Hello and bye in the 12 world languages

There are a lot of languages all over the world and the 12 most spoken ones are these:

1) English
2) Chinese
3) Hindi
4) Spanish
5) French
6) Arabic
7) Russian
8) Portuguese
9) Bengali
10) German
11) Japanese
12) Korean

The most important thing of a language which wants to be a world language is the number of speakers. These speakers could be native speakers or language learners. So world languages are exactly the most spoken languages.

Another possiblity to find the world languages is the geographical aspect: For this theory it is important that the language, which should become a world language, is spoken in states of different continents. But if you trust the geographical theory, there will be only five world languages:

1) English
2) Spanish
3) French
4) Arabic
5) Portuguese

But in every aspect it’s the same: If you want to speak with other people all over the world, you have to learn languages. To start learning a language you could choose one of our language schools.

Hello and bye in the 12 world languages

Hello and bye are two important words because they are the start and the end of a converstation. So the first word you say to another person will be hello and the last word will be bye.

Here is the list of these both (and important) words in the 12 world languages. Check them out and learn them to get in touch with different (native) speakers:

1) English

hello = hello
bye = bye

2) Chinese

hello = 你好 (nǐhǎo; for a single person); 你们好 (nǐmenhǎo; for more persons)
bye = 再见 (zàijiàn)

3) Hindi

hello = हैलो (hello); नमस्ते (namastē)
bye = अलविदा (alvida)

4) Spanish

hello = hola
bye = adiós

5) French

hello = salut
bye = salut

6) Arabic

hello = أهلا (ahlan)
bye = وداعا (wada’an)

7) Russian

hello = Приве́т
bye = Пока́

8) Portuguese

hello = olá
bye = tchau (Brasil), chau (Portugal)

9) Bengali

hello = হ্যালো (halo)
bye = বাই (bei)

10) German

hello = hallo
bye = tschüss

11) Japanese

hello = こんにちは (konnichiwa)
bye = さよなら (sayonara)

12) Korean

hello = 여보세요 (yeo bo sae yo)
bye = 안녕 (ann nyeong)

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