This is a list of ways to say hello in various languages. (For symbols and some scripts, only sample texts or characters are shown.) Languages and scripts are classified by writing directions. 1. Scripts written from left to right. LANGUAGE (NATIVE NAME) HELLO ---------------------- ----- Ainu (アイヌ イタㇰ) イランカラㇷ゚テ Amharic (አማርኛ) ሠላም Armenian (Հայերէն) բարև Bengali (বাংলা) নমস্কার Braille ⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕ Burmese (မ္ရန္‌မာ) မင္‍ဂလာပာ C printf ("Hello, world!\n"); Cantonese (粵語 / 廣東話) 早晨 / 你好 / 喂 Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ) ᎣᏏᏲ Chinese (中文 / 普通话 / 汉语 / 漢語) 你好, 您好 Comanche (Nu̶mu̶ tekwapu̶̲) Marú̶awe! Cree (ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ) ᐊᑕᒥᐢᑳᑐᐃᐧᐣ Czech (čeština) Dobrý den Danish (dansk) Hej / Goddag / Halløj Deseret (𐐼𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 𐐰𐑊𐑁𐐩𐐺𐐯𐐻) 𐐸𐑩𐑊𐐬 Dutch (Nederlands) Hallo / Dag Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ) སྐུ་གཟུགས་བཟང་པོ Emacs emacs --no-splash -f view-hello-file English /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ Hello French (français) Bonjour / Salut Georgian (ქართველი) გამარჯობა German (Deutsch) Guten Tag / Grüß Gott Greek (ελληνικά) Γειά σας Greek, Polytonic Ἐμπρός! (on phone) Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) નમસ્તે Hindi (हिंदी) नमस्ते । Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) ᐊᐃ / ᐊᐃᓐᖓᐃ Italian (italiano) Ciao / Buon giorno Japanese (日本語) 今日は。 / ｺﾝﾆﾁﾊ Javanese (Jawa) System.out.println("Sugeng siang!"); Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ Kanza (Kaáⁿze) ho / hawé Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) ជំរាបសួរ / សួស្ដី Koasati (Kowassá:tit) Cikáʔnó! Korean (한글 / 韓國語) 안녕하세요 / 안녕하십니까 / 안녕 Lao (ພາສາລາວ) ສະບາຍດີ / ຂໍໃຫ້ໂຊກດີ Malayalam (മലയാളം) നമസ്കാരം Marathi (मराठी) नमस्कार । Mathematics ∀ p ∈ world • hello p □ Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ଶୁଣିବେ Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ. Russian (русский) Здра́вствуйте! Shavian (𐑖𐑭𐑝𐑾𐑯) 𐑣𐑩𐑤𐑴 Sinhala (සිංහල) ආයුබෝවන් Spanish (español) ¡Hola! Swedish (på svenska) Hej / Goddag / Hallå Tagalog (ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔) ᜋᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ Tamil (தமிழ்) வணக்கம் Telugu (తెలుగు) నమస్కారం Thai (ภาษาไทย) สวัสดีครับ / สวัสดีค่ะ Tibetan (བོད་སྐད་) བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས༎ Tigrigna (ትግርኛ) ሰላማት Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) Chào bạn Yoruba (Yorùbá) Ẹ n lẹ SCRIPT NAME SAMPLES ---------------------- ----- Balinese (ᬩᬲ ᬩᬮᬶ) ᬓᬔᬕᬖᬗᬘᬙᬚᬛᬜᬝᬞᬟ Buginese (ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ) ᨕᨗᨕᨊᨕᨙ ᨔᨛᨄᨒᨚ Buhid (ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ) ᝀᝁᝂᝃᝄᝅ Carian 𐊠𐊥𐊣𐊹𐊮𐊸 𐊲𐊥𐊰𐊴𐊣𐊺𐊸 𐊽𐊹𐊾𐊩𐊰𐊹𐊸 Carrier (ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ) ᗺᗹᗵᗷᗶ Cham ꨁꨗꨩꨈꨮ CJK Radicals ⼀⼁⼂⼃⼄⼅⼆⼇⼈⼉ / ⺀⺁⺂⺃⺄⺅⺆⺇⺈⺉ CJK Unified Ideograph Extension-A 㐀㐁㐂㐃㐄㐅㐆㐇㐈㐉㐊㐋㐌㐍㐎㐏 CJK Unified Ideograph Extension-B 𠀀𠀁𠀂𠀃𠀄𠀅𠀆𠀇𠀈𠀉𠀊𠀋𠀌𠀍𠀎𠀏 CJK Unified Ideograph Extension-C 𪜀𪜁𪜂𪜃𪜄𪜅𪜆𪜇𪜈𪜉𪜊𪜋𪜌𪜍𪜎𪜏 Coptic ⲘⲒⲞ.Ⲕ Cuneiform 𒀀𒀁𒀂𒀃𒀄𒀅𒀆𒀇𒀈𒀉𒀊𒀋𒀌𒀍𒀎𒀏 Cyrillic Supplement ԀԁԂԃԄԅԆԇԈԉԊԋԌԍԎԏ Cyrillic Extended-A ⷠⷡⷢⷣⷤⷥⷦⷧⷨⷩⷪⷫⷬⷭⷮⷯ Cyrillic Extended-B ꙀꙁꙂꙃꙄꙅꙆꙇꙈꙉꙊꙋꙌꙍꙎꙏ Ethiopic Extended ⶀⶁⶂⶃⶄⶅⶆⶇⶈⶉⶊⶋⶌⶍⶎⶏ Ethiopic Supplement ᎀᎁᎂᎃᎄᎅᎆᎇᎈᎉᎊᎋᎌᎍᎎᎏ Georgian Supplement ⴀⴁⴂⴃⴄⴅⴆⴇⴈⴉⴊⴋⴌⴍⴎⴏ Glagolitic ⰙⰂⰍⰌⰇⰟⰘ Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐌿 𐌹𐌽 Hanunoo (ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ) ᜣᜫᜨᜳᜰᜲ Kayah Li ꤁꤂꤃꤄꤅ Latin Extended-C ⱠⱡⱢⱣⱤⱥⱦⱧⱨⱩⱪⱫⱬⱭⱮⱯ Latin Extended-D ꜠꜡ꜢꜣꜤꜥꜦꜧꜨꜩꜪꜫꜬꜭꜮꜯ Lepcha ᰣᰕᰧᰅ Limbu ᤀᤁᤂᤃᤄᤅᤆᤇᤈ Lycian 𐊀𐊁𐊂𐊃𐊄𐊅𐊆𐊇 Lydian 𐤠𐤡𐤢𐤣𐤤 New Tai Lue ᦀᦁᦂᦃᦄᦅᦆᦇ Ogham ᚛ᚁᚂᚃᚄᚅᚆᚇᚈᚉᚊᚋᚌᚍᚎᚏᚐᚑᚒᚒᚔ᚜ Old Persian 𐎠𐎡𐎢𐎣𐎤𐎥𐎦𐎧𐎨𐎩𐎪𐎫𐎬𐎭𐎮𐎯 Osmanya 𐒀𐒁𐒂𐒃𐒄𐒅𐒆𐒇𐒈𐒉𐒊𐒋𐒌𐒍𐒎𐒏 Phaistos Disc 𐇑𐇛𐇜𐇐𐇡 Phonetic Extensions ᴀᴁᴂᴃᴄᴅᴆᴇᴈᴉᴊᴋᴌᴍᴎᴏ Phonetic Extension Supplement ᶀᶁᶂᶃᶄᶅᶆᶇᶈᶉᶊᶋᶌᶍᶎᶏ Rejang ꤰꤱꤲꤴꤵ　 Runic ᛒᛁᛏᚱᛅᛁᛋ᛬ᛚᛅᛁᚠᛅ᛬ᚠᚢᛋᛏᚱᛅ᛬ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ᛬ᚦᛅᚾ᛬ᛋᚭᚾ᛬ᛁᛚᛅᚾ᛭ Santali (Ol Chiki) ᱟᱲ.ᱟ. Saurashtra ꢂꢒꢂꢬꢣꢶ Sundanese ᮀᮁᮂᮃᮄᮅᮆᮇᮈᮉᮊᮋᮌᮍᮎᮏ Syloti Nagri ꠀꠇꠣꠌꠤꠐꠥꠔꠦ Tagbanwa (ᝤᝪᝨᝯ) ᝠᝡᝢᝣᝤᝥᝦᝧᝨᝩᝪᝫᝬ Tifinagh (ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ) ⴰⴱⴲⴳⴴⴵⴶⴷⴸⴹⴺⴻⴼⴽⴾⴿ Tai Le (ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ) ᥐᥑᥒᥓᥔᥕᥖᥗᥘᥙᥚᥛᥜᥝᥞᥟ Ugaritic 𐎀𐎁𐎂𐎃𐎄𐎅𐎆𐎇𐎈𐎉𐎊𐎋𐎌𐎍𐎎𐎏 Vai ꔀꔁꔂꔃꔄꔅꔆꔇꔈꔉꔊꔋꔌꔍꔎꔏ Yi (ꆇꉙ) ꉷꆀꅇꌫꏦ 2. Scripts written from Right to Left. LANGUAGE (NATIVE NAME) HELLO ---------------------- ----- Arabic (ةّيبرعلا) مكيلع مالّسلا Aramaic, Syriac (ܠܫܢܐ ܤܘܪܝܝܐ) ܐܵܝ! / ܐܳܝ! Dhivehi (ހިވެދި) ކިހިނެތް؟ / ހާލު ކިހިނެތް؟ Hebrew (תירבע) שלום Persian (فارسى) سلام / درود Yiddish (ײִדיש / מאַמע לשון) אַ גוטן טאָג SCRIPT NAME SAMPLES ---------------------- ----- Arabic Supplement ݐݑݒݓݔݕݖݗݘݙݚݛݜݝݞݟ Cypriot Syllabary 𐠀𐠁𐠂𐠃𐠄𐠅𐠈𐠊𐠋𐠌𐠍𐠎𐠏 Kharoshthi 𐨠𐨡𐨢𐨣𐨤𐨥𐨦𐨧𐨨𐨩𐨪𐨫𐨬𐨭𐨮𐨯 Linear B 𐀀𐀁𐀂𐀃𐀄𐀅𐀆𐀇 / 𐂀𐂁𐂂𐂃𐂄𐂅𐂆𐂇 N'Ko (ߒߞߏ) ߀߁߂߃߄߅߆߇߈߉ߊߋߌߍߎߏ Old Italic 𐌀𐌁𐌂𐌃𐌄𐌅𐌆𐌇𐌈𐌉𐌊𐌋𐌌𐌍𐌎𐌏 Phoenician 𐤀𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤄𐤅𐤆𐤇𐤈𐤉𐤊𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤎𐤏 3. Scripts written from Top to Bottom LANGUAGE (NATIVE NAME) HELLO ---------------------- ----- Japanese (日本語) もし〳〵 (Vertical Repeat Mark) Mongolian (ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ) ᠰᠠᠢ᠋ᠨ ᠪᠠᠢ᠋ᠨ ᠤᠦ SCRIPT NAME SAMPLES ---------------------- ----- Kanbun (漢文) 使㆟籍誠不㆚以㆘蓄㆓妻子㆒憂㆗飢寒㆖乱㆙㆑心、 有㆑銭以済㆞医薬㆝。 Manchurian (ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ) ᡶᡠᡯᡳ ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠᠮᡝ᠈ ᡨᠠᠴᡳᠮᠪᡳᠮᡝ ᡝᡵᡳᠨᡩᡝᡵᡳ ᡠᡵᡳᠪᡠᠴᡳ᠈ ᡳᠨᡠ ᡠᡵᡤᡠᠨ ᠸᠠᡴᠠ᠉ Phags-pa ꡏꡟ ꡋꡞ ꡏꡟ ꡋꡞ ᠂ ꡏ ꡜꡖ ꡏꡟ ꡋꡞ ᠂ ꡓꡞ ꡏꡟ ᠁ 4. Numbers and Symbols SYMBOL NAMES EXAMPLES ---------------------- ----- Aegean Numbers 𐄀𐄁𐄂𐄇 𐄈𐄉𐄊𐄋𐄌𐄍𐄎𐄏 Ancient Greek Musical Notation 𝈀𝈁𝈂𝈃𝈄𝈅𝈆𝈈𝈉𝈊𝈋𝈌𝈍𝈎𝈏 Ancient Greek Numbers 𐅀𐅁𐅂𐅃𐅄𐅅𐅆𐅇𐅈𐅉𐅊𐅋𐅌𐅍𐅎𐅏 Ancient Symbols 𐆐𐆑𐆒𐆓𐆔𐆕𐆖𐆗𐆘𐆙𐆚𐆛 Arrows ←↑↠↡↰↱⇀⇁⟰⟱⟲⟳⤀⤁⤐⤑⤠⤡⤰⤱⥀⥁ Block Elements ▀▁▂▃▄▅▆▇▐░▒▓▔▕▖▗ Box Drawing ┌┐└┘├┤┬┴ Byzantine Musical Symbols 𝀰𝀱𝀲𝀳𝀴𝀵𝀶𝀷 Combining Diacritical Marks à á â ã ā a̅ ă ȧ ä ả å a̋ ǎ a̍ a̎ ȁ (For Symbols) a⃐ a⃑ a⃒ a⃓ a⃔ a⃕ a⃖ a⃗ (Marks Supplement) a᷀ a᷁ a᷂ a᷃ a᷄ a᷅ a᷆ a᷇ a᷈ a᷉ a᷊ a᷋ a᷌ a᷍ a᷎ a᷏ Control Pictures ␁␂␃␄␅␆␇␈␉␊␋␌␍␎␏ Counting Rod Numerals 𝍠𝍡𝍢𝍣𝍤𝍥𝍦𝍧𝍨𝍩𝍪𝍫𝍬𝍭𝍮𝍯 Currency Symbols $¢£¤¥₠₡₢₣₤₥₦₧₨₩₪₫₭₮₯ Dingbats ✁✆✇✈✉✌✍✐✒✓✟✠ Domino Tiles 🀰🀲🁂🁒🁛🁢🁤🁴🂄🂍 Enclosed Alphanumerics ①②③④⑴⑵⑶⑷⒈⒉⒊⒋⒜⒝⒞⒟ⒶⒷⒸⒹⓐⓑⓒⓓ⓵⓶⓷⓸ Geometric Shapes ■□▢▣▤▥▦▧▰▱▲△▴▵▶▷◀◁◂◃◄◅◆◇◐◑◒◓◔◕◖◗ Ideographic Description Characters 字=⿱宀子 Khmer Symbols ᧠᧡᧢᧣᧤᧥᧦᧧᧨᧩᧪᧫᧬᧭᧮᧯ Letterlike Symbols ℀℁ℂ℃℄℅℆ℇ℈℉ℊℋℌℍℎℏ Mahjong Tiles 🀀🀁🀂🀃🀆🀅🀄🀇🀏🀐🀘🀙🀡🀢🀦🀪🀫 Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐆𝐇𝐈𝐉𝐊𝐋𝐌𝐍𝐎𝐏 Mathematical Operators ∀∂∃∄∈∊∌∑∓√⨀⨁⨂⨃⨐⨠⨡⨢⨰⨱⨲⩀⩁⩂ Mathematical Symbols ⟀⟁⟂⟃⟐⟑⟒⟓⟠⟡⟢⟣⦀⦁⦂⦃⦄ Misellaneous Symbols ☀☁☂☃☄★☆☐☑☒☓☔♀♁♂♃♠♡♢♣♨♰♲♳♴⚀⚁⚐⚒⚓⚠⚡⚢ Modifier Tone Letters ꜀꜁꜂꜃꜄꜅꜆꜇꜈꜉꜊꜋꜌꜍꜎꜏ Musical Symbols 𝆰𝆱𝆲𝆳𝆴𝆵𝆶𝆷𝆸𝆹𝆺𝆹𝅥𝆺𝅥𝆹𝅥𝅮𝆺𝅥𝅮𝆹𝅥𝅯 Number Forms ⅓⅔⅕⅖ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅰⅱⅲⅳↀↁↂↃↄ Optical Character Recognition ⑀⑁⑂⑃⑄⑅⑆⑇⑈⑉⑊ Superscripts and Subscripts ⁰¹²³²⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹ ₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉ Supplemental Punctuation ⸀⸁⸂⸃⸄⸅⸆⸇⸈⸉⸊⸋⸌⸍⸎ Tai Xuan Jing Symbols 𝌰𝌱𝌲𝌳𝌴𝌵𝌶𝌷𝌸𝌹𝌺𝌻𝌼𝌽𝌾𝌿 Technical Symbols ⌀⌁⌂⌃⌐⌑⌒⌠⌡⌰⌱⌲⌳⍀⍁⍂⍐⍑⍒ Yijing Hexagram Symbols ☰☱☲☳☴☵☶☷ 5. 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