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Acknowledge that the universal (non-verbal) way to greet others is a simple handshake or wave in the US and Canada. However, other gestures such as various forms of bowing, embraces, applause and other gestures are used as non-verbal greetings in other parts of the world.
Look up the language in which you would like to say "hello or good morning". You will find suggestions on that line. Pronounce the suggested wording.
- Afrikaans - haai (hello) pronounced Ha-i
- Amharic "tena yistelegn" is very formal. You can also say " Selam"
- Islamic Greeting - السّلام عليكم (peace be upon you) pronounced Assalamou Alykoum
- Albanian - Tungjatjeta pronounced To-ngyat-yeta it means have a long life or c'kemi (hi)
- A'Leamona - bees-e-lees-e (good day) pronounced tehl-neye-doe
- Arabic - صباح الخير (good morning)pronounced sabahou el kheir , مساء الخير (good evening) pronounced masaou el kheir : note that Kh-خ is pronounced from the back of the throat. mArHAbAN-مرحبا (Hello) pronounced Mar-ha-ban
- Armenian - barev or parev
- Australian - G'day (mostly informal but including strangers pronounced gu-day)("G'day mate")
- Austrian - Grüßgott (formal, pronounced gree'assgott)/ Servus (Informal, said See-ahh-vass, not like the Latin word)
- Azerbaijani - salam (hello) pronounced Sa-lam
- Bahamas – hello (formal), hi or heyello (informal), what you sayin', Buyh? (very informal - slang)
- Basque - kaixo (pronounced kai-show), egun on (morning; pronounced egg-un own), gau on (night; pronounced gow own)
- Bhutan - [kuzu-zangpo]
- Bavarian and Austrian German - grüß Gott (pronounced gruess gott), servus (informal; also means "goodbye"; pronounced zair-voos)
- Bengali — namaskar (In West Bengal, India)
- Bremnian - koali (pronounced kowalee)
- Bulgarian - zdravei, zdraveite (to many), zdrasti (informal), Dobro utro (morning), Dobar den (day),Dobar vecher (evening)
- Burmese - mingalarba
- Cambodian (Khmer)- Sua s'dei (informal), Jum Reap Sour (formal), good morning, Arun Sua s'dei, good afternoon Tivea Sua s'dei, good evening Sayoan Sua s'dei, good night Reatrey Sua s'dei, good bye Lea Hoy (informal), Jum Reap Lea (formal)
- Cape-Verdean Creole - oi, olá, Entao or Bon dia
- Catalan - hola (pronounced o-la), bon dia (pronounced bon dee-ah)good morning, bona tarda (bona tahr-dah) good afternoon, bona nit (bona neet)good night. You can also say just "Bones (bo-nahs) to make it informal.
- Chamorro - hafa adai (hello/what's up?), hafa? (informal), howzzit bro/bran/prim/che'lu? (informal), sup(informal)and all other English greetings
- Chichewa - moni bambo! (to a male), moni mayi! (to a female). Muribwanji (moori-bwanji) is used often, as a generalized greeting to everyone.
- Chinese - In both Cantonese and Mandarin, it is written as 你好. Cantonese is nei* ho or lei ho(pronounced ne ho or lay ho) and Mandarin is nǐ hǎo (pronounced, nee how) (remember the tones). In Mandarin, you can also say 早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo) for "Good Morning." *as in eee not a
- Congo - mambo
- Cook Island - Kia orana (hello)