1 – Hallo
Indo-Aryan group within by about 39 Dutch Caribbean by Lingala is a , member of the Malayo-Polynesian language spoken spoken in the • Lala elamu, of Pakistan. It is a Sundanese is a Portuguese-based creole language • Butu elamuwebsites: and lingua franca • Wilujeng kulemPapiamento is a and Belgium.Information obtained from
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2 – Hi
originated in the in Africa.by around 1.6 million people Buenas nochesssssss,• شب بخیر (shab bākhair)Romance language that third largest language by many people. It is spoken the world!51 million people.their official language. It is a Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt. It is the German or Dutch other languages of Ukraine by about have Spanish as million people in a variety of
3 – Servus
good night in spoken mainly in the world that by about 30 Germanic languages considered know… how to say Eastern Slavic language 21 countries in Cushitic language spoken group of the Aaaaaaaand now you
4 – Moin
Ukrainian is an USA. There are over Oromo is a East Low Franconian to say….Ukrainian:and South America, Mexico and the the official language.
5 – Grüß Gott / Grüß dich
member of the check out how Good night in people including Spain, most of Central where it is Limburgish is a Before you go! Don’t forget to million people.than 437 million
state of Odisha • Gojenachthe creation process.by about 88 spoken by more in the Indian European Union.relatively stable throughout former Ottoman Empire
the world natively Indo-Aryan language spoken languages of the state. The vocabulary remained countries of the used language in Odia is an of the official reached its final in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Cyprus and other second most widely official language.Latvia and one times until Quenya family spoken mainly
Spanish is the it is the official language of the grammar several the Altaic language dreamsmillion people where the Baltic region. It is the
6 – Grüezi
7 – Jo
1910 and restructured to be of — translates as sweet by over 5 language spoken in the language around Turkic language believed
Good Morning in German
• Dulces sueñosprimarily in Norway Latvian (latviešu valoda) is an Indo-European Eastern Baltic travel quotes. Tolkien began devising Turkish is a pronounced: boo-EHN-ahs noh-chaysOld Norse spoken • Ar labunakti
8 – Guten Morgen
inspiration for countless • İyi geceler“nights.”language derived from Indo-European languages.Rings and as Turkish language:the adjective bueno, meaning good. Noches translates as Norwegian (norsk) is a Germanic branch of the Lord of the Good night in feminine form of in Norwegian:to the Italic
Elves in the is officially recognised.— Buenas is the Say good night classical language belonging by the immortal Africa, where the language • Buenas nochesGauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.tongue. Latin is a J. R. R. Tolkien and used speakers, about 3.6 million, live in South in Spanish:African provinces of as their parent languages devised by
9 – Guten Tag
Africa. The majority of say good night in the South all consider Latin of the fictional majority language, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South How do you by about 4.2 million people today. Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian Quenya is one the national and Ethiopia.11 official languages. It is spoken that we know
2009 film Avatar.in Bostwana, where it is Somali Region of one of the the various languages Pandora in the by about 4.4 million people language in the South Africa, where it is Empire collapsed, Latin evolved into of the moon
10 – Guten Abend
Bantu language spoken in Djibouti, and a working spoken primarily in AD. When the Roman fictional Na’vi, the humanoid inhabitants Tswana is a language of Somalia, a national language a Bantu language BC to 600 constructed language, created for the • Robala sentlemillion people, is an official Northern Sotho is
from 6th century Na’vi is a • Borôkôby over 16 • Robalang gabotsethe Roman Empire many different languages.and Eswatini.Somali, an Afro-Asiatic language spoken
with Italian.dominant language of grammatical rules from in South Africa, but also Mozambique
11 – Gute Nacht
• Habeen wanaagsannot mutually intelligible Latin was the borrows words and million people mainly million people.to but generally • Bonum Noctempolyglot language which people totalling 12 less than 3
6 million people. It is related • Bona Noctemto be a by the Tsonga Slovenia spoken by southern Italy by Latin:movie series appears Bantu language spoken
How Are You In German
12 – Wie geht es dir? / Wie get es Ihnen?
national language of across much of say goodnight in the Despicable Me Tsonga is a the official and the Italo-Dalmatian group spoken How do you the minions of language.language branch is Romance language of speakers.Minionese spoken by written and spoken the South Slavic
Neapolitan is a 30 million native talk in it.is both a Slovenian, an Indo-European language of • bonanòtteand comprises over well enough to in that it language in Zimbabwe.spoken in Nepal.the Thai language the Klingon language Native American languages Bantu languages, is the main languages and dialects heavily influenced by
13 – Wie geht’s?
people can speak is unique among most widely spoken than 100 different Lao. Modern Lao is that developed naturally. Only a few Iroquoian language family. The Cherokee language Shona, one of the least some Nepali, there are more are unrelated to constructed language, and not one Cherokee (Tsalagi) belongs to the • Murare Zvakanakapeople speak at 90 other languages, many of which Star Trek movie. It is a
14 – Alles klar?
• ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᏃᏱ (Osda enoyi)• Urare zvakanakaIndia. While most Nepalese citizens of Laos, who speak approximately Klingons in the Himalayas.10 – 14 million speakers.scheduled languages of language among all made for the Plateau and the surrounding areas by of the 22 as a common language that was subcontinent, including the Tibetan Shanghai and its
15 – Na
Nepal and one Kra–Dai language serving Klingon is a bordering the Indian the City of official language of Laos. It is a • yInajchu’eastern Central Asia central districts of is the sole
main language of • maj ramwide area of spoken in the Devanagari script It Lao is the in Klingon:from Old Tibetan, spoken across a of Wu Chinese Pahari written in
Afrikaans
dee)Say good night of Tibeto-Burman languages descended
Sino-Tibetan language family, is a variety
the sub-branch of Eastern • ນອນຫຼັບຝັນດີ (non lub fun international auxiliary language.are a cluster Shanghainese, part of the Nepali (नेपाली), is an Indo-Aryan language of • ຝັນດີ (fun dee)widely spoken constructed
China. The Tibetic languages
• 晚安(wö ä• भिं चा (bhiṅ cā)
China, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkey.is the most People’s Republic of official languages.• शुभ रात्रि (śubha rātri)Kyrgyzstan, and also in languages. This phonetic language Region of the one of 16 good-night in Nepali:speakers mainly in from the Romance the Tibet Autonomous where it is How to say over 4 million its vocabulary coming official language of
Albanian
and in Zimbabwe
Mongolia, China, Afghanistan and Russia.
family spoken by no linguistic family, with most of Tibetan is an 11 official languages million people in the Turkic language and belongs to • གཟིམ་ལཇག་གནང་དགོས་། (sim-jah nahng-go)one of the by approximately 5 Kipchak branch of artificially constructed language
Amharic
of Southeast Asia.
official language, South Africa, where it is Altaic language spoken member of the
Esperanto is an
the Kra–Dai language family the national and family. It is an
Kyrgyz is a
• Bonan noktonTai group of Lesotho, where it is the Mongolic language
(Tününgüz beypil bolsun!)of the hands, body, face, and head.million people, belongs to the the Basotho in the most widely-spoken and best-known member of • Түнүңүз бейпил болсун!and involves movement of Thailand, spoken by 50
the Sotho-Tswana group, spoken primarily by Mongolia and both Pashto.use of space and national language Bantu language of official language of language, after Persian and people. The language makes Thai ภาษาไทย, the sole official
Arabic
Sesotho (Sotho) is a Southern Mongolian is the
third largest Iranian of some deaf
• ราตรีสวัสดิ์ (raa-dtree sà-wàt)• Fonaneng• Сайхан нойрсоорой (Saikhan noirsooroi)of the Indo-Iranian languages, ranks as the or preferred language goodnight in Thai:
— singular• Сайхан амраарай (Saikhan amraarai)parts of Kurdistan, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria. It is one as the first How to say • Fonane
most primary schools.western Asia including
the United Kingdom
million Telugu people.and Montenegro.of instruction in million Kurds in language used in Puducherry by 75 language of Serbia as the language by about 30 is a sign union territories of official and main the Marshall Islands, along with English, and is used Kurdish is spoken British Sign Language Pradesh, Telangana and the million people. Serbian is the official language of • Shaw Khoshhorizontally.states of Andhra
Armenian
by about 9
by about 44,000 people. It is an • Shevabash
body to finish
in the Indian Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Macedonia
the Marshall Islands people.in front of Dravidian language spoken spoken mainly in language spoken in than 75 million
Assamese
move them down Telugu is a South Slavic language Ebon, is a Micronesian Korea) spoken by more facing inwards and
Azerbaijani
• శుభ రాత్రి (shubha raathri)
Serbian is a Marshallese, also known as (Democratic People’s Republic of
hands with palms
group of languages.
• Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)usedKorea (Republic of Korea) and North Korea followed with open of the Turkic Middle Irish.— can also be language of South • This is immediately the Volga-Kipchak Kipchak subgroup and Manx, developed out of • Good night!language, is the official or both.in Central Asia. It refers to language, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish • Io̧kwe in jota
Basque
Korean, an East Asian
up, either one hand 7 million people Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic India.— used formally“good” is a thumbs Siberia by about and Indo-European language family, native to the scheduled languages of
Bavarian / Austrian German
• 안녕히 주무십시요 (annyeong-hi jumusipsio)
• The sign for as well as of the Celtic of the 22 say good night.British Sign Language:republic of Tatarstan a Goidelic language Western India, respectively, and is one informal way to
Belarusian
good night in in the Russian Scots Gaelic is Goa states of most common and
Bengali
How to say
language spoken mainly • Oidhche mhaththe Maharashtra and
— this is the and face.of the Tatars, is a Turkic 510,000 speakers worldwide.co-official language in • 잘자 (jal jja)of the hands Tatar (татарча), the national language a total of official language and Korean:differs from English, expressed by movements төнlanguage family with
Bodo
people of Maharashtra, India. It is the
good night in spoken languages, with grammar that • Xäyerle tön Әйбәт of the Polynesian by around 83.1 million Marathi How to say linguistic properties as 67.5 million people.the most spoken
Bosnian
Indo-Aryan language spoken
region of Xinjiang, China.has the same Singapore by about American Samoa. The language is Marathi is an and the Dzungarian is a complete, natural language that in southern India, Sri Lanka and Samoa and the • शुभ रात्री (shubha rātrī)of Bayan-Ulgii in Mongolia
Brazilian Portuguese
American Sign Language
Dravidian language spoken
Independent State of Zealand’s official languages.speakers including regions nightTamil is a up of the one of New 21 million native together makes good — informalIslands, which is made gained recognition as
Breton
Kazakhstan. The language comprises • The two steps • ராவு வணக்க (raavu vanakkã)in the Samoan of New Zealand. it has also official language of
Bulgarian
second hand.— formal
official language spoken
Māori people, the indigenous population Asia and the the first. Slowly lower the • இரவு வணக்கம் (iravu vanakkam)Samoan is the spoken by the spoken in Central the fingertips of
Burmese
script.
• Manuia le poEastern Polynesian language
the Kipchak branch
other arm on of the Cyrillic
the world.Māori is an Turkic language of forearm of the using a variant spoken language in from English, Italian and French.Kazakh is a
Cambodian Khmer
then rest the 1930s, it is written
8th most widely many words derived • Қайырлы түн (Qayırlı tün)your body and Farsi and Kurdish. Since the late Cyrillic, it is the Arabic, Over the centuries, it has incorporated Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Kerala and abroad.
Catalan
arm parallel to
Tajikistan, closely related to a second language. Commonly written in developed from Sicilian the states of by bringing one main language of know it as of Malta, Gozo and Comino. The Maltese language linguistic minorities in • Next sign night Tajik is the Asia, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe
Chichewa
the Mediterranean islands
in southwestern India, and by significant
and palm up.
• Шаби хуш (Šabi xuš)
people in Central by around 420,000 people on people of Karnataka about waist height (Šab ba xajr)Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and many other island of Malta. It is spoken language of the other hand, which is at
Chinese Cantonese
• Шаб ба хайр in the Russian language of the
speakers, is a Dravidian
to meet your Tajik:an official language
Latin script, is the national 45 million native bringing it down Good night in spoken by 300+ million people worldwide. It is is written in the Kannada, spoken by nearly your chin and of Taiwan.East Slavic language central Semitic origin • ಶುಭರಾತ್ರಿ (shubharātri)flat hand to of the population
Chinese Mandarin
Russian is an
Maltese, a language of million native speakers.by touching one about 70 percent • Доброй ночи! (Dobroy nochi!)• Il-lejl it-tajjebwith over 3 • First sign good as spoken by • Спокойной ночи! (Spokoynoy nochi!)Maltese:majority of Jamaicans
Corsican
American Sign Language:
of Min Nan goodnight in Russian:Say night in by the the
good night in the Hokkien dialect How to say India.family, it is spoken How to say Taiwanese Hokkien is Romania and Moldova.official languages of
Croatian
English Creole language Other Languages – BONUS• 晚安 (bóan-an)
language of both of the 22 in Jamaica. Belonging to the Good Night in • 暗安 (àm-an)official and national language, which is one
Czech
influences spoken mainly in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Eswatini.and Bora Bora.the Middle Ages. It is an people use this with West African Africa and also
Danish
in French Polynesia
Greek languages in and Lakshadweep. Around 36 million Creole, is an English-based creole language Natal in South the Society Islands by Slavic and states of Kerala to as Jamaican Zululand and northern language group, spoken mainly on
Dutch
from Vulgar Latin, Romanian was influenced
the Southern Indian Jamaican Patois, often also referred people mainly in the Eastern Polynesian
language. Although it descended Dravidian language family, spoken mostly in • Gud nite
about 10 million Tahitian belongs to as a second Malayalam (മലയാളം) belongs to the saying the words.Africa spoken by
Dzongkha Bhutanese
languages alongside English.
4 million people • ശുഭ രാത്രി (subha rāthri)rather than actually languages of South of two official and Moldova, and by another 250 – 300 million speakers.to one another of the official Philippines, and is one language, primarily in Romania
English
a total of respect. In Japan, people readily bow languages. It is one
language of the
as a native heard in Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand at
a sign of
Bantu/Nguni family of by the majority. Its standardized form, officially named Filipino, is the national by approximately 24–26 million people and Brunei. It is also
culture and is member of the
a second language Romance language spoken
language of Malaysia part of Japanese Zulu is a Philippines and as Romanian (limba română) is a Balkan the sole official the 5th century, is a huge • Lala kahlepopulation of the • Noapte bunălanguage spoken as national language. Bowing, dating back to in Africa Zulu:quarter of the
Estonian
in Romanian:Malay (Bahasa Melayu) is an Austronesian the official and Say good night language by a
Faroese
Say good night
• Selamat malammillion people, mostly in Japan, where it is Africa.as a first world.25 million people.by about 125
Farsi / Persian
Sierra Leone, Liberia, other parts of Austronesian language spoken language in the
languages spoken by
family. It is spoken
Benin, with communities in
Tagalog is an 10th most spoken the Austronesian Malayo-Polynesia family of
the Japonic language in Nigeria and • Matutulog na akothe world. It is the Madagascar belonging to Asian language of language spoken principally • Gudnaytsubcontinent and around
Fijian
national language of
Japanese (日本語 Nihongo) is an East
40 million. It is a France.in the Indian Malagasy is the Japanesebetween 30 and and Alsace in million native speakers
Finnish
million people.
saying goodnight in
of speakers estimated Baden-Württemberg in Germany more than 130 language by 2 friendly way of
Flemish
with the number
province of Vorarlberg, in parts of Indo-Aryan language with as a first — an informal and in West Africa in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, in the Austrian Punjabi is an Slavic language spoken • おやすみ oyasumipluricentric language spoken German dialects spoken
French
(shubh rātri)of North Macedonia, is a south going to bed.
Yoruba is a
variety of Upper • ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ of the Republic gathering or when • O da aarọfor the great Portuguese speakers worldwide.
Macedonian, the official language
on leaving a
by 1.5 million people.the collective name 250 million native
Luxembourgish worldwide.
when parting ways Indo-European language family, it is spoken Swiss German is East Timor, and Macau. There are around mainly in Luxembourg. About 390,000 people speak to greet someone Central Europe. Belonging to the • Guet NachtPrincipe, Angola, Mozambique, and the co-official language of that is spoken the best way
Frisian
9th century in
the Åland Islands.
of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé e
West Germanic language — This term is originating during the official language of the official language Luxembourgish is a • おやすみなさい (Oyasumi nasai)the Ashkenazi Jews Sweden and the
Georgian
Brazil. It is also
region.in Japanese:
historical language of national language of of Portugal and African Great Lakes Saying good night Yiddish is the
German
Old Norse, it is the the official language and in the
Latin.
• אַ גוטע נאַכט (A gute nakht) 10 million people. A descendant of
language spoken as of the country City, closely descended from Cape Province.spoken by around Portuguese (português) is a Romance understood in much Italy, San Marino, and the Vatican in South Africa, mostly in Eastern Norwegian and Danish • Boa noiteprimarily in Kampala, but may be official language of a second language North Germanic language, closely related to night in Portuguese:and Swahili. It is spoken in Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. It is the 11 million as
Greek
Swedish is a to say good
along with English
of which are and by another • God nattLearn of how language of Uganda 90 million people, the vast majority 8.2 million people Swedish:parts of Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania.Luganda, a Bantu language, is an official spoken by over language by approximately good night in in the western • Sula bulungiIndo-European language family as a first
Gujarati
How to say
used for communication world.language of the Africa. It is spoken 2.4 million.and can be oldest in the Italian (Italiano) is a Romance languages of South
Haitian Creole
the region of Poland. It is understood
one of the
Italiano.
of the official to be in official language of native speakers. The language is good night in and is one speakers is estimated learn, it is the
Hausa
under 3 million way of saying
with click consonants
Africa. The number of hardest languages to spoken by just — the most common Nguni Bantu language recognition in South one of the the European Union • BuonanotteXhosa is a to enjoy official million people. Said to be official languages of Italian:• Hambani kakuhle
Hawaiian
nine indigenous languages by about 45 one of the
good night in
• Ulale kakuhle
one of the Slavic language spoken Lithuania. It is also How to say in England.Swaziland(along with English) and since 1994 Polish (polski) is a West official language of language family.in Wales, and by some official language of • Dobranoc
region as the Brythonic branch (Welsh, Cornish and Breton) form the Celtic family spoken natively people. It is the in Polish:in the Baltic together with the the Celtic language by the Swazi Say good night Baltic language spoken Gaelic and Manx. This Goidelic branch
Hebrew
Brittonic language of
and South Africa Dari.Lithuanian (lietuvių kalba) is an Eastern languages, along with Scottish Welsh is a spoken in Eswatini Afghanistan along with • Labos naktiesthe three Goidelic Welsh:the Nguni group
Hindi
official language of • LabanaktIrish (Gaeilge) is one of
good night in
Bantu language of
in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. It is an
Hmong
you in Lithuanian:
sleep well
How to say Swati is a
in the Indo-European family spoken Good night to good night and people.
Hungarian
• Lishonile sihlobo samiEastern Iranian language million people.
used to say
around 27 million • Lala salamaPashto is an by over 70 — can also be Uzbekistan spoken by • Usiku mwemakheyr)of the Congo codladh sámhnational language of
Icelandic
Indonesia.
خير (shpa mo pa of the Republic • Oíche mhaith agus is the official third most-spoken language in • شپه مو په a large part • Oíche mhaithTurkic language that southern Lampung. It is the Night in Pashto:
Indonesian Bahasa
the Congo and
and Northern Canada.Uzbek is a
Central Java and
in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.Democratic Republic of America including Alaska Hindi.
speakers in Banten, Jakarta, parts of western ABC islands, having official status part of the span of North mutually intelligible with in Indonesia. There are also on the Caribbean throughout the northwestern and the topmost languages and is in western Java most-widely spoken language Bantu language spoken Latin alphabet system the Indo-European family of
Inuktitut
million people mainly less than 500,00 native speakers. It is the in Arctic territories that has been of the most before before going — used in the
Irish
314,000 speakers. The language is
in Iceland as official languages of
and parts of • Jó éjszakátby about 2.6 million people • Nyob zoo
Hindi:using its own nine million people visit.North Pacific archipelago is a Polynesian used so often, which is why
Italian
parting. Additionally, the word is • A hui houBenin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African
of the Chadic
Central Africa, spoken as a mu alherimost Haitians. Along with French • Bonswa
of the greater to the Indian minority language in written records. There are about language. It has the Greek (ελληνικά) belongs to the in the European native language to the West Germanic of both Germany • Gute Nacht
Japanese
spoken language with (saghamo mshvidobisa)
of the North
are a closely of Africa, North America, and South America.France and around French is a • Bonne soiréeyou know the French:
Flemish Dutch, Belgian Dutch, or Southern Dutch
Belgium, Flemish is a greetings in 99% of all situations.• ÖitäFiji spoken by
• Mocethe Indo-European languages. It is a Persian is an • شب خوشin other areas, mainly Denmark.North Germanic language as the official language, and the most in many countries West Germanic language • Sleep well or • Night nightgood night in people in Bhutan official and national world-wide mostly in
Jamaican Patois
used informally
way of saying in some parts the only official Czech Republic with Czech is a Slavic language spoken How to say on the Mediterranean Corsicanspeakers.placed first in the official language
Kannada
Chinese dialect group, which has about
China. Belonging to the variety of Chinese • 早唞 (jo tao)also spoken in language spoken in • Gonani bwinoof Andorra, and a co-official language of Latin and named spoken Austroasiatic language.
Kazakh
Khmer people and
group.in Myanmar where • ဂွတ်နိုက်is written with South Slavic language northwest of France.Breton is a widely across the spoken in Brazil. It is spoken break-up of Yugoslavia.the same language Bosnian, a south Slavic
Korean
Bodoland Autonomous region Bodo बर’/बड़ is the Sino-Tibetan language spoken population in Bangladesh, as well as
most spoken language
Bengali বাংলা is the only spoken in Russia, Ukraine and Poland.Latin.of Bavaria, western Austria, and Northeastern Italy
• Guad nåhd
Basque Country (Labourd, Soule and Basse-Navarre). Linguistically, Basque is a
• Gabonof Iraq, like Karbala and Northern Iran and and official language wishing goodnightof Assam, with over 15 by around 6.7 million people.Indo-European language spoken
Kurdish
is: Լո’ւյս բարի: (luis bari)
alphabet, which is written
language for 1.6 billion Muslims East. Many more people people as their خير (lla yemsek ‘la khir)(wa anta min to, “may you wake • تصبح على خير Egypt and Eritrea, as well as the official language
Kyrgyz
you are speaking
This form is
• ደህና እደሩ (dähna däru)manother language in the Balkans. With about 7.5 million speakers, it comprises an Albanian is an be heard in people call Afrikaans Dutch settlers and Afrikaans is a
Lao
Dutch words goeie
term most commonly How to say
say Na du Imagine two northern Germany and literally of our greetings person: Alles klar?, to which the that question. Therefore, if you go to our “what’s up?”. Interestingly, it can be are you in Wie geht’s is more it is also you already know.encounter, even someone you and family, people you are hand, Wie geht es and to be
Latin
es dir?. Notice that this how are you in German, let’s move on
have already seen
a greeting but
used during the “good evening” and must also during the night However, as I’ve mentioned before, English speakers have between Guten Abend a latin language Tag and simply use Guten Tag older than you.Tag is formal, so you can K) literally means “good afternoon”. I say “literally” because Guten Tag to choose in is a more means “good morning”. It goes without these similarities.aspects. He have already easy for English
Latvian
of the day.
how to say only used by sound of SS.to the ones older people. If you are dich Gott, which means “be blessed by dich, which is also age, region and, of course, the religious beliefs
Limburgish
be translated as
use these in These are also used to greet it can also southern regions. Servus comes from informal greetings.used in casual that I have discover that the pretty much any and you are
Lingala
the English greeting
any part of
in German and archipelago for centuries. Indonesia uses the of Malay, an Austronesian language million speakers, it is one as a greeting • Selamat malamand has around Germanic language spoken of the 24 spoken in Hungary Hungarian:
Lithuanian
Hmong-Mien language spoken • Pw zoo os
good night in
and their ancestors. It is written
spoken by over best islands to in the tropical The Hawaiian language wishes. In fact, the expression is both welcome and Hawaiian:Nigeria and Niger, and also in the Western branch in West and • Allah ya ba only language of • Bònn nuipeople. Gujarati is part Indo-Aryan language native
Luganda
recognised as a
3000 years of an an official • Καληνύχτα (Kaliníhta)spoken native language the world, German is a of Switzerland. German belongs to the official language in German:country’s most widely • საღამო მშვიდობი სა
Luxembourgish
the southern fringes The Frisian languages of 29 countries, spoken in parts million people in Pronunciation: bonə swa re
Macedonian
Pronounced: bawn -nweein French when good night in referred to as Flanders in northern use the casual • Hyvää yötä
Malagasy
official language of • Ni sa moceIndo-Iranian subdivision of use with friends.• شب بخير (shab bekheir)Faroe Islands and
Malay
Faroese is a
Finno-Ugric language spoken second most spoken Ages. It is spoken English is a evening or nightstandard goodnight greetingWays to say half a million
Malayalam
is the sole
27 million people lekker, meaning sleep well, can also be — the most common in Denmark and Scandinavian language and spoken in the 5.5 million people.is a South Florentine-based Italian.is spoken predominantly
Maltese
saying goodnight in almost a billion
languages of Singapore. Mandarin is often
Mandarin Chinese is of the Yue area in Southeastern Cantonese is a Cantonese:Malawi and is Nyanja, is a Bantu • Usiku wabwinoonly official language derived from Vulgar second most widely language of the the Bamar people, the country’s principal ethnic
Maori
Sino-Tibetan language spoken parlanguage and Bulgarian Bulgarian is a Brittany in the in some vocabulary.Brazil and spoken of Portuguese dialect
Marathi
known as Serbo-Croatian before the
and is essentially • Laku noćlanguage of the • Gwjwn hormajority of the of India, and the sixth Bengali at night.language is also root words from the German state of Europe.in the French
Marshallese
intelligible with modern-day Turkish.
region of Georgia, eastern Turkey, in Shia cities
widely spoken in is the primary
informal way of northeast Indian state of Armenian diaspora Armenian is an — response to this with the Arabic is the liturgical of the Middle over 420 million • الله يمسك علي
Mongolian
to this is, “وأنت من أهله
in Arabic, which roughly translates
goodnight in Arabic:be heard in Semitic language and to someone, such as if group of peoplewomannight to a related to any other areas of • Natën e mirë
Nepali
and can also to 23 million
Dutch. It developed as
the greeting above
a combination of — a South African is amazingly versatile.this! You can also only two letters!used in northern The last one asking another young also to answer article it corresponds of asking how already guessed that saw above and to ask “how are you?” only to people “how are you?” to everyone you
Neapolitan
to address friends
On the other for small talk is Wie geht way of asking say good morning Now that we our “good night”, used not as is “good evening”, meant to be Guten Abend means
Northern Sotho
to be used
“boa noite” in Portuguese, for example).explain the difference explanation if were to shorten Guten until noon, but you can someone that is all day long. Remember that Guten pronounced as a of which greeting the morning period, before midday. Although Guten Morgen
Norwegian
easily guess it German because of
similar in many it is relatively on the period have already seen that it is letter in English. Remember: ß has the can cause confusion mostly used by
Odia
the greeting Grüß it is Grüß greeting depends on Grüß Gott can because if you moinsten.
Oromo
“good morning”, moin can be in Bavaria (Bayern) and Austria and “hello” in German, starting with servus, used in the friends and colleagues. Let’s see other German, which is also does. You think: “one less word good when you
Papiamento
be used in
the letter A very similar to use it in of saying hello Eskimo-Aleut language spoken the multilingual Indonesian group of varieties language of Indonesia.With over 230 — this is used
Pashto
European languages.
and Western Norwegian Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Hungary and one
the Ugric branch good night in Hmong is a HindiHow to say of the Israelites Northwest Semitic language
Polish
State of Hawaii, one of the Hawaiʻi, the largest island
Aloha State.
love and well is used for good night in mainly in northern 40–50 million people. It belongs to indigenous bridge language languages of Haiti.worldwide and the Haiti:by the Gujarati Gujarati is an and it is Indo-European language, spanning more than
Portugese
Greece and Cyprus goodnight in Greek:the most widely
major languages of
three official languages German Deutsch is say good night Georgia and the • ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)500,000 Frisian people, who live on • Sliep lekkerlanguage in Europe, the official language by over 354 good evening to bed.
Punjabi
someone a goodnight
How to say
Dutch language. It is sometimes historical region of an informal way, so you can language.the Malayo-Polynesian family. It is an officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.branch of the commonly used, casual greeting to Persian:Faroe Islanders, residing on the
Romanian
• Góða náttEstonian is a
million native speakers. English is the
the early Middle usedlater in the — this is the alphabet.spoken by over Dzonkha or Bhutanese spoken by about • Slaapwel or slaap • Goede nachtSwedish and Norwegian, it is spoken Danish is a intelligible with Slovak. It is mainly countries by about Croatian or Hrvatski and to the
Russian
the Italo-Dalmatian family that used way of
native speakers with
of the official
• 晚安 (wǎnān)traditional prestige variety and its surrounding night in Cantonesegood-night in Chinese national language of Chichewa, also known as and Valencia.modern Spain. It is the Western Romance language million speakers, it is the Khmer is the the language of Burmese is a
Samoan
— pronounced: kaung thaw nya
country’s only official • Лека нощ (Leka nošt)language spoken in variety in pronunciation, as well as million inhabitants of Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil) is the variety used to be language of Bosnia Assam in India.Northeast India, Nepal and Bengal. It is official West Bengal.language by the 22 official languages
Scots Gaelic
of greeting in
Belarus. This East Slavic grammar, but takes several German spoken in the other languages Basque Country (Gipuzkoa, Araba, Bizkaia) and Navarra (in Spain) as well as and is highly Dagestan, the Kvemo Kartli speakers. It is also
Serbian
Azerbaijani or Azeri
— this is an mainly in the in large communities to this• Բարի’ գիշեր: (Bari gisher)of the language second language. Modern Standard Arabic Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and other parts language spoken by
Sesotho
the good.”
The best response
saying good night
How to say with you. It can also Amharic is a respect to refer evening to a are greeting a — used if you’re saying good is not closely also spoken in • Natën e mirAfrica and Namibia the 17th century. Today, an estimated 15 mostly derived from
Shanghainese Wu
An informal, shortened version of
the evening. The word is • Goeienagof people). Actually, the word Na more summarized than saying “hello, how are you?” – everything shortened in complex one. Na is mostly Ja, that means “yes”.a young person person is and
Shona
context of our
more informal way
talk. For example: Hi! Wie geht’s? (“Hi! How’s it going?”). You may probably two greetings we as common. Therefore, it is better common to ask
Slovak
Slovenian
dir is used today?”).follow a greeting one we learn The most common and how to going to bed.place, Gute Nacht is
Somali
If Guten Abend
Nacht. Quite easy, right?has two greetings translation (“buenas noches” in Spanish or be necessary to require a bigger until dusk (around 6 pm). It is common Guten Morgen only show respect to
Spanish
use this greeting letter G is are not certain
this greeting during
Morgen, which you can say hi in two languages are people say that
greetings that depend
Now that we
to our “yo”. You can imagine since we don’t have this
The letter ß than Grüß Gott, it is still “greet yourself” or “greetings to you”. It comes from A variation of by seniors. Notice that this not be understood.to know that common variations: moin moin and northern Germany, specially in Hamburg. Although it means “at your service”. It is traditional ways of saying only with your greeting Hi in words to English? Yes, I know it Doesn’t it feel as “hah-low” and it can
Sundanese
letter E with
because it is learn, because you can most common way Inuktitut is an common language in in the world. It is a Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia) is the official • Selamat tidurmost other Western related to Faroese • Góða nótt
Swahili
official language of
Uralic language of
Swati
How to say
evening greeting• शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri)to left.as the language Hebrew is a language of the its name from by the nickname an expression of — this Hawaiian word How to say the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. It is spoken language by about Hausa language, the most important of the official spoken by 10–12 million people Say goodnight in and spoken predominantly
Swedish
• શુભરાત્રિ (shubh ratri)of Greek worldwide of any living
the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in
How to say people worldwide and Indo-European language family. One of the one of the GermanLearn how to official language of Netherlands and Germany.Germanic languages, spoken by about • Gou nåcht
Swiss German
third most spoken
the Indo-European family spoken to have a about to go — used to wish 6 million people.cluster of the Native to the each other in as a native Austronesian language of
Tagalog Filipino
spoken and used
to the Iranian
— is a more good night in first language by related to Finnish.the world.with over 375 spoken in Anglo-Saxon England in — can also be way of greeting • Good nightwith the Tibetan Kingdom of Bhutan. This Sino-Tibetan language is • Simcha dele
Tahitian
West Germanic language Dutch.northern Germany.Kingdom of Denmark. Closely related to • God natwhich is mutually
Taiwanese Hokkien
Serbia, and the neighbouring
Croatian:
related to Tuscan Romance language from — the most commonly by number of and Taiwan, and is one speakers.languages, it is the
Tajik
city of Guangzhou to say good
How to say Africa. It is the
• Mugone bwino
communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands Principality of Catalonia, in northeastern of Catalan is a of Cambodia. With over 16 (រាត្រីសួស្តី )official language and used• ကောင်းသောညပါ
Tamil
Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the
in Bulgarian:
of the Celtic
from the Brazilian
of the 200 pronounced: bowa noychaySerbian. All three languages Indo-European family, is the official the state of
Tatar
Bodo people of Indian state of
as a first Bangladesh, one of the — a common way official language of million people. It uses German regional dialect of is unrelated to spoken in the a Turkic language extent in southern its 8.8 million native — formal usage
Telugu
• Gecən xeyrə qalsın
Indo-European language spoken of Armenia, as well as — Լոյս բարի: (Looys paree) is the response left.official written form it as a areas including North Arabic (العربية) is a Semitic
Thai
be one of good.”
— a formal, polite way of
United States.implies peace be personyou are using to say good — used if you • ደህና እደር (dähna där)
Tibetan
the Indo-European languages and
Albania and Kosovo, though it is and Zimbabwe.spoken in South languages beginning in of Southern Africa • Nagwhen meeting in Afrikaans:(to a group other answers Na. (“I’m fine, thanks”) A conversation can’t get any shortest way of most interesting and Ja, alles klar, danke or simply common to see ask how the
Tsalagi Cherokee
Alles klar? can mean “everything’s clear”, “alright” or “all fine”, but in the
two mentioned above. However, there’s an even greeting for small abbreviation of the before. In German-speaking countries, this is not caution: in English-speaking countries, it is very since the pronoun Ihnen heute? (“Hello! How are you greeting by itself, but it rather
Tsonga
also the first topic.hello in German “goodbye” when you are a “hello” when arriving a dusk (around 6pm) until bedtime.Abend and Gute
Tswana
learning German. The same English
have the same
because it would Guten Abend would of the morning it clear: you can say situations or to to say “good day”, hence you can Guten Tag (where the final it if you have to use talk about Guten
Turkish
it is to German because these
without reason that
little about those super casual situations.slang that corresponds to learn German of people, say Grüß Sie.is more informal and that means formal.our “God bless you”, being mostly used surprise and may
Ukrainian
(Bayern) and Austria. It is important long. It has two
Greeting used in be translated as see some regional informal than Hallo, so use it case with the
Urdu
learning has identical
know that, so let’s move forward.Hallo is pronounced to replace the night and also first one we This is the and Arabic numerals.used as the widely spoken languages to bed
Uzbek
late evening/nightmore conservative than its official language. It’s most closely the European Union.several neighbouring countries. It is the Hungarian is a in China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, USA, and French Guiana.
Welsh
— used as an • नमस्ते (namaste)script from right
worldwide. Historically, it is regarded • לילה טוב (Laila tov) where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language that takes Hawaii also goes also used as
Xhosa
• Aloha pō
Republic (CAR), Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Germany, Ghana, Sudan and Togo.
language family within first or second • Mu kwana lafiyait is one Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen)) is a French-based creole language Indo-European language family.state of Gujarat Albania, Armenia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine.13.1 million speakers longest documented history Hellenic branch of Union.almost 100 million group of the and Austria and
Yiddish
— used formally in
over 4.1 million people.Georgian is the Sea in the related group of • Goeie nachtthe world. It is the Romance language of — to wish someone
Yoruba
other person is
• Bonne nuitspoken by over Low Franconian dialect • SlapwelFinns usually greet some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians Fijian is an pluricentric language predominantly ancient language belonging • SalamHow to say spoken as a
Zulu
language in Estonia. It is closely international language in
around the world
that was first sweet dreams— a casual friendly English:and is written language of the the Netherlands, northern Belgium, and Suriname.Dutch is a good night in of Greenland and language of the over 10,5 million speakers.Western Slavic language
mainly in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, some parts of good night in
American Sign Language (ASL)
island of Corsica. Corsican is closely Corsican is a • À bona notte
lists of languages of Mainland China 68 million native Sino-Tibetan family of originating from the — A formal way Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.much of Southern, Southeast and East — meaning (sleep well)
the Spanish autonomous after the medieval • Bona nitthe official language • Réatri Suŏ Sdei it is an — can also be Cyrillic.spoken in Southeastern Say good night
Southwestern Brittonic language Brazilian diaspora. European Portuguese differs by virtually all
• Boa noite as Croatian and language of the and co-official language of primarily by the people in the in the world. It is spoken official language of
British Sign Language (BSL)
• শুভ রাত্রি (Shubhô ratri)Belarusian is the by over 14
Bavarian is a language isolate and Basque (euskara) is a language Kirkuk. The language is
to a small of Azerbaijan by • Gecəniz xeyrə qalsınmillion native speakers.Armenian is an in the Republic • Գիշեր բարի: (Keesher paree)from right to
and is the can also understand first language in • Tosba7 3a khayrahloo)” meaning “and may you up to the (Tisbah ‘ala khayr)in Israel, Sweden, Canada and the of Ethiopia. Good night also to an elderly also used if
Espetanto
— a formal way
• ደህና እደሪ (dähna däri)Europe.independent branch within Indo-European language, spoken mainly in parts of Botswana their mother tongue. It is mainly indigenous African mixed West Germanic language ‘good’ and nag ‘night.’used in Afrikaans
Klingon
good night in (to one person) or Na ihr
Germans meeting. One asks Na? (“hi, how’s it going?”), to which the
means “well”. It is the
is definitely the other will answer to Germany, it will be used to both German.informal than the used after a Wie geht’s? is simply an have never met close to, especially young people. However, a word of dir? is more informal
Minionese
polite. You can say, for example: Hallo! Wie geht es is not a in German and to the last how to say rather as a night period as be used from period, “good evening” and “good night”, German has Guten
Na’vi
some advantages when and Gute Nacht, because both greetings speaker. I say this say Tag, that means “hey”.all day, from the beginning Just to make
Quenya
use on formal is mostly used a specific occasion.formal greeting, you can use saying that you Now we will seen how easy speakers to learn It is not hello in german, let’s see a young people in Highly informal, Jo is a that are starting addressing a group God”. Although Grüß dich used in Switzerland of the speaker. It is very “God greets you” and corresponds to
northern Germany, you may cause southern greetings, used in Bavaria people all day
mean “goodbye”.the latin “servant” and it can We will now situations. Hi is more to remember”. This is the
language you are
situation, formal or informal. However, you probably already
