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LunaShay said:
Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i
Amharic "tena yistelegn" is very formal. You can also say " Selam"
Islamic Greeting - السّلام عليكم (peace be upon you) pronounced Assalamou Alykoum
Albanian - Tungjatjeta pronounced To-ngyat-yeta it means have a long life or c'kemi (hi)
A'Leamona - bees-e-lees-e (good day) pronounced tehl-neye-doe
Arabic - صباح الخير (good morning)pronounced sabahou el kheir , مساء الخير (good evening) pronounced masaou el kheir : note that Kh-خ is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbAN-مرحبا (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban
Armenian - barev or parev
Australian - G'day (mostly informal but including strangers pronounced gu-day)("G'day mate")
Austrian - Grüßgott (formal, pronounced gree'assgott)/ Servus (Informal, said See-ahh-vass, not like the Latin word)
Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam
Bahamas – hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal - slang)
Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)
Bhutan - [kuzu-zangpo]
Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)
Bengali — namaskar (In West Bengal, India)
Bremnian - koali (pronounced kowalee)
Bulgarian - zdravei, zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning), Dobar den (day), Dobar vecher (evening)
Burmese - mingalarba
Cambodian (Khmer)- Sua s'dei (informal), Jum Reap Sour (formal), good morning, Arun Sua s'dei, good afternoon Tivea Sua s'dei, good evening Sayoan Sua s'dei, good night Reatrey Sua s'dei, good bye Lea Hoy (informal), Jum Reap Lea (formal)
Cape-Verdean Creole - oi, olá, Entao or Bon dia
Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say just "Bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.
Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup (informal)and all other English greetings
Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female). Muribwanji (moori-bwanji) is used often, as a generalized greeting to everyone.
Chinese - In both Cantonese and Mandarin, it is written as 你好. Cantonese is nei* ho or lei ho (pronounced ne ho or lay ho) and Mandarin is nǐ hǎo (pronounced, nee how) (remember the tones). In Mandarin, you can also say 早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo) for "Good Morning." *as in eee not a
Congo - mambo
Cook Island - Kia orana (hello)
Cree - Tansi (pronounced Tawnsay)
Croatian - bok (informal), dobro jutro (morning), dobar dan (day), dobra večer (evening), laku noć (night)
Czech - dobré ráno (until about 8 or 9 a.m.), dobrý den (formal), dobrý večer (evening), ahoj (informal; pronounced ahoy)
Danish - hej (informal; pronounced hey)
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