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Albanian Tung!_________________ ______________________ ____________________Arabic Sa-lam a lay-koom! Keef halek? ______________________ ____________________ Armenian Parev!_________________ ______________________ ____________________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?___ ______________________ ____________________ w

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