- Armenian- Barev or Bavarien ches
- English – Hello (formal), Hi (informal), What's up? (very informal - slang)
- French – Salut (informal, silent "T"), Bonjour (formal, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonsoir (good evening, 'n' is a nasal vowel), Bonne Nuit (good night). There is also "Ca Va", but this is moreso used as "How are you?"
- Bahamas – Hello (formal), Hi and heyello (informal), What you sayin Buyh (very informal - slang)
- German – Hallo (informal), Guten Tag (formal) pronounced Gu-ten (like goo)-tan Tag like Prague, Tag (very informal). The G in "Tag" is pronounced like Tah-ckh. The A makes an Ah-sound. _
- Guamanian- Hafa Adai(hello/what's up?), Hafa??(informal), Howzzit bro/ bran/prim/che'lu?(informal), Sup(informal)and all other Hello's in english work.
- Bavarian and Austrian German – Grüß Gott (Gruess Gott), Servus (informal, also means "goodbye", pronounced zair-voos)
- Northern German – Moin Moin
- Spanish – Hola (pronounced without the H sound, ola), Que Onda (South America)(very informal, like What's up, pronounced Ke Onduh)–, Que Hay, (also) Que pasa (Spain, informal); Buenos Días (good morning), Buenas Tardes (afternoon and early evening), Buenas Noches (late evening and night). These three forms can be made informal by saying 'Buenas'.
- Slovak – Dobrý bodyeny] (formal), ahoj [ahoy], cau [chow] and dobri (informal)
- Welsh – North Wales = Shwmai (Pronounced shoe-my) Optional throughout Wales = Twll Din Pob Saes (Pronounced - too-ll dean pobe saees)
- Tsonga (south Africa) – Minjhani (when greeting adult people)– Kunjhani (when greeting your peer group or below your age)
- Japanese – Ohayou gozaimasu (O-HA-YOH GO-ZA-EE-MAS); Konnichi wa (KOHN-NI-CHEE-wa) (Daytime or Afternoon); Konban Wa (KOHN-BAHN-Wa)(Evening); Moshi Moshi (MO-SHE MO-SHE) (When answering the phone); Doumo (DO-MO) (Informal way of greeting, but means countless other things as well, only use when context makes sense)
- Italian – Ciao (informal), Salve, Buon giorno (Morning, formal), Buon pomeriggio (Afternoon, formal), Buona sera (Evening, formal)
- Swedish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal)
- Arabic-based languages – As-salaam-aleykum (Peace be on you) or Marhabah (Hello)
- Arabic – Sabbah-el-Khair (Good morning) Masaa-el-Khair (good evening); note that (Kh) is pronounced from the back of the throat. Marhaba (Hello!)
- Persian – Salaam or Do-rood (see note above - Salaam is an abbreviation, the full version is As-salaam-o-aleykum in all Islamic societies)
- Hindi – Namaste (pronounced Na-mus-thei), kaise hain (a little formal), kaise ho (more informal, familiar)
- Korean – Ahn nyeong ha se yo (formal), Ahn nyeong (informal. Can also be used as "Goodbye")
- Dutch – Hoi (very informal), Hallo (informal), Goedendag (formal)
- Russian– Pree-vyet (informal), Zdravstvuyte (formal, pronounce: ZDRA-stvooy-tyeh)
- Romanian is Buna (bu-nhuh)
- Chinese, Mandarin – Ni hao (pronounced knee how)
- Chinese, Cantonese – Nei Ho
- Hebrew – Shalom (which means hello, goodbye and peace) Hi (informal)
- Norwegian – Hei (Hi), Hallo (Hello), Heisan(Hi there), Halloisen (very informal)
- Portuguese – "Oi", "Boas", "Olá" or "Alô" (informal), Bom dia (good morning), Boa tarde (good afternoon), Boa Noite (good evening)
- Danish – Hej (informal), God dag (formal), God aften (evening - formal), Hejsa (very informal).
- Burmese – Mingalarbar
- Turkish – Merhaba (Formal) Naber? (Informal)
- Lithuanian – Laba diena (formal) Labas, Sveikas (informal male) Sveika (female) Sveiki (plural)
- Tagalog (Philippines) – Mabuhay (Welcome);Kumusta Ka (How are you); Magandang Umaga (Good Morning); Magandang Hapon (Good Afternoon); Magandang Gabi (Good Evening/Good Night)
- Esperanto – Saluton
- Telugu – Namaskaram
- Tamil – Vanakkam
- Swahili – Jambo
- Sinhala – A`yubowan (Aa-yu-bo-wan) means "long live"
- Lingala – Mbote
- Indonesian – Selamat Pagi (Good Morning), Selamat Siang (Good Afternoon), Selamat Malam (Good Evening)
- Nepali – Namaskar, Namaste, K cha (informal), kasto cha
- Polish – Dzien dobry (formal), Czesc (informal)
- Hawaiian – Aloha
- Local Hawaiian Pidgin – 'Sup braddah!
- Thai – Sawa dee-ka (if you're a girl)/ Sawa dee-krap (if you're a guy)
- Hungarian, Magyar – Jo napot [yoh (as in the word "oh") naput](Good-day, formal), Szervusz [Sairvoose] (informal)
- Czech – Dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), Dobrý den (formal), Ahoj (informal)
- Ukranian – Dobriy ranuke (formal)- Good Morning, Dobriy deyn (formal) - Good Afternoon, Dobriy vechir (formal)- Good Evening, Pryvit (informal)
- Latvian – Labdien, sveiki, chau (informal sound like in Italian)
- Finnish – Hyvää päivää (formal) - Moi / Hei (Informal) - Moro (Tamperensis)
- Greek – Yia sou (Ya-soo) (informal), yia sas (formal)
- Icelandic – Góðan dag (formal), Hæ (informal)
- Malayalam – Namaskkaram
- Urdu – Adaab
- Telugu – Baagunnara (how are you) (formal)
- Chichewa – Moni Bambo! (to man) / Moni Mayi! (to woman)
- Oshikwanyama – Wa uhala po, Meme? (to woman) / Wa uhala po, Tate? (to man) (response: ee) Nawa tuu? (response: ee) (formal) Ongaipi? (how is it? - informal)
- Nahuatl – Niltze, Hao
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- Croatian – Boke (informal), dobro Jutro (Good Morning), Dobar dan (Day), Dobra Vecer (evening), Laku Noc (Good Night)
- Navajo – Ya'at'eeh. (Hello!)
- Maltese – Merhba (welcome), Bongu (Good Morning), Bonswa (or) Il-lejl it-tajjeb (Good Evening)
- Congo – Mambo
- Jibberish – Huthegelluthego, H-idiguh-el l-idiguh-o (hello,formal), H-diguh-i(hi, informal), H-idiguh-ow a-diguh-re y-idigah-ou? (how are you?)Jibberish
- Senegal – Salamaleikum (see 11.)
- German-speaking parts of Switzerland – Grüzi! (Grew-tsi)
- Scanian – Haja (universal), Hallå (informal), Go'da (formal), Go'maren (morning greeting), Go'aften (evening greeting)
- Luxembourgish – Moïen (MOY-en)
- Samoan – Talofa (Formal), Malo (informal)
- Tongan – Malo e leilei
- Tahitian – Ia Orana
- Tetum (Timor - Leste)– Bondia (Good Morning), Botarde (Good Afternoon), Bonite (Good Evening)
- Maori – Kia ora
- Romanian – Salut; Buna dimineata/ziua/seara (respectful good morning/day/evning); Buna (usually for girls)
- Gujrathi – Kem Che
- Marathi – Namaskar
- Surfer – 'tsup?
- South African English – Hoezit (Howzit) (Informal Greeting)
- Lao – Sabaidee (sa-bai-dee)
- Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) – Kwe Kwe (Gway gway)
- Serbian – Zdravo (informal), dobro jutro (Good morning), Dobar dan (Good afternoon, also used as a formal greeting), Dobro vece (pronounced as "dobro vetche", means Good evening), Laku Noc (Good Night)
- Kannada — Namaskara
- Mongolia – Sain baina uu? SA-YEN BAYA-NU(Formal); Sain uu? SAY-NU(Informal); Ugluunii mend (Good morning, pronounced as 'oglony mend', 'o'sound like 'old'); Udriin mend (Good afternoon, pronounced as 'odriin mend', again 'o'sound like 'old'); Oroin mend (Good evening, pronounced as 'oroin mend', but here 'o' sound like 'orc')
- Slovenian — živjo (informal(ž sounds like zh); dobro jutro (good morning); dober dan (good afternoon); dober vecer (good evening (c sounds like ch in chips)
- Gaeilge — Dia Duit (informal(Pronounced Gee ah Ditch) Literal Translation God be with you.
- Kurdish — Tsoni(hi,hello) Roj Bas("Good Day") (ROHZJ BAHSH)
- Bengali — Namaskar, Salamwalaikum (see 14)
- Igbo — Nde-ewo (pronounced enday aywo; Nna-ewo (pronounced enna wo)
- Zulu- sawubona
- Northen Shoto- dumelang
- Yiddish-Sholem Aleikhem (may peace be unto you), Borokhim Aboyem, or "Gut Morgn" (good morning,), "gutn ovnt" (good evening), "Gutn Tog" (Good day) and on the Sabbath "gut Shabbos".,
- Basque – Kaixo (Hello, Hi, pron. Kai-show), Egun on (Good morning, pron. egg-un own) Gau on (Good night, pron. gow own)
- Pig Latin - Eyhay (informal), Ellohay (formal), Hatsway puay? (Whats up?)
- Texan - Howdy (informal)
- Canada - Hello
- Vietnamese - Xin Chào
- Bulgarian -Zdraveite , Zdrasti(informal)
- Georgian - Gamardjoba
Hindustani- Namaste (hello)