How To Say Hello In 100 Different Languages

Last updated on September 20th, 2023 at 06:10 am

Have you ever wondered how to say “Hello” in a language other than English? Then this post is for you!
Look no further in this post; you will learn how to say Hello in 100 different languages from some of the world’s most spoken languages!
So you can satisfy your curiosity fully and maybe learn how to say hello to locals when you visit another country next time. It may seem small, but learning a few words about the country you’re visiting always goes a long way!

I’ve always been interested in learning new languages. In France, we automatically have to learn another language as early as age six as of today, and in most schools, the second language is usually English. And you can add more languages through middle school and high school.

Granted, it’s not the best teaching as many French still struggles with English; I mean, if you visited Paris or France, you know what I’m talking about.

But more and more people can speak English, plus if you’re visiting such a touristy city as Paris, you won’t have any problems if you can’t speak French.

But I digress. We are not here to talk about the French struggles with English but to learn how to say “Hello” in 100 different languages because it makes me curious and you curious.

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How To Say Hello In 100 Different Languages

I know how to say Hello for sure in 4 languages because I happen to speak them.

And actually, a couple more languages because it’s a pretty specific word and easy to memorise. And I am writing a list about ‘How to say Hello in 100 languages’, so it would be a shame that I learn nothing from this, wouldn’t it?

#1 English – Hello

#2 French – Bonjour

#3 Spanish – ¡Holà!

#4 Japanese – Konnichiha /こんにちは

Yep, that’s the four languages I know; pretty impressive.

Shameless bragging aside, I need to study more Japanese and Spanish.

Read: Ressources to Learn Japanese By Yourself

I wanted to add one more thing before I continue with the 96 other ways to say Hello in different languages. I will let you know they are now all on this list!

Those ways to say hello in different languages will be from some of the world’s most spoken languages!

I will classify all the 100 ways to say hello in different languages by continent.

So, if you’re still wondering, “How do you say hello in 100 languages, ” this will answer your question!

Also, if you’re keen on learning a new language, make sure to check all the best tips to learn a new language.

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ASIA

The most spoken language in Asia is Chinese, with 1 billion speakers!

#5 Chinese – nǐ hǎo

#6 Cantonese – néih hóu

#7 Burmese – mingalarba

#8 Armenian – barev dzez

#9 Hindi – namaste

#10 Indonesian – halo

#11 Cambodian – chum reap suor

#12 Georgian – gamarjoba

#13 Gujarati – namaste

#14 Bengali – nômoshkar

#15 Korean – annyeonghaseyo

#16 Lao – sabaidee

#17 Thai – sà-wàt-dee

#18 Punjabi – sat sri akal ji (formall Sikh) or salamwalaykum (formal muslim)

#19 Malay – Hello or selamat pagi

#20 Kyrgiz – salamatsyzby

#21 Pashto – salaam

#22 Telugu – namaskārām 

#23 Vietnamese – xin chào

#24 Tagalog – kumusta

#25 Tibetan – tashi delek

#26 Uyghur – ässalamu läykum

#27 Tatar – isänmesez

#28 Nepali – namaste

#29 Malayalam – namaskaram

#30 Mongolian – sain baina uu

#31 Sinhala – āyubōvan 

#32 Urdu – āssālam ‘alaykum (greeting) // wālaikum assalām (response)

#33 Uzbek – assalomu aleykum 

AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST

The most spoken language in Africa is Swahili, with between 100 – 150 million speakers!

The most spoken language in the Middle East is Arabic.

#34 Swahili – jambo

#35 Wolof – molo

#36 Afrikaans – hallo

#37 Kinyarwanda – muraho

#38 Lingala – mbote

#39 Zulu – sawubona

#40 Yoruba – bawo

#41 Tsonga – avuxeni

#42 Oromo – ashamaa

#43 Ndebele – salibonani

#44 Oromo – ashamaa

#45 Arabic – as-salaam ‘alaykum

#46 Tswana – dumela

#47 Hebrew – shalom

#48 Chichewa – moni

#49 Amharic – tena jistilign

#50 Kurdish (Kurmanji) – merheba

#51 Igbo – ndêwó

#52 Hausa – salama alaikum

#53 Turkish – merhaba

#54 Persian – salâm

#55 Luganda – ki kati

#56 Malagasy – manao ahoana

#57 Shona – mhoro

#58 Tigrinya – selam

#59 Swati – sawubona

EUROPE

Read Useful Easy French Words and Sentences To Know!

The most spoken language in Europe is Russian, with roughly 140 million native speakers.

#60 Breton ( a dialect from France!) – demat

#61 Basque – kaixo

#62 Irish – dia duit

#63 Frisian – goeie

#64 Danish – hallo

#65 Luxembourgish – moïen

#66 Russian – zdravstvuyte

#67 Italian – buon giorno

#68 Greek – yasass

#69 Croatian – bok

#70 Bosnian – dobar dan

#71 Czech – dobrý den

#72 Serbian – zdravo

#73 Slovak – dobrý deň

#74 Latvian – sveika

#75 Hungarian – szervusz

#76 Gaelic – halò

#77 Dutch – hallo

#78 Icelandic – góðan dag

#79 Polish – dzień dobry

#80 Slovenian – živjo 

#81 Welsh – helo

#82 Swedish – hej

#84 Finnish – Hei or hyvää päivää

#85 Yiddish – a gutn tog 

#86 Romanian – salut

#87 Norwegian – god dag

#88 Lithuanian – labas

#89 Estonian – tere

#90 Catalan – hola

#91 Bulgarian – zdravejte 

#92 Portugese – olá or buom dia

OCEANIA

The most spoken language in Oceania is English, although according to Google, Papuan languages represent 57% of speakers!

#93 Hawaiian – aloha

#94 Tahitian – ia ora na

#95 Maori – tēnā koe

#96 – Fijian – ni sa bula

#97 Samoan – tālofa 

#98 Tongan – mālō e lelei

#99 Palauan – alii

#100 Marshallese – yokwe

That was a long list, right?

It is still only a concise list in reality with those 100 ways to say hello; there are more than 6500 languages worldwide! Crazy, right?

So, what are the most spoken languages in the world?

English is the most widely spoken language globally, with more than 1.2 billion people able to speak it.

However, if you count in native speakers, it would be Chinese due to the high numbers of the population in China.

That’s a wrap. Now you know how to say hello in different languages! I hope you enjoyed that post and memorised some ways to say hello in other languages when you travel. It goes a long way when you know how to say a few words of the language of the country you visit!

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– Radical Storage: If you need a place to keep your luggage for an extended period when you travel, I recommend using them. It was a great help when we needed a place to keep our luggage safely while we left the city for a few days.
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