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													/ Idiomas | 
												
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													| Idioma | Saludos | Pronunciación | Notas | 
												
													| Arabic | sabbah-el-khair |  | (good morning) | 
												
													|  | masaa-el-khair |  | (good evening) | 
												
													|  | Marhaba |  | (Hello) | 
												
													| Armenian | barev |  | or "parev" | 
												
													| Bahamas | hello |  | formal | 
												
													|  | hi |  | informal | 
												
													|  | heyello |  | informal | 
												
													| Basque | kaixo | kai-show |  | 
												
													|  | egun on | egg-un own | morning | 
												
													|  | gau on | gow own | night | 
												
													| Bavarian and Austrian German | grüß Gott | gruess gott |  | 
												
													|  | servus | zair-voos | informal; also means "goodbye" | 
												
													| Bengali | namaskar |  |  | 
												
													| Bulgarian | zdraveite |  |  | 
												
													|  | zdrasti |  | informal | 
												
													| Burmese | mingalarbar |  |  | 
												
													| Catalan | hola | o-la |  | 
												
													|  | bon dia | bon dee-ah | good morning | 
												
													|  | bona tarda | bona tahr-dah | good afternoon | 
												
													|  | bona nit | bona neet | bona neet | 
												
													| Chamorro | hafa adai |  | hello/what's up? | 
												
													|  | hafa? |  | informal | 
												
													|  | howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? |  | informal | 
												
													|  | sup? |  | informal | 
												
													| Chichewa | moni bambo! |  | to a male | 
												
													|  | moni mayi! |  | to a female | 
												
													| Chinese (Cantonese) |  | nay ho |  | 
												
													| Chinese (Mandarin) |  | ni hau |  | 
												
													| 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 | ahoy |  | 
												
													| Danish | hej | 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 |  | informal | 
												
													|  | hei |  | informal | 
												
													|  | moro |  | Tamperensis | 
												
													| French | salut | (silent "t") | informal | 
												
													|  | bonjour | (nasal vowel) | formal, daytime | 
												
													|  | bonsoir | (nasal vowel) | good evening | 
												
													|  | bonne nuit |  | good night | 
												
													|  | ça va |  | "how are you?" | 
												
													| Gaeilge | dia duit | dee-ah gwitch | informal: "God be with you" | 
												
													| Georgian | gamardjoba |  |  | 
												
													| German | hallo |  | informal | 
												
													|  | Guten Tag | gootan tahg | formal | 
												
													|  | Tag | tahk | very informal | 
												
													| Gujarathi | kem che |  |  | 
												
													| Greek | yia sou | yah-soo | informal | 
												
													|  |  | yia sas |  | 
												
													| Hawaiian | aloha |  |  | 
												
													| Hebrew | shalom |  | "hello", "goodbye" and 
													"peace" | 
												
													|  | hi |  | informal | 
												
													|  | ma kore? |  | very informal: "whats 
													happening,""whats up" | 
												
													| Hindi | namaste | na-mus-thei |  | 
												
													|  | kaise hain |  | a little formal | 
												
													|  | kaise ho |  | more informal, familiar | 
												
													| Hindustani | namaste |  |  | 
												
													| Hungarian, Magyar | jo napot | yoh naput | daytime; formal | 
												
													|  | szervusz | sairvoose | informal | 
												
													| Icelandic | góðan dag | gothan dagg | formal | 
												
													|  | hæ |  | informal | 
												
													| Igbo | nde-ewo | enday aywo |  | 
												
													|  | nna-ewo | enna wo |  | 
												
													| Indonesian | selamat pagi |  | morning | 
												
													|  | selamat siang |  | afternoon | 
												
													|  | selamat malam |  |  | 
												
													| Italian | ciào |  | informal: also means 
													"goodbye" | 
												
													|  | salve |  |  | 
												
													|  | buon giorno |  | morning: formal | 
												
													|  | buon pomeriggio |  | afternoon: formal | 
												
													|  | buona sera |  | evening; formal | 
												
													| Japanese | ohayou gozaimasu | o-ha-yo go-zai-mass |  | 
												
													|  | konnichi wa | ko-nee-chee-wa | daytime or afternoon | 
												
													|  | konban wa | gong-ban-wa | evening | 
												
													|  | moshi moshi | moh-shee moh-shee | when answering the phone | 
												
													|  | doumo | doh-moh | informal way of greeting, 
													but means countless other 
													things as well | 
												
													| Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) | kwe kwe | gway gway |  | 
												
													| Kannada | namaskara |  |  | 
												
													| Klingon | nuqneH? | nook-neck | literally: "what do you 
													want?" | 
												
													| Korean | ahn nyeong ha se yo | ahn-yan-ha-say-yo | formal | 
												
													| Kurdish | choni |  |  | 
												
													|  | roj bahsh | rohzj bahsh | day | 
												
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													| Languages / Idiomas: L-T |  |  | 
												
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													| Language | Greeting | How to Pronounce | Notes | 
												
													| Lao | sabaidee | sa-bai-dee |  | 
												
													| Latin (Classical) | salve | sal-way | when talking to one person | 
												
													|  | salvete | sal-way-tay | when talking to more than 
													one person | 
												
													| Latvian | labdien |  |  | 
												
													|  | sveiki |  |  | 
												
													|  | chau | chow | informal | 
												
													| 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 | MOY-en |  | 
												
													| Malayalam | namaskkaram |  |  | 
												
													| Maltese | merħba |  | "welcome" | 
												
													|  | bonġu |  | morning | 
												
													|  | bonswa |  | evening | 
												
													|  | il-lejl it-tajjeb |  | evening | 
												
													| Maori | kia ora |  |  | 
												
													| Marathi | namaskar |  |  | 
												
													| Mongolia | sain baina uu? | saa-yen baya-nu | formal | 
												
													|  | sain uu? | 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? |  | formal; response is "ee" | 
												
													| Persian | salaam |  | As in other Islamic 
													societies, an abbreviation 
													for "as-salaam-o-aleykum." 
													"Do-rood," also, means 
													"hello." | 
												
													| Polish | dzień dobry |  | formal | 
												
													|  | witaj |  | hello | 
												
													|  | cześć |  | hi | 
												
													| Portuguese | oi |  | informal | 
												
													|  | boas |  | informal | 
												
													|  | olá |  | informal | 
												
													|  | 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 seara |  | formal: evening | 
												
													| Russian | privet | pree-VYET | informal | 
												
													|  | zdravstvuyte | ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh | formal | 
												
													| 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 | dobro yutro | morning | 
												
													|  | dobar dan |  | afternoon | 
												
													| Sinhala | a`yubowan | ar-yu-bo-wan | meaning "long live" | 
												
													| Slovak | dobrý deň |  | formal | 
												
													|  | ahoj | ahoy |  | 
												
													|  | čau | chow |  | 
												
													|  | dobrý |  | informal abbreviation | 
												
													| Slovenian | živjo | zhivyo | informal | 
												
													|  | dobro jutro |  | morning | 
												
													|  | dober dan |  | afternoon | 
												
													|  | dober večer | doh-bear vetch-air | evening | 
												
													| South African English | hoezit | howzit | informal | 
												
													| Spanish | hola | O-la |  | 
												
													|  | aló | a-LO |  | 
												
													|  | qué pasa |  | informal | 
												
													| Swahili | jambo |  |  | 
												
													| Swedish | hej | hey | informal | 
												
													|  | god dag |  | formal | 
												
													| Swiss German | grüzi | grew-tsi |  | 
												
													| Tagalog (Pilipino - 
													Philippines) | kumusta ka |  | "how are you?" | 
												
													| Tahitian | ia orana |  |  | 
												
													| Tamil | vanakkam |  |  | 
												
													| Telugu | namaskaram |  |  | 
												
													|  | baagunnara |  | formal: "How are you?" | 
												
													| 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 peers or 
													juniors | 
												
													| Turkish | merhaba |  | formal | 
												
													|  | naber? |  | Informal | 
												
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													| Languages / Idiomas: U-Z |  |  | 
												
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													| Language | Greeting | How to Pronounce | Notes | 
												
													| Ukranian | dobriy ranuke |  | formal: afternoon | 
												
													|  | dobriy deyn |  | formal: afternoon | 
												
													|  | dobriy vechir |  | formal: evening | 
												
													|  | pryvit |  | informal | 
												
													| Urdu | adaab |  |  | 
												
													| Vietnamese | Vietnamese |  |  | 
												
													| Welsh (North Wales) | shwmai | shoe-my |  | 
												
													| Yiddish | sholem aleikhem |  | "may peace be unto you" | 
												
													| Zulu | sawubona |  |  |