaoibh (pl) Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) - reply Dia is Muire dhaoibh (pl) - reply |
| Italian | Ciao Salve |
| Jutish | Godaw |
| Japanese | 今日は (konnichiwa) おっす (ossu) - used between close male friends |
| Javanese | Halo |
| Jèrriais | Salut Bouônjour |
| Kalmyk | Сән бәәцхәнт! (Sän bäätsxänt) Мендвт (Mendvt) Менд (Mend) - inf |
| Kashubian | Witôjze |
| Kannada | ನಮಸ್ತೆ (namaste) ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (namaskāra) |
| Kashmiri | Assalām ‘alaikum (>Muslims) Namaskār (>Hindus) Halo (inf) आदाब । (aadaab) |
| Kazakh | Сәлем! (Sälem!) - inf Сәлеметсіз бе? (Sälemetsiz be?) - frm |
| Khmer | ជំរាបសួរ (johm riab sua) - frm surs dey (inf) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | Halau |
| Kinyarwanda | Muraho / Bite (inf) |
| Kiribati | Ko na mauri Mauri |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka) - frm 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) - inf 안녕 (annyeong) - inf |
| !Kung San | !kao |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Merheba Silav Silamun eleykum Rojbaş (inf) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Sillaw Ew kata bash Em kata bash |
| 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 |
| Lakota Sioux | Hau (m) |
| Lao | ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) |
| Latin | Heus (inf) Ave Salve (sg) Salvete (pl) |
| Latvian | Sveiki |
| Limburgish | Hallo |
| Lithuanian | Labas Sveikas Sveiki |
| Low Saxon | Moin |
| Lozi | Lumela (sg) Mlumeleng (pl) |
| Lule Sámi | Buoris |
| Luxembourgish | Moien Salut |
| Macedonian | Здраво (Zdravo) |
| Malagasy | Manao ahoana e |
| Malay | Selamat pagi (good morning) Selamat petang (good afternoon) Selamat malam (good night) Assalamualaikum (used by Muslims) |
| Malayalam | നമസ്തെ (namaste) നമസ്കാരം (namaskaram) |
| Mam | Jeeka, ma tzuula (sg) Jeeka, ma chi uula (pl) Ma (reply) |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Moghrey mie (morning) Fastyr mie (afternoon / evening) |
| Maldivian | Assalaamu Alaikum (frm) Kihineh? (inf) |
| 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) |
| Mongolian | Сайн уу? (Sain uu?) Сайн байна уу? (Sain baina uu) |
| Nahuatl | Niltze Tialli Pialli |
| Navajo | Yá'át'ééh |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | ज्वजलपा |
| Ndebele (Northern) | Salibonani |
| Nepali | नमस्ते (namaste) |
| Northern Sámi | Bures Bures bures (reply) |
| Northern Sotho | Dumêlang Thôbêla Helele Hai |
| Norwegian | Goddag Hei Morn |
| Occitan | Bonjorn! Adieu! Adieussiatz! |
| Ojibwe | Aniin (inf) Bozhoo (frm) |
| Old English | Ēalā |
| Oriya | ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) ଶୁଣିବେ? (sunibe?) ହାଏ (hāē) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Romani | Sastipe! Lachho dives (Good day) Kushti divvus (British Romany) |
| Romanian | Salut Bună ziua |
| Romansh | Ciao Tgau Allegra |
| Russian | Здравствуйте! (Zdravstvujte!) - frm Привет! (Privet!) - inf |
| Sakha | бирибиэт (biribiet) - frm Дорообо (doroobo) - inf |
| Samoan | Talofa / Falopa |
| Sanskrit | नमस्ते (namaste) नमो नमः (namo namaḥ) नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Bone die |
| Scots | Hi |
| Scottish Gaelic | Halò Ciamar a tha thu? (inf) Ciamar a tha sibh? (frm/pl) |
| Serbian | Здраво (Zdravo) |
| Sesotho | Lumela Dumela (sg) Dumelang (pl) Helele |
| Shona | Mhoro (sg) Mhoroi (pl) |
| Sicilian | Ciau Salutamu Assa binidica Sabbinidica [assabbini'ɾika] (formal for elderly people) |
| Sinhala | ආයුඛෝවන් (āyubūvan) |
| Slovak | Ahoj (sg/inf) Ahojte (pl/frm) Nazdar Servus |
| Slovenian | Pozdravljeni Živjo Zdravo (in cities) |
| Somali | Is ka warran |
| Southern Sámi | Buaregh Bööresth Buerie biejjie (Good day) |
| Spanish | ¡Hola! |
| Stellingwarfs | Hoj |
| Sundanese | Halo (borrowed from Indonesian) |
| Swahili | Habari (inf) Hujambo (sg) Hamjambo (pl) Sijambo (reply) |
| 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) Hi Hi |
| Tahitian | Ia ora na |
| 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) |
| Tok Pisin | Gude Hi Hai |
| Tongan | Mālō e lelei (inf) Mālō ‘etau lava (frm) |
| Tsonga | Avuxeni Ahee (reply) |
| Tswana | Dumela |
| Tsez | АсаламугIалейкум! (Asalamuʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Salamʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Biziyä!) (>f) Изийаь! (Iziyä!) (>m) Ризийаь! (Riziyä!) (>pl) |
| Turkish | Merhaba Selam İyi günler |
| 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 | Salom |
| Venda | I nhlikanhi |
| Venetian | Ciao! |
| Vietnamese | Chào anh (>m) Chào chị (>f) |
| Võro | Tereq |
| Walloon | Bondjoû |
| Warlpiri | Ngurrju mayinpa |
| Welsh | Helô Hylô Shwmae S'mae |
| 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 Ma be xér Demê şıma be xeyr |
| Zulu | Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl) |
