There are approximately 6909 living languages in the world currently. The words we choose and the way we deliver them set the tone for the entire conversation and it all starts with hello. Knowing how to greet someone and which greeting to use is the first step towards an engaging conversation. Here are some ways you can say “Hello” in different languages, out the nearly 7000 spoken today.
1. Arabic
مرحبا (Marhaba)
2. Bavaian and Austrian German
Grüß Gott (Grüss Gott)
3. Bengali
নমস্কার (Namaskar)
4. Bulgarian
Здравейте (Zdra-veite)
5. Catalan
Hola (Oh-lah)
6. Chamorro
Håfa Adai (Hafa Adai)
7. Chinese
你好 (Nǐ hǎo)
8. Croatian
Zrdavo (Zdrah-vo)
9. Danish
Hej (Hay)
10. Dutch
Hallo (Hah-loh)
11. Filipino
Kamusta (Kah-moos-tah)
12. Finnish
Hyvää päivää (Hoo-vuh Pai-vuh)
13. French
Bonjour (Bon-zhur)
14. German
Hallo (Hah-loh)
15. Greek
γεια σας (Yah-sas)
16. Hebrew
שלום (Sha-lom)
17. Hindi
नमस्ते (Nah-mas-te)
18. Hungarian
Szia (Szee-ya)
19. Icelandic
Halló (Hah-loh)
20. Igbo
Kedụ (Keh-doo)
21. Indonesian
Halo (Hah-lo)
22. Irish (Gaeilge)
Dia dhuit (Jee-yah ghwitch {throaty gh})
23. Italian
Ciao (Chow)
24. Japanese
こんにちは (Kohn-nee-chee-wah)
25. Korean
안녕하세요 (Ahn-yong Hah-say-yoh)
26. Latin
Salve (Sal-veh)
27. Lithuanian
Laba diena (La-bah Diena)
28. Luxembourgish
Hallo (Hah-loh)
29. Maltese
Ħello (Heh-loh)
30. Nahuatl
Pialli (Pee-ahh-lee)
31. Nepali
नमस्ते (Nah-mas-te)
32. Norwegian
Hallo (Hah-loh)
33. Persian
سلام (Sah-lahm)
34. Polish
Cześć (Cheshch)
35. Portugese
Olá (Oh-lah)
36. Romanian
Salut (Sah-loot)
37. Russian
Привет (Pree-vyét)
38. Serbian
Здраво (Zdrah-voh)
39. Slovak
Ahoj (Ah-hoy)
40. Spanish
Hola (Oh-lah)
41. Swahili
Hujambo (Hoo-jahm-boh)
42. Swedish
Hej (Hay)
43. Tahitian
‘Ia Ora Na (Yo-rah-nah)
44. Thai
สวัสดี (Sah-wah-dee)
45. Turkish
Merhaba (Mehr-hah-bah)
46. Ukrainian
Здрастуйте (Zdrahs-toi-teh)
47. Urdu
سلام وعليکم (Ass-uh-lah-moh Ah-lei-kuhm)
48. Vietnamese
Xin chào (Sin Jow)
49. Welsh
Helô (Heh-loh)
50. Zulu
Sawubona (Sow-boh-nah)