| Language | Hello | Hello
(on phone) |
|---|
| Afrikaans | Haai, Hallo, Goeie dag | |
| Albanian | C'kemi, Tungjatjeta | |
| Alsatian | Hallo, Güete Tag | |
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
(Modern Standard) | (as-salām 'alaykum) السلام عليكم
rsp - (wa 'alaykum as-salām) و عليكم السلام
inf - (marḥaban) مرحبا | ('āllō) آلو |
| Aragonese | Ola | |
| Arapaho | Héébee (man speaking)
Tous (woman speaking or a man speaking to a woman) | |
Armenian
(Eastern) | բարև (Barev) - inf
Բարև Ձեզ (Barev dzez) - frm | ալլո (Alló) |
| Arrernte | Werte | |
| Asturian | Hola, Bonos díes | |
| Azerbaijani | Salam, Salam əleyküm / Əleyküm salam (reply) | |
| Basque | Kaixo | |
| Belarusian | Вітаю (Vitayu)
Дзень добры (Dzien' dobry)
Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzien)
Прывітанне (Pryvitanne) - inf | |
| Bengali | নমস্কার (nômoshkar) - for Hindus
আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum)
স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) - for Muslims | haelo! |
| Bhojpuri | प्रणाम (prannam) | |
| Bosnian | Dobar dan (frm) Zdravo / Merhaba (inf) | Halo, Molim |
| Breton | Salud, Mat an traoù ganeoc'h? | |
| Bulgarian | Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm
Здравей (Zdravej) inf
Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf | Ало (Alo)
Дочуване (Dočuvane) |
| Catalan | Hola, Bon dia | Hola? Si? Digui? |
| Chamorro | Håfa ådai / Buenas | |
| Chechen | Салам | |
| Chichewa | Moni | |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 你好 (néih hóu) | 喂 (wái) |
| Chinese (Hakka) | 爾好 (ngi2 ho) | |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 你好 (nǐ hǎo), 您好 (nín hǎo) - frm | 喂 (wéi) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) | 儂好 (non ho) | |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) | 你好 (li2 ho2) | |
| Chinese (Teochow) | 汝好 (leu2 ho2) | |
| Choctaw | Halito | |
| Cimbrian | Guuten takh | |
| Cornish | Dydh da, Hou, You, Ha, Hou sos | |
| Corsican | Bonghjornu | |
| Croatian | Bok / Čao / Dobar Dan | |
| Czech | Ahoj / Dobrý den | Haló |
| Dalecarian | Hej, Høj, Góðdag | |
| Danish | Hej | Hallo |
| Dutch | Hallo / Goededag / Goeiedag (inf) | |
| Eritrean | ታዲያስ (tadiyalä) | |
| Esperanto | Saluton | |
| Estonian | Tere, Tervist | |
| Faroese | Hallo / Hey | |
| Fijian | Bula (inf) Drau bula (dl) Dou bula (pl) Nibula (mp) | |
| Finnish | Terve, Hyvää päivää, Päivää, Moi, Hei | Haloo? |
| French | Salut / Bonjour | Allô? |
| Frisian (North) | Moin / Guundach | |
| Frisian (Saterfrisian) | Gouden Dai | |
| Frisian (West) | A goeie, Hoi, Goeie, Goedei | |
| Friulian | Bundì, Mandi | |
| Galician | Ola | |
| Georgian | გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) | ალო (alo) / გისმენთ (gismenth) |
| German | Hallo / Guten Tag | Hallo |
| Greek | Γειά! (ya) – inf
Γειά σου (ya su) – inf
Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm | Έλα (éla) – (ela) inf
Λέγετε (léyete) – frm
Εμπρός (embrós) – inf |
| Greenlandic | Inuugujoq, kutaa / Haluu | |
| Gujarati | નમસ્તે (namaste) | |
| Haitian Creole | Bonjou | |
| Hawaiian | Aloha | |
| Hebrew | (šalom) שלום | (halo) הלו |
| Herero | Tjike | |
| Himba | Mono | |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (namaste) | हेलो (helo) |
| Hungarian | Jó napot kívánok / Szervusz / Szia | Halló |
| Icelandic | Halló / Góðan dag / Góðan daginn
Sæll (>m) Sæl (>f) | |
| Ido | Saluto | |
| Indonesian | Selamat siang | Halo |
| Interlingua | Salute | |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᐃ (Ai) ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ (Ainngai) | |
| Iñupiaq | Halauġikpiñ | |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Dia duit, Dia is Muire duit (reply) | |
| Italian | Ciao / Salve | Pronto? |
| Jutish | Godaw | |
| Japanese | 今日は (konnichiwa)
おっす (ossu) - used between close male friends | もしもし
(moshi moshi) |
| Jèrriais | Salut / Bouônjour | |
| Kashubian | Witôjze | |
| Kazakh | Сәлем! (Sälem!) (inf)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be?) (frm) | |
| Khmer | ជំរាបសួរ (johm riab sua) | |
| Klingon | nuqneH (What do you want?)
- used when confronted by another | |
| Korean | 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) - frm
안녕 (annyeong) - inf | 여보세요 (yeoboseyo) |
| !Kung San | !kao | |
| Kurdish | Sillaw, Ew kata bash, Em kata bash | elu |
| Lakota Sioux | Háu (m), Háŋ (f) | |
| Latin | Heus (inf) Ave / Salve (sg) Salvete (pl) | |
| Latvian | Sveiki | |
| Limburgish | Hallo | |
| Lithuanian | Labas, Sveikas, Sveiki | Alio |
| Low German | Moin / Goden Dag | |
| Luxembourgish | Moien / Salut | |
| Macedonian | Здраво (Zdravo) | Ало (Alo)
- on phone |
| Malay | Selamat pagi (good morning)
Selamat petang (good afternoon)
Selamat malam (good night)
Assallamaleicum | |
| Malayalam | നമസ്തെ (namaste)
നമസ്കാരം (namaskaram) | |
| Manx | Dy bannee diu, Ta shiu/oo cheet! | |
| Maltese | Hello / Hawn, x'ghandnda | |
| Māori | Kia ora, Kia ora rā kōrua (dl) Kia ora koutou (pl)
Tēnā koe (sg/frm) Tēnā kōrua (dl/frm) Tēnā koutou (pl/frm) | |
| Mongolian | Сайн уу? (Sain uu?) Сайн байна уу (Sain baina uu) | |
| Nama | !gai //oas | |
| Navajo | Y´'át'ééh | |
| Nepali | नमस्ते (namaste) | |
| Norwegian | Goddag / Hei / Morn | Hallo |
| Occitan | Bonjorn! Adieu! Adieussiatz! | |
| Ojibwe | Aniin / Boozhoo | |
| Old English | Wes hāl (sg) Wesaþ hāl (pl) | |
| Persian | (dorood) درود (salâm) سلام | |
| Pitjantjatjara | Wai, Wai palya | |
| Plautdietsch | Goondach | |
| Polish | Cześć | Halo / Słucham |
| Portuguese | Olá (Portugal)
Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa!(Brazil) | Alô? |
| Romanian | Salut / Bună ziua | Alo |
| Russian | Здравствуйте (Zdravstvujte) - frm, Привет (Privet) - inf | Алло (Alló) |
| Samoan | Talofa | |
| Sardinian | Bona die | |
| Scottish Gaelic | Halò, Ciamar a tha thu/sibh? | |
| Serbian | Здраво (Zdravo) | Хало (Halo)
Молим (Molim) |
| Sesotho | Lumela / Dumela (sg)
Dumelang (pl) | |
| Shona | Mhoro (sg)
Mhoroi (pl) | |
| Sicilian | Ciau | |
| Shona | Mhoro (sg) Mhoroi (pl) | |
| Slovak | Ahoj (sg/inf) Ahojte (pl/frm) Nazdar, Servus | |
| Slovenian | Zdravo, Živjo | Halo |
| Spanish | ¡Hola! | ¡Diga! ¡Dígame! ¿Sí? ¿Bueno? ¡Hola! ¿Aló? |
| Stellingwarfs | Hoj | |
| Swahili | Habari (inf), Hujambo / Sijambo (reply) | |
| Swedish | Hej / Hallå | Hallå, Hej
God dag (frm) |
| Tagalog | Mabuhay! (frm) Hoy / Uy (inf) | Hello |
| Tamil | வணக்கம்! (vaṇakkam) | |
| Tetum | Ola, Oi |
| Thai | สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee) | ฮัลโหล (hanlŏh) |
| Tok Pisin | Gude | |
| Tongan | Malo e lelei / Malo e tau lava | |
| Tsez | АсаламугIалейкум! (Asalamuʔaleykum!)
СаламгIапейкум! (Salamʔaleykum!)
СаламгIапейкум! (Biziyä!) (>f)
Изийаь! (Iziyä!) (>m)
Ризийаь! (Riziyä!) (>pl) | |
| Turkish | Merhaba, Selam, İyi günler | Alo, Efendim |
| Ukrainian | Вітаю (Vitayu) - frm
Агов (Ahov) - inf | Алло (Allo)
Слухаю (Sluchaju) |
| Urdu | (āssālam 'alaykum) السلام علیکم | (helo) ەيلو |
| Uzbek | Assalomu Alaykum!
Vaalajkum assalom! (reply) | Labbay! |
| Venda | I nhlikanhi | |
| Vietnamese | Chào anh (to a man)
Chào chị (to a woman) | Á-lô! |
| Volapük | Glidis | |
| Walloon | Bondjoû | |
| Warlpiri | Ngurrju mayinpa | |
| Welsh | Helô / Hylô / Shwmae | |
| Xhosa | Molo (sg) Molweni (pl) | |
| Yappese | Mogethin | |
| Yiddish | (A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טאָג | |
| Yorùbá | Ẹ n lẹ | |
| Zulu | Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl) | |
