Greeting (also called accosting) is a way for human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. In Sociology or Anthropology, social status is the honor or prestige attached to one's position in Society (one's Social position) As with many forms of communication, greeting habits are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship; the [phenomenon] as such exists in all known human cultures, though. Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood the same way Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures. A salute (also called obeisance) is a Gesture (often Hand gesture) or other action used to display respect A gesture is a form of Non-verbal communication made with a part of the body used instead of or in combination with verbal communication.

Greetings are often, but not always, used just prior to a conversation.

Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, e. g. , greeting of a king.

Secret societies have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership. Secret society is a term used to describe a variety of organizations

Spoken (English)

Spoken greetings are customary or ritualised words or phrases used to introduce oneself or to greet someone. A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted Standards norms social norms or criteria, often taking the form of A ritual is a set of actions often thought to have Symbolic value the performance of which is usually prescribed by a Religion or by the Traditions In English, some common verbal greetings are:

• "Hello" — the most common verbal greeting in English-speaking countries, and related to "Hullo" (UK English, now old-fashioned) and "Hallo". English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language and is Synonymous with other greetings such as Hi or Suitable for formal and informal usage.
• "Hi", related to "Hiya", both being less formal for 'hello' but very widely used nowadays. It is classified in dictionaries as a sentence substitute. "Hi" is relatively new, having become popular in the 1920s in the USA and then spread throughout English-speaking populations around the world, and even into other languages. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar
• "Hey", has become fairly commonplace as a greeting in informal USA English, but is considered impolite in UK English to use as a greeting (Cambridge English dictionary says "used as a way of attracting someone's attention, sometimes in a way which is not very polite"; its standard usage in the UK is to express a mixture of surprise and displeasure/indignation/protest/reprimand, or else to shout (specifically not at standard spoken volume) at someone from afar prior to greeting them or else warning them about danger. According to the Cambridge English and Collins English dictionaries "hey" is not used as a greeting, but an interjection used to express surprise (sometimes with indignation or displeasure, e. An interjection is a Part of speech that usually has no connection with the rest of the sentence and simply expresses Emotion on the part of the speaker g. "Hey, stop that!" or "Hey, stop making a noise! or "Hey, what do you think you're doing?!"), inquiry (as a prelude, thus catching attention, e. g. "Hey, have you seen this?"), interest (especially sudden, e. g. "Hey, what's going on?!"), and to call attention from a distance (e. g. across the street, or when someone's back is turned - "Hey, didn't see you there!" or "Hey, over here!"). It is also used in popular song lyrics, and in idiomatic phrases such as 'Hey presto!' 'Hey Ho!' and 'What's-a matter you? Hey!. . . Ah, shaddap-a you face!'.
• "Good morning", "Good afternoon", "Good evening" — More formal verbal greetings used at the appropriate time of day. The word morning originally referred to the Sunrise. Morning precedes midday, Afternoon, and Night in the sequence of a day Afternoon is the time of day from 1200 ( Noon) to -depending upon context- Evening, Sunset, or 1800 Evening is the period in which the daylight is decreasing between the late Afternoon and night, around the time when Dinner is taken Note that the similar "Good night" and "Good day" are more commonly used as phrases of parting rather than greeting. Night or nighttime is the period of Time when the Sun is below the Horizon. These are often abbreviated by those wishing to be less formal, e. g. amongst friends or family, to 'Morning!', 'Afternoon!', 'Night!' or 'G'night!'
• "How do you do?", along with variations such as "How are ya?" (Ireland) and "Hiya"
• "Howdy" — Informal greeting. Derived from "How do you do," it is common in the rural regions of the United States. This is also the official greeting of the Texas A&M Aggies of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Texas A&M Aggies (variously A&M or Texas Aggies) refers to the sports teams of Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a Coeducational public Research University located in College Station College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas.
• "What's up?", "Whassup", "Sup?", "How's it going?", "Yo", and "What's happenin?" — United States. What's Up? is a musical with a book by Alan Jay Lerner and Arthur Pierson lyrics by Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "How's tricks?" and "How's it going?" are popular in UK English, but note that 'What's up?' in UK English means 'What's wrong?' and is therefore not a greeting.

Written (English)

By convention, formal letters in English commence with the salutation "Dear" followed by the name or title of the recipient. A salutation is a Greeting, in particular a formal greeting used in a letter. If the name or title of the recipient is unknown, then it is conventional to write "Dear Sir," or "Dear Madam," or where the sex of the recipient is also unknown, "Dear Sir/Madam," or "Dear Sir or Madam" is used. In other forms of written communication (such as fax or email), or in informal messages the salutation is often absent or replaced with a personal variant.

Spoken (Other than English)

Translations of the word "welcome" are often shown in many places frequented by foreigners or tourists, such as airports and hotels, to welcome people of all different nationalities.

• Afrikaans: "Hallo" (Hello), "Goeiedag" (Good day), "Goeiemôre" (Good morning), "Goeiemiddag" (Good afternoon), ""Goeienaand" (Good evening) [1]
• Albanian: "tungjatjeta" (hello), "allo" (hello), "Ju falem nderit" (Thank you), "faleminderit shumë" (Thank you [very much]), "Mirë upafshim" (Good bye), Si jeni? (How are you?), "Mirëmëngjes" (Good morning), "Mirëdita" (Good afternoon), "Mirëmbrëma" (Good evening), "Po" (Yes)
• Amharic language: "tenestalling" (hello), "endemin eh/esh" (how are you? - male/female)
• Arabic: "As-salaam Alaikum" (Peace unto you), "Marhaba" (Marhaban in Modern Standard Arabic), "Sabah El-Kheir" (Good morning), "Massa'a El-Kheir" (Good evening)
• Aramaic: "Shlama lekhon" (Peace unto you), the response is "p-shena wo beshlama", "Dekhi-wot" (How are you?) ,"Sapra breekha" (Good morning), "ramsha breekha" (Good evening)
• Armenian: "Barev" (Hello), "Bari louys" (Good morning), "Bari or" (Good afternoon), "Bari yereko" (Good evening)
• Bangla (Bengali): "Nomoskar" (Hi), "Kemon achen" (How are you), "Ki khobor" (Whats up)
• Bulgarian: "Здравей" (Hello, pron. Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in Amharic (አማርኛ amarəñña) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Literary Arabic (ar اللغة العربية الفصحى "the Eloquent Arabic language" or Standard Arabic is the literary and standard variety Aramaic is a Semitic language with The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Zdravèi), "Здрасти" (Hi, pron. Zdràsti), "Добро утро" (Good Morning, pron. Dobrò ùtro), "Добър ден" (Good Afternoon, pron. Dòbar den), "Добър вечер" (Good Evening, pron. Dòbar Vècher), "Довиждане" (Goodbye, pron. Dovìzhdane), "Лека нощ" (Good night, pron. Lèka nòsht)
• Catalan: "Hola!" (Hello), "Salut!"; "Bon dia" (Good morning), "Bona tarda/Bona vesprada" (Good afternoon), "Bona nit" (Good evening and Good night)
• Chichewa: "Takulandilani" (Welcome)
• Chinese (Cantonese): "Jo San" (早晨)("Good morning"), "Sik Jo Fan Mei" (食咗飯未) (literally, have you eaten yet ? ), "Ha Lo" (哈佬) ("Hello")
• Chinese (Mandarin): "Ni Hao"(你好) (Ni is you, Hao is good),"Zao An"（早安）or "Zao Shang Hao"(早上好)("Good Morning"),"Wan An"(晚安)("Good night")
• Czech: "Ahoj" or "Čau" (informal, Hello or Goodbye), "Dobrý den" (Good day) = universal formal greeting

Eventually: "Dobré ráno" (Good morning), "Dobré odpoledne" (Good afternoon) "Dobrý večer" (Good evening), "Dobrou noc" (Good night)

• Croatian: "Bok" or "Bog" (informal, Hello or Goodbye), "Dobar dan" (Good day) = universal formal greeting

Eventually: "Dobro jutro" (Good morning), "Dobra večer" (Good evening), "Laku noć" (Good night)

• Danish: "Hej" (informal), "Goddag" (God-dag, means good day), "God morgen"(Good morning), "God eftermiddag", (Good midday/afternoon), "God aften" Good evening), "Hallo" (mostly used on the telephone)
• Dutch: "Hoi", "Hé" (informal), "Hallo" (standard), "goedemorgen" (good morning), "goedemiddag" (goede+middag, lit. Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official Chichewa ( Chicheŵa in Malawian English, also known as C(hinyanja) is a Language of the Bantu language family widely spoken in south-central Standard Cantonese is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet language Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname good midday, good afternoon), "goedenavond" (goede+avond, good evening), "gegroet" (formal and archaic, literally "begret"/"greeted").
• Fiji: "Bula" (literally "Life," or "Health"); heard constantly
• Finnish: "Hei" (Hello), "Huomenta" (Good morning), "Päivää" (Good day), "Iltaa" (Good evening), "Hyvää yötä" (Good night)
• French: "Bon jour" (Hello; lit. Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Good Day; and Good morning, Good afternoon), "Salut" (Hello and Goodbye, informal), "Bon soir" (Good evening)
• German: "Hei/Hai" (cognate with Hey), "Hallo" (cognate with Hello), "Gute(n) Morgen" (Good Morning), "Gute(n) Mittag"/ (Good Midday/), "Gute(n) Abend" (Good Evening), Gute(n) Nacht (Good Night) "Wie geht's?" (contraction of "Wie gehts es", literally How goes it?, therefore similar to What's going on?, How are things going?), or "Wie läuft es?", "Grüß Gott" (lit. A salute (also called obeisance) is a Gesture (often Hand gesture) or other action used to display respect The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Grüß Gott (literally 'Greet God' see explanation below is a Greeting, less often a farewell in the Upper German Sprachraum especially in Swabia Greet God, similar to English Goodbye and God be with you, from Middle English "Godbwye which is itself a corruption of the phrase God be with ye)
• Greek: "Γεια" ("Gheia", pron. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly "ya", "hello" and "goodbye", literally "Health", quite informal), "Χαίρετε", ("Chairete", pron. "herete", same as "Gheia" but more formal, literally "Cheerly"/"May you be joyful"), "Καλημέρα" (pron. "kalimera", "Good morning" and "Good day"), "Καλησπέρα" (pron. "kalispera", "Good evening"), "Καληνύχτα" (pron. "kalinikhta", "good night").
• Gujarati : "Khem Cho" (How are you?)
• Hawaiian: "Aloha" (affection, love, peace, compassion, mercy, goodbye, and hello)
• Hebrew: "Shalom" "שלום" (Peace) or "Shalom Aleichem" "שלום עליכם" (Peace unto you; the response is Aleichem Shalom "unto you, peace"); less formal: "Ma Nishma" "מה נשמע" or "Ma HaInyanim" "מה העיניינים" (What's new or How are you?)
• Hindi: "Namaste" (lit. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? The Hawaiian language (Hawaiian ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i) is an Austronesian language that takes its name from Hawai'i, the largest island in the tropical Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is , salutations) "Namaskaram" (lit. , "salutations"), "Pranaam" (lit. , "salutations")
• Hungarian: "Szia" (Very informal, used between friends and family), "Jó napot" (Good day), Jó napot kivánok (I wish you good day, a bit more complete than jó napot), "Üdvözlünk" (A commonly used way of saying 'welcome')"Csókolom" (only used by the young when addressing elders. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Signifies a sign of respect, but is becoming less popular), "Kezét csókolom" (I kiss your hand, a polite greeting used by men when addressing women), "Szevasz" or "Szervusz" (a form of Servus, it is a casual greeting and a good-bye) "Hello" (Hello!, this greeting is becoming more popular but most often it is actually used to say good-bye)
• Icelandic: "Hæ" (Hi), "Bæ" (Bye), "Góðan dag" (Good day), "Gott kvöld" (good ewening), "Góða nótt" (Good Night) (a not very common greeting unless people are going to go to sleep). Servus ( Czech: Servus, Hungarian: Szervusz, Polish: Serwus, German: Servus, Portuguese Icelandic ( is a North Germanic language, the language of Iceland. "Bless" (Goodbye) a shortening of Blessaður (which standing alone is used as a welcome greeting or a goodbye), which means Blessed, often used with the word "vertu" (Be) first (though only when the blessing is used as a goodbye), "Vertu sæll" (Be happy) is used as a goodbye, but standing alone "sæll" and in the combination "komdu sæll" (come happy ) it is used as a greeting. Sometimes these two are combined into "komdu sæll og blessaður" (Come happy and blessed) and "vertu sæll og blessaður" (Be happy and blessed) as a greeting and a goodbye respectedly. When the words are interchanged "Blessaður og sæll" (blessed and happy) they are used as a greeting. Most of the greetings are often followed with the question, "hvað segir þú?" (what do you say) or "hvernig hefurðu það?" (how do you have it? or how are you?) (the mostly expected answer is "fínt" or "bara fínt" which means fine or just fine although it is also common to start telling something of yourself) or the more litteral question "hvað er að frétta?" (what is new? or what is in news of you?). The adjective "jæja" (well) comes into the greeting and goodbye process frequently.
• Indonesian: "Apa Kabar" (How are you?), "Selamat Pagi" (Good Morning), "Selamat Siang" (Good day), "Selamat Malam" (Good Night)
• Irish Gaelic: "Dia dhuit" (God to you / God be with you), "Dia is Muire dhuit" (God and Mary to you / God and Mary be with you this the usual response to 'Dia dhuit'. Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. ), "Conas ata tu" (How are you?)
• Islamic: "Assalamu alaikum" or "Salamu Alaikum" (Peace be upon you); the response is "Wa'laikum As'salaam"
• Italian: "Ciao" (Hi and Goodbye) or "Salve" (Hello). For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. As-Salāmu `Alaykum ( ar السلام عليكم) is an Arabic Spoken greeting used by Muslims as well as non-Muslim Arabic speakers Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The word ciao (pronounced "chaow" /tʃao/ is an informal Italian verbal salutation or Greeting, meaning either " goodbye " "Buon giorno" (Good morning), "Buona sera" (Good evening], "Buona notte" (Good night]
• Japanese: "Ohayō gozaimasu" (おはようございます, Good morning^?) (often abbreviated to just "Ohayō" (おはよう/おはよう, "Ohayō"^?)), "Konban wa" (こんばんは, Good evening^?), "Konnichi wa" (こんにちは, Hello/Good day^?), "Moshi moshi" (もしもし, Hello (on the phone)^?)
• Kannada: Language of Karnataka(State)- India: "Namaskara" / "Namaste", "Hegiddira?"("How are you?"), "Enu Samachara" ("What's up?"), "Belagina Vandanegalu"("Good Morning")
• Khmer: "chomribsur" (hello), "sursdei" (how are you?), leahaey (bye, see you next time)
• Korean: "An-nyeong haseyo" (Used for 'hello')(안녕하세요? Are you in peace?) "Nae-il-popshida" (See you tommorow) "Pan-gap-sumn-ida" (Nice to Meet you)
• Lao: "Sa Bai Dee?" (How are you?)
• Latvian: "Sveiks" (Hello), "Labdien" (Good day, Good afternoon), "Labrīt" (Good morning), "Labvakar" (Good evening)
• Lithuanian: "Labas", "Sveikas" (Hello), "Laba diena" (Good day, Good afternoon), "Labas rytas" (Good morning), "Labas vakaras" (Good evening)
• Lojban: "coi" (Hello), "coi rodo" (hello everybody)
• Macedonian: "Здраво" (Hello, pron. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Kannada (kn [[wiktಕನ್ನಡ ಕನ್ನಡ]] Kannaḍa) is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Lao or Laotian (BGN/PCGN phasa lao IPA: pʰaːsaː laːw is a Tonal Language of the Tai-Kadai language family Latvian language (latviešu valoda is the official state language of Latvia. Lithuanian ( lietuvių kalba) is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. Lojban (ˈloʒban is a constructed, syntactically unambiguous human language based on Predicate logic. Macedonian () is the official Language of the Republic of Macedonia and is a part of the Eastern group of South Slavic languages. Zdravо), "Добро утро" (Good Morning, pron. Dobro utro), "Добар ден" (Good Afternoon, pron. Dоbar den), "Добра вечер" (Good Evening, pron. Dobra Vecher), "Довидување" (Goodbye, pron. Doviduvanje), "Лека ноќ" (Good night, pron. Leka nok)
• Malayalam: "Namaskaram" (Syllables: Na-mas-ka-ram), 'Enthundu Vishesham"("How are you?")
• Malaysian: "Apa khabar" ("How are you?") "Selamat Datang" ("Welcome")
• Maltese: Formal greetings - "L-għodwa t-tajba" (Good morning); "Merħba" (Welcome); "Is-serata t-tajba" (Good evening); "Il-lejl it-tajjeb" (Good night); "Saħħa" (Goodbye - literally, Good health). Not to be confused with the Malay language. Malayalam (മലയാളം malayāḷaṁ) is a Dravidian language used The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the Maltese (Maltese Malti is the National language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English, Informal greetings - "Bonġu!" (Good day); "Ċaw"(see Ciao) or "Ħello" (Hello); "Hawn [name], kif int?" (Hey [name], how are you? - used among friends, colleagues and relatives); "Ċaw" or "Ċaw-ċaw" ('Bye). The word ciao (pronounced "chaow" /tʃao/ is an informal Italian verbal salutation or Greeting, meaning either " goodbye " Less frequently used/archaic - "Sliem għalik", or "is-sliem" (Peace be with you or Peace, and its response: "lilhek ukoll" And with you); "Benedizzjoni, [mamà/papà/zi]" - literally, benedict/goodtalk/goodspeak me/Bless me, [mother/father/aunt/uncle], and its response: "Kun imbierek" / "Kun imbierka" (Blessings - usually said by an elderly person to his or her child, nephew or niece, or by a priest to a parishioner.
• Mandarin: "Ni hao ma?" (How are you?) or simply "Ni hao"
• Marathi: "Namaskar" (Hello!)
• Māori: "Kia ora" (Good health)
• Nez Perce: Táʔc Méeywi ‘Good Morning’; Táʔc Haláχp ‘Good Afternoon’; Táʔc Kuléewit ‘Good Evening’
• Norwegian: "Hallo" (Hello), "Hei" (Hi/Bye; the latter particularly in telephone conversations), "God morgen" (Good morning, "Morn" is more informal abbreviation), "God dag"(Good Day), "God kveld" (Good evening)
• Persian: "درود" (dorood, benediction/good speech/good speaking = Hello); "سلام" (salām, peace = Hello cognate with shalom); "بدرود" (bedorood = bye);
• Polish: "Cześć" (help·info) (Hi / Bye), "Dzień dobry" (help·info) (Good morning / Good day), "Jak się masz?" (help·info) (How goes you? / How are things? / What's up?)
• Portuguese: "Olá" (Hello), "Oi" (Hi), "Bom dia" (Good Morning/Good Day), "Boa tarde" (Good Afternoon), "Boa noite" (Good night)
• Punjabi greeting of Sikhism: "Sat Sri Akal" (He/She Be Blessed Who says Truth is God)
• Romani language: "Sar san?" (How are you?), "Sar dživen?" (How do you live?), "So keren?" (What are you doing?)
• Romanian language: "Salut" (Hello), "Ce mai faci ?" (How are you?), "Alo" (Hello when talking on the phone), "Bună ziua" (Good day), "Noapte bună" (Good night), "Bună seara" (Good evening), "Bună dimineaṭa" (Good morning), "La revedere" (Good bye)
• Russian: "Здравствуйте", "Здравствуй" (Hello, pron. Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. Namasté, Namaskar or Namaskaram (Sanskrit नमस्ते from internal Sandhi between namaḥ and te kia ora is a Māori language Greeting which has entered New Zealand English. The Nez Perce (ˌnɛzˈpɝs are a Tribe of Native Americans who live in the Pacific Northwest region ( Columbia River Plateau) of the United Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Punjabi may refer to The Punjabi language of Pakistan and India Punjabi grammar List of Punjabi Sikhism ( IPA: or; ਸਿੱਖੀ sikkhī, IPA:) founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Sat Sri Akaal (ਸਤਿ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ sati śrī akāla) is a Punjabi Sikh greeting ( Sat = truth Sri = conquers Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Zdràstvuite, Zdràstvui), "Привет" (Hi, pron. Privèt), "Доброе утро" (Good Morning, pron. Dòbrае ùtro), "Добрый день" (Good Afternoon, pron. Dоbrài den), "Добрый вечер" (Good Evening, pron. Dоbrài Vècher), "До свидания" (Goodbye, pron. Do svidàniya), "пока" (Goodbye [informal], pron. pa-ka), "Спокойной ночи" (Good night, pron. Spakòinai nòchi)
• Scottish Gaelic: "Ciamar a tha thu?" (How are you?) "Dè do chor?" (informal How're you doing?)
• Serbian: "Dobro jutro" (Good morning), "Dobar dan" (Good day), "Dobro veče" (Good evening), "Doviđenja" (Goodbye), "Zdravo!" (Hi! (be well)), "Ćao!" (informal Hi!, from Italian Ciao), "Š'a ima?" (informal, Whassup?)
• Slovak language: "Ahoj/Čau" (hello/bye, see ahoy, [[Ciao]),) "Ako sa máš?" (How goes you?) "Dobré ráno!" (Good morning) "Dobrý deň!" (Good day) "Dobrý večer!" ("Good evening") "Dobrú noc!" ("Good night!")
• Spanish: "Hola" (cognate with Hello), "Buenos Días" or "Buen Día" but "Buenas Tardes" in the late afternoon or later. Scottish Gaelic ( Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" Also said as "Buenas". "Buenas noches" ("Good evening" and "Good night").
• Sinhala: "Ayubowan" (formal greeting - May you live long), or "Kohomada" (very informal - How are you?)
• Swedish: "Hej/Hallo/Hejlo" (hey, Hello), "Tja/Tjena" (Hey), "Läget?" (What's up?), "Va' händer?" (What's up?), "Hur mår du?" (How are you?"), "Görs?" (What's happenin?), "God morgon" (Good morning), "God middag" (Good afternoon), "God dag" (Good day), "God kväll"/"God afton" (Good evening), "God natt" (Good night), "Ses/Hörs/Höres" (See ya), "Ha det bra" (Take care)
• Swiss German: "Grüezi" (Hello/ lit. Sinhalese or Sinhala (සිංහල ISO 15919: siṁhala ˈsiŋhələ earlier referred to as Singhalese) is the language of the Sinhalese Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Swiss German ( Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken Greet, traditional Swiss, formal, directed at one individual), "Grüezi mitenand" (Hello, traditional Swiss, formal, directed at multiple persons), "Hoi (mitenand/zaeme)" (Hi/Hello, traditional Swiss, informal, directed at one (multiple) person(s)), "Sali", "Salutti", "Saletti" (informal, from French Salut), "Ciao zaeme" (from Italian Ciao), "Hey", "Ey", "Was lauft?", "Wie gohts?" (slang)
• Tagalog: "Hoy" (Hey), "Ay" (Oh!) pronounced like "I", "'Musta?"(Informal) or "Kamusta ka?" (How are you?), "Mabuti" (Fine), "Mabuhay!" (Salutations)means "life", "Magandang Umaga" (Good Morning), "Magandang Hapon" (Good Afternoon), "Magandang Gabi" (Good Evening/Good Night), "Kababayan" (Formal) or "Kabayan" (Informal) means "My Fellow Country Man"
• Tamil: Language of the state of Tamil Nadu in India: "Vanakkum" (Syllables: Va-nak-kum)
• Telugu: "Namaskaramu" / "Namaste", "Ela unnavu?"("How are you?"), "Enti Sangatulu" ("What's up?")
• Thai: "สวัสดีครับ/สวัสดีค่ะ" (Sawasdee Krup/Sawasdee Ka) (male/female)
• Tibetan: "Tashi Delek" (May everything be well)
• Turkish: "Merhaba" (Hi), "Günaydın" (Good morning), "İyi günler" (Good day), "İyi akşamlar" (Good evening), "Nasılsınız?" (How are you?, formal), "Nasılsın?" (How are you?, informal), "Ne var ne yok?" (What's up?, informal), "Alo" (Hello, a greeting used primarily on the telephone)
• Ukrainian language: "Привіт!" (Hi), "Вітаю!" (Hello), "Як справи?" (How are you doing?), "Добрий ранок"/"Доброго ранку"(Good morning), "Добрий день"/"День добрий"/"Доброго дня" (Good day), "Добрий вечір"/"Доброго вечора"/"Вечір добрий" (Good evening)
• Urdu: 'Adab arz hai' or 'Khush Amdid'
• Uzbek: "Salom" (Hello/Hi), "Assalomu alaykum" (Peace unto you), "Xayrli tong" (Good morning), "Xayrli kun" (Good afternoon), "Xayrli kech" (Good evening)
• Vietnam: "Xin chào" (Hello), "Anh/Chị có khỏe không" (How are you; male/female)

Gestures

Waving

See also: Gesture

• Bowing
• Cheek kissing
• Eskimo kissing
• Fist pound, in which two individuals touch fists
• High-five
• Pressing noses
• Handshake
• Hand-kissing
• Hat raising or tipping
• Hug
• Kowtow
• Namasté
• Roman salute
• Waving, the gesture of moving one's hand back and forth

See also

• Parting phrase
• Paschal greeting
• Salutation
• Salute