Aari [aiw] (Ethiopia: North central Omo region.)
Laqimiu? (how are you?)
Laqimi' (reply to Laqimiu)
Abadi [kbt] (Papua New Guinea: Central Province.)
Gabagaba nonoa (morning greeting)
Rani nonoa (morning greeting)
Lavilavi nonoa (afternoon greeting)
Shavishavi nonoa (afternoon greeting)
Vabuga nonoa (nighttime greeting)
Abai Sungai [abf] (Malaysia: Sabah.)
Ia anu kabar mu? (how are you?)
Ombo ingkiat mu? (where are you going?)
Ombo ingkiat asalmu? (where have you come from?)
Abau [aau] (Papua New Guinea: Green River in Sandaun Province.)
Leisnon yaprue-ar (morning greeting)
Arawh yaprue-ar (evening greeting)
Hunkwe yaprue lwak o? (are you well?)
Hunkwe perey ley ley? (where are you going?)
Hunkwe perey ley ey so? (where are you going?)
Abaza [abq] (Russia: Karachay-Cherkess Republic.)
Мыш бзи (məsh bzi: general greeting in the T'ap'anta dialect)
Умш бзи (umsh bzi: general greeting in the T'ap'anta dialect)
Мш бзе (msh bze: general greeting in the Ashkherewa dialect)
Щымта бзи (schəmta bzi: morning greeting in the T'ap'anta dialect)
Щымтахъа бзи (schəmtaqa bzi: morning greeting in the T'ap'anta dialect)
Щимта бзе (schimta bze: morning greeting in the Ashkherewa dialect)
Хъвлапын бзи (khvlapən bzi: evening greeting in the T'ap'anta dialect)
Хъвлапынхъа бзи (khvlapənqa bzi: evening greeting in the T'ap'anta dialect)
Ууысква шпаъу? (uuəskva shpa'u?: how are you, spoken to a man)
Буысква шпаъу? (buəskva shpa'u?: how are you, spoken to a woman)
Бзила (bzila: fine; reply to Ууысква шпаъу and Буысква шпаъу)
Ишпыъу? (ishpə'u: how are you? in the T'ap'anta dialect)
Йауашт| (yauasht': reply to Ишпыъу)
Бзип| (bzip': reply to Ишпыъу)
Ушпа? (ushpa: how are you? in the Ashkherewa dialect)
Йаушт| (yausht': reply to Ушпа)
Abé [aba] (Côte d'Ivoire: Southern Department, Agboville, and Tiassale.)
Bomé (general greeting)
Eli o (general greeting)
A hein ho (general greeting)
Abenaki, Eastern [aaq] (United States of America: Maine.
Kuai (general greeting)
Kuai kuai (general greeting)
Abenaki, Western [abe] (Canada: Quebec along the St. Lawrence River. United States of America: Vermont and New Hampshire.
Kwai (general greeting)
Kwai kwai (general greeting)
Paakuinôgwzian (general greeting)
Tôni kd'ollôwzin? (how are you?)
N'wôwlôwzi (reply to Tôni kd'ollôwzin)
N'wôwlôwzi pita (reply to Tôni kd'ollôwzin)
Wliwni (thank you, literally "it's good")
Kd'alamihigen (thank you, literally "you please me")
K'wijokagamit (thank you, literally "you are helpful")
Abipón [axb] (Argentina.)
Ariáíe eneogá ayañierman (general greeting)
Ariayé eneogá ayañierman (general greeting)
Ariayé neotá ayañierman (general greeting)
Ygui miñí tarí?(how are you?)
Grijó tetarí (reply to Ygi miñí tarí)
Alimioá (welcome greeting, "come in")
Nalinioá (welcome greeting, "come in", informal)
Añiguiñí (welcome greeting, "sit down")
Añichiriñí (welcome greeting, "sit down")
Abkhaz [abk] (Georgia: Abkhaz Republic.)
Мшыбзиа (mshybzia: general greeting)
Мшыбзиакуа (mshybziakua: general greeting)
Уа, мшыбзиа (ua, mshybzia: general greeting)Бзиа убааит (bzia ubaait: reply to Мшыбзиа spoken to a man)
Бзиа ббааит (bzia bbaait: reply to Мшыбзиа spoken to a woman)
Бзиа зәбааит (bzia zabaait: reply to Мшыбзиа spoken to a group)
Бзиараш бай (bziarash bai: general greeting)
Бзиара убааит (bziara ubaait: greeting spoken to a man, "may you see [something] good")
Бзиара ббааит (bziara bbaait: greeting spoken to a woman, "may you see [something] good")
Бзиара зәбааит (bziara zabaait: greeting spoken to a group, "may you see [something] good")
Щижьыбзиа (schizhybzia: morning greeting)
Шьыжьыбзиа (shyzhybzia: morning greeting)
Шьыжьыбзиакуа (shyzhybziakua: morning greeting)
Уа, шьыжьы бзиа (ua, shyzhy bzia: morning greeting)
Xулыбзиа (khulybzia: evening greeting)
Xулыбзиакуа (khulybziakua: evening greeting)
Уа, х'әылбзиа (ua, khәylbzia: evening greeting)
Бзиа збаша (bzia zbasha: reply to greetings)
Бускуа бао? (buskua bao?: how are you? spoken to a man)
Аускуа бао? (auskua bao?: how are you? spoken to a woman)
Азамана (azamana: reply to Бускуа бао and Аускуа бао)
Бышпакоу? (byshpakou?: how are you? spoken to a woman)
Ушпакоу? (ushpakou?: how are you? spoken to a man)
Йикой (yikoi: "how are you" in the Bzyb dialect, literally "what is it?")
Йикей (yikei: "how are you" in the Bzyb dialect, literally "what is it?")
Бзиала шәаабеит (bziala shwaabeit: welcome greeting)
Бзиала уаабеит (bziala uaabeit: welcome greeting spoken to a man
Abron [abr] (Ghana: southwestern region. Côte d'Ivoire: Tanda and Boundoukou.)
Akye oo (morning greeting)
Ɛte sεn? (how are you?)
Akwaaba (welcome greeting)
Abu' Arapesh [aah] (Papua New Guinea: East Sepik and Sandaun Provinces.)
Luwahef' (morning greeting, literally "morning")
Afubi numunah (midday greeting, "good day"; calque from English)
Yafubi numunah (midday greeting, "good day"; calque from English)
Uwabigeb (afternoon greeting; literally "afternoon")
Afubi uwab (nighttime greeting, "good night"; calque from English)
Yafubi uwab (nighttime greeting, "good night"; calque from English)
Abui [abz] (Indonesia: East Nusa Tenggara.)
Wah (general greeting)
Nefeela (greeting spoken to a friend, literally "my friend")
Feela (greeting spoken to a friend, literally "friend")
Ma a teng yaae? (where are you going?)
A teng yaae? (where are you going?)
A te mia yaari? (where are you coming from?)
Abun [kgr] (Indonesia: Papua Barat.
Sidundo (morning greeting)
Kamdo (afternoon greeting)
Grando (evening greeting)
Norundo (nighttime greeting)
Ben sumane? (how are you?)
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Aceh [ace] (Indonesia: Sumatra.)
Saleum (general greeting)
Saleum meuturi (general greeting)
Saleum seujahtera (general greeting)
Assaleumoe aleikoem (Muslim greeting)
Waleikoem saleum (reply to Assaleumoe aleikoem)
Seulamat beungoh (morning greeting)
Seulamat coet uroe (daytime greeting)
Seulamat seupot (evening greeting)
Seulamat malam (nighttime greeting)
Peuhaba? (how are you?)
Haba get (reply to Peuhaba)
Haba djroeh (reply to Peuhaba)
Ulon djroeh manteng (reply to Peuhaba)
Get, teurimeung geunaseh (reply to Peuhaba)
Teurimeung geunaseh (thank you)
Seulamat neuteumuléh (welcome greeting)
Seulamat teuka (welcome greeting)
Seulamat troek teuka (welcome greeting)
Seulamat troeh teuka (welcome greeting)
Achagua [aca] (Colombia: Meta River.)
Yáali (general greeting)
Ái jiya já'a? (are you there?)
Ái jiá'a (reply to Ái jiya já'a)
Jiwáayu (welcome greeting, "have a seat")
Wamáayu (nighttime greeting, "let's sleep")
Aché [guq] (Paraguay.)
Cho ekõma (general greeting)
Achi' [acr] (Guatemala: Baja Verapaz.)
Sakla tat (early morning greeting spoken to a man)
Sakla nan (early morning greeting spoken to a woman)
Xla tat (morning greeting spoken to a man)
Xla nan (morning greeting spoken to a woman)
Utzilaj aniim (morning greeting)
Utz tzilaj aniim (morning greeting)
La'ij tat (afternoon greeting spoken to a man)
La'ij nan (afternoon greeting spoken to a man)
Utzilaj ke'kq'iij (evening greeting)
Utz tzilaj ke'kq'iij (evening greeting)
La'ab' tat (evening greeting spoken to a man)
La'ab' nan (evening greeting spoken to a woman)
Utzilaj chaq'ab' (nighttime greeting)
Utz tzilaj chaq'ab' (nighttime greeting)
Cha'anmalaa (afternoon and evening greeting used by a married person to another married person)
Taa' (greeting spoken by a child or unmarried person to a married man)
Aay (greeting spoken by a child or unmarried person to a married woman)
Utz a wach? (how are you?)
Utz, mantiox, yet? (reply to Utz a wach: good, thank you, and you?)
Utz, mantiox (reply to Utz, mantiox, yet: good, thank you)
Mantiox chawe (thank you)
Sa'anoom? (how are you?)
Acholi [ach] (Uganda and Sudan.)
Moreme (peace; general greeting)
Morembe (peace; general greeting)
A pwoyi (general greeting)
An bene a pwoyo (reply to A pwoyi)
Itye? (how are you?, "are you?")
Atye (reply to Itye, "I am")
Itye maber? (how are you?)
Atye maber (reply to Itye maber)
Itye nining? (how are you?)
Wutye wunu maber? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Ibut (morning greeting)
Abuto (reply to Ibuto)
Ibuto maber? (morning greeting)
Abuto maber (reply to Ibuto maber)
Ichiyo ni nin? (morning greeting)
Achiyo maber (reply to Achiyo maber)
Irii nining? (afternoon and evening greeting)
Arii maber (reply to Irii nining)
Iri? (afternoon and evening greeting)
Ari (reply to Iri)
Iriyo? (afternoon and evening greeting)
Ariyo (reply to Iriyo)
Apwoyo bino (welcome greeting to one person)
Apwoyo binowu (welcome greeting to a group)
Achterhoeks [act] (Netherlands: Gelderland.)
Goeiendag eem (general greeting)
Moj (general greeting)
Mai (general greeting)
Hallo (general greeting)
Goojemarn (morning greeting)
Goeiemarregen (morning greeting)
Goeiemèèrege (morning greeting in the Ketsheuvel dialect)
Goeijemurruge (morning greeting in the Nijmeegs dialect)
Goejemerrege (morning greeting in the Nijmeegs dialect)
Achuar-Shiwiar [acu] (Peru and Ecuador: Amazon region.)
Wiñámek? (greeting spoken to a visitor)
Wiñájai (reply to Wiñámek)
Pujámek? (greeting spoken by a visitor)
Pujájai (reply to Pujámek)
Ja ái, pujájai (reply to Pujámek)
Taáumek? (greeting spoken to a visitor arriving from far away)
Ja ái, táajai (reply to Taáumek)
Táajai (reply to Taáumek)
Amékitam? (greeting spoken to a visitor arriving after a long absence)
Ja ái, wiítjai (reply to Amékitam)
Tsawárumek? (morning greeting)
Péngkerak tsawárum? (morning greeting)
Péngkerak pujám? (how are you?)
Ja ái, péngker pujájai (reply to Péngkerak pujám)
Maketai (thank you)
Yuuminsame (thank you)
Achumawi [acv] (United States of America: northeastern California.)
Tusi uwi (general greeting in Homawi dialect)
Adai [xad] (United States: northwestern Louisiana.)
Nestæk-awíste (general daytime greeting)
Arestenét-awíste (evening greeting)
Se-enálœk awíste? (how are you?)
Adhola (Dhopadhola) [adh] (Uganda: East, Tooro District.
Yoga (general greeting)
Yoga bende (reply to Yoga)
Initye nedi? (how are you?)
Anitye maber, kosa ini (reply to Initye nedi)
Maber, kosa ini (reply to Initye nedi)
Abende ameno (reply to Maber, kosa ini)
Ichiewi nede (morning greeting)
Adi [adi] (India: Arunachal Pradesh.)
A'lé (general greeting in the Bengni dialect)
O haidung do (general greeting in the Bori dialect)
No haidung do (general greeting in the Bori dialect)
Alduye (general greeting in the Pailibo dialect [adi-pai])
No haiduye? (how are you? in the Pailibo dialect [adi-pai])
No alduye? (how are you? in the Pailibo dialect [adi-pai])
No haidung-do? (how are you? in the Bori dialect [adi-bor])
No kapéla? (how are you? in the Karko dialect [adi-kar])
No kapé idun? (how are you? in the Karko dialect [adi-kar])
Kape no la? (how are you? in the Padam dialect [adi-pad])
Kape no aidun? (how are you? in the Padam dialect [adi-pad])
Ngo aidung (reply to Kape no aidun in the Padam dialect [adi-pad])
Aidung (reply to Kape no aidun in the Padam dialect [adi-pad])
Adi, Galo [adl] (India: Arunachal Pradesh.)
No aldure? (general greeting in the Lare dialect)
Aldure? (general greeting in the Lare dialect)
Adnyamathanha [adt] (Australia: Southern region.)
Nhangka (general greeting)
Nhangka warntu? (how are you?)
Nhangka nhina? (how are you?)
Ngai warntu (reply to Nhangka nhina)
Ngai althaaltha (reply to Nhangka nhina)
Adyghe [ady] (Russia: northern Caucasus. )
Фэсапщи (fesapshi: general greeting)
Фасапщи (fasapshi: general greeting)
Уи пщэдджыжь ф|ыуэ (ui psheddzhəzh f'iue: morning greeting spoken to one person)
Уи махуэ ф|ыуэ (ui mahue f'əue: afternoon greeting spoken to one person)
Уи пщыхьэщхьэ ф|ыуэ (ui pshiuashhe f'əue: evening greeting spoken to one person)
Уи жэщ ф|ыуэ (ui zhesh f'əue: nighttime greeting spoken to one person)
Уи пщэдджыжь ф|ы ухъу (ui psheddzhəzh f'ə uhu: morning greeting spoken to one person)
Уи махуэ ф|ы ухъу (ui mahue f'ə uhu: afternoon greeting spoken to one person)
Уи пщыхьэщхьэ ф|ы ухъу (ui pshəh'eshhe f'ə uhu: evening greeting spoken to one person)
Уи жэщ ф|ы ухъу (ui zhesh f'ə uhu: nighttime greeting spoken to one person)
Фи пщэдджыжь ф|ыуэ (fi psheddzhizh f'əue: morning greeting spoken to a group of people)
Фи махуэ ф|ыуэ (fi mahue f'əue: afternoon greeting spoken to a group of people)
Фи пщыхьэщхьэ ф|ыуэ (fi pshəh'eshhe f'əue: evening greeting spoken to a group of people)
Фи жэщ ф|ыуэ (fi zhesh f'əue: nighttime greeting spoken to a group of people)
Фи пщэдджыжь ф|ы ухъу (fi psheddzhəzh f'ə uhu: morning greeting spoken to a group of people)
Фи махуэ ф|ы ухъу (fi mahue f'ə uhu: afternoon greeting spoken to a group of people)
Фи пщыхьэщхьэ ф|ы ухъу (fi pshəh'eshhe f'ə uhu: evening greeting spoken to a group of people)
Фи жэщ ф|ы ухъу (fi zhesh f'ə uhu: nighttime greeting spoken to a group of people)
Сыд уфэд? (sed wofad: how are you?)
Зэк|э дэгъу, опсэу (zek'e degu, wopseu: reply to Сыд уфэд)
Сыд уикъэбархэ? (sed uikebarhe: how are you? spoken to one person)
Сыд шъуикъэбархэ? (sed shuikebarhe: how are you? spoken to a group of people)
Сыдэу ущыт? (sideu uschit: how are you?)
Сыдэ ушьта? (side uschita: how are you? in the Abzakh dialect of the Shovgen region)
Сыпсау (sipsau: reply to Сыдэ ушьта in the Abzakh dialect of the Shovgen region)
Сыдэ ушьыт? (side uschət: how are you? in the Abzakh dialect of Turkey)
Сыш|ьу (səsh'u: reply to Сыдэ ушьыт in the Abzakh dialect of Turkey)
Тхьауегъэпсэу (thauegepseu: thank you, spoken to one person)
Тхьашъуегъэпсэу (thashuegepseu: thank you, spoken to a group)
Опсэу (wopseu: thank you)
Къеблагъ (qeblag: welcome greeting)
Шъукъеблагъ (shwqeblag: welcome greeting)
Adzera [adz] (Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province.)
Gubu bini (general daytime greeting, "good sun")
Tata bini (morning greeting)
Nam nufan bini (afternoon and early evening greeting)
Idziang bini (evening greeting)
Sivu bini (nighttime greeting)
Umpa bini? (how are you?, literally "are you good?")
Ugamisang? (how are you?, literally "are you all right?")
Ufanung? (where are you going?)
Aeka [aez] (Papua New Guinea: Oro Province.)
Oro, oro, oro (general greeting)
Aekyom [awi] (Papua New Guinea: Western Province.)
Ukan duwa (morning greeting)
Ukan duwa kire (morning greeting)
Aku duwa (afternoon greeting)
Hunen duwa (nighttime greeting)
Afar [aar] (lowlands of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.)
Assalaamu qaleykum (general greeting)
Waqalaeykumu salaam (reply to Assalaamu qaleykum)
Nagayna sin amol tanay (general greeting)
Nagayna sin amol kaadu tamay (reply to Nagayna sin amol tanay)
Maacisse? (morning greeting spoken to one person)
Meqe maaca gey (reply to Maacisse)
Maacisseni? (morning greeting spoken to a group of people)
Meqe maaca geya (reply to Maacisseni)
Nagay asse? (evening greeting spoken to one person)
Meqe assima gey (reply to Nagay asse)
Naga'sse? (evening greeting spoken to one person)
Meq'assima (reply to Naga'sse)
Nagay asseni? (evening greeting spoken to a group of people)
Meqe assima geya (reply to Nagay asseni)
Nagay tanito? (how are you? spoken to one person)
Nagay tanto? (how are you? spoken to one person)
Nagay an (reply to Nagay tanito and Nagay tanto)
Nagay tanitooni? (how are you? spoken to a group of people)
Nagay taniini? (how are you? spoken to a group of people)
Nagay nanno (reply to Nagay tanitooni and Nagay taniini)
Miqto? (how are you?)
Gadda ge (thank you)
Afrikaans [afr] (South Africa.)
Goeie dag (general greeting)
Hallo (general greeting)
Haai (informal greeting)
Goeie môre (morning greeting)
Goeie middag (afternoon greeting)
Goeie naand (evening greeting)
Goeienag (nighttime greeting)
Hoe gaan dit? (how are you?, how's it going?)
Hoe gaan dit met u? (how's it going with you?; formal)
Hoe gaan dit met jou? (how's it going with you?; informal)
Baie goed, dankie (reply to Hoe gaan dit, Hoe gaan dit met u, and Hoe gaan dit met jou)
Goed, dankie (reply to Hoe gaan dit, Hoe gaan dit met u, and Hoe gaan dit met jou)
Dankie (thank you)
Baie dankie (thank you very much)
Welkom (welcome greeting)
Agarabi [agd] (Papua New Guinea: Kainantu District in Eastern Highlands Province.)
Akura ino (morning greeting)
Inuran mino (evening greeting)
Waapó? (greeting spoken by a visitor at a house, "are you there?")
Nahi iyaapó? (greeting, what are you doing?)
Aghem [agq] (Cameroon: northwestern region.)
Wun bi (morning greeting)
Wun bwi (morning greeting)
Wun zi (afternoon greeting)
Aghul [agx] (Russia: Dagestan.)
Салам (salam: general greeting)
Салам алейкум (salam aleikum: general greeting)
Валейкум салам (valeikum salam: reply to Салам алейкум)
Иджи гьузурив (idzhi guzuriv: morning greeting)
Сабах хайир (sabah hayir: morning greeting; borrowing from Arabic)
Апкьанин хайир (apkanin hayir: midday and afternoon greeting)
Уьнурта хайир (unurta hayir: midday and afternoon greeting)
Ахшам хайир (ahsham hayir: nighttime greeting)
Гедже хайир (gedzhe hayir: nighttime greeting)
Фиштиа курар? (fishtia kurar: how are you?)
Чугь сагул иджеая (chugh aghul idzheaya: reply to Фиштиа курар)
Agta, Casiguran Dumagat [dgc] (Philippines: Sierra Madre.)
Memahal a gagabi (morning greeting)
Memahal a tenghali (midday greeting)
Memahal a apon (afternoon greeting)
Memahal a kélép (evening greeting)
Kumusta kam dén? (how are you?)
Ma ige be (reply to Kumusta kam dén)
Agta, Central Cagayan [agt] (Philippines.)
Umanu ka lā? (how are you?)
Fo (general greeting spoken by a visitor approaching a house)
Ā ikamuy mantu (reply to Fo, literally "ah, it's you")
Simarok kām (reply to Fo, literally "come on inside")
Ittay yakoey (general greeting spoken by a visitor, "I'm here")
Ittā kānan (general greeting spoken to a visitor, "you're here")
Hād nagafum? (general greeting, "where are you coming from?")
Hād eyām? (general greeting, "where are you going?")
Hād eyām muy? (general greeting, "where are you going?")
E yāk lā ten (reply to Hād eyām and Hād eyām muy, literally "I'm just walking there")
E yāk ta agyān muy (reply to Hād eyām and Hād eyām muy, literally "I'm going to your place")
Agta, Dupaningan [duo] (Philippines: northeast Luzon, Cagayan, and Isabela.)
Angayam? (where are you going? spoken to one person)
Angayan mo? (where are you going? spoken to one person)
Angayan moy? (where are you going? spoken to a group)
Umetnod ka agat (welcome greeting, "please have a seat")
Agta, Umiray Dumaget [due] (Philippines: Aurora and Quezon.
Masampat a dow (general daytime greeting)
Masampat a abi-abi (morning greeting)
Masampat a udto (midday greeting)
Masampat a apon (afternoon greeting)
Masampat a abi (evening greeting)
Kamusta ka mo di? (how are you?)
Nadeno ka? (where are you going?)
Dino ka po agow? (where are you going?)
Agutaynen [agn] (Philippines: Agutaya Island.)
Muyang kaldaw (general greeting)
Muyang damal damal (morning greeting)
Muyang koto (midday greeting)
Muyang apon (afternoon greeting)
Muyang labi (evening greeting)
Muya ka (reply to greetings)
Muya ka kaman (reply to greetings)
Tagbalay (greeting used when arriving at a house)
Dayon (reply to Tagbalay, "come in")
Ariapa nagalin? (greeting used to a person arriving, "where are you coming from?")
Ariamopa nagalin? (greeting used to a group of people arriving, "where are you coming from?")
Ariapa paning? (greeting used to a person going somewhere, "where are you going?")
Ariamopa paning? (greeting used to a group of people going somewhere, "where are you going?")
Atan lamang (reply, "over there")
Paningo ong nindio (reply, "I'm going to your place")
Pamisitao lamang (greeting spoken by a visitor, "I have come to visit")
Yawa pala (greeting used to a person arriving, "it's you")
Pakayata (welcome greeting, "come on up")
Paleda (welcome greeting, "come in")
Pakaronga (welcome greeting, "have a seat")
Agwagwune [yay] (Nigeria: Akamkpa LGA.)
Ávènì (morning greeting spoken in the Agwagwune dialect [yay-agw])
Áyèré (morning greeting spoken in the Abini dialect [yay-abi])
Áwèlèní (morning greeting spoken in the Adim dialect [yay-adi])
Áyìlènì (morning greeting spoken in the Erei dialect [yay-ere])
Áfèré (morning greeting spoken in the Etono dialect [yay-etu])
Sòtáyóá? (how are you? spoken in the Agwagwune dialect [yay-agw])
Sòráyá? (how are you? spoken in the Agwagwune dialect [yay-agw])
Ékpòkpórì (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Agwagwune dialect [yay-agw])
Sótékpòkpórì (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Agwagwune dialect [yay-agw])
Sólékpòkpólì (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Erei dialect[yay-ere])
Sóràmékpòkpórì (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Agwagwune dialect [yay-agw])
Sólàmékpékém (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Adim dialect [yay-adi])
Sóràmékpèmlúpkém (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Etono dialect [yay-etu])
Gbáhágbáhá érè (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Agwagwune dialect [yay-agw])
Gbáhágbáhá étè (reply to Sòtáyóá and Sòráyá in the Abini dialect [yay-abi])
A-Hmao [hmd] (China: Northwest Guizhou.)
Njiaok nzod (greeting to a person arriving, literally "you arrived quickly")
Sheud nzod (morning greeting, literally, "you're up early")
Hib nzod (reply to Njiaok nzod and Sheud nzod, literally "not early"
Diek raot niob? (how are you?)
Raot dub? (how are you?)
Raot (reply to Diek raot niob and Raot dub)
Raot dangl njial (reply to Diek raot niob and Raot dub)
Da niob (welcome greeting, "come in, sit down")
Cwd niob (welcome greeting, "please be seated")
Naox zhaot (greeting used at a meal, literally "eat your fill")
Ahanta [aha] (Ghana: southwest coast)
Me ma wo ahee (morning greeting)
Ahirani [ahr] (India: Maharashtra and Gujarat.)
Tu kasa she? (how are you?)
Ahom [aho] (India.)
Mau sung kha (general greeting)
Boi kom (general greeting)
Khruptang (formal greeting, literally "kneel down")
Mau shung kang nau kha (morning greeting)
Mau shung kang wan kha (afternoon greeting)
Mau shung kang kham kha (evening greeting)
Mau shung yao mon mon kha (nighttime greeting)
Udine? (how are you?)
Tang lai di u (reply to Udine)
Di yu na? (how are you?)
Yu di (reply to Di yu na)
Ni yu na? (how are you?)
Yu ni (reply to Ni yu na)
Ahtena [aht] (United States: Alaska.)
Nts'e dit'ae? (how are you? spoken to one person in Chistochina dialect)
Ugheli 'elaen (reply to Nts'e dit'ae)
Nts'e doht'ae? (how are you? spoken to a group in Chistochina dialect)
Ugheli tsi'laen (reply to Nts'e doht'ae)
Tsin'aen (thank you)
Aikanã [tba] (Brazil: Rondônia.)
Ja meneno (morning greeting)
Chaocane (reply to Ja meneno)
Ainu [ain] (Japan: Kuril Islands and Hokkaido. Russia: southern Kuril Islands and South Sakhalin Island.)
イランカラプテ。 (irankarapte: general greeting spoken in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
ウウェランカラプ アン ナー。(uwerankarap an na: formal greeting in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
エ・イワンケ ヤー？(e iwanke ya: how are you? spoken to one person in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
ク・イワンケ ワー。(ku iwanke wa: reply to エイワンケ ヤ in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
エー、ク・イワンケ ワー。 (e ku iwanke wa: reply to エイワンケ ヤ in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
イワンケノ エチ・オカ ヤー？(iwankeno eci oka ya: how are you? to a group in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
イワンケノ オカ・アシ ワー。(iwankeno oka as wa: reply to イワンケノ エチ・オカ ヤー in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
イランカラプテ。(iyairaykere: thank you in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
ヒオーイオイ。(hioy'oy: thank you (informal) in the Saru (沙流) dialect)
イショロレー。(isyorore: general greeting in the Obihiro (帯広市) dialect)
イシオロレ。(issiorore: general greeting in the Tokachi (十勝) dialect)
イッソロレ。(issorore: general greeting used in the Kushiro (釧路市) dialect)
イナンカラプテ 。(inankarapte: general greeting spoken in the Tokachi (十勝) dialect)
エチ・イワンケ ヤ？(eci iwanke ya: how are you? in the Tokachi (十勝) dialect)
クアニ アナクネ 。(kuani anakne: reply to エチ・イワンケ ヤ in the Tokachi (十勝) dialect)
Иранкарапте (irankarapte: general greeting in the Sakhalin dialect)
Ирамкарапте (iramkarapte: general greeting in the Sakhalin dialect)
Е-iванке я? (e iwanke ya: how are you? spoken to one person in the Sakhalin dialect)
Ияйрайкере (iyairaikere: thank you in the Sakhalin dialect)
Ирамкараптэ (iramkarapte: general greeting spoken in the Sakhalin dialect)
Э-иванкэ я? (e iwanke ya: how are you? spoken to one in the Sakhalin dialect))
Äiwoo [nfl] (Solomon Islands: Santa Cruz.)
Pevaio mipäko (morning greeting)
Bu mipäko (nighttime greeting)
Mikuwä ngä nyowää? (where are you going?)
Eâpoto (welcome greeting, "come in")
Tââlita (welcome greeting, "have a seat")
Aja [ajg] (Benin.)
Ŋ do egbe (general greeting)
Ŋ xò egbe (reply to Ŋ do egbe)
È fɔn nyíɖé à? (morning greeting spoken to one person)
Mí fɔn nyíɖé à? (morning greeting spoken to a group)
Ɛɛ, ŋ fɔn nyíɖé (reply to È fɔn nyíɖé à and Mí fɔn nyíɖé à)
O kuɖi ègbé (morning greeting)
Aɖo ègbé (reply to O kuɖi ègbé)
O kuɖo fiɛfi (evening greeting)
O kuɖo èzàn (nighttime greeting)
Yoo (reply to O kuɖo fiɛfi and O kuɖo èzàn)
È lè ɖò wé à? (how are you? spoken to one person)
Mí lè ɖò wé à? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Ɛɛ, ŋ lè ɖò wé (reply to È lè ɖò wé à and Mí lè ɖò wé à)
È lè nyíɖé à? (how are you? spoken to one person)
Mí lè nyíɖé à? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Ɛɛ, ŋ lè nyíɖé (reply to È lè nyíɖé à and Mí lè nyíɖé à)
Ozon (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Ozon ke (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Ozon loo (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Ozon keke (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Mí ozon (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Yoo (reply to Ozon, Ozon ke, Ozon loo, Ozon keke, and Mí ozon
Ne pa pari re (greeting spoken when arriving at a house)
Gè vi na wè? (where are you going?)
Ajyíninka Apurucayali [cpc] (Peru: Pachitea River.)
Kitaitirivi (general greeting)
Ari nopoki (spoken by a visitor who is arriving)
Aka-Bea [abj] (India: Andaman and Nicobar islands.)
Note: all phrases listed below for Aka-Bea are farewells, used when someone is leaving. Greetings are not traditionally used in Aka-Bea when meeting and no translations for this type of greeting are available.
Do ɔnke ("I go," spoken by a person who is leaving; followed by one of the two phrases below)
Kam wai dol ("indeed I'm here," spoken by a person who is leaving)
Kam wai mɔlɔichik ("indeed we're here," spoken by a group who is leaving)
Akaselem [aks] (Togo: Tchamba.)
Idokula (morning greeting)
Newway (afternoon greeting)
Nkojobo (evening greeting)
Sinsibena? (how are you?)
Alafia (reply to Sinsibena)
Akawaio [ake] (Guyana: Mazaruni River. Venezuela: Bolivar State. Brazil: Roraima State.)
Miyarɨ (general greeting)
Sarɨ (reply to Miyarɨ)
Ɨ'rɨ pe nai? (how are you?)
Akateko [knj] (Guatemala: San Miguel Acatán.)
Hanik' (general greeting)
Watx' mi q'ejb'i hawu? (how are you?)
Ta watx' k'al awet xaac ti? (how have you been?)
Watx' (reply to Watx' mi q'ejb'i hawu and Ta watx' k'al awet xaac ti)
Watx' k'al wet an (reply to Ta watx' k'al awet xaac ti
Akei [tsr] (Vanuatu: Southwestern Santo.)
Ran panihi (morning greeting)
Poni panihi (evening greeting)
Mo panihi tahu? (how are you?)
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Akha [ahk] (China, Thailand, and Myanmar.)
Uq duq tanq ma (u du ta ma: general greeting. Also written Oohv doohv tahv mah)
Uq duq tanq ma de (u du ta ma de: general greeting. Also Oohv doohv tahv mah de)
Jaol sal dovl mil-a lol? (jah sah doh mia loh: how are you? Also written Jawr sar dovr mir-a lor)
Ngal jaol sal dovl mil-a (ngah jah sah doh mia: reply to Jaol sal dov mil-a lol)
Jaol sal dovl mil-a (jah sah doh mia: reply to Jaol sal dov mil-a lol)
Rhaoq zaq hhaq maq lol? (hah dzah gah ma lo: "have you eaten yet?". Also written Hawq dzaq hgaq maq lor)
Akhvakh [akv] (Russia. Azerbaijan.)
Салам (salam: general greeting)
Akkadian [akk] (Iraq and Syria.)
Shalamu (general greeting)
Shulmu (general greeting)
Lu shulmu (general greeting)
Lu shulmu ana belia (general greeting)
Lu shulmu ana kuati (general greeting)
Lu shulmu ana mukhkhikum (general greeting spoken to a group of people)
Shalmu (general greeting in the Old Babylonian dialect)
Akoose [bss] (Cameroon: southwestern region.)
Ň lèntè wè (general greeting spoken to one person)
Ň lèntè yé (general greeting spoken to a group)
Àsàngé (morning greeting)
Àsàngé sàh (morning greeting spoken to a man)
Àsàngé mà (morning greeting spoken to a woman)
Chân é kúnê? (morning greeting, "how did you sleep?")
Bwâm (reply to Chân é kúnê)
Àhíné (afternoon and evening greeting)
Àhíné sàh (afternoon and evening greeting spoken to a man)
Àhíné mà (afternoon and evening greeting spoken to a woman)
Éh (reply to Àsàngé and Àhíné)
Chán màn? (how are you; literally, "how are things?")
Chán màn kàké? (how are you?; literally, "how are things going?")
Màn kè bwâm (reply to Chán màn and Chán màn kàké)
Chân? (how are you?; literally, "how?")
Ékâ bwâm (reply to Chân)
Yé dè hέ óh (greeting spoken by a person arriving somewhere, "are you there?")
Éh, è pídé? (reply to Yé dè hέ óh, "yes; you have come?")
È pè bwâm (welcome greeting)
È pè bwâm sàh (welcome greeting spoken to a man)
È pè bwâm mà (welcome greeting spoken to a woman)
Akoye [miw] (Papua New Guinea: Gulf Province.)
Naakapa (general greeting)
Awi naakapa (general greeting)
Nkam na nawanyate? (where are you going?)
Akpes [ibe] (Nigeria : Akoko North LGA.)
Ǹ bó yẹn (morning greeting)
Ǹ bó nẹ̀wù (afternoon greeting)
Ǹ d̀ẹ o? (how are you? spoken to one person)
Àn dẹ o? (how are you? spoken to a group of people)
Àn dẹ íṣo èéni o? (how are you in this house?)
Ǹ bó ni isumù (greeting spoken to a person who is working)
Àǹ bó ni isumù (greeting spoken to a group who is working)
Ǹ bó natṣingi (welcome greeting)
Alaba K'abeena [alw] (Ethiopia.)
Garee galti? (morning greeting)
Garee hossi? (evening greeting)
Alabama [akz] (United States of America: Alabama-Coushatta Reservation in southeastern Texas.)
Chíkmàa (general greeting)
Chisáhmín (general greeting)
Chisáhmina (reply to Chíkmàa and Chisáhmín)
Chakáanobi (reply to Chíkmàa and Chisáhmín)
Alíila (thank you)
Kano (thank you)
Kanobi (thank you)
Tá (thank you; informal)
Alíilamoolo (thank you very much)
Kanoomoolo (thank you very much)
Kanopalammoolo (thank you very much)
Ontitoka (welcome greeting to a visitor
Ontitokaaha (welcome greeting to a visitor)
Alago [ala] (Nigeria: Nassarawa State.)
Ogbo shini? (how are you? spoken in the morning, "are you well?")
Eno yoni? (how are you? spoken in the afternoon, "how goes the day?")
Gbo lafia? (how are you?, "are you healthy?")
Alagwa [wbj] (Tanzania: Dodoma Region.)
Laowe (morning greeting)
Masere (afternoon greeting)
Maserade (reply to Masere)
Alamblak [amp] (Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Province.)
Hifa dbhayer (morning greeting)
Hifa yifunger (evening greeting)
Mi sangwana? (where are you going? in the Karawari dialect)
Pambin (reply to Mi sangwana, "up river")
Maswer (reply to Mi sangwana, down river")
Alangan [alj] (Philippines: north central Mindoro.)
Maalen pag umaga (morning greeting)
Maalen paagrateng (welcome greeting)
Alanic [xln] (formerly spoken in the northeastern Caucasus, the Iberian Peninsula, and north Africa in the 5th through 11th centuries.)
Καλή 'ήμερα σου (kali imera sou: morning greeting)
Тαπαγχας (tapankhas: afternoon greeting)
Albanian, Arbëreshë [aae] (Italy: southern region.)
Mirdita (general greeting)
Te fala (general greeting)
Falem (general greeting)
Mirë menatë (morning greeting)
Mirë mbrëma (evening greeting)
Si je? (how are you; informal)
Si rrì? (how are you; polite)
Shumë (reply to Si rri and Si je)
Jam shumë mirë (reply to Si rri and Si je)
Ndutu mirë (reply to Si rri and Si je)
Çë bën? (how are you?)
Si rrini? (how are you? polite, Sicilian dialect [aae-sic])
Si jini? (how are you? (polite), Sicilian dialect [aae-sic])
Jam shumë mirë (reply to Si rrini, Si jini, and Si rri)
Albanian, Gheg [aln] (Albania, Kosovo, and Serbia.)
Mirmjes (morning greeting)
Mirmengjes (morning greeting)
Mirëmëngjesi (morning greeting spoken in the Kosovo dialect)
Mirmngjesi (morning greeting spoken in the Kosovo dialect)
Nadja e mirë (morning greeting spoken in the Shkodër dialect of northwest Albania)
Mirdita (afternoon greeting)
Mirnroma (evening greeting)
Mirmrama (evening greeting spoken in northern Albania and Kosovo)
Mirmroma (evening greeting spoken in central Albania)
Tungatjeta (general greeting)
Tungat (informal greeting spoken in the Kosovo dialect)
Tung (informal greeting spoken in the Kosovo dialect)
Qysh jeni? (how are you?)
Qysh je? (how are you?, informal)
Mirë faleminderit (reply to Qysh je and Qysh jeni)
Ç'ka bone? (how are you?, informal, spoken in Kosovo)
A je lodhë? (how are you?, informal, spoken in Kosovo and Macedonia)
A je lodhë ti? (how are you?, informal, spoken in Kosovo and Macedonia)
A ka najsen të re? (how are you?, "is there any news?")
Jo, krejt me të vjetra (reply to A ka najsen të re)
Mirëserdhët (welcome greeting in the Kosovo dialect)
Albanian, Tosk [als] (Albania.)
Mirëmëngjes (morning greeting)
Mirëdita (afternoon greeting)
Mirëmbrëma (evening greeting)
Tungjatjeta (general greeting)
Njatjeta (informal greeting)
Si jeni? (how are you?)
Si je? (how are you?, informal)
Mirë (reply to Si jeni and Si je)
Unë jam mirë (reply to Si jeni and Si je)
Unë jam mirë, faleminderit (reply to Si jeni and Si je)
Ç'kemi? (how are you?, informal)
Ç'kena? (how are you?, informal)
Ndonjë të re? (what's new?)
Mirëseerdhe (welcome greeting)
Mirë se vini (welcome greeting)
Mirë se vjen (welcome greeting, informal)
Mirenestrasse (morning greeting from 15th century dialect)
Miretzebeen (afternoon greeting from 15th century dialect)
Mireprama (nighttime greeting from 15th century dialect)
Alekano [gah] (Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands Province.)
Ambo (general greeting)
Netekale (morning greeting)
Holínakale (noontime greeting)
Holisakave (noontime greeting)
Únakale (afternoon greeting)
Holugule (nighttime greeting)
Aleut [ale] (Russia: Siberia. United States of America: Alaska.)
Aang (general greeting, "yes")
Aang huzuchix (greeting spoken to a group of people in the Atkan dialect)
Aang ingan (informal greeting in the Eastern dialect)
Aang agitaadang (greeting spoken to a friend)
Qilam ixamnaa (morning greeting)
Qilachxizax (morning greeting)
Angaliichxizax (afternoon greeting)
Amgiichxizax (evening greeting)
Angali kingachxicax (nighttime greeting)
Alqutaxt? (how are you?)
Maqagilakaq (reply to Alqutaxt)
Qaqaasakung (thank you)
Qaqaasakuq (thank you)
Alqutaltxin? (how are you?)
Alqutaadaltxin? (how are you?)
Ixamnaxtalix (welcome greeting)
Qaĝaasakung huzuu haqakux (welcome greeting)
Algonquin [alq] (Canada: Quebec and Ontario.)
Kwe (general greeting)
Kwe kwe (general greeting)
Mino kidjebawak (morning greeting)
Minwakijigan (afternoon greeting) )
Ki mino pimadiz na? (how are you?)
Sá kir winkan? (how are you? in the Coastal dialect)
Kupi (reply to Sá kir winkan)
Alladian [ald] (Cote d'Ivoire.)
E hika (morning greeting)
E hika lô (evening greeting)
Ô kuoê (welcome greeting)
Altai, Northern [atv] (Russia: Gorno-Altai Mountains.)
Эзендер (ezender: general greeting)
Эзен (ezen: general greeting)
Jакшылар (yakshilar: general greeting)
Јакшы кондоор бо? (yakshi kondoor bo: morning greeting)
Jакшы копыган (yakshi koligan: nighttime greeting)
Јакшы ба? (yakshi ba: how are you?)
Јакшы (yakshi: reply to Јакшы ба and Јакшы кондоор бо)
Не табыш? (ne tabish: how are you? informal)
Jок (yok: reply to Не табыш)
Jок, слерде не табаш (yok slerde ne tabash: reply to Не табыш)
Не бар не jок? (ne bar ne yok: how are you?)
Быйан болзын (bïyan bolzïn: thank you)
Altai, Southern [alt] (Russia: Gorno-Altai Mountains.)
Эзендер (ezender: general greeting)
Эзен (ezen: general greeting)
Якшылар (yakshilar: general greeting)
Якши ба? (yakshi ba: how are you?)
Якши (yakshi: reply to Якши ба)
Не табыш? (ne tabish: how are you? informal)
Alune [alp] (Indonesia: West Seram Island.)
Hlamate (general greeting)
Hlamate kenami (general greeting)
Hlamate kwata ne (general daytime greeting)
Hlamate beleti ne (morning greeting)
Kuebe akeu etekare? (where are you going?)
Ale ono saisa? (what are you doing?)
Alur [alz] (Uganda and Congo-Kinshasha.)
Morembe (general greeting)
Wafoyo (general greeting)
Itye nenedi? (how are you?)
Atye maber (reply to Itye nenedi)
Wafoyo bino (welcome greeting)
Alutor [alr] (Russia: Kamchatka.)
Амто (amto: general greeting)
Alyawarr [aly] (Australia: Northern Territory and Queensland.)
Mwerrang awelheyel? (how are you?)
Ama [amm] (Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Province)
Moti kuo (morning greeting)
Nono kuo (evening greeting)
Amahuaca [amc] (Peru. Brazil: Acre State.)
Sharaa rá? (how are you?)
Sharaa múnú (reply to Sharaa rá)
Miyara min? (greeting spoken to a person arriving)
Amami-Oshima, Northern [ryn] (Japan: Amami-Oshima Island.)
うがみしょうら (ugamishoura: morning greeting)
うがみんしょうらん (ugaminshouran: morning greeting)
うがみんしょら (ugamishora: morning greeting in the Amami-shi dialect)
おがみんしょーら (ugamishoora: morning greeting in the Yamato dialect)
きゅーや (kyuya: morning greeting in the Tatsugo dialect)
ひんまんきゃや (himmankyaya: morning greeting in the Uken dialect)
よーね や うがみんしょら (yoneya ugamishora: morning greeting in the Amami-shi dialect)
よーね おがみんしょーら (yone ogamishora: morning greeting in the Yamato dialect)
よねや (yoneya: evening greeting in the Tatsugo dialect)
よーねんきゃや (yonekyaya: evening greeting in the Uken dialect)
いもりんしょーれ (imorinshoore: welcome greeting)
いもーれ (imoore: welcome greeting in the Tatsugo dialect)
いもーり (imoori: welcome greeting in the Amami-shi dialect)
いもりんしょりぅ (imorin shorya: welcome greeting in the Amami-shi dialect)
Amami-Oshima, Southern [ams] (Japan: Amami-Oshima Island.)
うがみじょうらん (ugaminjoran: morning greeting)
うがみんしょーら (ugaminshora: morning greeting in the Setouchi dialect)
よーねんや うがみんしょーら (yonenya ugamishora: morning greeting in the Setouchi dialect)
Amanab [amn] (Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province)
Leana (general greeting)
Ne asim ako? (where are you going?)
Amara [aie] (Papua New Guinea: New Britain.)
Kla ngai? (where are you going?)
Amarakaeri [amr] (Peru.)
Ijtiaki (general greeting)
'Urubada (general greeting)
Menpa' dak i'e? (how are you?)
Pa' dak i'e? (how are you?)
Huadakda ijje'i (reply to Menpa' dak i'e and Pa' dak i'e)
Amarasi [aaz] (Indonesia: East Nusa Tenggara.)
Taabe (general greeting)
Taabe tua (general greeting)
Saloom (general greeting)
Ambae, East [omb] (Vanuatu: Ambae Island.)
Rani karea (morning greeting)
Zerobong karea (morning greeting)
Bon karea (evening greeting)
Ambrym, North [mmg] (Vanuatu: northern Ambrym Island.)
Fangren (evening greeting)
Ambrym, Southeast [tvk] (Vanuatu: southern Ambrym Island.)
Bos minuk (general greeting)
Bos makoe (morning greeting)
Bos piniai (midday greeting)
Bos mahis (afternoon greeting)
Bos vongien (nighttime greeting)
Bos wongien (evening greeting in the Eastern dialect)
Tep? (how are you?, literally "how?")
Odi e odep xiak? (how are you?, "how do you stay now?")
Ambulas [abt] (Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Province.)
Ménéwa yaakwa (greeting spoken to a man who is arriving, in the Maprik dialect [abt-map])
Nyénéwa yaakwa (greeting spoken to a woman who is arriving, in the Maprik dialect [abt-map])
Gunéwa yaakwa (greeting spoken to a group of people who are arriving, in the Maprik dialect [abt-map])
Ménéwa rakwa (greeting spoken to a man who is sitting down, in the Maprik dialect [abt-map])
Nyénéwa rakwa (greeting spoken to a woman who is sitting down, in the Maprik dialect [abt-map])
Gunéwa rakwa (greeting spoken to a group sitting down, in the Maprik dialect [abt-map])
Yaga méné yu? (greeting spoken to a man who is going somewhere, "where are you going?")
Yaga nyéné yu? (greeting spoken to a woman who is going somewhere, "where are you going?")
Yaga guné yu? (greeting spoken to a group of people going somewhere, "where are you going?")
Waba wuné yu (general reply to Yaga méné / nyéné yu, "I am going there")
Wuné dawuliyu (reply to Yaga méné / nyéné yu spoken by a person who is going downhill)
Wuné waaru (reply to Yaga méné / nyéné yu spoken by a person who is going uphill)
Wuné dayu (reply to Yaga méné / nyéné yu spoken by a person who is going downstream)
Wuné wayu (reply to Yaga méné / nyéné yu spoken by a person who is going upstream)
Amele [aey] (Papua New Guinea: Madang Province.)
Feele (general greeting)
Feele bahic (general greeting)
Qasil me (morning greeting; calque from English)
Qasil me bahic (morning greeting; calque from English)
Wesu me (afternoon greeting; calque from English)
Wesu me bahic (afternoon greeting; calque from English)
Witic me (nighttime greeting; calque from English)
Witic me bahic (nighttime greeting; calque from English)
Amharic [amh] (Ethiopia, Israel, and Egypt.)
ጤና ይስጥልኝ (teanastëllën: general greeting)
ታዲያስ (tadiyaas: informal greeting)
ሰላም (selam: informal greeting)
አንደምን፡አደሩ (indemin adderu: morning greeting; respectful)
እንደምን፡አደርክ (indemin adderk: morning greeting, spoken to a man)
እንደምን፡አደርሽ (indemin addersh: morning greeting, spoken to a woman)
እንዴት፡አደርክ? (indet adderk: morning greeting, spoken to a man)
እንዴት፡አደርሽ? (indet addersh: morning greeting, spoken to a woman)
አንደምን፡ዋሉ? (indemin walu: afternoon greeting; respectful)
እንደምን፡ (indemin walk: afternoon greeting, spoken to a man)
እንደምን፡ዋልሸ? (indemin walsh: afternoon greeting, spoken to a woman)
እንዴት፡ዋልክ? (indet walk: afternoon greeting, spoken to a man)
እንዴት፡ዋልሸ? (indet walsh: afternoon greeting, spoken to a woman) )
አንደምን፡አመሹ (indemin ameshu: evening greeting; respectful)
አንደምን፡አመሸህ? (indemin amesheh: evening greeting, spoken to a man)
አንደምን፡አመሸሸ? (indemin ameshesh: evening greeting, spoken to a woman)
እንዴት፡አመሸህ? (indet amesheh: evening greeting, spoken to a man)
እንዴት፡አመሸሸ? (indet ameshesh: evening greeting, spoken to a woman)
እንደምን፡አለህ፧ (indemin alleh: how are you? spoken to a man)
እንደምን፡አለሸ፧ (indemin allesh: how are you? spoken to a woman)
እንደምን፡አላችሁ፧ (indemin allachihu: how are you? spoken to a group)
ደህና፡ነኝ (dehna nenye: reply to እንደምን አለህ፧, እንደምን አለሸ፧, and እንደምን አላችሁ፧)
አመሰግናለሁ (ameseginalehugn: thank you)
ጣም አመሰግናለሁኝ (betam ameseginalehugn: thank you very much)
ደህና፡? (dehina neh: how are you? spoken to a man)
ደህና፡ነሸ? (dehina nesh: how are you? spoken to a woman)
ደህና፡? (dehina newot: how are you? spoken to a group_
እንደምን፡ነህ? (indemin neh: how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
እንደምን፡ነሸ? (indemin nesh: how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
እንዴት፡ነህ? (indet neh: how are you?, informal)
እንኳን፡ደህና፡መጣህ (inkuan dehna metah: welcome greeting spoken to a man)
እንኳን፡ደህና፡መጣሸ (inkuan dehna metash: welcome greeting spoken to a woman)
እንኳን፡ደህና፡መጡ (inkuan dehna metachu: welcome greeting spoken to a group of people)
Amis [ami] (Taiwan: Hualien and Taitung.)
Naruwan (general greeting)
Nga'ay ho (general greeting)
Nga'ay ho papacem (morning greeting)
Nga'ay ranam (morning greeting)
Maratar kisu haw (morning greeting in the Nanshi dialect [ami-nor])
Maratar kiso (morning greeting in the Siwkolan dialect)
Nga'ay ho kalahokan (afternoon greeting)
Nga'ay lahok (afternoon greeting)
Nga'ay ho dadaya (evening greeting)
Nga'ay lafi (evening greeting)
Nga'ay ho? (how are you? in the Pasawalian dialect)
Mama'an aca (reply to Nga'ay ho)
Nga'ay ho ko miso? (how are you? in the Malan dialect)
Hay, nga'ay ho (reply to Nga'ay ho ko miso)
Mama'an aca (reply to Nga'ay ho ko miso)
Nga'ay ho ho nomiso? (how are you?)
Nga'ay ho kiso? (how are you? in the Siwkolan and Hengchun dialects [ami-sou])
Hay, nga'ay to (reply to Nga'ay ho kiso in the Hengchun dialect [ami-sou])
Hay, nga'ay ho (reply to Nga'ay ho kiso in the Siwkolan dialect)
Nga'ayayto aray (reply to Hay, nga'ay ho)
Kapah haw kiso? (how are you? in the Nanshi dialect [ami-nor])
Hay, kapah kako (reply to Kapah haw kiso)
To kako aray (reply to Hay kapah kako)
Masamaan to kamo? (how are you?)
Mamaan aca (reply to Masamaan to kamo)
Inabayan (general greeting spoken in the Peinan dialect [ami-sou])
Amis, Nataoran [ais] (Taiwan: Hualien and Fenglin.)
Hemanan to (general greeting)
Kapah haw kiso? (how are you?)
Maman to kiso? (how are you?)
Amo [amo] (Nigeria: Plateau State.)
Ishanta (general greeting)
Amuzgo, Guerrero [amu] (Mexico: Guerrero and Oaxaca.)
Xmanndyu' (general greeting)
Xmanndyu' nomxjoo (greeting spoken to an older woman)
Xmanndyu' leii (reply to spoken Xmanndyu' nomxjoo to a younger man)
Xmanndyu' xcoo (reply to spoken Xmanndyu' nomxjoo to a younger man)
Jeen ya' na' squien yo' (welcome greeting)
Cwiñom ’u ("come in")
Amuzgo, San Pedro Amuzgos [azg] (Mexico: San Pedro Amuzgos.)
Nö'ön (general greeting)
No' bi' (reply to Nö'ön spoken to a younger man or woman)
Maru' lú (reply to Nö'ön spoken to a younger man)
Maru' ñiâ (reply to Nö'ön spoken to a younger woman)
'A' tónkó yẚ ó (morning greeting)
'A' toaⁿ yẚ ó´ (afternoon greeting)
'A' tijaⁿ yẚ ó (nighttime greeting)
Ndyo'o w'aa (greeting spoken when arriving at a house, "I've come")
Ndyo' (reply to Nydo'o w'aa, "come in")
Yuu w'aa wja'? (where are you going?)
Yuu wja'? (where are you going?)
Andaandi [kzh] (Sudan: Dongola.)
'Er masaan baykomondo (morning greeting spoken to one person)
Ir masaan baykomondo (morning greeting spoken to a group)
'Er minay bu? (how are you?)
'Er minay bun? (how are you?)
Andi [ani] (Russia: southwestern Dagestan.)
Вуч|ч|иде (vuchchide: general greeting)
Вуч|ч|ид (vuchchid: general greeting)
Ссалам (ssalam: general greeting used by Muslims)
Ассалам алейкум (assalam aleikum: general greeting used by Muslims)
Валейкум ассалам (valeikum assalam: reply to Ассалам алейкум)
Andoque [ano] (Colombia: Amazonas.)
Pabūnoheh (morning greeting)
Hakspūnoheh (afternoon greeting)
Andra-Hus [anx] (Papua New Guinea: Manus Province.)
Apo cheka? (how are you?)
Aneityum [aty] (Vanuatu: Aneityum Island.)
Kik epu (general greeting)
Nujalang upni (morning greeting)
Nuhialeg upni (early morning greeting)
Nadi adiat upni (late morning greeting)
Injupki upni (afternoon greeting)
Injupura upni (evening greeting)
Nepig upni (nighttime greeting
Et echa? (how are you?)
Anem [anz] (Papua New Guinea: New Britain.)
Nak au? (where are you going?)
Angal [age] (Papua New Guinea: Southern Highlands Province.)
Hora (general daytime greeting)
Sep homb (morning greeting)
Mbono (afternoon greeting)
Epipini (afternoon greeting)
Somma (nighttime greeting)
Angika [anp] (India: Bihar and Jharkhand States.)
Namaskaar (general greeting)
Subh prabhaat (morning greeting)
Subh sandhyaa (evening greeting)
Subh raatri (nighttime greeting)
Toharo ki haal? (how are you?)
Toinh kainho chho? (how are you?)
Apanai kainho chho? (how are you?)
Hammein theeka chhiye (reply to Toharo ki haal, Toinh kainho chho and Apanai kainho chho)
Angkamuthi [avm] (Australia: Queensland.)
Iyurrah (general greeting, "I am here")
Ikama wungaymba ("good day" in the Yadhaykenu dialect, calque from English)
Angloromani [rme] (United Kingdom, United States, and Australia.)
Sastipe (general greeting)
Kushti divvus (daytime greeting)
Kushti rardi (nighttime greeting)
Sashin? (how are you?)
Mandi kushti (reply to Sashin)
Mandi adusta kushti (reply to Sashin)
Lach ittur ydyues (general greeting in a 16th-century dialect)
Lachira tu (nighttime greeting in a 16th-century dialect)
Maysta ves (welcome greeting in a 16th-century dialect
Angolar [aoa] (São Tomé and Príncipe.)
Bon ja ô (general greeting)
Bó tari ô (afternoon greeting)
Bó notchi ô (nighttime greeting)
Má ô sá? (how are you?)
Má bô cê ca passa? (how are you?)
Angor [agg] (Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province.)
Karihapisi (morning greeting)
Karihasi (evening greeting)
Anguthimri [awg] (Australia: Queensland.)
Pranganje (general greeting in the Mpakwithi dialect; pronounced as franganje)
Koie (greeting called to get someones attention)
Ndrru nje? (how are you? in the Mpakwithi dialect)
Nje (reply to Ndrru nje)
Anii [blo] (Benin. Togo.
Na galaɩ (general greeting)
Tarewere (general greeting spoken in the Gibayakuja dialect
Anindilyakwa [aoi] (Australia: Northern Territory.)
Ngambu-wa? (where are you going?)
Ngeniyerriya (literally, "thank you")
Anjam [boj] (Papua New Guinea: Madang Province.)
Kaiye (general greeting)
O kaiye (general greeting)
Ankave [aak] (Papua New Guinea: Gulf Province.)
Gɨ'mɨnɨ warɨŋɨnɨ? (where are you going?)
Gɨ'mɨgɨ yarɨŋoɨ? (where have you come from?)
Anmatyerr [amx] (Australia: Northern Territory.)
Wenh arteh ntwang awelhem? (how are you?)
Antigua-Barbuda Creole [aig] (Antigua and Barbuda.)
Marning (morning greeting)
How tings? (how are you?)
You alright? (how are you?)
Wah a gwarn? (how are you?)
Me yah (reply to You alright and Wah a gwarn)
Anuak [anu] (South Sudan: Jonglei. Ethiopia: Gambella.)
Derijot (general greeting)
Derijot nye (general greeting)
Piny bede nidi? (how are you?, literally, "how is your land?" or "how is the earth?")
Piny ber yak (reply to Piny bede nidi)
Anufo [cko] (Ghana. Togo. Benin.)
Nja ahiŋ óó (morning greeting spoken to a man)
Mbo ahiŋ óó (morning greeting spoken to a woman)
Dahiŋ nja (reply to Nja ahiŋ óó and Mbo ahiŋ óó spoken to a man)
Dahiŋ mbo (reply to Nja ahiŋ óó and Mbo ahiŋ óó spoken to a woman)
A ti shɛ? (informal morning greeting)
N ti laifiɛ (reply to A ti shɛ)
A da shɛ? (informal morning greeting)
N da laifiɛ (reply to A da shɛ)
Dabri di? (informal morning greeting)
Dabri da laifiɛ (reply to Dabri di)
Nja ahóó (afternoon greeting spoken to a man)
Mbo ahóó (afternoon greeting spoken to a woman)
Wiɛsu ti shɛ? (informal afternoon greeting
Wiɛsu ti laifiɛ (reply to Wiɛsu ti shɛ)
Naasɔ ti shɛ? (informal afternoon greeting)
Naasɔ ti laifiɛ (reply to Naasɔ ti shɛ)
Nja adóó (evening greeting spoken to a man)
Mbo adóó (evening greeting spoken to a woman)
à shɛ ni ba (welcome greeting)
Anuki [aui] (Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province.
Didibara maisena (early morning greeting)
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Anyin [any] (Côte d'Ivoire: Aboisso Department.)
Añi o (general greeting)
Yo (reply to Añi o)
Mvre o (reply to Añi o)
Ndya (general greeting)
Kã lo ndè kre mi (general greeting, "tell me what's happening")
Kã ñgyasi kre mi (general greeting, "tell me the news")
Àhín (morning greeting)
Àhín óó (morning greeting)
Èyolè óó (reply to Àhín óó)
Èjàá, èhelé óó (reply to Àhín ó)
Ñdremu? (morning greeting)
Ñgremu ri? (morning greeting)
Ñgremu ni? (morning greeting)
Üanu? (midday greeting)
Üanu ri? (midday greeting)
Awà óó (afternoon greeting)
Éyouà óó (reply to Awà óó)
Ànú óó (evening greeting)
Awosi óó (reply to Ànú óó)
Mati o (evening greeting)
Yo, ya nati o (reply to Mati o)
Kõgwe? (nighttime greeting)
Kõgwe ni ri? (nighttime greeting)
Ahi o (morning greeting in Idenie dialect)
Akwaabo (reply to Añi o and Ahi o)
Dumwa (general greeting spoken to the person who arrives first at a place)
Asyĩ (reply to Dumwa spoken by the person who arrives first at a place)
Dumwa o (general greeting spoken to the person who arrives first at a place)
Asyĩ o (reply to Dumwa o spoken by the person who arrives first at a place)
Dumwa mo (general greeting in the Sanvi dialect)
Ayo, arisyi o (reply to Dumwa mo and Dumwa o)
Ndya, lo ri? (how are you?, "what's the news?")
Lo ri? (how are you?, "what's the news?")
Ye wu brè sò (reply to Lo ri)
Ye wa sò o (reply to Lo ri)
Ndya mvre o (welcome greeting)
Akwaabo (welcome greeting in the Sanvi dialect)
Apache, Jicarilla [apj] (United States of America: Dulce in northern New Mexico.
Dáanzho (general greeting)
Dáanzhonl da (morning greeting)
Ha annsi? (how are you?)
Doo annsi (reply to Ha annsi)
Apache, Kiowa [apk] (United States of America: Caddo County in western Oklahoma.)
Hàchò (general greeting)
Tana ánéesee? (how are you?)
Apache, Lipan [apl] (United States of America: Mescalero Reservation in northern New Mexico.)
Dagote (general greeting, "how are things?")
Apache, Mescalero-Chiricahua [apm] (United States of America: Mescalero Reservation in northern New Mexico.)
Dánt’e? (general greeting)
Dagot'é? (general greeting, "how are things?")
Hadínyaa? (general greeting, literally "where are you going?")
Apache, Western [apw] (United States of America: east central Arizona.)
Dagot'ee (general greeting, "how are things?")
Ya'ateh (general greeting, from Navajo)
Apalaí [apy] (Brazil: Pará.)
Moehno? (general greeting)
Apakano (morning greeting)
Sataxikane (nighttime greeting)
Synyhne (nighttime greeting)
Apatani [apt] (India: Arunachal Pradesh.)
Knii miidu? (general greeting spoken to one person, "what are you doing?")
Niinyi knii miidu? (general greeting spoken to two people, "what are you two doing?")
Danyo dasu da (reply to Knii miidu spoken by a person who is sitting)
Hiila dasu da (reply to Knii miidu spoken by a person who is sitting)
Ene dasu da (reply to Knii miidu spoken by a person who is sitting)
Danyo dusu du (reply to Knii miidu spoken by a person who is standing)
Hiila dusu du (reply to Knii miidu spoken by a person who is standing)
Ene dusu du (reply to Knii miidu spoken by a person who is standing)
Dasu da ha? (general greeting spoken to a person who is standing up, "you are standing there")
Iin (reply to Dasu da ha)
Noh inpa? (where are you going?)
Noh hokii? (where did you come from?)
Noh inte he? (where have you been?)
No ayasiido ha? (how are you?)
No niitan do? (how are you?)
No niitan? (how are you?)
Ngo aya do (reply to No niitan do and No niitan)
Alyi ha? (welcome greeting spoken to a person arriving at a house)
Iin, dusu dulo (reply to Alyi ha spoken by a visiting arriving at a house)
Alo aya (daytime greeting, rarely used; literal translation from English)
Aro aya (morning greeting, rarely used; literal translation from English)
Alyin aya (evening greeting, rarely used; literal translation from English)
Apinayé [apn] (Brazil: Tocantins.)
Taro hma? (general greeting, literally "are you here")
Na ka ra pôj (greeting spoken to a person arriving, "you've come")
Ỳ, na pa ra ô (reply to Na ka ra pôj)
Pa (greeting spoken to a man)
Ka (greeting spoken to a woman)
Négalinio (morning greeting)
Ka na ka ra akrã kato? (morning greeting, "have you woken up?")
Ỳ na pa ra ixkrã kato (reply to Ka na ka ra akrã kato)
Aríni (afternoon and evening greeting)
Nêramuclí (nighttime greeting)
Ka na ka ra gõr? (nighttime greeting spoken at a house, "are you sleeping?")
Mã kormã, inhõt kêt nẽ, axá (reply to Ka na ka ra gõr)
Nhỹ'ỹm na ka mõ? (where are you going?)
Ap Ma [kbx] (Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Province.)
Wap yauro (morning greeting)
Wau yauro (midday greeting)
Bundan yauro (evening greeting)
Apma [app] (Vanuatu: Central Raga Island.)
Tsuubung mwamak (morning greeting in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Ren mwamak (afternoon greeting in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Bung mwamak (evening greeting in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Mak oh (informal greeting in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Kom gabis? (how are you? in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Te gabis nge (reply to Kom gabis in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Ko ban ibeh? (where are you going? in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Ko tepma ibeh? (where have you come from? in the Suru Mwerani dialect [app-mel])
Ko ban imbeh? (where are you going? in the Suru Rabwanga dialect [app-sur])
Ko tepma imbeh? (where have you come from? in the Suru Rabwanga dialect [app-sur])
Kom kabis? (how are you? in the Suru Rabwanga and Suru Kavian dialects [app-sur])
Te kabis nge (reply to Kom kabis in the Suru Rabwanga dialect [app-sur])
Te kabis nga (reply to Kom kabis in the Suru Kavian dialect)
Ko ban al beh? (where are you going? in the Suru Kavian dialect)
Kot vama al beh? (where have you come from? in the Suru Kavian dialect)
Apurinã [apu] (Brazil: Amazonas.)
Waikai? (general greeting, literally "are you here?")
Waikarãnu (reply to Waikai)
Waikarãnuta (reply to Waikai)
Waikai pite? (general greeting, literally "are you here?")
Waikarãnu nota (reply to Waikai pite )
Aranggai? (general greeting, literally "are you there?")
Kipa pytxananyta? (general greeting, "what are you doing?")
Kone, nakakamareno (reply to Kipa pytxananyta, "no, I'm not doing anything")
Hỹkanỹka (welcome greeting, "come in," "come on up")
Pukanũkowata (welcome greeting, "come in," "come on up")
Arabana [ard] (Australia: South Australia.)
Arru (general greeting)
Arru anpa (general greeting)
Arru'npa (general greeting)
Arru urkari (general greeting to a group)
Anpa ngurku? ("are you well?)
Aray, antha ngurku (reply to Arru anpa)
Antha ngurku (reply to Arru anpa)
Arabela [arl] (Peru: Arabela River.)
Cua rupuesanona (general greeting)
Quiaate qui yajaa? (how are you?)
Quiyani (reply to Quiaate qui yajaa)
Taate quia quiyani? (how are you?)
Mannia quiyajaanijia (reply to Taate quia quiyani)
Maínini tí (general greeting)
Maínini (reply to Maínini tí)
Arabic, Modern Standard [arb] (literary language in various countries throughout the Middle East and northern Africa.)
السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ (assalām aleikom: general greeting)
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلامُ (wa aleikom assalām: reply to السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ)
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ (wa aleikom assalām wa raḥmatullāhi: reply to االسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ)
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَركاتُه (wa aleikom assalām wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhu: reply to السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ)
السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ (assalām aleikom wa raḥmatullāh: general greeting)
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ (wa aleikom assalām wa raḥmatullāhi: reply toالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ)
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَركاتُه ((wa aleikom assalām wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuhu: reply to السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ)
السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَركاتُه (assalām aleikom wa raḥmatullāh wa barakātuhu: general greeting)
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَركاتُه (wa aleikom assalām wa raḥmatullāh wa barakātuhu: reply to السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَركاتُه)
سَّلام (salām: general greeting)
وَعَلَيْكُمُ (wa aleikom: reply to سلام)
مَرْحَبًاً (marḥaba: general greeting)
مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban: general greeting)
أَهْلاً (ahlan: informal greeting)
صَبَاْحُ الْخَيْرِ (ṣabāh al-khayr: morning greeting)
صَبَاْحُ النور (ṣabāh an-nuur: reply to صَبَاْحُ الْخَيْرِ)
عِمْ صَبَاْحًا (im ṣabāḥan: morning greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
عِمْتَ صَبَاْحًا (imta ṣabāḥan: morning greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
عِمِيْ صَبَاْحًا (imī ṣabāḥan: morning greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
عِمْتِ صَبَاْحًا (imti ṣabāḥan: morning greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
مَسَاْءُ الْخَيْرِ (masā al-khayr: afternoon greeting)
مساء النور (masā an-nūr: reply to مَسَاْءُ الْخَيْرِ)
عِمْ مَسَاْءً (im masā'an: evening greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
عِمْتَ مَسَاْءً (imta masā'an: evening greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
عِمِيْ مَسَاْءً (imī masā'an: evening greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
عِمْتِ مَسَاْءً (imti masā'an: evening greeting spoken to a man in Classical Arabic)
تُصْبِحُ عَلَىْ خَيْرٍ (tuṣbiḥ alā-khayrin: nighttime greeting spoken to a man)
تُصْبِحِيْنَ عَلَىْ خَيْرٍ (tuṣbiḥēn alā-khayrin: nighttime greeting spoken to a woman)
ليلَةً هَاْنِئَةً (laylatan hāni'a: nighttime greeting)
کَيْفَ ٱلْحَال؟ (kaif alhal: how are you?)
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ (alhamdulillah: reply to کَيْفَ ٱلْحَال)
كَيْفَ حَاْلُكَ؟ (kaifa haluk: how are you? spoken to a man)
كَيْفَ حَاْلُكِ؟ (kaifa haluki: how are you? spoken to a woman)
كَيْفَ حَاْلكم؟ (kaifa halkum: how are you? spoken to a group)
أَنَاْ بِخَيْرٍ (ana bikhayrin: reply to كَيْفَ حَاْلُكَ and كَيْفَ حَاْلُكِ)
أَنَاْ بِخَيْرٍ ، شُكْرًا (ana bikhayrin shukran: reply to كَيْفَ حَاْلُكَ and كَيْفَ حَاْلُكِ)
شُكْرًا (shukran: thank you)
شُكْرًا جزيلا (shukran jazilan: thank you very much)
أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً (ahlan wa sahlan: welcome greeting)
أَهْلاً بيكِ (ahlan bek: reply to أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً spoken to a man)
أَهْلاً بيك (ahlan beki: reply to أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً spoken to a woman)
Arabic, Algerian [arq] (Algeria.)
Essalaamu 'likum (general greeting)
Wa'likum essalām (reply to Essalaam 'likum)
Marhba (general greeting)
Saha (general greeting)
'Eslāma (informal greeting)
Labas (informal greeting)
Ṣava (informal greeting; from French)
Axir (morning greeting)
Ṣbaḥ alxir (morning greeting)
Ṣbaḥ annur (reply to Ṣbaḥ alxir)
Masa alxir (afternoon greeting)
Masa annur (reply to Masa alxir)
Taṣbah bxir (nighttime greeting)
Waš rak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Waš raki? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Ki rak? (how are you? spoken to a man in the western dialect)
Ki raki? (how are you? spoken to a woman in the western dialect)
Labas (reply to Waš rak, Waš raki, Ki rak, and Ki raki)
Marḥaba (welcome greeting)
Marḥaba bīk (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Marḥaba bīkum (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Arabic, Algerian Saharan [aao] (Algeria.)
Essalāmulikum (general greeting)
Ṣabaḥ alxir (morning greeting)
Ṣabaḥ annur (reply to Ṣabaḥ alxir)
Masa alxir (afternoon greeting
Masa annur (reply to Masa alxir)
Marḥaba (welcome greeting)
Marḥaba bīk (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Marḥaba bīkum (welcome greeting spoken to a group
Arabic, Baharna [abv] (Bahrain and Oman.)
Assalām 'alēkum (general greeting)
Salām (general greeting)
Salāmun 'alēkum (general greeting)
Salāmun 'alēčim (general greeting used in rural areas)
Ḥayyalla (general greeting)
Ṣābaḥ ilxēr (morning greeting)
Tiṣbiḥ 'ala xēr (nighttime greeting)
Ma'ġūr (greeting spoken to a person who is working)
Kēf ilḥāl? (how are you?)
Šōnik? (how are you?)
Aḥwālik kidd ayšo? (how are you?)
Aḥwālič kidd ayšō? (how are you? used in rural areas)
Wēš aḥwālik? (how are you?)
Hudār (reply to Wēš aḥwālik)
Hūdār (reply to Wēš aḥwālik)
Ha šinu fi? (how are you? informal)
Hala (welcome greeting)
Yā hala yā ġimā'a (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Yā hala (welcome greeting)
Yā hala yā ġimā'a (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Ahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Chadian [shu] (Chad.)
Salâm alêk (general greeting to a man)
Salâm alêki (general greeting to a woman)
Salâm alêku (general greeting to a group)
Al-salâm alêk (general greeting to a man)
Al-salâm alêki (general greeting to a woman)
Al-salâm alêkum (general greeting to a group)
Wa alêk al-salâm (reply to Al-salâm alêk, Al-salâm alêki, and Al-salâm alêkum)
Lâlê (informal greeting; from Kanuri)
Lâlêk (informal greeting spoken to a man)
Lâlêki (informal greeting spoken to a woman)
Lâlêku (informal greeting spoken to a group)
Use (informal greeting; from Fulfulde)
Asbahta âfe (morning greeting)
Sbah l xêr (morning greeting)
M'sel xêr (afternoon greeting)
Amsêtu âfe (evening greeting)
Asbuhu ale l xêr (nighttime greeting)
Kēfin nak? (how are you?)
Kēf ahal (how are you?)
Afe, alhamdulilah (reply to Kēf ahal)
Kēf ḥalkun? (how are you?)
Inta âfe? (how are you? are you healthy? spoken to a man)
Inti âfe? (how are you? are you healthy? spoken to a woman)
Intu âfe? (how are you? are you healthy? spoken to a group)
Intu âfe wallâ? (how are you? are you healthy? spoken to a group)
Ana âfe (reply to Inta âfe, Inti âfe, and Intu âfe)
Âfe (reply to Inta âfe, Inti âfe, and Intu âfe)
Taybin? (how are you? is everyone healthy?)
Aywâ, taybin (reply to Taybin)
Jîtan jît (welcome greeting spoken to a man)
Jîtan jîti (welcome greeting spoken to a woman)
Jîtan jîtu (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Mabrúk al-jayye (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Cypriot [acy] (Cyprus: Kormakiti, Nicosia, and Limassol.)
Šlomo (general greeting)
Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi [avl] (Egypt: Sinai. Jordan: eastern region. Syria: southwestern region.)
As-salaam 'alēk (greeting used when you haven't seen someone for a while)
W'aleek as-salaam (reply to As-salaam 'alēk)
Salamik (general greeting)
Gawwak (greeting spoken to a man)
Gawwkiy (greeting spoken to a woman)
Gawwkuw (greeting spoken to a group of men or of men and women)
Gawwkin (greeting spoken to a group of women)
Marḥaba (reply to Gawwak, Gawwkiy, Gawwkuw, and Gawwkin)
Wal guwwa (general greeting)
Allah ygawwik (reply to Wal guwwa)
Gawwak allah (reply to Wal guwwa)
Hayyak allah (general greeting)
Wal 'awāf (general greeting)
Allah y'āfik (reply to Wal 'awāf)
Alāmuḳ? (how are you?)
Māluḳ? (how are you?)
Alla ihayyik (welcome greeting)
Hala (welcome greeting used in eastern Jordan)
Hala gwīt (welcome greeting used in eastern Jordan)
Arabic, Egyptian [arz] (Egypt.)
Assalām 'aleykum (general greeting)
Wa 'aleykum assalām (reply to Assalām aleykum)
Ahlan (informal greeting)
Sabāh elxer (morning greeting)
Sabāh ennur (reply to Sabāh elxir)
Sabāh ilištā (morning greeting, literally "morning of cream", used in rural areas)
Sabāh elassal (reply to Sabāh ilištā, "morning of honey", used in rural areas)
Sabāh ilful (morning greeting, literally "morning of jasmine", used in rural areas)
Misā' elxer (afternoon greeting)
Misā' ennur (reply to Misā' elxer)
Nahārak sa'īd (late morning to early afternoon greeting, spoken to a man)
Nahārik sa'īd (late morning to early afternoon greeting, spoken to a woman)
Nahārak sa'īd mubārak (late morning to early afternoon greeting, spoken to a man)
Nahārik sa'īd mubārak (late morning to early afternoon greeting, spoken to a woman)
Izzayyak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Izzayyik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Izzayyuku? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Izzayyukum? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Izzayy ilaḥwāl? (how are you? informal)
Izzayy issiḥḥa? (how are you?, "how is your health?")
Izzayy ḥadritak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Izzayy ḥadritik? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kwayyis, alḥamdulillāh (reply to Izzayyak, spoken by a man)
Kwayyisa, alḥamdulillāh (reply to Izzayyik, spoken by a woman)
Ana kwayyis, alḥamdulillāh (reply to Izzayyak, spoken by a man)
Ana kwayyisa, alḥamdulillāh (reply to Izzayyik, spoken by a woman)
Alḥamdulillāh (reply to Izzayyak and Izzayyik)
Alḥamdulillāh tamām (reply to Izzayyak and Izzayyik)
Kullu tamām (reply to Izzayyak and Izzayyik)
'Āmil eih? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
'Āmla eih? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
'Āmlīn eih? (how are you? informal, spoken to a group)
Eih axbār? (how are you? informal)
Axbārak eih? (how are you? informal)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahlan bīk (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a man)
Ahlan bīki (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a woman)
Ahlan bīkum (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a group)
Arabic, Gulf [afb] (Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.)
As salām alaikom (general greeting)
Wa alaikom as salām (reply to As salām alaikom)
Salām (general greeting)
Marḥaba (general greeting)
Guwwa (general greeting spoken in the coastal region)
Gawwik (reply to Guwwa)
Allah igawwik (reply to Guwwa)
Gawwhum (general greeting spoken in Basra)
Ya halla (informal greeting)
Halaw (informal greeting)
Halaw walla (informal greeting used in Saudi Arabia)
Sabāḥ al-khayr (morning greetin)
Sabākḥ (morning greeting spoken to one person)
Sabāḥkum (morning greeting spoken to a group)
Masā al-khayr (afternoon greeting)
Kēf ḥalik? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kēf ḥalich? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kēfik? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kēfich? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Šlōnik? (how are you? spoken to a man in Qatar and Kuwait)
Šlōnich? (how are you? spoken to a woman in Qatar and Kuwait)
Šlōnkum (how are you? spoken to a group in Qatar and Kuwait)
Šlonak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man in Iraq)
Šlonach? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman in Iraq)
Bkheir, alhamdulillah (reply to Šlonak and Šlonach)
Cheef lḥaal? (how are you? spoken in the United Arab Emirates)
Išḥalek? (how are you? spoken in the United Arab Emirates)
Ya ḥāla fīk? (how are you? spoken in Kuwait)
Ša ḥālak? (how are you? spoken in Kuwait and United Arab Emirates)
Šakbaarikh? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait)
Šakbaarich? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait)
Šekbaarakh? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man in Qatar)
Šekbaarekh? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman in Qatar)
Šaku māku? (how are you? informal, spoken in Iraq)
Aššoonak? (how are you? informal, spoken in northern Iraq)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahleen u sahleen (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Hadrami [ayh] (Yemen: eastern region.)
Assalām 'alaykum (general greeting)
Salām 'alaykum (general greeting)
Walaykum salām (reply to Assalām 'alaykum and Salām 'alaykum)
Marḥaba (general greeting)
Yā ḥayyā (general greeting)
Gwīt (general greeting)
Allāh yiḥayyik (general greeting spoken to a man)
Allāh yiḥayyiš (general greeting spoken to a woman)
Allāh yisallimak (general greeting, "may God bless you")
Ṣabaḥtū (morning greeting)
Kēf ṣabaḥt? (morning greeting)
Kēf alḥāl? (how are you)
Alḥamdilillāh bikhayr (reply to Kēf alḥāl and Kēf ṣabaḥt)
Salam hālak (reply to Kēf alḥāl)
Kēf ḥālak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kēf ḥāliš? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahlan bīk (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan)
Ḥayyā bak (welcome greeting)
Ḥayyā lak (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Hijazi [acw] (Saudi Arabia and Eritrea.)
W'alēkum assalām (reply to Assalāmu 'alēkum)
Marḥāba (general greeting)
Ṣabāḥ alkhēr (morning greeting)
Ṣabāḥ annūr (reply to Ṣabāḥ alkhēr)
Masā' alkhēr (evening greeting)
Masā' annūr (reply to Masā' alkhēr)
Kif hālak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kif hālik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kif hālakum? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Kifak? (how are you? informal spoken to a man)
Kifik? (how are you? informal spoken to a woman)
Ṭayyib (reply to Kif hālak spoken by a man)
Ṭayyiba (reply to Kif hālik spoken by a woman)
Ṭayyibīn (reply to Kif hālakum spoken by a group)
Alḥamdu lillāh (reply to Kif hālak, Kif hālik, Kif hālakum, Kifak, and Kifik)
Šlōnak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Šlōnik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Šlōnakum? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Zēn (reply to Šlōnak spoken by a man)
Zēna (reply to Šlōnik spoken by a woman)
Ya hala (welcome greeting)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahlan bīk (welcome greeting spoken to a man)
Ahlan bīki (welcome greeting spoken to a woman)
Ahlan bīkum (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Arabic, Judeo-Iraqi [yhd] (Israel and Iraq.)
Yahhala (general greeting)
Ašlonik? (how are you?)
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan [aju] (Israel.)
שלמה (shlama: general greeting)
שלמה עליכ (shlama 'lik: general greeting)
אשכברכ (ash ihbark: how are you?)
לבש, מרסי (labash, mersi: reply to אשכברכ)
לבש, המדול'ילה (labash, hamdulillah: reply to אשכברכ)
לבש (labash: reply to אשכברכ)
Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian [yud] (Israel. Italy. Libya.)
Slam (general greeting)
Ša halak? (how are you?)
Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni [jye] (Israel. Yemen.)
Ḥālhā (general greeting)
Marḥabā (reply to Ḥālhā)
Ḥayyā (general greeting)
Gowwā (general greeting)
Arabic, Libyan [ayl] (Libya.)
Salam 'alekum (general greeting)
Wa 'alekum es salam (reply to Salam 'alekum)
Xeer (informal greeting)
Ahlēn (informal greeting)
Sabah al-kher (morning greeting)
Sabah an-nur (reply to Sabah al-kher)
Misa' al-kher (afternoon greeting)
Tisbah 'ala kher (evening greeting spoken to a man)
Tisbahi 'ala kher (evening greeting to a woman)
Tisbahu 'ala kher (evening greeting, to a group)
Kif halak? (how are you?)
Anta kwayyes? (how are you?)
Kwayyes (reply to Kif halak and Anta kwayyes)
Ša halak? (how are you?)
Šin halak? (how are you?)
Šin azzow? (how are you?)
Šinu fi? (how are you? informal)
Marḥba (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Mesopotamian [acm] (Iraq.)
Assalāmu alaikum (general greeting)
Wa alaikum assalām (reply to Assalāmu alaikum)
Marḥaba (general greeting)
Sabāh al-khair (morning greeting)
Sabāh an-nu (reply to Sabāh al-khair)
Tisbāh ala-khair (nighttime greeting spoken to a man)
Tisbāhiin ala-khair (nighttime greeting spoken to a woman)
Tisbāhuun ala-khair (nighttime greeting spoken to a group)
Halaw (informal greeting)
Gowwa (informal greeting)
Kēf ik? (how are you?)
Šlōn issihha? (how are you?)
Šlōnak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
Šlōnič? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Šlōnkum? (how are you? informal, spoken to a group)
Bkheir, ilhamdulillah (reply to Šlōnak, Šlōnič and Šlōnkum)
Zēn, ilhamdulillah (reply to Šlōnak, Šlōnič and Šlōnkum)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Moroccan [ary] (Morrocco.)
Salam 'leykum (general greeting)
Assalam 'leykum (general greeting)
Assamalu 'aleykum (general greeting in the Jebli dialect [ary-jeb])
Salam (general greeting in Casablanca [ary-rab], Oujda [ary-ouj], and Tangier [ary-tan])
Ahlan (general greeting in Marrakesh)
Ṣbaḥlkhir (morning greeting)
Ṣbaḥnuur (reply to Ṣbaḥlkhir)
Mselkhir (afternoon greeting)
Teṣbaḥ 'la khir (afternoon greeting)
Lla yemsek 'la khir (nighttime greeting)
Kif halek? (how are you?)
Labas, barak llahu fik (reply to Kif halek)
Chani halek? (how are you? spoken in the Tangier dialect [ary-tan])
Labas? (how are you?)
Labas 'lik? (how are you?)
Labas alik? (how are you? spoken in the Casablanca (Ad-Dar Al-Bayda) dialect [ary-rab])
Labas (reply to Labas, Labas 'lik and Labas alik)
Labas alhamdulillah (reply to Labas, Labas 'lik and Labas alik)
Bikhir alhamdulillah (reply to Labas, Labas 'lik and Labas alik)
Aš khbarek? (how are you? spoken in the Marrakesh dialect [ary-mar])
Ki dayer? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Ki dayra? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Ki dayrin? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Kif ek? (how are you? informal)
Wafīn? (how are you? informal)
Bikhayr? (how are you? spoken in the Jebli dialect [ary-jeb])
Kif ntin? (how are you? spoken in the Jebli dialect [ary-jeb])
Kif ntinah? (how are you? spoken in the Jebli dialect [ary-jeb])
Amandrah? (how are you? spoken in the Jebli dialect [ary-jeb])
Rak šbab? (how are you? spoken in the Oujda dialect [ary-ouj])
Rak ġaya? (how are you? spoken in the Oujda dialect [ary-ouj])
Ki rak? (how are you? spoken in the Oujda dialect [ary-ouj])
Arabic, Najdi [ars] (Saudi Arabia.)
Assalāmu alaykum (general greeting)
Walaykum assalām (reply to Assalāmu alaykum)
Marḥab (general greeting)
Allah yjammil ḥālik (general greeting)
Halaw (informal greeting)
Ṣabāḥ alkhair (morning greeting)
Ṣabāḥ annōr (reply to Ṣabāḥ annōr)
Ṣabbaḥk allah balkhair (morning greeting)
Ṣabbaḥk allah bannōr (reply to Ṣabbaḥk allah balkhair)
Masā' alkhair (evening greeting)
Masā' annōr (reply to Masā' alkhair)
Masāk allah balkhair (evening greeting)
Masāk allah bannōr (reply to Masāk allah balkhair)
Tiṣbėh 'alā khair (nighttime greeting spoken to a man)
Tiṣbėhēn 'alā khair (nighttime greeting spoken to a woman)
Išlonak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Išlonki? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Tsayf ḥālak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Tsayf ḥālets? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Šḥālik? (how are you?)
Almu'ūnah (reply to Šḥālik)
Allah y'īnik (reply to Šḥālik)
Allah yāfik (reply to Allah y'īnik)
Mājūr (reply to Allah yāfik)
Wešlonak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
Wešlonki? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Wiš wag'ik? (how are you?, "what is your situation?", spoken to a man)
Tsayf amsit? (evening greeting, "how are you this evening?")
Halā (welcome greeting)
Halā w sahla (welcome greeting)
Yā halā (welcome greeting)
Yā halā fīk (welcome greeting)
Yā halā w'marḥabā (welcome greeting)
Ḥayyāk allāh (welcome greeting)
Arabic, North Levantine [apc] (Syria. Lebanon.)
Assalam aleykum (general greeting)
Wa aleykum assalam (reply to Assalam aleykum)
Marḥaba (general greeting)
Marḥabten (reply to Marḥaba)
Marāḥib (reply to Marḥaba)
Bonjur (general greeting used in Beirut, borrowed from French)
Bonjuren (reply to Bonjur used in Beirut, borrowed from French)
Bonjurik (general greeting spoken to a man in Beirut, borrowed from French)
Bonjurak (general greeting spoken to a woman in Beirut, borrowed from French)
Bonjurkon (general greeting spoken to a group in Beirut, borrowed from French)
Bonswar (evening greeting used in Beirut, borrowed from French)
Bonswaren (reply to Bonswar used in Beirut, borrowed from French)
Ṣabāḥ ilkhēr (morning greeting)
Ṣabāḥ innōr (reply to Ṣabāḥ ilkhēr)
Masā ilkhēr (morning greeting)
Masā innōr (reply to Masā ilkhēr)
Naharak sā'id (afternoon greeting)
Naharak sā'id mbārek (afternoon greeting)
Kīf ḥālak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kīf ḥālik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kīfak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kīfik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kīfkon? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Mnih (reply to Kīfak spoken by a man)
Ana mnih (reply to Kīfak spoken by a man)
Mniha (reply to Kīfik spoken by a woman)
Ana mniha (reply to Kīfik spoken by a woman)
Ahlēn (reply to Kīf ak and Kīf ik)
Šlōnak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Šlōnek? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Šlōnkon? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Kīf ilhāl? (how are you?)
Kīf iṣṣiḥḥa? (how are you?)
Šlōn ṣiḥḥatak? (how are you?)
Ilḥamdulillāh (reply to Kīf ilhāl, Kīf iṣṣiḥḥa, and Šlōn ṣiḥḥatak)
Šufīh mafīh? (how are you? informal)
Ahla wa sahla (welcome greeting)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahlan fik (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a man)
Ahlan fiki (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a woman)
Ahlan fikum (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a group)
Arabic, North Mesopotamian [ayp] (Iraq: Mosul.)
Assalāmu alaikum (general greeting)
Wa alaikum assalām (reply to Assalāmu alaikum)
Marḥaba (general greeting)
Sabāh alkhair (morning greeting)
Sabāh annur (reply to Sabāh alkhair)
Ašonak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
Ašonki? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Ašonkum (how are you? informal, spoken to a group)
Mliḥ (reply to Ašonak and Ašonkum spoken by a man)
Mliḥa (reply to Ašonki and Ašonkum spoken by a woman)
Arabic, Omani [acx] (Oman.)
Assalam alaykum (general greeting)
Wa alaykum assalam (reply to Assalam alaykum)
Marḥaban (general greeting)
Marḥabtēn (reply to Marḥaban)
Ahlan (informal greeting)
Sabah elkhēr (morning greeting)
Sabah elnur (reply to Sabah elkhēr)
Masā elkhēr (evening greeting)
Masā elnur (reply to Masā elkhēr)
Šlōnak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
Šlōnič? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Mulḥal? (how are you? informal)
Mu axbār (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Kaif halak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kaif halik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Zēn alhamdulillah (reply to Kaif halak and Kaif halik spoken by a man)
Zēn šukran (reply to Kaif halak and Kaif halik spoken by a man)
Zēna šukran (reply to Kaif halak and Kaif halik spoken by a woman)
Chef barak? (how are you?)
Chef inta? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Chef inti? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahlan fiyk (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken by a man)
Ahlan fiyki (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken by a woman)
Arabic, Sa'idi [aec] (Egypt.)
Assalam 'aleykum (general greeting)
Wa 'aleykum assalam (reply to Assalam 'aleykum)
Sa'ida (informal greeting)
Sabaah el-kheer (morning greeting)
Sabaah el-nurr (reply to Sabaah el kheer)
Misae' el-kher (afternoon greeting)
Misae' elnur (reply to Misae' el kher)
Naharak (afternoon greeting)
Arabic, Sanaani [ayn] (Yemen: northwestern region.)
Assalāmu alēkum (general greeting)
Wa alēkum assalām (reply to Asssalāmu alēkum)
Marḥaba (general greeting)
Salām (general greeting)
Ḥayyā (general greeting)
Ṣabbaḥkum allāh (morning greeting)
Sabāḥ alkhēr (morning greeting)
Yā ṣabāḥ alriḍā (reply to Sabāḥ al khēr)
Sabāḥ annūr (reply to Sabāḥ al khēr)
Ṣbaḥtū (morning greeting; older, mostly used by women)
Ṣabbaḥak allāh balkhēr (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a man)
Ṣabbaḥak allāh balkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a man)
Ṣabbaḥak balkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a man)
Ṣabbaḥaš allāh balkhēr (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a woman)
Ṣabbaḥaš allāh balkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a woman)
Ṣabbaḥaš balkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a woman)
Ṣabbaḥkum allāh balkhēr (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a group)
Ṣabbaḥkum allāh balkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a group)
Ṣabbaḥkum balkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ṣbaḥtū spoken to a group)
Naḥmid allāh ṣbaḥt (reply to Ṣbaḥtū)
Naḥmid allāh ṣbaḥnā (reply to Ṣbaḥtū)
Māsa alkhēr (evening greeting)
Msētū (evening greeting; older, mostly used by women)
Ka-msētū (evening greeting; older, mostly used by women)
Māsa alkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ka-msētū and Māsa alkhayr)
Māsa annūr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ka-msētū and Māsa alkhayr)
Māsa anna'īm wal'āfiyih (reply to Ka-msētū and Māsa alkhayr)
Māsakum allāh balkhēr (reply to Ka-msētū and Māsa alkhayr)
Māsakum allāh balkhēr wal'āfiyih (reply to Ka-msētū and Māsa alkhayr)
Salām taḥiyyih (greeting spoken to a large group of people)
Kēf alḥāl? (how are you?)
Alḥamdilillāh bikhēr (reply to Kēf alḥāl)
Kēf ḥālak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kēf ḥāliš? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Bikharyrih (reply to Kēf ḥālak and Kēf ḥāliš)
Kēf ṭab'ak (how are you? spoken to a man)
Nāhī lḥamdilillāh (reply to Kēf ṭab'ak)
Mā lukum ši? (how are you? informal)
Mā lanā ši (reply to Mā lukum ši)
Kēf addunyā? (how are you?, literally "how is the world?")
Addunyā sābir (reply to Kēf addunyā)
Kēf ant? (how are you? informal)
Mā bitsawwi? (how are you? informal)
Ma ṣbaḥt (morning greeting spoken in the Tihamah dialect)
Bagītū (general greeting spoken in the im-Mattah dialect)
Gawhim (general greeting spoken in the im-Mattah dialect)
Guwwīt (general greeting spoken in the Sa'ada dialect)
'Ilmak? (what is your news? spoken by a visitor, east of Sana'a)
Hayyāk allāh (welcome greeting spoken to a man)
Hayyāš allāh (welcome greeting spoken to a woman)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
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Arabic, Shihhi [ssh] (United Arab Emirates.)
Assalam aleikum (general greeting)
Wa aleikum assalam (reply to Assalam aleikum)
Hala (informal greeting)
Marrḥiba (general greeting)
Sabah elkhēr (morning greeting)
Sabah ennōr (reply to Sabah elkhēr)
Masa' elkhēr (evening greeting)
Masa' ennōr (reply to Masa' elkhēr)
Chaif ḥalik? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Chaif ḥalich? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Iš ḥalik? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Iš ḥalich? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Šḥalik? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Šḥalich? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Alḥamdellah (reply to Chaif ḥalik, Chaif ḥalich, Iš ḥalik, Iš ḥalich, Šḥalik, and Šḥalich)
B'khēr alḥamdellah (reply to Chaif ḥalik, Chaif ḥalich, Iš ḥalik, Iš ḥalich, Šḥalik, and Šḥalich)
Tamam (reply to Chaif ḥalik, Chaif ḥalich, Iš ḥalik, Iš ḥalich, Šḥalik, and Šḥalich)
Ahla w sahla (welcome greeting)
Ya ḥayyik (welcome greeting)
Arabic, South Levantine [ajp] (Jordan. Lebanon. Palestine.)
Marḥaba (general greeting)
Marḥabtayn (reply to Marḥaba)
As salām 'alaykom (general greeting)
Wa 'alaykom as salām (reply to As salam 'alaykom)
Sabah al-khayr (morning greeting)
Sabah an-nur (reply to Sabah al-khayr)
Kīf 'aṣbaḥet? (morning greeting, "how are you this morning?", used in Israel)
Masā al-khayr (afternoon greeting)
Kīf hālak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kīf hālik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kīf hālkum? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Mabṣūt, ilḥamdilla (reply to Kīf hālak, Kīf hālik, and Kīf hālkum)
'Ana mabṣūt, ilḥamdilla (reply to Kīf hālak, Kīf hālik, and Kīf hālkum)
Kīf ak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
Kīf ik? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Mnih (reply to Kīf ak spoken by a man)
Ana mnih (reply to Kīf ak spoken by a man)
Mniha (reply to Kīf ik spoken by a woman)
Ana mniha (reply to Kīf ik spoken by a woman)
Ahlēn (reply to Kīf ak and Kīf ik)
Šu akhbārak? (how are you?)
Washuh fih andak? (how are you? informal)
Ya hayyalla (welcome greeting)
Ya halla w marḥaba (welcome greeting)
Ahla wa sahla (welcome greeting)
Ahlan wa sahlan (welcome greeting)
Ahlan fik (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a man)
Ahlan fiki (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a woman)
Ahlan fikum (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan spoken to a group)
Arabic, Sudanese [apd] (Sudan.)
Salām 'alēkun (general greeting)
Assalām 'alēkun (general greeting)
Wa alēkun messalam (reply to Salām 'alēkun and Assalām 'alēkun)
Salām wa arrahma (reply to Salām 'alēkun and Assalām 'alēkun)
Salām 'alēk (general greeting)
Sabāh alkhēr (morning greeting)
Sabāh annūr (reply to Sabāh alkhēr)
Masā alkhēr (afternoon greeting)
Masā annūr (reply to Masā alkhēr)
Izayak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Izayik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Izayakum? (how are you? spoken to a group of people)
Kēf ḥālak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kuwais (reply to Kēf ḥālak)
Kēf ḥālik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kuwaisa (reply to Kēf ḥālik)
Kēf ḥālkun? (how are you? spoken to a group of people)
Kuwaisēn (reply to Kēf ḥālkun)
Kēfinnak? (how are you?)
Inta šadid? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Inti šadida? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Alhamdo lillaah (reply to Inta šadid and Inti šadida)
Intū ṭaiyibīn? (how are you? in the Kabābīsh dialect)
Mā thābirnī? (what is the news? in the Misīrīya dialect)
Akhbaar kum? (how are you? informal)
Elhassel šenu? (how are you? informal)
Khabar šenu? (how are you? informal)
Marḥab ḥabābak (welcome greeting)
Ḥabābak ḥabābak (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Sudanese Creole [pga] (Sudan.)
Salaam taki (general greeting)
Salaam aleikum (general greeting)
Aleikum salaam (reply to Salaam aleikum)
Salaam (general greeting)
Ahlen (reply to Salaam)
Ze ak (general greeting)
Shela kweis (general greeting)
Akuwê (informal greeting in the Malakia dialect)
Saba el-kher (morning greeting)
Saba el-noor (reply to Saba el-kher)
Ita num kweis? (morning greeting, "did you sleep well")
Ita saba kefin (morning greeting in the Malakia dialect)
Ita gelu kefin (afternoon greeting in the Malakia dialect)
Ita kweis? (how are you?)
Ana kweis (reply to Ita kweis)
Ai, ana kweis (reply to Ita kweis)
Ai, ma bataal (reply to Ita kweis)
Kef? (how are you?)
Ita kef? (how are you?)
Tamam? (how are you?)
Tamam (reply to Kef and Tamam)
Kweis (reply to Kef and Tamam)
Shukran (thank you)
Shukran jazilan (thank you very much)
Ahlen (welcome greeting)
Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni [acq] (Yemen: southwestern region.)
Salām (general greeting)
Salām alēkum (general greeting)
Assalām alēkum (general greeting)
Wa alēkum assalām (reply to Assalām alēkum)
Marḥba (general greeting)
Marḥbtēn (general greeting)
Hayyā (general greeting)
Sabāh alkhēr (morning greeting)
Sabāh annūr (reply to Sabāh alkhēr)
Masa lkhēr (evening greeting)
Masa nnūr (reply to Masa lkhēr)
Tusbih ala khēr (nighttime greeting spoken to a man)
Tusbihi ala khēr (nighttime greeting spoken to a woman)
Tusbihu ala khēr (nighttime greeting spoken to a group)
Wanta kamān (reply to Tusbih ala khēr spoken to a man)
Wanti kamān (reply to Tusbih ala khēr spoken to a woman)
Wantu kamān (reply to Tusbih ala khēr spoken to a group)
Kēfak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kēfik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kēf ḥalak? (how are you? spoken to a man)
Kēf ḥalik? (how are you? spoken to a woman)
Kēf ḥalkum? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Ṭayyib (reply to Kēf ḥalak)
Ṭayyib, wa anta kēfak bi kher? (reply to Kēf ḥalak)
Naḥna bi kher alḥamdulillāh (reply to Kēf ḥalak)
Bi kher alḥamdulillāh (reply to Kēf ḥalak)
Ahlan (welcome greeting)
Agdum (welcome greeting spoken in Mansuriyyah, Hudaydah District)
Arabic, Tajiki [abh] (Afghanistan and Tajikistan.)
As-salaam 'alaykhom (general greeting)
As-salaam u 'alaykhom (general greeting)
Arabic, Tunisian Spoken [aeb] (Tunisia: Degache.)
'Aslāma (general greeting)
'Aslima (general greeting)
Ysallmik (reply to 'Aslima and 'Aslāma)
Assalām 'alaykum (general greeting)
Sahet (general greeting)
'Ahla (informal greeting)
'Ahla bik (informal greeting)
Sbāḥ ilkhīr (morning greeting)
Nhārik zīn (reply to Sbāḥ ilkhīr)
Sbā khīr (morning greeting)
Msā ilkhīr (evening greeting)
Missīk (evening greeting)
Missīkkum (evening greeting)
Allah yeselmk (reply to Missīkkum)
Wiši hālik? (how are you?)
Nija hālik? (how are you?)
Kīf innik? (how are you?)
Šnu akhbārak? (how are you? informal)
Šniya ḥwālak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
Šniya ḥwālik? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Šnuwa ḥwālak? (how are you? informal, spoken to a man)
Šnuwa ḥwālik? (how are you? informal, spoken to a woman)
Labās? (how are you? informal)
Labās ḥamdulla (reply to Labās, Šnuwa ḥwālak, and Šnuwa ḥwālik)
Labās elḥamdulilla (reply to Labās, Šnuwa ḥwālak, and Šnuwa ḥwālik)
Sa va? (how are you? informal; borrowed from French)
Mreḥba bik (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Mreḥba bikum (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Leyshk (reply to Mreḥba bik and Mreḥba bikum)
Āhlān (welcome greeting)
Āhlān wā sāhlān (welcome greeting)
Bārakallāhū fīk (reply to Ahlan wa sahlan)
Arabic, Uzbeki Spoken [auz] (Uzbekistan.)
Asalom u alaykhum (general greeting)
Aragonese [arg] (Spain: Aragon.)
Ola (general greeting)
Salú (general greeting)
Buen diya (morning greeting)
Güen diya (morning greeting, in spoken language)
Buena tardi (afternoon greeting)
Güena tardi (afternoon greeting, in spoken language)
Buena neui (evening and nighttime greeting)
Güena neui (evening and nighttime greeting, in spoken language)
Qué tal plantas? (how are you?)
Plantas fuerte? (how are you?)
Bien, grazias (reply to Qué tal plantas and Plantas fuerte)
Biemplegau (welcome greeting)
Bienveniu (welcome greeting)
Bienvenius (welcome greeting)
Araki [akr] (Vanuatu: Araki Island, south Santo.)
Nahoran ju (morning greeting)
Jojo ju (evening greeting)
Om r̄o r̄o? (how are you?, literally "what are you doing?")
Arakwal [rkw] (Australia: New South Wales.)
Jingi walla (welcome greeting)
Jingi wahul (welcome greeting)
Aralle-Tabulahan [atq] (Indonesia: Sulawesi.)
Salama' mating (general greeting)
Aramaic, Imperial [arc] (Assyrian and Persian Empires: seventh through fourth centuries BC.)
Šlām (general greeting)
Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian [tmr] (Iraq: Babylon, 200-1200 CE.)
Šlama (general greeting)
Šelama (general greeting)
Aramaic, Palestinian [jpa] (Galilee: third through sixth centuries.)
Šlām lākh (general greeting spoken to a man)
Šlām lēkh (general greeting spoken to a woman)
Šlām lekjōn (general greeting spoken to a group of men)
Šlām lekhēn (general greeting spoken to a group of women)
Nāh bāʻē mīšāʼl bešlāmākh (general greeting spoken by a man to another man)
Nāh bāʻē bešlāmākh (general greeting spoken by a man to another man)
Nāh šāʼēl bešlāmākh (general greeting spoken by a man to another man)
Nāh bāʻē mīšāʼl bešlāmēkh (general greeting spoken by a man to a woman)
Nāh bāʻē bešlāmēkh (general greeting spoken by a man to a woman)
Nāh šāʼēl bešlāmēkh (general greeting spoken by a man to a woman)
Nāh bāʻē mīšāʼl bešlāmkhōn (general greeting spoken by a man to a group of men)
Nāh bāʻē bešlāmkhōn (general greeting spoken by a man to a group of men)
Nāh šāʼēl bešlāmkhōn (general greeting spoken by a man to a group of men)
Nāh bāʻē mīšāʼl bešlāmkhēn (general greeting spoken by a man to a group of women)
Nāh bāʻē bešlāmkhēn (general greeting spoken by a man to a group of women)
Nāh šāʼēl bešlāmkhēn (general greeting spoken by a man to a group of women)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh mīšāʼl bešlāmākh (general greeting spoken by a woman to a man)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh bešlāmākh (general greeting spoken by a woman to a man)
Nāh šāʼlāh bešlāmākh (general greeting spoken by a woman to a man)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh mīšāʼl bešlāmēkh (general greeting spoken by a woman to another woman)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh bešlāmēkh (general greeting spoken by a woman to another woman)
Nāh šāʼlāh bešlāmēkh (general greeting spoken by a woman to another woman)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh mīšāʼl bešlāmkhōn (general greeting spoken by a woman to a group of men)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh bešlāmkhōn (general greeting spoken by a woman to a group of m (en)
Nāh šāʼlāh bešlāmkhōn (general greeting spoken by a woman to a group of men)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh mīšāʼl bešlāmkhēn (general greeting spoken by a woman to a group of women)
Nāh bāʻeyyāh bešlāmkhēn (general greeting spoken by a woman to a group of women)
Nāh šāʼlāh bešlāmkhēn (general greeting spoken by a woman to a group of women)
Māh lākh? (how are you?, informal, spoken to a man)
Māh lēkh? (how are you?, informal, spoken to a woman)
Māh lekhōn? (how are you?, informal, spoken to a group of men)
Māh lekhēn? (how are you?, informal, spoken to a group of women)
Araona [aro] (Bolivia: Manupari River.)
Midya sha (general greeting)
Do ja mi (general greeting)
Midya tso suipa dyatsio? (how are you?)
Jaihue sahua (reply to Midya tso suipa dyatsio)
Arapaho [arp] (United States of America: Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, and western Oklahoma.)
Hee (general greeting spoken by a man to another man)
Heebe (general greeting spoken by a man to another man)
Tous (general greeting spoken to a woman or spoken by a woman to a man)
Nii'ooke (morning greeting)
Tóotousííni? (how are you?, what's happening?)
Hoowúúni (reply to Tóotousííni)
Koonííni’ííni? (how are you?, are things okay?)
Níí’ííni (reply to Koonííni’ííni)
Hee, níí’ííni (reply to Koonííni’ííni spoken by a man)
Oo, níí’ííni (reply to Koonííni’ííni spoken by a woman)
Arapesh [aon] (Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Province.)
Yapubi wab (general greeting)
Yapubi (general greeting)
Ruwahep (general greeting)
Ruwahep bio (general greeting)
Nape wosik ah? (how are you?)
Wosik ah? (how are you?)
Aik nape wosik (reply to Nape wosik ah and Wosik ah)
Arawak [arw] (Venezuela and Suriname.)
Boili (general greeting)
Halika ba? (how are you?)
Halika diako ba? (how are you?)
Sakoa da (reply to Halika ba and Halika diako ba)
Dei sakoa ma (reply to Halika ba and Halika diako ba)
Amâkhoro, damuthenkhanko da (reply to Halika ba and Halika diako ba)
Balabalâko habo? (how are you?, literally "are you sitting now?")
Balabalâkwanthiboda hî? (how are you?, literally "are you sitting now?")
Burheburhêko habo? (how are you? literally "are you lying now?")
Tholâko habo? (how are you? literally "are you lying in a hammock now?")
Wandabothe (greeting spoken by a visitor)
Handathe (welcome greeting)
Sâboro ha andun (welcome greeting)
Arbore [arv] (Ethiopia: Omo region.)
Baḍáakó barite? (morning greeting spoken to one person)
Baḍáakón barite? (morning greeting spoken to a group)
Bariy baḍáakó? (morning greeting spoken to one person)
Bariy baḍáakón barite? (morning greeting spoken to a group)
Bariy baḍánḍa nágganna (reply to Bariy baḍáakón barite)
Baḍáakó ʔolle? (afternoon greeting spoken to one person)
Baḍáakón ʔolle? (afternoon greeting spoken to a group)
ʔolmay baḍáakó? (afternoon greeting spoken to one person)
ʔolmay baḍáakó ʔolle? (afternoon greeting spoken to a group)
Náw gal? (afternoon greeting spoken to a person tending cattle)
ʔín áw galḍa? (afternoon greeting spoken toa group tending cattle)
Fayyá (reply to Náw gal and ʔín áw galḍa)
Baḍáakó galsate? (evening greeting spoken to one person, "have you brought the cattle home well?")
Baḍáakón galsate? ( evening greeting spoken to a group, "have you brought the cattle home well?")
Galsum baḍáakó? (evening greeting spoken to one person, "have you brought the cattle home well?")
Galsum baḍáakó galsate? (evening greeting spoken to a group, "have you brought the cattle home well?")
Baḍáaḍa (reply to Baḍáakó and Baḍáakón greetings)
Nalo hadukó? (how are you?)
Fayyá (reply to Nalo hadukó)
Ḳabokó? (how are you? spoken to one person)
ʔín ḳabokó? (how are you? spoken to a group)
ʔa ké kẹʔẹtakó? (how are you? spoken to an elderly person)
Ḳaboḍa (reply to Ḳabokó, ʔín ḳabokó, and ʔa ké kẹʔẹtakó)
Foolás ḳaboḍa (reply to Ḳabokó, ʔín ḳabokó, and ʔa ké kẹʔẹtakó)
Archi [aqc] (Russia: Dagestan.)
Салам алейкум (salam aleikum: general greeting)
Варч|ами (warch'ami: general greeting)
Are [mwc] (Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay.)
Enosaire (general greeting)
Kaiwa (general greeting)
Pom gairena (nighttime greeting)
Areba [aea] (Australia: Queensland.)
Lungga niani (general greeting)
Argobba [agj] (Ethiopia.)
Wägär haddärkum ǝmma? (morning greeting)
Dimma haddäräk? (morning greeting)
Kämäy nah? (how are you?)
Arhuaco [arh] (Colombia.)
Du zano? (general greeting)
Du zano teti? (general greeting spoken to a man)
Du zano guati? (general greeting spoken to a woman)
Du me'zano (general greeting)
Du (reply to Du zan)
Azi me'zare? (how are you?)
Azi neki ma (reply to Azi me'zare)
Arigidi [aqg] (Nigeria: Ondo State.)
Àlatu (morning greeting)
Káárò (morning greetin; from Yoruba)
Àrẹèṣẹn (afternoon greeting)
Káàsón (afternoon greeting; from Yoruba)
Èréré (nighttime greeting)
Káalẹ (nighttime greeting; from Yoruba)
Arikara [ari] (United States of America: North Dakota.)
Čiíra (general greeting spoken by a man)
Nawáh (general greeting spoken by a woman)
Wah (general greeting spoken by a woman)
Tunahe tiíni (general greeting, "it is a good day")
Wetatiína (greeting spoken by a visitor, "I have come")
Wetatiihwísa (greeting spoken by a visitor, "I have arrived")
Wah tiweneetiína (greeting spoken by a visitor, "now here I have come")
Tatohnaakeerišá (greeting spoken by a visitor, "I came to see you")
Nawáh weteenaxiína (greeting spoken to a visitor, "now you have arrived")
Wah weteenaxiína (greeting spoken to a visitor, "now you have arrived")
Hąą', weneetiína (reply to Nawáh weteenaxiína and Wah weteenaxiína)
Hąą', neeneetiína (reply to Nawáh weteenaxiína and Wah weteenaxiína)
Tiíni tiweneešiína (greeting spoken to a visitor, "now you have arrived")
Nawáh tiišiineetoohnuníkux (greeting spoken to a visitor, "we are waiting for you here")
Tiwenaxiína štoh (greeting to a person arriving, "here you've come again")
Tiweneetiína štoh (reply to Tiwenaxiína štoh)
Tičé wenaxuú'ut? (how are you?)
Armenian [hye] (Armenia, Iran, Turkey, Russia, and Azerbaijain.)
Բարև ձեզ (barev dzez in Eastern Armenian, [hye-ear] and parev tsez in Western, [hye-war]): formal greeting)
Բարեւ (barev in Eastern Armenian, parev in Western and bariev in the Ankara dialect: informal greeting)
Ողջույն (ogjuyn: general greeting)
Պրիվետ (privet: informal greeting in the Eastern dialect; from Russian)
Բար իօր ձեզ (pari'or tsez: general greeting in the Karabagh dialect [hye-krb])
Բարի լույս (bari luis in Eastern Armenian and pari luis in Western: morning greeting)
Բարի օր (bari or in Eastern Armenian and pari or in Western: afternoon greeting)
Բարի երեկո (bari yereko: evening greeting in the Eastern dialect [hye-ear])
Բարի իրիկուն (pari irigun: evening greeting in the Western dialect [hye-war])
Բարի իրկուն (par'irgun: evening greeting in the Eastern dialect of Aslanbeg [hye-ear])
Ինչպես եք (inchbes ek in Eastern Armenian and inchpes ek in Western: how are you?, formal)
Դուք ինչպէս էք (tuk inchbes ek in Eastern Armenian and duk inchpes ek in Western: how are you?, formal)
Ինչպես ես (inchbes es in Eastern Armenian and inchpes es in Western: how are you?, informal)
Ոնց ես (vonts es in Eastern Armenian: how are you?, informal [hye-ear])
Շատ լավ (shat lav: reply to Ինչպես եք, Ինչպես ես, and Ոնց ես)
Լավ եմ, շնորհակալություն (lav em shnorhakaloutyun: formal reply to Ինչպես եք in the Eastern dialect [hye-ear])
Լաւ եմ, շնորհակալ եմ (lav em shnorhagal em: formal reply to Ինչպես եք in the Western dialect [hye-war])
Լավ, մերսի (lav mersi: informal reply to Ինչպես ես, and Ոնց ես)
Շնորհակալություն (shnorhakaloutyun: thank you in the Eastern dialect [hye-ear])
Շնորհակալ եմ (shnorhagal em: thank you in the Western dialect [hye-war])
Մերսի (mersi: informal thank you in the Eastern and Western dialects)
Բարի գալուստ (bari galoust in Eastern Armenia and pari kalousd in Western: welcome greeting)
Բարի՜ եկաք (pari yegak (Western): welcome greeting [hye-war])
Parev (general greeting in the Hemşince dialect)
İnçbes ek? (how are you? formal, in the Hemşince dialect)
İnçbes es? (how are you? informal, in the Hemşince dialect)
Bedk im (reply to İnçbes ek and İnçbes es)
Bedk im, sagol (reply to İnçbes ek and İnçbes es)
Soyes ta? (how are you? in the Hemşince dialect)
İnçpe is? (how are you? in the Artvin dialect [hye-art])
Armenian, Classical [xcl] (Armenia, Iran, Turkey, Russia, and Azerbaijain: 405-1700 AD.)
Ողջո՜յն (oljoyn: general greeting)
Ողջո՜յն քեզ (oljoyn k'ez: general greeting)
Ողջո՜յն ընդ քեզ (oljoyn ənd k'ez: general greeting)
Կեցցե՛ս (kec'c'es: general greeting)
Ողջո՞յն իցէ քեզ (oljoyn ic'e k'ez: how are you?)
Ողջոյն է (oljoyn e: reply to ողջո՞յն իցէ քեզ)
Ողջո՞յն է քեզ (oljoyn e k'ez: how are you?)
Ողջո՞յն է (oljoyn e: how are you?)
Զիա՞րդ կեաս (ziard keas: how are you)
Բարեաւ եկիք (bareaw ekik': welcome greeting)
Aromanian [rup] (Greece. Albania. Bulgaria. Romania.)
Bună dzua (general greeting)
Bună dimineatsa (morning greeting)
Bună seara (evening greeting)
Cumu eshci? (how are you?)
Cumu eshti? (how are you?)
Cumu hits? (how are you?)
Cum eshts? (how are you?)
Cum hii? (how are you?)
Io hui ghini (reply to Cum eshts and Cum hii)
Haristo (thank you)
Haristo multu (thank you very much)
Ghine vinishi (welcome greeting spoken to one person)
Ghine vinit (welcome greeting spoken to a group)
Arosi [aia] (Solomon Islands.)
Maia (general greeting, "why have you come?")
Maia ai (general greeting, "why have you come?")
Ma'ua 'o 'uasi (greeting spoken when meeting on a path)
Mia 'o 'ua? (where are you going?)
'O'ua? (how are you?)
Arop-Lokep [apr] (Papua New Guinea: Madang and Morobe Provinces.)
Muntu dook (morning greeting; calque from English)
Muntu dook mata (morning greeting; calque from English)
Kemai dook (midday greeting; calque from English)
Rrai dook (late afternoon and evening greeting; calque from English)
O bong dook (nighttime greeting; calque from English)
O bong dook mata (nighttime greeting; calque from English)
Tool kiau (greeting, literally,"my friend")
Si kuwud dookoot (welcome greeting, "come in and sit down")
Kula pang ngai? (where are you going?)
Arpitan [frp] (France. Switzerland)
Bonjo (general greeting in the Bresan dialect [frp-lyo])
Buna na (nighttime greeting in the Bresan dialect [frp-lyo])
Adiô (general greeting in the Saviése dialect [frp-val])
Bonjorn (morning greeting in the Saviése and Valêsan dialects [frp-val])
Bonjhorn (morning greeting in the Savoyard dialect [frp-sav])
Bon vépro (afternoon greeting in the Saviése dialect [frp-val])
Bôna nuét (nighttime greeting in the Saviése dialect [frp-val])
Coment tè va-t-el? (how are you? in the Saviése dialect [frp-val])
Coment tè va-t-el hué? (how are you? in the Saviése dialect [frp-val])
Bonju (general greeting in the Savoyard dialect [frp-sav])
Buna ne (nighttime greeting in the Savoyard dialect [frp-sav])
Bondzo (general greeting in the Valêsan dialect [frp-val])
Coment alad-vos? (how are you? in the Valêsan dialect [frp-val])
Yo véso ben (reply to Coment alad-vos in the Valêsan dialect [frp-val])
Bondzo (general greeting in the Vaudois dialect [frp-vau])
Bouna né (nighttime greeting in the Vaudois dialect [frp-vau])
Que di-to dè bon? (how are you? in the Vaudois dialect [frp-vau])
Benvegnua (welcome greeting in the Savoyard dialect [frp-sav])
Arrarnta, Western [are] (Australia: Northern Territory.)
Werte? (how are you?)
Ware (reply to Werte)
Kele mwarre (general greeting)
Arrernte, Eastern [aer] (Australia: Northern Territory.)
Werte marda (general greeting)
Werte? (how are you?)
Ware (reply to Werte)
Iwenhe aperte? (how are you?)
Ayenge mwerre (reply to Iwenhe aperte)
Ayenge mwerre anthurre (reply to Iwenhe aperte)
Unte mwerre? (are you alright?)
Ye, ayenge mwerre (reply to Unte mwerre)
Ye, ayenge mwerre anthurre (reply to Unte mwerre)
Nthenhe-werne unte alheme? (where are you going?)
Werte mwarre (general greeting in the Mpwarntwe dialect [aer-mpa])
Unte mwarre? (are you alright? in the Mpwarntwe dialect [aer-mpa])
Ye, ayenge mwarre (reply to Unte mwerre in the Mpwarntwe dialect [aer-mpa])
Aruamu [msy] (Papua New Guinea: Madang Province.)
Dughiar aghuim (general greeting)
Mɨzarazir aghuim (morning greeting)
Dɨmagarir aghuim (evening greeting)
Asas [asd] (Papua New Guinea: Madang Province.)
Sahoup' (morning greeting in the Asas dialect)
Sapiai (morning greeting in the Asas dialect)
Sapiar (morning greeting in the Karoba dialect)
Saijom (afternoon greeting in the Asas and Karoba dialects)
Sainap' (nighttime greeting in the Asas dialect)
Sainar (nighttime greeting in the Karoba dialect)
Ashaninka [cni] (Peru: Apurimac River region.)
Aviro (general greeting)
Avirón (general greeting)
Narobé (reply to Avirón)
Norové (reply to Avirón)
Nakabé (general greeting)
Kitáíteri (morning greeting)
Kitáípiri (morning greeting)
Kitáíteribe (morning greeting)
Kitíteri (morning greeting)
Títeri (morning greeting)
Chintéri (noontime greeting)
Ishááviníji (afternoon greeting)
Sháávini (afternoon greeting)
Sháviteni (afternoon greeting)
Chiténiri (evening greeting)
Tsireniri (nighttime greeting)
Kaméétsa? (how are you?)
Kaméétsampa? (how are you?)
Je, kaméétsatake (reply to Kaméétsa and Kaméétsampa)
Ashéninka, Pajonal [cjo] (Peru: Gran Pajonal.)
Aviro (general greeting)
Kitaitirivi (morning greeting)
Kitaiterivee (morning greeting)
Tsireniteenivee (afternoon greeting)
Kameethatake? (how are you?)
Jee, kameethatake (reply to Kameethatake)
Ipaitaka? (how are you? informal)
Pokaemi? (general greeting spoken to a person arriving)
Pokaemi, aarini? (greeting spoken to a man arriving, who is about the same age as the speaker)
Pokaemi, eentyo? (greeting spoken to a woman arriving, who is about the same age as the speaker)
Jee, pokaana (reply to Pokaemi, Pokaemi aarini, and Pokaemi eentyo)
Ashéninka, Perené [prq] (Peru: Alto Perené.)
Naakavé (general greeting)
Aviro (reply to Naakavé
Kitáitiri (morning greeting)
Kitáiteri (morning greeting)
Kitáiterivé (morning greeting)
Sheteneri (afternoon greeting)
Sheeteni (afternoon greeting)
Tsiteneri (evening greeting)
Ari pipoki? (greeting spoken to a person who is arriving)
Ari nopoki? (greeting spoken to a person who is arriving)
Pipoki paita? (how are you?)
Ashéninka, Pichis [cpu] (Peru: Alto Perené.)
Aviroka? (general greeting in the Alto Perené dialect)
Kitaitirí (morning greeting in the Alto Perené dialect)
Shiitiiní (afternoon greeting in the Alto Perené dialect)
Tsitiniri (nighttime greeting in the Alto Perené dialect)
Kitaiterivé (morning greeting in the Alto Perené dialect)
Sheeteenivé (afternoon greeting in the Alto Perené dialect)
Tsirenirivé (nighttime greeting in the Alto Perené dialect)
Eeroka? (greeting spoken to a visitor)
Naakavé (reply to Eeroka)
Ari pipoki? (greeting spoken to a person who is arriving)
Jee, ari nopoki (reply to Ari pipoki)
Ashéninka, Ucayali [cpb] (Peru: Ucayali River. Brazil: Acre State.)
Kiteheri (morning greeting)
Asmat, Casuarina [asc] (Indonesia: Papua.)
Nder momo (general greeting)
Bari akato? (how are you?)
Assamese [asm] (India: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Bangladesh.)
নমস্কাৰ (nomoshkar: general greeting)
অস্সলামু অলযকুম (assalamu alaikum: Muslim greeting)
সুপ্ৰভাত (hubrabhaat: morning greeting)
শুভ আবেলি (hubha abeli: afternoon greeting, not often used)
শুভ বিয়লি (hubha biali, afternoon greeting, not often used)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা (hubha xondhya, afternoon greeting, not often used)
শুভৰাত্ৰী (hubha raatri: nighttime greeting)
আপুনি কেনে আহে? (aapuni kene aache: how are you?)
তুমি কেনে আছা? (tumi kene aache: how are you?)
মই ভালে আছোঁ (mai bhaale aachum: reply to আপুনি কেনে আহে)
ভালে আছো ধন্যবাদ৷ (bhaale aachu dhanyabaad: reply to আপুনি কেনে আহে)
স্বাগতম (swaagatam: welcome greeting to a visitor)
আদৰণি (adarani: welcome greeting)
Assangori [sjg] (Chad.)
Wasora (general greeting)
Kala? (how are you?)
Wassou (reply to Kala)
Assiniboine [asb] (Canada: Saskatchewan. United States: Montana.)
Hau (general greeting spoken by a man)
Hau kona (greeting to a friend spoken by a man)
Han (general greeting spoken by a woman)
Han mikona (greeting to a friend spoken by a woman)
Doken ya u? (how are you?)
Doken ya shka? (how are you?)
Daya ya u? (how are you?; "are you well?")
Daya wa u (reply to Daya ya u)
Tin u (welcome greeting, "come in")
Iyodanga (welcome greeting, "sit down")
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic [aii] (Iraq, Armenia, Iran, Syria, and Israel.)
Shlama (general greeting in the Eastern dialect)
Shlama alukh (general greeting spoken to a man in the Eastern dialect)
Shlama alakh (general greeting spoken to a woman in the Eastern dialect)
Shlama umukh (general greeting spoken to a man in the Eastern dialect)
Shlama umakh (general greeting spoken to a woman in the Eastern dialect)
Shlama alokhun (general greeting spoken to a group of people in the Eastern dialect)
Shlama amkhon (general greeting in the Eastern dialect)
Brikh sâpra (morning greeting spoken in the Eastern dialect)
Brikh sâprakh (morning greeting spoken to a man in the Eastern dialect)
Brikh sâprekh (morning greeting spoken to a woman in the Eastern dialect)
Brikh safru (morning greeting in the dialect of Qamishli, Syria)
Qedemtookh brikhtaa (morning greeting spoken to a man in the Eastern dialect)
Qedemtaakh brikhtaa (morning greeting spoken to a woman in the Eastern dialect)
Qedemtohkhoon brikhtaa (morning greeting spoken to a group of people in the Eastern dialect)
Brikh tahra (afternoon greeting in the Eastern dialect)
Brikh ramsha (evening greeting in the Eastern dialect)
Dakhit? (how are you? in the Eastern dialect)
Dakhi wit? (how are you? spoken to a man in the Eastern dialect)
Dakhi wat? (how are you? spoken to a woman in the Eastern dialect)
Dakhi woton? (how are you? spoken to a group of people in the Eastern dialect)
Spaay, basima (reply to Dakhit, Dakhi wit, Dakhi wat, and Dakhi woton)
Tawa win tawdi (reply to Dakhit, Dakhi wit, Dakhi wat, and Dakhi woton spoken by a man)
Tawta win tawdi (reply to Dakhit, Dakhi wit, Dakhi wat, and Dakhi woton spoken by a woman)
Dakhi la kaipookh? (how are you? in the Eastern dialect)
Hawit basima, raba spaay (reply to Dakhi la kaipookh)
Basima (thank you in the Eastern dialect)
Basimta (thank you spoken by a woman in the Eastern dialect)
Basimeh (thank you spoken by a group in the Eastern dialect)
Hawit basima chim raba (thank you very much in the Eastern dialect)
Mersi (thank you in the Eastern dialect)
Kaipookh spaay la? (how are you? in the Eastern dialect)
He, chim spaay (reply to Kaipookh spaay la)
Mu it mu layt? (how are you? informal in the Eastern dialect)
Pshina tilokh (welcome greeting spoken to a man in the Eastern dialect)
Pshina tilakh (welcome greeting spoken to a woman in the Eastern dialect)
Pshina tilokhon (welcome greeting spoken to a group of people in the Eastern dialect)
Shlomo (general greeting in the Western dialect)
Shlomo 'laykun (general greeting in the Western dialect)
Shlomo lokh (general greeting in the Western dialect)
Shlomo ellokh (general greeting in the Western dialect)
Shlomo 'allokh (general greeting in the Western dialect)
Brikh safro (morning greeting in the Western dialect)
Safro tobo (morning greeting in the Western dialect)
Brikh tahro (afternoon greeting in the Western dialect)
Brikh ramsho (evening and nighttime greeting in the Western dialect)
Aydarbo hat? (how are you? in the Western dialect)
Towo no, tawdi (reply to Aydarbo hat spoken by a man in the Western dialect)
Towto no, tawdi (reply to Aydarbo hat spoken by a man in the Western dialect)
Kayiso no, tawdi (reply to Aydarbo hat spoken by a woman in the Western dialect)
Kayisto no, tawdi (reply to Aydarbo hat spoken by a woman in the Western dialect)
Latno harbo (informal reply to Aydarbo hat spoken in the Western dialect)
Aykan ithayk? (how are you? in the Western dialect)
Tob no, tawdi (reply to Aykan ithayk)
Mun kit mun layt? (how are you? informal in the Western dialect)
Tawdi (thank you in the Western dialect)
Bshayno wbashlomo (welcome greeting in the Western dialect)
Asturian [ast] (Spain: Princedom of Asturias.)
Hola (general greeting)
Bonos díes (morning greeting)
Bon día (morning greeting)
Bona tarde (afternoon greeting)
Bones tardes (afternoon greeting)
Bona nuechi (evening and nighttime greeting)
¿Cómo ta? (how are you?)
Bonu (reply to Cómo ta spoken by a man)
Bona (reply to Cómo ta spoken by a woman)
Gracies (thank you)
Bienveníu (welcome greeting)
Bienveníu (welcome greeting)
Bienvenida (welcome greeting)
Salú (general greeting in the Lleonese dialect [ast-leo])
Buenos días (morning greeting in the Lleonese dialect [ast-leo])
Buonas dies (morning greeting in the Lleonese dialect [ast-leo])
Buenas ñueites (nighttime greetingg in the Lleonese dialect [ast-leo])
Buonas ñuoites (nighttime greetingg in the Lleonese dialect [ast-leo])
Asu [asa] (Tanzania: Kilimanjaro region.)
Hira (general greeting)
Chedi (reply to Hira)
Urewedi (general greeting)
Ndewedi (reply to Urewedi)
Washindathe (morning greeting)
Washinjiaze (morning greeting)
Murevuka (morning greeting)
Evawa? (how are you? spoken by a man to a man)
Evawa (reply to Evawa)
Eava (how are you? spoken by an elder man to a man)
Emcheku? (how are you? spoken by a man to a woman)
Eeapae (how are you? spoken by a woman to a man)
Wavuka mama (how are you? spoken by a young woman to an older woman)
Navuka mwanawavuka (how are you? spoken by an elder woman to a woman)
Nirewedi (reply to Emcheku)
Murevedi? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Turevedi (reply to Murevedi)
Nijedi? (how are you? informal)
Havache, nijedi (reply to Nijedi)
Urewedi? (how are you?)
Chedi (reply to Urewedi)
Yedi (reply to Urewedi)
Karibu mno (welcome greeting)
Asuriní, Tocantins [asu] (Brazil: Tocantins River and Pará.)
Asan nepyri (greeting used when arriving at a house)
Eresan (reply to Asan nepyri)
Eresan pa (reply to Asan nepyri)
Eresan sepyri (reply to Asan nepyri)
Oron nepyri (greeting used when arriving at a house with a group)
Pesan (reply to Oron nepyri)
Asuriní, Xingú [asn] (Brazil: Xingu River.)
Ažarambe tyka (greeting used when arriving, "I came to your house")
Erežarambe pe (general greeting, "I see you now")
Atakapa [aqp] (United States of America: Louisiana and Texas.)
N'atnax a? (how are you?)
Atanque [qji] (Colombia.)
Suminyánuku (general greeting)
Atayal [tay] (Taiwan.)
Lokah su' (general greeting)
Lokah sima kwara (general greeting to a group of people)
Mziboq su' (morning greeting)
Mziboq su' uzi (reply to Mziboq su')
Blaq 'nbiyn su? (morning greeting; "did you sleep well?")
Lokah su ga? (how are you? in the Squliq and Skikun dialects [tay-sqo] and Yilan Creole)
Lokah saku (reply to Lokah su ga in the Squliq dialect [tay-sqo])
Lokah cu, mhuway su (reply to Lokah su ga in the Skikun dialect [tay-sqo])
Lokah cu, mhway su (reply to Lokah su ga in Yilan Creole)
Lawkah su ga? (how are you? in the C'uli' dialect [tay-tso])
Lawkah kung, mhuway su (reply to Lawkah su ga in the C'uli' dialect [tay-tso])
Lawkah su' quw? (how are you? in the Mayrinax dialect)
Lawkah su' sawni' quw? (how are you today? in the Mayrinax dialect)
Lawkah cu, mahuway su' (reply to Lawkah su' quw and Lawkah su' sawni' quw in the Mayrinax dialect)
Ya su' ramas? (how are you? in the Wanda dialect)
Ramas cu, mhuway su (reply to Ya su' ramas)
Atikamekw [atj] (Canada: Montreal and Quebec.)
Kwei (general greeting)
Matcaci (general greeting)
Tan e ici matisiin? (how are you?)
Tan e totoman? (how are you?)
Ki miro matisin ia? (how are you?)
Ni miro matisin (reply to Ki miro matisin)
Miro peicak (welcome greeting)
A'tong [aot] (India: Assam.)
Salam (general greeting)
Nem aydonga ma? (how are you?; "are you well?")
Nem aydonga ba (reply to Nem aydonga ma)
Na'a bisang ray' aydonga? (greeting, "where are you going?")
Bisang re'engwa? (greeting, "where are you going?")
Bisang? (greeting, "where are you going?")
May sa'akma? (greeting, "have you eaten rice?")
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Attié [ati] (Cote d'Ivoire.)
Hanin ooh (general greeting)
Ahin (greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Aalɛ (reply to Ahin)
Mu ahin (greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Mɛ le mu ahin (greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Matin (midday greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Ehua (reply to Matin)
Ehwia (reply to Matin)
Anu (evening greeting in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Aosu (reply to Anu)
Bia (greeting spoken to a person working in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Mmo (greeting spoken to a person working in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Budzhan gbɛngbɛn? (how are you? in the Bodin dialect [ati-bod])
Ao, mɛdzhan gbɛngbɛn (reply to Budzhan gbɛngbɛn)
Au [avt] (Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province.)
Ekrit yaaim (morning greeting)
Tii ano nein? (where are you going?)
'Auhelawa [kud] (Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay.)
Yauwedo (general greeting)
Auge, yauwedo (greeting to a friend)
Haidova u lalau? (greeting to a person who is going somewhere: where are you going?)
Austral [aut] (French Polynesia.)
Ia ora (general greeting)
Ia ora na (general greeting)
Aroga (general greeting)
Karoga (general greeting)
Avatime [avn] (Ghana: Amedzofe.)
Ayé (general greeting)
Yawɔεn ɔlɔkpasi (reply to Ayé)
Yawɔεn wɔlɔkpasia (reply to Ayé)
Ɔkpasi (reply to Yawɔεn ɔlɔkpasi and Yawɔεn wɔlɔkpasia)
Ayigbɔ o (general greeting spoken to one person)
Yawɔεn wɔkɔ o (reply to Ayigbɔ o)
Ayimɔ o (general greeting spoken to a group)
Wɔpamé o (reply to Ayimɔ o)
Kpasi o (reply to Yawɔεn wɔkɔ o and Wɔpamé o)
Avar [ava] (Russia: Dagestan.)
Ворч|ами (vorch'ami: general greeting spoken to a man, "did you wake up?")
Йорч|ами (yorch'ami: general greeting spoken to a woman, "did you wake up?")
Рорч|ами (rorch'ami: general greeting spoken to a group of people, "did you wake up?")
Салам г|алейкум (salam yaleikum: general greeting)
Салам (salam: general greeting)
Радал лъик| (radal lik': morning greeting)
Кин вугев йигей? (kin vugev yigei: how are you?)
Кин вугев? (kin vugev: how are you?)
Иш кин бугеб? (ish kin bugeb: how are you?)
Хабар щиб бугеб? (khabar schib bugeb: how are you?)
Щиб х|ал бугеб? (shib hal bugeb: how are you?)
Лъик| буго (lik' bugo: reply to Щиб хIал бугеб and Иш кин бугеб)
Лъик| щварал (lik' shvaral: welcome greeting)
Avava [tmb] (Vanuatu: Malekula.)
Irivi matabbuk (morning greeting)Irivi lupanal (midday greeting)
Irivi kidrap (late afternoon and evening greeting)
Ong kiip ba? (where are you going?)
Avestan [ave] (Iran.)
Tova tav (general greeting)
Pötórva tav (morning greeting)
Mutórva tav (afternoon greeting)
Pöwála tav (evening greeting)
Neva tav (nighttime greeting)
Mouk (informal greeting)
Anelwäl (general greeting in older dialect from 500 BC)
Mokwiö (general greeting in older dialect from 950-1700 AD)
Avikam [avi] (Côte d'Ivoire: Avikam Canton.)
Yanela (general greeting)
Ayoka (general greeting)
Okonia (general greeting)
M saɔn, ɔn sa lɛ loo (general greeting spoken to a group of men)
Sa ma màɔn, ɔn sa lɛ loo (general greeting spoken to a group of men and women)
A ŋlɛ tàn? (morning greeting)
Ɛɛn (reply to A ŋlɛ tàn)
Taflɔ (morning greeting)
Bisèìn (midday greeting)
Awa-Cuaiquer [kwi] (Colombia and Ecuador: western Andes.)
Kaazhi (general greeting)
Wat kɨntai (morning greeting used when the weather is good)
Wat kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when the weather is good)
Watsal kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when the weather is nice)
Kai kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when the weather is clear)
Wantish kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when it is cloudy)
Tilkwil kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when the weather is dark)
Alu kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when it is raining)
Alu kɨntaikane (morning greeting used when it is raining)
Paktam kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when the weather is wet)
Inkwa kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when it is windy)
I kɨntɨte (morning greeting used when the weather is hot)
Wat nashtui (afternoon greeting used when the weather is good)
Watsal nashtui (afternoon greeting used when the weather is nice)
Kai nashtui (afternoon greeting used when the weather is clear)
Wantish nashtui (afternoon greeting used when it is cloudy)
Tɨlkwil nashtui (afternoon greeting used when the weather is dark)
Alu nashtui (afternoon greeting used when it is raining)
Alu nashtuki (afternoon greeting used when it is raining)
Paktam nashtui (afternoon greeting used when the weather is wet)
Inkwa nashtui (afternoon greeting used when it is windy)
I nashtui (afternoon greeting used when the weather is hot)
Kai apu (reply to any weather-related greetings)
Tilpamatu kana (nighttime greeting used after dark)
Amtaparikane (nighttime greeting)
Mizha chas? (how are you?)
Watmin (reply to Mizha chas)
Awabakal [awk] (Australia: New South Wales.)
Ella (general greeting)
Alla (general greeting)
Wontakalowa (general greeting)
Ngaba, wontakalowa (reply to Wontakalowa)
Yantibi kataan (general greeting, "have a good day")
Wau (greeting used to get someone's attention)
Kaayi (greeting used to get someone's attention)
Anigunya (general greeting in the Wanaruah dialect)
Anigunya kunara (welcome greeting in the Wanaruah dialect)
Awad Bing [bcu] (Papua New Guinea: Astrolabe Bay in Madang Province.)
Oe (general greeting)
Awadhi [awa] (India and Nepal.)
Bhor bhaye (morning greeting)
Tu kaise aha? (how are you?
Hum theek ahi (reply to Tu kaise aha)
Hum badhiya ahi (reply to Tu kaise aha)
Awajún [agr] (Peru: Marañon River area.)
Amekaitam (general greeting, literally "are you you?")
Witajai (reply to Amekaitam, "I am I")
Ayú (general greeting)
Minámek? (greeting spoken to a visitor)
Minájai (reply to Minámek)
Pujámek? (greeting spoken by a visitor)
Pujájai (reply to Pujámek)
Pégkejak pujám? (how are you?)
Ehé, pégkeg pujájai (reply to Pégkerak pujám)
Makek pujám? (how are you?)
Shig pégkeg pujájai (reply to Makek pujám)
Seé (thank you)
Tsawaájumek (morning greeting)
Tsawaágjai (reply to Tsawaájumek)
Pégkeg tsawáje (morning greeting)
Pégkeg káshik (morning greeting)
Pégkeg agkuáwai (afternoon and evening greeting)
Pégkeg agkuántai (afternoon and evening greeting)
Pégkeg káshi (nighttime greeting)
Amekaitam makek pujam (welcome greeting)
Awakateko [agu] (Guatemala: Huehuetenango.)
Keech (general greeting)
Tzu ta' (general greeting to a man)
Ta'j (general greeting to a man)
Tzu na' (general greeting to a woman)
Na'j (general greeting to a woman)
Sna'j (general greeting to a woman)
B'alaj jalchan (morning greeting)
B'alaj kwe'nq'ej (evening greeting)
B'a'n pe' wutzu'? (how are you?)
B'a'n, ko b'a'n teru' (reply to B'a'n pe' wutzu)
Ate'pe'u' xe ka'l? (greeting used when approaching a house (is anyone home?)
Awar [aya] (Papua New Guinea: Madang Province.)
Tumban yandi (morning greeting)
Rao vevi yandi (midday greeting)
Bivimin yandi (afternoon greeting)
Mu yandi (nighttime greeting)
Awara [awx] (Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province.)
Tukhande (general greeting)
Tukwande (morning greeting)
Tebana (morning greeting)
Säne kugaläk? (where are you going?)
Aweer [bob] (Kenya, Somalia.)
Faide (general greeting)
Andula (general greeting)
Niso (general greeting)
Roiga (general greeting)
Fayuma (general greeting)
Awing [azo] (Cameroon.)
Abela (general greeting)
Awiyaana [auy] (Papua New Guinea: Eastern Highlands Province.)
Fenómpinka (afternoon and evening greeting)
Awngi [awn] (Ethiopia: Amhara region.)
Dikitima? (how are you? spoken to one person)
Deketkama? (how are you? spoken to a group)
Awngthim [gwm] (Australia: Queensland.)
Nje 'alan (general greeting)
Awtuw [kmn] (Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province.)
Gut moning nau (morning greeting; from Tok Pisin)
Owo, gut moning (reply to Gut moning nau)
Apinun tru (afternoon greetingl from Tok Pisin)
Owo, apinun (reply to Aprinun tru)
Gutnait nau (nighttime greeting; from Tok Pisin)
Owo, gutnait (reply to Gutnait nau)
Yen yipke wæyre? (where are you going? spoken to one person)
Om yipke wæyrem? (where are you going? spoken to a group)
Axamb [ahb] (Vanuatu: Malampa province in south Malekula.)
Ngavuy prahor (morning greeting)
Ngavuy prahor sam (morning greeting to one person)
Ngavuy prahor samru (morning greeting to two people)
Ngavuy prahor samto (morning greeting to a group of three or more)
Ngavuy livher (midday greeting)
Ngavuy livher sam (midday greeting to one person)
Ngavuy livher samru (midday greeting to two people)
Ngavuy livher samto (midday greeting to a group of three or more)
Ngavuy livhear (midday greeting)
Ngavuy livhear sam (midday greeting to one person)
Ngavuy livhear samru (midday greeting to two people)
Ngavuy livhear samto (midday greeting to a group of three or more)
Ngavuy tuhrav (afternoon greeting)
Ngavuy tuhrav sam (afternoon greeting to one person)
Ngavuy tuhrav samru (afternoon greeting to two people)
Ngavuy tuhrav samto (afternoon greeting to a group of three or ore)
Ngavuy limarog (evening and nighttime greeting)
Ngavuy limarog sam (evening and nighttime greeting to one person)
Ngavuy limarog samru (evening and nighttime greeting to two people)
Ngavuy limarog samtu (evening and nighttime greeting to a group of three or more)
Ngavuy (informal greeting)
Ngavuy sam nogay (general greeting to one person)
Ngavuy samru nogay (general greeting to two people)
Ngavuy samto nogay (general greeting to a group of three or more people)
Atua ngarohroh drwan hayug (religious greeting, "God be with you")
Ikorsay? (how are you?, literally "how?)
Ikokorsay? (how are you?, literally "how?")
Ayabadhu [ayd] (Australia: Cape York, Queensland.)
Wanthi punga (general greeting; calque from English)
Wanthi kampala (general greeting in the Yintyingka dialect; calque from English)
Tonki ninä ngai y'aŋkuŋä (welcome greeting in the Yintyingka dialect; "you come, I'm here")
Aymara, Central [ayr] (Bolivia, Peru, and Chile: Altipano region.)
Kamisaraki? (how are you?)
Kamisaki? (how are you?)
Kamisatasa? (how are you?)
Kamisakisktasa? (how are you?)
Kunamastasa? (how are you?)
Waliki (reply to Kamisaraki and Kamisaki)
Walisumawa (reply to Kamisaraki and Kamisaki)
Walikistwa (reply to Kamisaraki and Kamisaki)
Walikisktati? (how are you? spoken in Morocomarca)
Walikisktwa (reply to Walikisktati)
Juspajaraña (thank you)
Juspajar (thank you)
Juspajarkatam (thank you)
Yuspagarkatam (thank you, spoken at Lake Titicaca)
Yuspagaratam (thank you, spoken at Lake Titicaca)
Yusulupay (thank you, spoken in Tihuanacu)
Taata (general greeting spoken to a man in Huancané)
Maama (general greeting spoken to a woman in Huancané)
Tatay (general greeting spoken to a man in Morocomarca and Calacala)
Mamay (general greeting spoken to a woman in Morocomarca and Calacala)
Tatalay (greeting spoken by a child to an adult man in Morocomarca)
Mamalay (greeting spoken by a child to an adult woman in Morocomarca)
Suma urukiya (general daytime greeting)
Suma urukipana (general greeting used in Sullka Tunka)
Suma urupanay (general greeting used in Sullka Tunka)
Suma urupan (general greeting used in Pica)
Suma jayp'u (afternoon greeting)
Suma jayp'ukiya (afternoon greeting)
Suma aruma (nighttime greeting)
Suma arumakiya (nighttime greeting)
Suma diosar churata, tatay (greeting spoken to a man in Morocomarca)
Suma diosar churata, mamay (greeting spoken to a man in Morocomarca)
Suma urukipan (general greeting used in Jopoqueri)
Yusak ma churatama (general greeting used in Jopoqueri)
Aski churatam (general daytime greeting)
Aski urukipan (general daytime greeting)
Aski jayp'ukipan (afternoon greeting)
Aski arumakipan (nighttime greeting)
Askiru churata tatay (older greeting spoken to a man, no longer used)
Askiru churata mamay (older greeting spoken to a woman, no longer used)
Kamisas karakta? (how are you?, used on Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca)
Kawksats puriskta? (where are coming from? spoken in La Paz)
Kawkituqita jumaxa? (where are coming from? spoken in Huancané)
Kawkits purjta? (where are coming from? spoken in Jopoqueri)
Kawkits jutata? (where are coming from? spoken in Jopoqueri)
Kawkitraj jutanta? (where are coming from? spoken in Morocomarca)
Kawkitraj purta? (where are coming from? spoken in Morocomarca)
Kawks sarata? (where are going? spoken in La Paz and Huancané)
Kawkirus sarjta? (where are going? spoken in Jopoqueri)
Kawkirurakisti sarakta? (where are going? spoken in Morocomarca)
Winus tiyus (morning greeting spoken in La Paz; borrowed from Spanish)
Winas tartis (afternoon greeting spoken in La Paz; borrowed from Spanish)
Jallallt'atapxtawa (welcome greeting)
Aymara, Southern [ayc] (Bolivia, Peru, and Chile: Altipano region.)
Kamisaki? (how are you?)
Waliki (reply to Kamisaki)
Kamisaraki? (how are you? used in Calacoa)
Kunamaskarajta? (how are you? used in Salinas)
Walikiwa (reply to Kunamaskarajta and Kamisaraki)
Kunamsjtas? (how are you? used in Jopoqueri)
Walikisjtwa (reply to Kunamsjtas)
Maraptis (general greeting used in Calacoa)
Simpikaw (reply to Maraptis used in Calacoa)
Dios askiy churata (general greeting used in Juli)
Askiy churata (general greeting used in Torata and Moquegua)
Kawkits jutta? (where are coming from? spoken in Juli)
Kawkits purinta? (where are coming from? spoken in Juli)
Kawkits purta? (where are coming from? spoken in Calacoa)
Kawkitraj purta? (where are coming from? spoken in Salinas)
Kawkitraj jutta? (where are coming from? spoken in Salinas)
Kawkits purtax? (where are coming from? spoken in Sitajara)
Kawks sarata? (where are going? spoken in Juli)
Kawks saratax? (where are going? spoken in Juli)
Kawkirurak saranta? (where are going? spoken in Salinas)
Kawkirurak saranda? (where are going? spoken in Salinas)
Waynus tiyas (morning greeting spoken in Sitajara; borrowed from Spanish)
Waynas tartis (afternoon greeting spoken in Sitajara; borrowed from Spanish)
Ayoreo [ayo] (Bolivia: Gran Chaco. Paraguay: Chaco.)
Uerate dirí (general daytime greeting spoken in the Rincón del Tigre dialect)
Uerate diraisé (morning greeting spoken in the Rincón del Tigre dialect)
Uerate guedé gatocoró (afternoon greeting spoken in the Rincón del Tigre dialect)
Uerate guedé noringai (evening greeting spoken in the Rincón del Tigre dialect)
Uejate dijí (general daytime greeting spoken in the Tobité dialect)
Je choique uaya? (how are you?)
Ayta, Abellen [abp] (Philippines: Luzon.)
Komohta? (how are you?)
Way ihtew ka ibat? (where are you coming from?)
Way ihtew ka makew? (where are you going?)
Ihtew bengat (reply to Way ihtew ka ibat and Way ihtew ka makew)
Apo (greeting used when approaching a house)
Tao (greeting used when approaching a house)
He (greeting used when approaching a house)
Manik kao (welcome greeting, "come on up")
Homlep kao (welcome greeting, "come inside")
Mikno kao (welcome greeting, "have a seat")
Ayta, Mag-antsi [sgb] (Philippines: Luzon.)
Bapa wa (greeting used when approaching a house)
Dara wa (greeting used when approaching a house)
Hika aod dara (reply to Bapa wa and Dara wa, "it's you!")
Ay-iri ka ubat? (where are you coming from?)
Ay-iri ka munta? (where are you going?)
Bayron bêngat (reply to Ay-iri ka munta, "over there")
Munta ko kamoyu (reply to Ay-iri ka munta, "I'm going over to your place")
Nagpasyal akong bêngat (greeting spoken by a visitor, "I've just come to visit")
Munik ka dara (welcome greeting, "come on up")
Humoên ka dara (welcome greeting, "come in")
Mikno ka dara (welcome greeting, "have a seat")
Ayta, Mag-Indi [blx] (Philippines: Luzon.)
Mahampat umabiyak (morning greeting)
Mahampat nin mahambak kumuyu (morning greeting)
Mahampat nin kaawat kumuyu (afternoon greeting)
Mahampat nin yabi kumuyu (evening greeting)
Antuy ubatan mu? (where are you coming from?)
Ubat aku du (reply to Antuy ubatan mu, "I came from there")
Antuy lakun mu? (where are you going?)
Hayri kainin maglaku? (where are you going?)
Sumun kayna (welcome greeting, "come inside")
Miknu kayna (welcome greeting, "have a seat")
Azerbaijani [azj] (Azerbaijan and Iran.)
Salam (general greeting. Written as Салам in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Yaxşi gün (general greeting. Written as Яхшы гюн in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Salam ələyküm (general greeting. Written as Салам алейкум in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Ələyküm salam (reply to Salam ələyküm. Written as Алейкум ассалам in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Sabahınız xeyir (morning greeting. Written as Сабаһыныз хејир in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Sabahın xeyir (informal morning greeting. Written as Сабаһын хејир in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Səhəriz xeyir (morning greeting used in Iran. Written as Сәһәриз хејир in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Gün aydın (afternoon greeting. Written as Гюн айдын in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Gününüz xeyir (afternoon greeting. Written as Гюнунуз хејир in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Axşamınız xeyir (evening greeting. Written as Ахшамыныз хејир in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Axşamız xeyir (evening greeting. Written as Ахшамыз хејир in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Axşamın xeyir (informal evening greeting. Written as Ахшамын хејир in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Necəsiz? (how are you? Written as Неджясиз in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Necəsən? (how are you? Written as Неджясян in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Siz necəsiniz? (how are you? Written as Сиз неҹәсиниз in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Sağ olun, yaxşıyam (reply to Necəsiz, Necəsən, and Siz necəsiniz. Саг олун, яхшыйам in Cyrillic.)
Nə var nə yox? ( what's new? written as Не вар не йох in the Cyrillic alphabet)
Sağ olun (thank you. Written as Саг олун in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Sağ ol (thank you. Written as Саг ол in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Təşəkkür edirəm (thank you. Written as Тящяккюр эдирям in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Çox sağ olun (thank you very much. Written as Чох саг олун in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Çox sağ ol (thank you very much. Written as Чох саг ол in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Nə var, nə yox? (how are you? informal. Written as Не вар, не йох in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Xoş gəlmisiniz (welcome greeting Written as Хош кәлмисиниз in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
Xoş gəldiniz (welcome greeting. Written as Хош кәлдиниз in the Cyrillic alphabet.)
