Saturday, May 14, 2011

GOOD MORNING! in 134 languages

There are often several ways to say "Good morning" in any particular language. For instance, in Czech I know three ways. Often the difference is between an expression that strictly refers to first thing in the morning and a more general term applying to the whole of the morning or even the whole of the day. Another difference is that, in many countries and cultures, the greeting used is not so much strictly "Good morning" as a kind of general salutation often referring to God. Language is not a science and, on this page, I've tried to give the version of "Good morning" that is specific to early in the day.



AfrikaansGoeie môre
AlbanianMirλmλngjes
AmharicEndermen aderkh
ArabicSabah-il-kheir
AramaicYasetel liesbukh
ArmenianBari luys
AssyrianKedamtookh brikhta
AzerbaijaniSabahiniz Xeyr
BamougoumOli yah
BasqueEgun on
BelarussianDobray ranitsy
BembaMwashibukeni
BengaliShu-probhaat
BisayaMaayong adlaw
BosnianDobro jutro
BulgarianDobro utro
CantoneseZou san
CatalanBon dia
CebuanoMaayong buntag!
ChichewaMwadzuka bwanji
Chinese: MandarinZao shang hao
CornishMyttin da
CorseBun ghjiornu
CreoleBonjou
CroatianDobro jutro
CzechDobré ráno
DanishGod morgen
DariSob Bakhaer
DivehiBaajjaveri hedhuneh
DutchGoedemorgen
EnglishGood morning
EritreanHaderfum
EsperantoBonan matenon
EstonianTere hommikust
EtsakorNaigbia
FantiMe ma wo akye
FarsiSubbakhair
FijianSa Yadra
FilipinoMagandang umaga po
FinnishHyvää huomenta
FlemishGoeie morgen
FrenchBon matin
FrisianGoeie moarn
GalicianBos dias
GeorgianDila mshvidobisa
GermanGuten Morgen
GreekKali mera
GreenlandicIterluarit
GujaratiSubh Prabhat
HakkaOn zoh
HawaiianAloha kakahiaka
HebrewBoker tov
HiligaynonMaayong aga
HindiShubh prabhat
HungarianJo reggelt
IcelandicGódan daginn
IlocanoNaimbag nga Aldaw
IndonesianSelamat pagi
Irish GaelicDia duit ar maidin
ItalianBuon giorno
JapaneseOhayo gozaimaz
KannadaShubhodaya
KapampanganMayap a abak
KazakhKairly Tan
KhmerArrun Suo Sdey
KimeruMuga rukiiri
KinyarwandaMuraho
KonkaniDev Tuka Boro Dis Divum
KoreanAnnyunghaseyo
Kurdish BadiniSpede bash
Kurdish SoraniBeyani bash
LaotianSabaidee
LatvianLabrit
LithuanianLabas reytas
LoziU zuhile
LugandaWasuze otyano
LuoOyawore
LuxembourgGudde moien
MacedonianDobro utro
MalayalamSuprabhatham
MalaysianSelamat pagi
MalteseGħodwa it-tajba
ManxMoghrey mie
MaoriAta marie
MapudungϊnMarν-marν
MarathiSuprabhat
MongolianÖglouny mend
NavajoYá'át'ééh abíní
NdebeleLivukenjani
NepaliSubha prabhat
Northern SothoThobela
NorwegianGod morgen
OwamboWa lalapo
PashtoSahar de pa Khair
PersianSob bekhair
PolishDzien dobry
PolynesianIa ora na
PortugueseBom dia
PunjabiSat Shri Akal
Rapa NuiIorana
RomanianBuna dimineata
RussianDobraye ootra
SamoanTalofa lava
SanskritSuprabhataha
SardinianBona dia
SerbianDobro jutro
ShonaMangwanani
SinhaleseSuba Udesanak Wewa
SlovakDobré ráno
SlovenianDobro jutro
SomalianSubax wanaagsan
Southern SothoDumela
SpanishBuenos dias
SwahiliHabari za asubuhi
SwedishGod morgon
TagalogMagandang umaga
TaiwaneseGau cha
TamilKaalai Vannakkam
TeluguSubhodayamu
ThaiAroon-Sawass
TibetanNyado delek
TongaMwabuka buti
TswanaDumela
TurkishGünaydin
TurkmenErtiringiz haiyirli bolsun
UkrainianDobri ranok
UrduSubha Ba-khair
UzbekKhairli kun
VietnameseXin chao
WelshBore da
XhosaBhota
YorubaE karo
ZuluSawubona
!Kung sanTuwa

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