Different ways to say Hello

English

Hello

Afrikaans

Haai (inf)
Hallo
Goeie dag (frm)

Albanian

Ç’kemi
Tungjatjeta

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 (Modern Standard)

                                                                                                                                  (as-salām ‘alaykum) السلام عليكم
rsp – (wa ‘alaykum as-salām) و عليكم السلام
inf – (marḥaban) مرحبا

Belarusian

Вітаю (Vitayu)
Дзень добры (Dzien’ dobry)
Дабрыдзень (Dabrydzien)
Прывітанне (Pryvitanne) – inf

Bengali

নমস্কার (nômoshkar) – for Hindus
আসসালামু আলাইকুম (assalamualaikum)
স্লামালিকুম (slamalikum) – for Muslims

Bulgarian

Здравейте (Zdravejte) frm
Здравей (Zdravej) inf
Здрасти (Zdrasti) inf
Привет (Privet) – regards, greetings

Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)

Chinese (Shanghainese)

Chinese (Taiwanese)

你好 (néih hóu)
你好 (nǐ hǎo) – inf
您好 (nín hǎo) – frm
侬好 (nong23 hao34)
大家好！(dâka-hô!) – hello everybody
饭吃过伐？ (ve23 qik3 gu5 va1?) – “have you eaten?” (common greeting)
你好 (lí-hó) – sg / 恁好 (lín-hó) – pl

Czech

Ahoj / Dobrý den

Danish

Hej

Dutch

Hallo / Goededag / Goeiedag (inf)

Finnish

Terve
Hyvää päivää
Päivää
Moi
Hei

French

Bonjour (frm)
Salut (inf)

German

Hallo
Guten Tag
Servus (used in Austria & Bavaria)
Moin

Greek (Modern)

Γειά! (ya) – inf
Γειά σου (ya su) – inf
Γειά σας (ya sas) – frm

Gujarati

નમસ્તે (namaste)

Hebrew

(šalom) שלום

Hindi

नमस्ते (namaste) नमस्कार (namaskār)

Hungarian

Jó napot kívánok / Szervusz / Szia

Irish

Dia dhuit (sg)
Dia dhaoibh (pl)
Dia is Muire dhuit (sg) – reply
Dia is Muire dhaoibh (pl) – reply

Italian

Ciao / Salve

Japanese

今日は (konnichiwa)
おっす (ossu) – used between close male friends

Lithuanian

Labas, Sveikas, Sveiki

Norwegian

Goddag / Hei / Morn

Polish

Cześć (inf)
Siema (vinf)
Siemano (vinf)

Portuguese (European)
Portuguese(Brazilian)

Olá
Oi! E aí? Tudo bem? Tudo certo? Opa!

Romanian

Salut / Bună ziua

Russian

Здравствуйте! (Zdrávstvujte!) – frm
Привет! (Privét!) – inf

Shona

Mhoro (sg)
Mhoroi (pl)

Slovakian

Pozdravljeni, Živjo, Zdravo

Spanish

¡Hola!

On Phone
¡Diga!
¡Dígame!
¿Sí?
¿Bueno?
¡Hola!
¿Aló?

Swahili

Habari (inf)
Hujambo (sg) Hamjambo (pl) 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

Hello; Hi

Tamil

வணக்கம் (vaṇakkam) – inf
வணக்க0 (vaṇakkã) – frm

Thai

สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dee)

Turkish

Merhaba, Selam, İyi günler

Urdu

(āssālam ‘alaykum) السلام علیکم
reply – (wālaikum assalām) وعليكم السلام
inf – (salām) سلام

Vietnamese

Chào anh (>m)
Chào chị (>f)

Welsh

Helô
Hylô
Shwmae
S’mae

Yiddish

                                                                                                                                           (A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טאָג