This is a list of ways to say hello in various languages. Its purpose is to illustrate a number of scripts. --------------------------------------------------------- Europe: Czech (česky) Dobrý den Danish (Dansk) Hej, Goddag English Hello English (IPA ɪŋglɪʃ) hɛləʊ Esperanto Saluton Estonian Tere, Tervist Finnish (Suomi) Hei French (Français) Bonjour, Salut German (Deutsch Nord) Guten Tag German (Deutsch Süd) Grüß Gott Italiano Ciao, Buon giorno Greek (Ελληνικά) Γειά σας Maltese Ċaw, Saħħa Nederlands, Vlaams Hallo, Dag Norwegian (Norsk) Hei, God dag Polish Dzień dobry, Hej Russian (Русский) Здравствуйте! Slovak (Slovensky) Dobrý deň Spanish (Español) ¡Hola! Swedish (Svenska) Hej, Goddag Turkish (Türkçe) Merhaba America: Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) ᎣᏏᏲ Middle Near East/Africa: Amharic (አማርኛ) ሠላም Arabic ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ ﻋﻠﻴﻜﻢ Arabic (Pango) السَّلام عليكُم Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ)‎ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم Georgian (ქართველი) გამარჯობა Hebrew שלום Hebrew (עִבְרִית)‎ שָׁלוֹם Persian (فارسی)‎ سلام عليکم Yiddish (ײַדישע)‎ דאָס הײַזעלע South/South-East Asia: Bengali (বাঙ্লা) ষাগতোম Burmese မ္ရန္မာ Gujarati ગુજરાતિ Hindi (हिंदी) नमस्ते, नमस्कार । Khmer (ខ្មៃរ) ជំរាបសួរ (ex: ក្ក្រឿ៌) Lao (ພາສາລາວ) ສະບາຍດີ, ຂໍໃຫ້ໂຊກດີ Malayalam (മലയാളം) നമസ്കാരം (ex: ന+്+ര=ന്ര) Punjabi ਪੁਂਜਾਬਿ Sinhala (සිංහල) ආයුබෝවන් Tamil (தமிழ்) வணக்கம் Thai (ภาษาไทย) สวัสดีครับ, สวัสดีค่ะ Tibetan (བོད་སྐད་) བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས༎ (ex: བསྒྲུབས, ཧཱུཾ) Tigrigna (ትግርኛ) ሰላማት Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) Chào bạn East Asia Chinese (中文,普通话,汉语) 你好 Cantonese (粵語,廣東話) 早晨, 你好 Japanese (日本語) こんにちは, コンニチハ Korean (한글) 안녕하세요, 안녕하십니까 Difference among chinese characters in GB, JIS, KSC, BIG5: GB -- 元气 开发 JIS -- 元気 開発 KSC -- 元氣 開發 BIG5 -- 元氣 開發 Just for a test of JISX0212: 騏驎 (the second character is of JISX0212)