Some ways to greet people around the world
* Arabic - sabbah-el-khair (good morning), masaa-el-khair (good evening), Marhaba (Hello)
* Armenian - barev or parev
* Bahamas – hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal)
* Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)
* Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)
* Bengali — namaskar
* Bulgarian - zdraveite, zdrasti (informal)
* Burmese - mingalarbar
* Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night
* Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings
* Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female)
* Chinese - Cantonese nei ho (pronounced nay ho) Mandarin (pronounced ni hao)
* Congo - mambo
* Croatian - boke (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra većer (evening), laku noć (night)
* Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)
* Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal), god aften (evening; formal), hejsa (very informal).
* Dutch - hoi (very informal), hallo (informal), goedendag (formal)
* English - hello (formal), hi (informal)
* Esperanto - saluton
* Finnish - hyvää päivää (formal), moi or hei (informal), moro (Tamperensis)
* French - salut (informal; silent 't'), bonjour (formal, for daytime use; 'n' as a nasal vowel), bonsoir (good evening; 'n' is a nasal vowel), bonne nuit (good night). There is also "ça va", but this is more often used to mean "how are you?"
* Gaeilge - dia duit (informal; pronounced dee-ah gwitch; literally "God be with you")
* Georgian - gamardjoba
* German - hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal; pronounced gootan taag), Tag (very informal; pronounced taack).
* Gujarathi - kem che
* Greek - yia sou (pronounced yah-soo; informal), yia sas (formal)
* Hawaiian - aloha
* Hebrew - shalom (means "hello", "goodbye" and "peace"), hi (informal), ma kore? (very informal, literally means "whats happening" or "whats up")
* Hindi - namaste (pronounced na-mus-thei), kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (more informal, familiar)
* Hindustani - namaste
* Hungarian, Magyar - jo napot (pronounced yoh naput; daytime; formal), szervusz (pronounced sairvoose; informal)
* Icelandic - góðan dag (formal; pronounced gothan dagg), hæ (informal)
* Igbo - nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo), nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
* Indonesian - selamat pagi (morning), selamat siang (afternoon), selamat malam (evening)
* Italian - ciào (informal; also means "goodbye"), salve, buon giorno (morning; formal), buon pomeriggio (afternoon; formal), buona sera (evening; formal)
* Japanese - ohayou gozaimasu (pronounced o-ha-yo go-zai-mass), konnichi wa (pronounced ko-nee-chee-wa; daytime or afternoon), konban wa (pronounced gong-ban-wa; evening); moshi moshi (pronounced moh-shee moh-shee; when answering the phone); doumo (pronounced doh-moh; informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well so only use when context makes sense)
* Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) - kwe kwe (pronounced gway gway)
* Kannada - namaskara
* Klingon - nuqneH? [nook-neck] (literally: "what do you want?")
* Korean - ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal; pronouned ahn-yan-ha-say-yo), ahn nyeong (informal; can also be used to mean "goodbye")
* Kurdish — choni, roj bahsh (day; pronounced rohzj bahsh)
* Lao - sabaidee (pronounced sa-bai-dee)
* Latin (Classical) - salve (pronounced sal-way; when talking to one person), salvete (pronounced sal-way-tay; when talking to more than one person)
* Latvian - labdien, sveiki, chau (informal; pronounced chow).
* Lingala - mbote
* Lithuanian - laba diena (formal), labas, sveikas (informal; when speaking to a male), sveika (informal; when speaking to a female)
* Local Hawaiian Pidgin - sup braddah
* Luxembourgish - moïen (pronounced MOY-en)
* Malayalam - namaskkaram
* Maltese - merħba (meaning "welcome"), bonġu (morning), bonswa or il-lejl it-tajjeb (evening)
* Maori - kia ora
* Marathi - namaskar
* Mongolia - sain baina uu? (pronounced saa-yen baya-nu; formal), sain uu? (pronounced say-noo; informal)
* Nahuatl - niltze, hao
* Navajo - ya'at'eeh
* Nepali - namaskar, namaste, k cha (informal), kasto cha
* Northern German - moin moin
* Northern Shoto - dumelang
* Norwegian - hei ("hi"), hallo ("hello"), heisann ("hi there"), halloisen (very informal).
* Oshikwanyama - wa uhala po, meme? (to a female; response is ee), wa uhala po, tate? (to a male; response is ee) nawa tuu? (response is ee; formal)
* Persian - salaam or do-rood (see note above - salaam is an abbreviation, the full version being as-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
* Polish - dzień dobry (formal), witaj (hello) cześć (hi)
* Portuguese - oi, boas, olá or alô (informal), bom dia (good morning), boa tarde (good afternoon), boa noite (good evening).
* Rajasthani (Marwari)- Ram Ram
* Romanian - salut, buna dimineata (formal; morning) buna ziua (formal; daytime) buna searaformal; evening)
* Russian - pree-vyet (informal), zdravstvuyte (formal; pronounced ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
* Samoan - talofa (formal), malo (informal)
* Scanian - haja (universal), hallå (informal), go'da (formal), go'maren (morning), go'aften (evening)
* Senegal - salamaleikum
* Serbian - zdravo (informal), dobro jutro (morning, pronounced dobro yutro), dobar dan (afternoon)
* Sinhala - a`yubowan (pronounced ar-yu-bo-wan; meaning "long live")
* Slovak - dobrý deň (formal), ahoj (pronounced ahoy), čau (pronounced chow) and dobrý (informal abbreviation)
* Slovenian — živjo (informal; pronounced zhivyo), dobro jutro (morning), dober dan (afternoon), dober večer (evening; pronounced doh-bear vetch-air)
* South African English - hoezit (pronounced howzit; informal)
* Spanish - holà (pronounced with a silent 'h': o-la), alo, que pasa (Spain, informal)
* Swahili - jambo
* Swedish - hej (informal; pronounced hey), god dag (formal)
* Swiss German - grüzi (pronounced grew-tsi)
* Tagalog (Pilipino - Philippines) - kumusta ka (means "how are you?")
* Tahitian - ia orana
* Tamil - vanakkam
* Telugu - namaskaram
* Telugu - baagunnara (means "how are you?"; formal)
* Tetum (Timor - Leste) - bondia (morning), botarde (afternoon), bonite (evening)
* Thai - sawa dee-ka (said by a female), sawa dee-krap (said by a male)
* Tongan - malo e leilei
* Tsonga (South Africa) - minjhani (when greeting adults), kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or your juniors)
* Turkish - merhaba (formal), naber? (Informal)
* Ukranian - dobriy ranuke (formal; morning), dobriy deyn (formal; afternoon), dobriy vechir (formal; evening), pryvit (informal)
* Urdu - adaab
* Vietnamese - xin chào
* Welsh - shwmai (North Wales; pronounced shoe-my)
* Yiddish - sholem aleikhem (literally "may peace be unto you")
* Zulu – sawubona
