

When you’re speaking to older people or people that you don’t know very well, you’ll want to use a more formal version of a greeting.įormal greetings are appropriate in most business situations or situations where transactions are occurring, such as at a store or in a restaurant. Think about how you say hello to your friends versus how you say hello to your friends’ parents. When to Use the Formal or Informal Version of “Hello” The chart below outlines how to say hello in thirty different languages.

While we won’t cover all 5,000 here, we will teach you how to greet people in 60 different ways.

If you’re a world traveler or just interested in other cultures, you might be interested in learning to say hello in different languages. It’s estimated that there are anywhere from 3,000 to 5,000 different language dialects currently spoken around the world.
