Hello in Other Languages
We often say HELLO when we answer or make a phone call but how do we say it in other languages? Out of curiosity, we posted a list of translation of Hello in other languages below. This list is taken from another source so if you have any corrections, please do contact us.
Guide to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, sg = singular (said sg), dl = dual (said to two people), pl = plural (said to three or more people), rsp = respectful form, m = said by men, f = said by women.
| Language | Hello | Hello (on phone) |
|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | Фэсапщы Сэлам (inf) |
Алло |
| Afrikaans | Haai (inf) Hallo Goeie dag (frm) |
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| Albanian | Ç’kemi Tungjatjeta |
Alo |
| Aleut | Aang | |
| Alsatian | Hallo Güete Tag Buschur Güata Tàg Göte Tàij Grias di wohl Salü |
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| Amharic | ሰላም (sälam) ታዲያስ (tadiyass) – inf ጤና ይስጥልኝ (tena yste’lle’gn) – frm |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Bengali | নমস্কার (nômoshkar) – for Hindus আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum) স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) – for Muslims |
haelo |
| Bhojpuri | प्रणाम (prannam) | |
| Bosnian | Dobar dan (frm) Zdravo |
Halo / Molim |
| Breton | Salud Mat an traoù? Mat an traoù ganeoc’h? |
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| Bulgarian | Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm Здравей (Zdravej) inf Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf Привет (Privet) – regards, greetings |
Ало (Alo) Дочуване(Dočuvane) |
| Hello | မဂႆလာပၝ (min-ga-la-ba) | ဟဲလို? (hello) |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Corsican | Salute / Bonghjornu | |
| Croatian | Bok Ćao Dobar Dan |
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| Cuyonon | Hello; Kamosta? | |
| 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 | Bonjour (frm) Salut (inf) |
Allô? |
| Frisian (North) | Moin / Guundach | |
| Frisian (Sater) | Gouden Dai | |
| Frisian (West) | Hoi Goeie A goeie Goedei |
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| 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 Amin. Alaikum salam (reply) |
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| 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) |
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| Ido | Saluto | |
| Igbo | kedụ | |
| Indonesian | Hi / Apa kabar? | Halo |
| Interlingua | Bon die! Salute! (on meeting) Holla! (to call attention) Vide! (to express surprise) |
Hallo! |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᐃ (Ai) ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ (Ainngai) | |
| Iñupiaq | Halauġikpiñ | |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Dia dhuit (sg) Dia dhaoibh (pl) Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) – reply Dia is Muire dhaoibh (pl) – reply |
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| 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) |
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| Kashmiri | Assalām ‘alaikum (>Muslims) Namaskār (>Hindus) Halo (inf) आदाब । (aadaab) |
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| Kazakh | Сәлем! (Sälem!) – inf Сәлеметсіз бе? (Sälemetsiz be?) – frm |
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| Khmer | ជំរាបសួរ (johm riab sua) – frm surs dey (inf) |
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| Kinyarwanda | Muraho / Bite (inf) | |
| Klingon | nuqneH (‘What do you want?’) – general ‘greeting’ used when confronted by another |
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| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka) – frm 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo) – inf 안녕 (annyeong) – inf |
여보세요(yeoboseyo) |
| !Kung San | !kao | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Merheba Silav Silamun eleykum Rojbaş (inf) |
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| Kurdish (Sorani) | Sillaw, Ew kata bash, Em kata bash | Elu |
| Kyrgyz | Салам (Salam) – inf Саламатсызбы (Salamatsyzby) – frm Саламатсыздарбы (Salamatsyzdarby) – pl Саламатчылык (Salamatçylyk) – reply |
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| 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) | |
| Lule Sámi | Buoris | |
| 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) |
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| Malayalam | നമസ്തെ (namaste) നമസ്കാരം (namaskaram) |
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| Manx (Gaelic) | Dy bannee diu, Ta shiu/oo cheet! | |
| Maldivian | Assalaamu Alaikum (frm) Kihineh? (inf) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) | |
| Northern Sámi | Bures Bures bures (reply) |
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| 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) |
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| Papiamento | Bon dia / Halo | |
| Pashto | (khe chare) ښې چارې (salaam) سلام (as-salaamu’ alaykum) السلام عايكم |
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| Persian (Farsi) | (dorood) درود (salâm) سلام | |
| Pitjantjatjara | Wai, Wai palya | |
| Polish | Cześć (inf) Siema (vinf) Siemano (vinf) |
Halo Słucham |
| Portuguese | Olá | Está lá? Estou sim? Estou? Hâlo |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa! | Alô? |
| Punjabi | ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ। / ست سِری اَکال (sat srī akāl) ਨਮਸਕਾਰ / نمسکار (namaskar) |
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| Quechua | Rimaykullayki / Napaykullayki | |
| Romanian | Salut / Bună ziua | Alo |
| Romansh | Ciao / Tgau / Allegra | |
| Russian | Здравствуйте! (Zdrávstvujte!) – frm Привет! (Privét!) – inf |
Алло?(Alló?) |
| Sakha | бирибиэт (biribiet) – frm Дорообо (doroobo) – inf |
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| Samoan | Talofa / Falopa | |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Bone die | |
| Scottish Gaelic | Halò / Ciamar a tha thu/sibh? | |
| Serbian | Здраво (Zdravo) | Молим(Molim) |
| Sesotho | Lumela; Dumela (sg) Dumelang (pl) Helele | |
| Shona | Mhoro (sg) Mhoroi (pl) |
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| Sicilian | Ciau / Assabbinirica / Sabbinirica / Salutamu | |
| Sinhala | ආයුඛෝවන් (āyubūvan) | හලෝ (halō) |
| Sesotho | Lumela / Dumela (sg) Dumelang (pl) |
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| Slovak | Ahoj (sg/inf) Ahojte (pl/frm) Nazdar / Servus | |
| Slovenian | Pozdravljeni, Živjo, Zdravo | Halo |
| Somali | Is ka warran | |
| Southern Sámi | Buaregh | |
| Spanish | ¡Hola! | ¡Diga! ¡Dígame! ¿Sí? ¿Bueno? ¡Hola! ¿Aló? |
| Stellingwarfs | Hoj | |
| Sundanese | Halo (borrowed from Indonesian) | |
| Swahili | Habari (inf) Hujambo (sg) Hamjambo (pl) Sijambo (reply) |
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| Swedish | God dag (frm) Hej (inf) Hallå (inf) Tjena, Tja (vinf) |
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| Swiss German | Grüezi (frm) / Sali (inf) Grüezi mittenand (pl/frm) Sali zämme (pl/inf) |
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| Tagalog | Hello; Hi | Hello; Hi |
| Tahitian | Ia ora na | |
| Tamil | வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam) – inf வணக்க0 (vaṇakkã) – frm |
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| Tatar | Isänme(sez) / Sawmı(sız) / Sälam (inf) | |
| Telugu | నమస్కారం (namaskārām) | |
| Tetum | Ola, Oi | |
| Teribe | Miga (said by a visitor) Kobe (said to a visitor) |
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| Thai | สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee) | ฮัลโหล(hanlǒh) |
| 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. |
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| Tigrinya | ሰላም (selam) | |
| Tok Pisin | Gude Hi Hai |
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| Tongan | Mālō e lelei (inf) Mālō ‘etau lava (frm) |
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| Tswana | Dumela | |
| Tsez | АсаламугIалейкум! (Asalamuʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Salamʔaleykum!) СаламгIапейкум! (Biziyä!) (>f) Изийаь! (Iziyä!) (>m) Ризийаь! (Riziyä!) (>pl) |
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| 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 |
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| Wolof | Na nga def (sg) Na ngeen def (pl) Salaam aleekum |
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| 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) |
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