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This is a list of ways to say hello in various languages.
It is not intended to be comprehensive, but to demonstrate
some of the character sets that Emacs supports.
Non-ASCII examples:
Europe: ¡Hola!, Grüß Gott, Hyvää päivää, Tere õhtust, Bonġu
Cześć!, Dobrý den, Здравствуйте!, Γειά σας, გამარჯობა
Africa: ሠላም
Middle/Near East: שָׁלוֹם, السّلام عليكم
South Asia: નમસ્તે, नमस्ते, ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, നമസ്കാരം, ଶୁଣିବେ,
ආයුබෝවන්, வணக்கம், నమస్కారం, བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས༎
South East Asia: ជំរាបសួរ, ສະບາຍດີ, မင်္ဂလာပါ, สวัสดีครับ, Chào bạn
East Asia: 你好, 早晨, こんにちは, 안녕하세요
Misc: Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde, ⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕, ∀ p ∈ world • hello p □
CJK variety: GB(元气,开发), BIG5(元氣,開發), JIS(元気,開発), KSC(元氣,開發)
Unicode charset: Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde, Γειά σας, שלום, Здравствуйте!
LANGUAGE (NATIVE NAME) HELLO
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Amharic (አማርኛ) ሠላም
Arabic (العربيّة) السّلام عليكم
Armenian (հայերեն) Բարև ձեզ
Bengali (বাংলা) নমস্কার
Braille ⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕
Burmese (မြန်မာ) မင်္ဂလာပါ
C printf ("Hello, world!\n");
Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ) ᎣᏏᏲ / ᏏᏲ
Comanche /kəˈmæntʃiː/ Haa marʉ́awe
Cree (ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ) ᑕᓂᓯ / ᐙᒋᔮ
Czech (čeština) Dobrý den
Danish (dansk) Hej / Goddag / Halløj
Dutch (Nederlands) Hallo / Dag
Efik /ˈɛfɪk/ Mɔkɔm
Emacs emacs --no-splash -f view-hello-file
Emoji 👋
English /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/ Hello
Esperanto Saluton (Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde)
Estonian (eesti keel) Tere päevast / Tere õhtust
Finnish (suomi) Hei / Hyvää päivää
French (français) Bonjour / Salut
Georgian (ქართული) გამარჯობა
German (Deutsch) Guten Tag / Grüß Gott
Greek (ελληνικά) Γειά σας
Greek, ancient (ἑλληνική) Οὖλέ τε καὶ μέγα χαῖρε
Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) નમસ્તે
Hebrew (עִבְרִית) שָׁלוֹם
Hungarian (magyar) Szép jó napot!
Hindi (हिंदी) नमस्ते / नमस्कार ।
Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) ᐊᐃ
Italian (italiano) Ciao / Buon giorno
Javanese (Jawa) System.out.println("Sugeng siang!");
Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ
Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) ជំរាបសួរ
Lao (ພາສາລາວ) ສະບາຍດີ / ຂໍໃຫ້ໂຊກດີ
Malayalam (മലയാളം) നമസ്കാരം
Maldivian (ދިވެހި) އައްސަލާމު ޢަލައިކުމް / ކިހިނެހް؟
Maltese (il-Malti) Bonġu / Saħħa
Mathematics ∀ p ∈ world • hello p □
Mongolian (монгол хэл) Сайн байна уу?
Norwegian (norsk) Hei / God dag
Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ଶୁଣିବେ
Polish (język polski) Dzień dobry! / Cześć!
Russian (русский) Здра́вствуйте!
Sinhala (සිංහල) ආයුබෝවන්
Slovak (slovenčina) Dobrý deň
Slovenian (slovenščina) Pozdravljeni!
Spanish (español) ¡Hola!
Swedish (svenska) Hej / Goddag / Hallå
Tamil (தமிழ்) வணக்கம்
Telugu (తెలుగు) నమస్కారం
TaiViet (ꪁꪫꪱꪣ ꪼꪕ) ꪅꪰꪙꫂ ꪨꪮꫂ ꪁꪫꪱ / ꪅꪽ ꪨꪷ ꪁꪫꪱ
Thai (ภาษาไทย) สวัสดีครับ / สวัสดีค่ะ
Tibetan (བོད་སྐད་) བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས༎
Tigrigna (ትግርኛ) ሰላማት
Turkish (Türkçe) Merhaba
Ukrainian (українська) Вітаю
Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) Chào bạn
Japanese (日本語) こんにちは / コンニチハ
Chinese (中文,普通话,汉语) 你好
Cantonese (粵語,廣東話) 早晨, 你好
Korean (한글) 안녕하세요 / 안녕하십니까
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