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These are phrases you use when you greet people in the morning. Exactly when you use these phrases varies from country to country.
Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, sg = singular (said to one person), dl = dual (said to two people), pl = plural (said to many people).
| Language | Good morning |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Goeiemôre, Môre |
| Albanian | Mirëmëngjes |
| Aleut | Qilachxizax̂ |
| Alsatian | Güete Morge |
| Amharic | አንደምን አደሩ
(əndämn adäru) [how was your night?] |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ṣabā il kẖayr) صباح الخير response - (ṣabā in noor) صباح النّور |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Saba7 el khayr |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(ṣabāḥul kẖayr) صباح الخير |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(ṣbah lkẖīr) صباح الخير |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Բարի' լույս: (Bari luys) Աստծո բարին: (Ast.tzo barin) - response |
| Armenian (Western) |
Բարի լոյս: (Paree looys) Աստուծոյ բարին: (Asdoodzo pareen) - response |
| Aragonese | Buen diya |
| Assamese | সুপ্ৰভাত (suprobhaat) |
| Asturian | Bonos díes |
| Azeri | Sabahınız xeyir |
| Basque | Egun on |
| Belarusian | Добрай раніцы (Dobray ranitsy) |
| Bengali | সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat) - frm |
| Bosnian | Dobro jutro |
| Breton | Demat |
| Bulgarian | Добро утро (Dobro utro) |
| Catalan | Bon dia |
| Cebuano | Maayong Buntag |
| Chamorro | Buenas dias / Buenas dihas |
| Chechen | Iуьйре дика хуьлда хьан диканца вахийла / йахийла хьо (response: wish you a happy life) |
| Cherokee | ᎣᏍᏓᏑᎾᎴᎢ (Osdasunalei) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
早晨 (jóusàhn) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
安早 (on1zo3) 早 (zo3) 恁會早 (an3voi5zo3) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
早安 (zǎoān)
早上好 (zǎoshànghǎo) 早晨好 (zǎochénhǎo) 你早 (nǐzǎo) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
侬早 (nong23 zao34) 早安 (tzoh'eu) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
敖早 (gâu-chá) |
| Chinese (Teochew) |
早 (ja2) |
| Cimbrian | Guuten mòrgont |
| Cornish | Myttin da |
| Corsican | Bonghjornu |
| Croatian | Dobro jutro |
| Czech | Dobré ráno Dobrý den |
| Danish | God morgen |
| Dutch | Goedemorgen / Goeiemorgen |
| Elfdalian | Góðmorgun |
| Esperanto | Bonan matenon |
| Estonian | Tere hommikust |
| Faroese | Góðan morgun |
| Fijian | Ni sa yadra |
| Finnish | Hyvää huomenta |
| French | Bonjour |
| Frisian (North) | Moin |
| Frisian (West) | Goemoarn |
| Friulian | Bundì |
| Galician | Bom día |
| Georgian | დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa) |
| German | Guten Morgen |
| German (Bavarian) | Gubmoa̦ng, Gubmoing |
| Swiss German | Guete Morge |
| Greek (Modern) | Καλημέρα σας (Kaliméra sas) - frm Καλημέρα σου (Kaliméra su) - inf Καλημέρα (Kaliméra) |
| Greenlandic | Iterluarit / Kumoorn |
| Haitian Creole | Bonjou; Bon maten |
| Hausa | Ina kwana? (How did you sleep?) Lahiya lau (reply - in health) |
| Hawaiian | Aloha kakahiaka / Aloha awakea |
| Hebrew | (boker tov) בוקר טוב |
| Hiligaynon | Maayong aga |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (namaste) &शुभ प्रभात (śubh prabhāt) |
| Hungarian | Jó reggelt (kívánok) |
| Icelandic | Góðan daginn, Góðan dag |
| Iloko | Naimbag a bigat |
| Indonesian | Selamat pagi |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓪᓛᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Ublaahatkut/Ullaasakkut) |
| Iñupiaq | Uvlaasatkun / Uvlaalluataq |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Dia dhuit ar maidin (sg)
Dia dhóibh ar maidin (pl) Maidin mhaith |
| Italian | Buongiorno |
| Japanese | お早うございます / おはようございます (ohayō gozaimasu) お早う / おはよう (ohayō) |
| Jèrriais | Bouônjour (à matîn) |
| Kannada | ಶುಭೋದಯ (shubhodaya) |
| Kashubian | Dzén dobri |
| Kazakh | Қайырлы таң! (Qayırlı tañ!) |
| Khmer | អរុណសួស្ដី (arun soou sduii) |
| Kinaray-a | Mayad nga aga |
| Kinyarwanda | Mwaramutse |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Seba be kher |
| !Kung San | Tuwa |
| Lakota Sioux | Híŋháŋni / Híŋhaŋni laȟči Híŋhaŋni wašté |
| Ladino | (Buenos dias) בואינוס דיאס |
| Latin | Quid agis mane? |
| Latvian | Labrīt |
| Limburgish | Gojemörge |
| Lithuanian | Labas rytas |
| Luxembourgish | Gudde Moien |
| Macedonian | Добро утро (Dobro utro) |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Moghrey mie |
| Malay | Selamat pagi |
| Malayalam | സുപ്രഭാതം (suprabhātham) |
| Maldivian | Bajaveri hendhune |
| Maltese | Bonġu |
| Māori | Kia ora, Ata mārie, Mōrena |
| Mauritian Creole | Bonzour |
| Mongolian | Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend) |
| Navajo | Yá'át'ééh |
| Nepali | शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat) |
| Norwegian | God morgen |
| Occitan | Bonjorn |
| Okinawan | Ukimi soo chii |
| Oriya | ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ୍ (suprabhaat) |
| Papiamento | Bon dia / Moro |
| Pashto | (sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير (sahaar mo pa kheyr) سهار مو په خير |
| Persian (Farsi) | (sobh bekheir) صبح بخير |
| Polish | Dzień dobry |
| Portuguese | Bom dia |
| Quechua | Wuynus diyas / Allin p'unchay (Good day) |
| Romanian | Bună dimineaţa |
| Romansh | Bien di / Bun di |
| Russian | Доброе утро! (Dobroe utro!) |
| Samoan | Manuia le taeao |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) |
Bon jiorno |
| Scots | Guid mornin |
| Scottish Gaelic | Madainn mhath |
| Serbian | Добро јутро (Dobro jutro) |
| Sesotho | Mmoro (to one person) Mmorong (to more than one person) |
| Shona | Mangwanani / Mangwanani, marara sei? (reply) |
| Sicilian | Bon giornu |
| Sinhala | සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udhāsanak) |
| Slovak | Dobré ráno (used until 8am) Dobrý deň (used from 8am until dark) |
| Slovenian | Dobro jutro (until 8am) Dober dan (from 8am until sunset) |
| Somali | Subax wanaagsan |
| Spanish | Buenos días |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeiemorgen |
| Sundanese | Wilujeng énjing |
| Swahili | Habari ya asubuhi |
| Swedish | God morgon |
| Swiss German | Guete Morge |
| Tagalog | Magandang umaga po (frm) Magandang umaga (inf) |
| Tahitian | Ia ora na 'oe (sg) Ia ora na 'orua (dl) Ia ora na 'outou (pl) |
| Tamil | காலை வணக்கம் (kaalai vanakkam) |
| Tatar | Xeyírlí irte |
| Telugu | సుప్రభాతం (supra bhetam) |
| Tetum | Bondia / Dader diak / Boasdias |
| Thai | สวัสดีครับ/ค่ะ (sà-wàt-dee kráp/kâ) |
| Tibetan | སྔ་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས། (nga-to delek) |
| Tigrinya | ከመይ ሓዲርካ (kemey Hadirka) m/sg ከመይ ሓዲርኪ (kemey Hadirki) f/sg ከመይ ሓዲርኩም (kemey Hadirkum) m/pl/frm ከመይ ሓዲርክን (kemey Hadirkin) f/pl/frm |
| Tok Pisin | Moning / Moning tru / Moning nau |
| Tongan | Malo tau ma'u e pongipongi ni |
| Tswana | Dumêla rra/mma (frm) |
| Turkish | Günaydın |
| Ukrainian | Доброго ранку! (Dobrogo ranku) |
| Urdu | (subha bākhair) صبح بخير |
| Uzbek | Hayirli tong |
| Venda | Ndi matsheloni |
| Venetian | Bondì / Bongiorno |
| Vietnamese | Chào buổi sáng |
| Võro | Hüvvä hummogut |
| Wiradjuri | Yiradu marang |
| Welsh | Bore da |
| Wolof | Jaam nga fanane |
| Xitsonga | Avuxeni |
| Yapese | Fal'e kadbul |
| Yiddish | (Gutn morgn) גוטן מאָרגן |
| Yorùbá | Ẹ ku aarọ |
| Zazaki | Sodır be xér |
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