Greeting with 100 or more languages. How to say THANK you in all different languages
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THANK YOU IN DIFFFERENT LANGUAGES | |
LANGUAGE |
TRANSLATION |
| AFRIKAANS | dankie |
| ALBANIAN | faleminderit |
| ALSATIAN | merci |
| ARABIC | chokrane |
| ARABIC (ALGERIAN) | saha |
| ARABIC (TUNISIAN) | Barak Allahu fiik |
| ARMENIAN | chnorakaloutioun |
| AZERI | çox sag olun / tesekkur edirem |
| BAMBARA | a ni kié |
| BASQUE | eskerrik asko (southern basque) / milesker (northern basque) |
| BELARUSIAN | Дзякую (dziakuju) |
| BENGALI | dhanyabaad |
| BOBO | a ni kié |
| BOSNIAN | hvala |
| BRETON | trugéré / trugaré / trugarez |
| BULGARIAN | merci / blagodaria |
| BURMESE | (thint ko) kyay tzu tin pa te |
| CATALAN | gràcies |
| CEBUANO | salamat |
| CHICHEWA | zikomo |
| CHINESE | xièxie |
| CORSICAN | grazie |
| CROATIAN | hvala |
| CZECH | děkuji / díky |
| DANISH | tak |
| DARI | tashakor |
| DUTCH | dank u wel / dank je wel |
| ESPERANTO | dankon |
| ESTONIAN | tänan / tänan väga (thank you very much) |
| EWÉ | akpé |
| FAROESE | takk fyri |
| FIDJIAN | vinaka |
| FINNISH | kiitos |
| FRENCH | merci |
| FRISIAN | dankewol |
| FRIULAN | gracie |
| GALICIAN | gracias / graciñas |
| GERMAN | danke |
| GREEK | ευχαριστώ (efharisto) |
| GUARANÍ | aguyjé |
| GUJARATI | aabhar |
| HAITIAN CREOLE | mèsi |
| HAWAIIAN | mahalo |
| HEBREW | toda |
| HINDI | dhanyavad |
| HUNGARIAN | köszönöm |
| ICELANDIC | takk |
| INDONESIAN | terima kasih |
| INUPIAT | taiku |
| IRISH GAELIC | go raibh maith agat |
| ITALIAN | grazie |
| JAPANESE | arigatô |
| KABYLIAN | tanemirt |
| KANNADA | dhanyavadagalu |
| KHMER | akun |
| KIRUNDI | murakoze |
| KOREAN | kam sah hamnida |
| KOTOKOLI | sobodi |
| KRIO | tenki |
| KURDISH | spas |
| LAO | khob chai (deu) |
| LATIN | gratias ago (from 1 pers.) gratias agimus (from X pers.) |
| LATVIAN | paldies |
| LEBANESE | choukrane |
| LIGURIAN | grassie |
| LITHUANIAN | aciu |
| LOW SAXON | bedankt / dank ju wel |
| LUXEMBOURGEOIS | merci |
| MACEDONIAN | blagodaram |
| MALAGASY | misaotra |
| MALAY | terima kasih |
| MALAYALAM | nanni |
| MALTESE | niżżik ħajr / grazzi / nirringrazzjak |
| MARATHI | aabhari aahe / aabhar / dhanyavaad |
| MONGOLIAN | bayarlalaa (Баярлалаа) |
| NORWEGIAN | takk |
| OCCITAN | mercé / grandmercé |
| PAPIAMENTO | danki |
| PASHTO | manana |
| PERSIAN | motashakkeram, mamnun (formal) / mochchakkeram, mamnun, mersi (informal) |
| POLISH | dziękuję |
| PORTUGUESE | obrigado (M speaking) / obrigada (F speaking) |
| ROMANI | najis tuke |
| ROMANIAN | mulţumesc |
| RUSSIAN | спасибо (spacibo) |
| SAMOAN | faafetai lava |
| SARDINIAN | gratzias |
| SCOTTISH GAELIC | tapadh leat (singular, familiar) tapadh leibh (plural, respectful) |
| SERBIAN | hvala |
| SHIMAORE | marahaba |
| SHONA | waita (plural: maita) |
| SINDHI | meharbani |
| SINHALA | stuutiyi |
| SLOVAK | dakujem |
| SLOVENIAN | hvala |
| SOBOTA | hvala |
| SPANISH | gracias / muchas gracias |
| SWAHILI | asante / asante sana |
| SWEDISH | tack |
| TAGALOG | salamat (po) |
| TAHITIAN | mauruuru |
| TAMIL | nanedri |
| TATAR | rahmat |
| THAI | ขอบคุณคะ (kop khun kha) - woman speaking
ขอบคุณครับ (kop khun krap) - man speaking |
| TIGRINYA | yekeniele |
| TURKISH | tesekkur ederim, sagolun |
| UDMURT | tau |
| UKRAINIAN | diakuiu |
| URDU | shukriya |
| WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling) | gråces / merci thank you very much : gråces (merci) traze côps, gråces (merci) beacôp |
| WELSH | diolch |
| WEST INDIAN CREOLE | mèsi |
| WOLOF | djiere dieuf |
| XHOSA | enkosi |
| YIDDISH | a dank |
| YORUBA | o sheun |
| ZULU | ngiyabonga (literally means : I give thanks)
siyabonga (= we give thanks) ngiyabonga kakhulu (thanks very much) |
Explanation of Languages
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Afrikaans -> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa
Alentejano -> language spoken in Portugal
Alsacien -> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak
like Germans)
Apache -> North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains
states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the
Canadian to Mexican borders
Arabic -> language spoken in the Arab countries including
but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and
the region of Palestine.
Assamese -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India
Batak -> northern Sumatra province of Indonesia
Bavarian -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern
Germany (actually a German dialect)
Bengali -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,
as well as almost all people of Bangladesh
Bicol -> Philipino dialect
Bregenzerwald -> Part of Vorarlberg
Cebuano -> language spoken in Philipines near the town of Cebu
Chamoru -> language spoken by people in Guam, the Northern
Marianas, Tinian and Rota
Cheyenne -> North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache
Nation
Chichewa -> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa
Chickasaw -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)
Comorien -> language spoken by around 500,000 people on the Comoro Islands
in the Indian ocean between Africa and Madagascar
Creol -> French dialect spoken by people who migrated from
Canada to the Louisiana, USA, area
Davvi Samegiella-> language spoken by the Lappish people in the North of Finland
(more about uralic languages)
Dusun -> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest
in North Borneo (SABAH)
Dutch -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces
of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and
Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium
Esperanto -> The International Language ('artificial' language)
Farsi -> language spoken in Iran. Dialects of Farsi spoken in
Pakistan and Afghanestan. Farsi is sometimes called
Persian.
Franconian -> German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or
Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area
around Nuremberg
French -> language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces
of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-
Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium
Friesian -> language spoken in northern Holland, northern
Germany, and in some parts of Denmark
(mainly west coast)
Galician -> language spoken by around 3 million people in the Spanish
region of Galicia (North-West of Spain)
Gaelic -> language spoken in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man,
as well as in some areas of Scottish settlement in Eastern
Maritime Canada
Ghanaian -> language spoken in Ghana (some dialects are Akan and
Twi which are in this case not different from each other
Gronings -> Dutch dialect
Guarani' -> one of the two official languages in Paraguay
Gujrati -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India
Hausa -> language spoken in Nigeria
Hakka -> Chinese dialect from Manchuria
Hindi -> language spoken in the northern states of India
Hopi -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)
Ibaloi -> Philipino dialect
Icetot -> language spoken by the Ik people of northeastern Uganda
Ilocano -> Filopino dialect
Imazigham -> language spoken in North Africa mainly in the region of
Kabily in Central Algeria
Interglossa -> 'artificial' language, invented by Lancelot Hogben in 1940
Kankana-ey -> Philipino dialect
Kannada -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,
southern India
Kikongo -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa
Klingon -> Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for the language
is "tlhIngan Hol". The Klingon homeworld is
Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos.
Letzeburgisch -> language spoken in Luxemburg, a mixture of French and
German, with the emphasis on German
Lao -> language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people
living in northern Thailand
Luo -> language spoken in Kenya
Malayalam -> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India
Marathi -> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India
(Bombay is the capital city)
Marshallese -> language spoken on the Marshall Islands
Mohawk -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of
the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)
Mokilese -> language spoken on Mokil and Ponape (Pohnpei)
Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa
Navajo -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)
Nepali -> language spoken in Nepal, as well as in parts of
India and Bhutan
Ndebele -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Oriya -> language spoken in Orissa, a state of India
Papiamento -> language spoken on the island of Aruba
Pulaar -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people
Punjabi -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India
Quechua -> language spoken south american Incas descendants
Quenya -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his
books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".
SeSotho -> language spoken in Lesotho and parts of South Africa
(closely related to Tswana (Botswana))
Shona -> language spoken in Zimbabwe
Singhalese -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of
Sri Lanka. Also spoken in Ceylon.
Sioux -> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)
Swahili -> language spoken by some indigenous tribes of South
Africa
Tagalog -> Philipino dialect
Tamil -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,
and in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus
Telugu -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India
(eleventh most spoken language in the world)
Tshiluba -> language of the BaLuba tribe in south-central Zaire
Tumbuka -> Bantu language spoken in Malawi and Zambia
Urdu -> language spoken in Pakistan and India
Värmländska -> language spoken in a part of Sweden - Värmland (north of lake Vänern)
Venda -> one of the 11 official languages in South Africa,
spoken in the northern province of South Africa
Volapük -> 'artificial' language, invented by August Schleyer in 1880
Votic -> spoken by some people in the area north of St. Petersburg (former
Leningrad) (more about uralic languages)
Vulcan -> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and others from
the planet Vulcan
Walloon -> latin language, literally Welsh (not English Welsh), a little used
French dialect with quite strong Germanic influence
spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur,
Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of
the Walloons), Belgium
Wolof -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people
Yucatec Maya -> language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan
peninsula in Mexico
Zazi -> Kurdic dialect
Zuni -> North American Indian tribe
a' -> a with the acute accent (') over it
e^ -> ^ above e
german dialects:
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bayrisch : I mog di! (right answer: I di a!)
berlinerisch : Ick liebe Dir!
berner-deutsch : Ig liebe di!
(Bregenz-)wälderisch : I ma di gonz grüsele geen.
friesisch : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
hessisch : Isch habb disch libb!
ostfriesisch : Ick heb Di leev!
pfälzisch : Isch habb Disch lieb!
saarländisch : Isch hann disch lieb!
sächsich : Isch liebdsch!
schwäbisch : I han di gern!
schweizer-deutsch : Ch'ha di gärn!
vorarlbergerisch : I stand total uf di!
