How to Say Hi in 100 Different Languages
May 3rd, 2023 - Vera
Here are ways to say “hi” in 100 different languages:
- English: hi
- Spanish: hola
- French: bonjour
- German: hallo
- Italian: ciao
- Portuguese: oi
- Dutch: hallo
- Swedish: hej
- Norwegian: hei
- Danish: hej
- Finnish: hei
- Icelandic: hæ
- Greek: γεια σου (ya su)
- Russian: здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte)
- Mandarin Chinese: 你好 (nǐ hǎo)
- Japanese: こんにちは (konnichiwa)
- Korean: 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo)
- Swahili: jambo
- Arabic: مرحبا (marhaba)
- Hebrew: שלום (shalom)
- Turkish: merhaba
- Hungarian: szia
- Polish: cześć
- Czech: ahoj
- Slovak: ahoj
- Slovenian: živjo
- Croatian: bok
- Serbian: здраво (zdravo)
- Albanian: tungjatjeta
- Bulgarian: здравейте (zdraveyte)
- Romanian: salut
- Estonian: tere
- Latvian: sveiki
- Lithuanian: labas
- Georgian: გამარჯობა (gamardjoba)
- Armenian: բարև (barev)
- Persian: سلام (salam)
- Hindi: नमस्ते (namaste)
- Bengali: হাই (hai)
- Urdu: سلام (salaam)
- Punjabi: ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ (sat sri akal)
- Gujarati: નમસ્તે (namaste)
- Tamil: வணக்கம் (vanakkam)
- Telugu: హాయ్ (haayi)
- Kannada: ಹಾಯ್ (haayi)
- Malayalam: ഹായ് (haay)
- Sinhala: හෙලෝ (hello)
- Thai: สวัสดี (sawatdee)
- Vietnamese: xin chào
- Indonesian: hai
- Malay: hai
- Tagalog: kumusta
- Cebuano: kumusta
- Javanese: halo
- Sundanese: halo
- Khmer: សួស្តី (suostei)
- Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sabaidee)
- Myanmar (Burmese): မင်္ဂလာပါ (mingalabar)
- Amharic: ሰላም (selam)
- Hausa: sannu
- Yoruba: baw62. Igbo: ndewo
- Zulu: sawubona
- Xhosa: molo
- Afrikaans: hallo
- Sesotho: dumela
- Setswana: dumela
- Swazi: sawubona
- Somali: salaam
- Oromo: akkam
- Tigrinya: selam
- Amazigh: azul
- Malagasy: manao ahoana
- Shona: mhoro
- Ndebele: sawubona
- Chewa: moni
- Tswana: dumela
- Kikuyu: mũraũa
- Kinyarwanda: muraho
- Kirundi: mwiriwe
- Lingala: mbote
- Luganda: ki kati
- Krio: hello
- Fula: saa naa ngolli
- Wolof: sa laam
- Mandinka: salaama aleikum
- Yiddish: היי (hey)
- Basque: kaixo
- Catalan: hola
- Galician: ola
- Irish: dia dhuit
- Welsh: helo
- Scottish Gaelic: halò
- Cornish: dynnargh
- Breton: degemer mat
- Luxembourgish: moien
- Maltese: hello
- Corsican: bonghjornu
- Sardinian: ciao
- Sicilian: salutu
These are just a few examples of how to say “hi” in different languages. Keep in mind that there may be regional variations or dialects within each language that may have their own greetings. Additionally, learning a few basic phrases in a new language can go a long way in making connections with people from different cultures and countries.
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