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Greeting = Polite word or sign of welcome or recognition // Palabra cortés o señal de bienvenida o reconocimiento
Good morning (English)
Buenos dias (Spanish)
Chei to ie (Chinanteco)
Mo¯rena (Maori)
Natandio (Mixteco)
Tyos meep (Ayöök)
Tinde (Mazateco)
Maaho Kin (Maya)
Annyunghaseyo (Korean)
Bonjour (French)
Guten Morgen (German)
Goeie môre (Afrikaans)
Buongiorno (Italian)
Yá’át’ééh abíní (Navajo)
Padiushíí (Zapotec, Sierra Juárez)
Zac txili (Zapotec, Central Valleys)
Nihao (Chinese)
Conishiwa, Ohayo-gozaimasu (Japanese)
Good afternoon (English)
Buenos tardes (Spanish)
Chei ta lo (Chinanteco)
Kausi u ní cutagwinu (Mixteco)
— (Korean)
— (French)
— (German)
— (Afrikaans)
— (Italian)
— (Navajo)
Tyos meep (Mixe)
— (Maori)
— (Zapotec, Sierra Juárez)
— (Zapotec, Central Valleys)
Thank you
Thank you (English)
Gracias (Spanish)
Merci (French)
Danke (German)
Dios mkujo’yïxjïp (Mixe)
Nacutagwi (Mixteco)
Headlines
‘Hullo, hillo, holla’: The 600-year-old origins of the word ‘hello’
Planeta.com