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Albanian Tung!_________________ ______________________ ____________________
Arabic Sa-lam a lay-koom! Keef halek? ______________________ ____________________
Armenian Parev!_________________ ______________________ ____________________
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Bosnian Zdra-vo!_______________ ______________________ ____________________

Botswana Dum-ella rah!___________ ______________________ ____________________
Bulgarian Zdra-vei! Kak si? ________ ______________________ ____________________
Cherokee Oh-see-YOH!___________ ______________________ ____________________
Croatia Bog! Dobar dan!________ ______________________ ____________________
Chinese (Cantonese) Nay ho ma?____________ ______________________ ____________________
Chinese (Mandarin) Nee how?______________ ______________________ ____________________
Cree (Canada) Tánisi!_________________ ______________________ ____________________
Czech Ahoy! Dobrý den nazdar!_ ______________________ ____________________
Danish Hey!__________________ ______________________ ____________________
Dutch Hallo! Hoo-ya dak?______ ______________________ ____________________
English Hi! How are you?_______ ______________________ ____________________
Estonian Tere!__________________ ______________________ ____________________
Ethiopian/ Amharic Ten-a-yee-still-ing!_______ ______________________ ____________________
Finnish Hey! Moy-ka___________ ______________________ ____________________
Fijian Bu-la Bu-la!_____________ ______________________ ____________________
Filipino (Tagalog) Ka-moo-sta-ka? Ma-boo-hi! ________________________ ____________________
French Bon-joor!______________ ______________________ ____________________
German Goo-ten talk! Vee-gates? _ ______________________ ____________________
Greek Ka-lee-mer-a! Tee-can-iss? ______________________ ____________________
Hawaiian A-lo-ha!______________ ______________________ ____________________
Hebrew Shalom! Ma-eesh ma?____ ______________________ ____________________
Hindi Na ma stay?____________ ______________________ ____________________
Hungarian Yo nappot kee-von-ik! See-ya! ______________________ ____________________
Indonesian Abba-ka-bar! __________ ______________________ ___________________
Italian Ciao! Commeh-stai? Buon joor-no! ______________________ ____________________
Japanese Kon-ee-chee-wa!_______ ______________________ ____________________
Korean Ang young ha say yo!____ ______________________ ____________________
Maori (New Zealand) Kee-ya ora!____________ ______________________ ____________________
Mohawk Se-koh! _______________ ______________________ ____________________
Navaho Yá'-át'-ééh_____________ ______________________ ____________________
Nepali Na-ma-sute!____________ ______________________ ____________________
Norwegian God dag! or Hei!_________ ______________________ ____________________
Pakistani/Urdu A-sa-lam-o-alaikum!_____ ______________________ ____________________
Persian / Farsi / Iranian Sa-laam chet-oor-ee!_____ ______________________ ____________________
Polish Jin-doh-bray! Yak-sheh-mash? ______________________ ____________________
Portuguese Bom-dee-ya!___________ ______________________ ____________________
Punjabi Sat surrey a-call!________ ______________________ ____________________
Swahili Jambo! _______________ ______________________ ____________________
Sioux Indian Da-ko-ta! (means “Hi friend!”)_ ______________________ ____________________
Spanish O-la! Bwen-os dee-yas! __ ______________________ ____________________
Russian Do-bre dyen! Kak-dela? Pree-vyet! ______________________ ____________________
Swahili Jam-bo! Num-ne-gani?___ ______________________ ____________________
Swedish God dag!______________ ______________________ ____________________
Taiwanese Nee-how? _____________ ______________________ ____________________
Tamil Van-a-kam! ____________ ______________________ ____________________
Thai Sa-wa DEE Krab! ________ ______________________ ____________________
Tibetan Ta-shi De-lek!___________ ______________________ ____________________
Turkish Mare-ha-ba! Na-sill-sin?___ ______________________ ____________________