“Hi / Bye” in 40 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 37 of 40 match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Slavic

• BulgarianЗдравей!zdraveyMatches Wiktionary (accents aside)▶
• CroatianBok!Matches Wiktionary▶
• CzechAhoj!Matches Wiktionary▶
• PolishCześć!Matches Wiktionary▶
• SlovakAhoj!Matches Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianŽivjo!Matches Wiktionary (accents aside)▶

Germanic

• DanishHej!Matches Wiktionary▶
• DutchHoi!Matches Wiktionary▶
• NorwegianHei!Matches Wiktionary▶
• SwedishHej!Matches Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• Bengaliহাই!hai▶
• Hindiनमस्ते!namasteMatches Wiktionary▶
• Persianسلام!salamMatches Wiktionary▶
• Urduسلام!salamMatches Wiktionary▶

Romance

• CatalanHola!Matches Wiktionary▶
• GalicianOla!Matches Wiktionary▶
• ItalianCiao!Matches Wiktionary▶
• RomanianSalut!Matches Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinoKumusta!▶
• IndonesianHai!Matches Wiktionary▶
• MalayHai!Matches Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijaniSalam!Matches Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzСалам!salamMatches Wiktionary▶
• TurkishSelam!Matches Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianTšau!Matches Wiktionary▶
• FinnishMoi!Matches Wiktionary▶
• HungarianSzia!Matches Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatvianČau!Matches Wiktionary▶
• LithuanianLabas!Matches Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• Arabicمرحبا!marhabaMatches Wiktionary▶
• Hebrewהיי!heyMatches Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianTung!▶

Bantu

• SwahiliMambo!Matches Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasqueKaixo!Matches Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishHaigh!Matches Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese嗨！haiMatches Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantoSaluton!Matches Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean안녕!annyeongMatches Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiหวัดดี!wat diMatches Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnameseChào!Matches Wiktionary▶