Afrikaans Haai (inf), Hallo, Goeie dag (frm)
Albanian Ç'kemi / Tungjatjeta Alo
Alsatian Hallo / Güete Tag / Buschur / Güata Tàg
Göte Tàij / Grias di wohl / Salü
Amharic ሰላም (sälam) / tadiyass - inf
teanaste'lle'n (frm)
Arabic
(Modern Standard) (as-salām 'alaykum) السلام عليكم
rsp - (wa 'alaykum as-salām) و عليكم السلام
inf - (marḥaban) مرحبا ('āllō) آلو
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
(alu) الو
Aragonese Ola
Arapaho Héébee (m) Tous (f/m>f)
Armenian
(Eastern) բարև(Barev) inf
ԲարևՁեզ (Barev dzez) frm ալլո (Alló)
Armenian
(Western) Բարեւ: (Parev) inf
Բարեւ ձեզ: (Parev tsez) frm
Arrernte Werte
Assamese নমস্কাৰ (nomoskaar)
Asturian Hola / Bonos díes
Azeri 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?
Mat an traoù ganeoc'h?
Bulgarian Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm
Здравей (Zdravej) inf
Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf
Привет (Privet) - regards, greetings Ало (Alo)
Дочуване (Dočuvane)
Catalan Hola, Bon dia Hola? Si? Digui?
Chabacano de Zamboanga Que tal? Hola!
Chabacano de Cavite Ola
Chamorro Håfa ådai / Buenas
Chechen Салам
Cherokee ᎣᏏᏲ (Osiyo) 'ᏏᏲ (Siyo)
Chichewa Moni
Chinese
(Cantonese) 你好 (néih hóu) 喂 (wái)
Chinese
(Hakka) 你好 (ngi2 ho3)
你好冇？ (ngi2 ho3 mo?) 噯 (oi)
Chinese
(Mandarin) 你好 (nǐ hǎo) - inf
您好 (nín hǎo) - frm 喂 (wéi)
Chinese
(Shanghainese) 侬好 (nong23 hao34)
大家好！(dâka-hô!) - hello everybody
饭吃过伐？ (ve23 qik3 gu5 va1?) - "have you eaten?" (common greeting)
Chinese
(Taiwanese) 你好 (lí-hó) - sg / 恁好 (lín-hó) - pl 喂 (ôe)
Chinese
(Teochew) 汝好 (leu2 ho2)
Choctaw Halito
Cimbrian Guuten takh
Cornish Dydh da, Hou, Ha, Hou sos
Lowena dhis (sg) Lowena dhywgh (pl)
Corsican Salute / Bonghjornu
Croatian Bok / Čao / Dobar Dan
Czech Ahoj / Dobrý den Haló
Danish Hej Hallo
Dutch Hallo / Goededag / Goeiedag (inf)
Elfdalian Hej, Høj, Góðdag
Eritrean ታዲያስ (tadiyalä)
Esperanto Saluton Halo
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 (Sater) Gouden Dai
Frisian (West) Hoi, Goeie, A goeie, Goedei
Friulian Bundì, Mandi
Galician Ola
Georgian გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) ალო (alo)
გისმენთ (gismenth)
German Hallo
Guten Tag
Servus (used in Austria & Bavaria)
Moin Hallo
German (Bavarian) Servas / Gria̦sgood
Greek (Modern) Γειά! (ya) – inf
Γειά σου (ya su) – inf
Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm Έλα (éla) – (ela) inf
Λέγετε (léyete) – frm
Εμπρός (embrós) – inf
Greenlandic Aluu (inf) Inuugujoq / Kutaa (frm) Haluu
Gujarati નમસ્તે (namaste)
Haitian Creole Bonjou
Hausa Sannu / Salama alaikum / A gaishai ka (ki)
Amin. Alaikum salam (reply)
Hawaiian Aloha
Hebrew (šalom) שלום (halo) הלו
Herero Tjike
Himba Mono
Hindi नमस्ते (namaste) नमस्कार (namaskār) हेलो (helo)
Hungarian Jó napot kívánok / Szervusz / Szia Halló
Icelandic Halló / Góðan dag / Góðan daginn
Sæll (>m) Sæl (>f)
Ido Saluto
Igbo kedụ
Indonesian Hi / Apa kabar? Halo
Interlingua Salute
Inuktitut ᐊᐃ (Ai) ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ (Ainngai)
Iñupiaq Halauġikpiñ
Irish (Gaelic) Dia dhuit (sg) Dia dhaoibh (pl)
reply: Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) Dia is Muire dhaoibh (pl)
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
Kannada ನಮಸ್ತೆ (namaste)
ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ (namaskāra)
Kazakh Сәлем! (Sälem!) - inf
Сәлеметсіз бе? (Sälemetsiz be?) - frm
Khmer ជំរាបសួរ (johm riab sua) - frm
surs dey (inf)
Kinyarwanda Muraho / Bite (inf)
Klingon nuqneH ('What do you want?')
- general 'greeting' used when confronted by another
Korean 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka) - frm
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) - inf
안녕 (annyeong) - inf 여보세요 (yeoboseyo)
!Kung San !kao
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Merheba; Silav; Silamun eleykum; Rojbaş (inf)
Kurdish (Sorani) Sillaw, Ew kata bash, Em kata bash Elu
Kyrgyz Салам (Salam) - inf
Саламатсызбы (Salamatsyzby) - frm
Саламатсыздарбы (Salamatsyzdarby) - pl
Саламатчылык (Salamatçylyk) - reply
Lakota Sioux Hau (used only by men)
Latin Heus (inf) Ave / Salve (sg) Salvete (pl)
Latvian Sveiki
Limburgish Hallo
Lithuanian Labas, Sveikas, Sveiki Alio
Low Saxon Moin
Lozi Lumela (sg) Mlumeleng (pl)
Luxembourgish Moien / Salut
Macedonian Здраво (Zdravo) Ало (Alo)
- on phone
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)
Manx (Gaelic) Dy bannee diu, Ta shiu/oo cheet!
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) Байна уу (Baina uu)
Nama !gai //oas
Nahuatl Niltze / Tialli / Pialli
Navajo Yá'át'ééh
Newari / Nepal Bhasa ज्वजलपा
Ndebele (Northern) Salibonani
Nepali नमस्ते (namaste)
Norwegian Goddag / Hei / Morn Hallo
Occitan Bonjorn! Adieu! Adieussiatz!
Ojibwe Aniin (inf) / Bozhoo (frm)
Old English Wes hāl (sg) Wesaþ hāl (pl)
Oriya ନମସ୍କର (namascara)
ନମସ୍ତେ (namaste)
ଶୁଣିବେ (sunibe)
Papiamento Bon dia / Halo
Pashto (khe chare) ښې چارې
(salaam) سلام
(as-salaamu' alaykum) السلام عايكم
Persian (Farsi) (dorood) درود (salâm) سلام
Pitjantjatjara Wai, Wai palya
Polish Cześć (inf) / Siema / Siemano (vinf) Halo / Słucham
Portuguese Olá Está lá? Estou sim? Estou?
Portuguese (Brazilian) Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa! Alô?
Punjabi ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ। / ست سِری اَکال (sat srī akāl)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ / نمسکار (namaskar)
Quechua Rimaykullayki / Napaykullayki
Romanian Salut / Bună ziua Alo
Romansh Ciao / Tgau / Allegra
Russian Здравствуйте! (Zdravstvujte!) - frm
Привет! (Privet!) - inf Алло? (Allo?)
Sakha бирибиэт (biribiet) - frm
Дорообо (doroobo) - inf
Samoan Talofa / Falopa
Sardinian
(Logudorese) Bone die
Scottish Gaelic Halò / Ciamar a tha thu/sibh?
Serbian Здраво (Zdravo) Хало (Halo) Молим (Molim)
Sesotho Lumela; Dumela (sg) Dumelang (pl) Helele
Shona Mhoro (sg)
Mhoroi (pl)
Sicilian Ciau / Assabbinirica / Sabbinirica / Salutamu
Sinhala ආයුඛෝවන් (āyubūvan) හලෝ (halō)
Sesotho Lumela / Dumela (sg)
Dumelang (pl)
Slovak Ahoj (sg/inf) Ahojte (pl/frm) Nazdar / Servus
Slovenian Pozdravljeni, Živjo, Zdravo Halo
Somali Is ka warran
Spanish ¡Hola! ¡Diga! ¡Dígame! ¿Sí? ¿Bueno? ¡Hola! ¿Aló?
Stellingwarfs Hoj
Sundanese Halo (borrowed from Indonesian)
Swahili Habari (inf), Hujambo / 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 Mabuhay! (frm) Hoy / Uy (inf) Hello
Tahitian Ia ora na
Tamil வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam) - inf
வணக்க0 (vaṇakkã) - frm
Tatar Isänme(sez) / Sawmı(sız) / Sälam (inf)
Telugu నమస్కారం (namaskārām)
Tetum Ola, Oi
Teribe Miga (said by a visitor)
Kobe (said to a visitor)
Thai สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee) ฮัลโหล (hanlŏh)
Tibetan བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། (tashi delek)
This phrase, which means "Good fortune", is used as a greeting, though isn't really an equivalent of hello. Questions like "How are you?" or "Where are you going?" are used instead.
Tigrinya ሰላም (selam)
Tok Pisin Gude / Hi / Hai
Tongan Mālō e lelei (inf)
Mālō ‘etau lava (frm)
Tswana Dumela
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)
Ulch Сородэ
Urdu (āssālam 'alaykum) السلام علیکم
reply - (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام
inf - (salām) سلام (helo) ەيلو
Uzbek Assalomu Alaykum!
Vaalajkum assalom! (reply) Labbay!
Venda I nhlikanhi
Venetian Ciao!
Vietnamese Chào anh (>m)
Chào chị (>f) Á-lô!
Volapük Glidis
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
Yorùbá Ẹ n lẹ
Yucatec Maya Ba'ax ka wa'alik?
Zazaki Selam / Ma be xér / Demê şıma be xeyr
Zulu Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl)