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).
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| Language | Morning greetings |
|---|---|
| Abkhaz | Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia) |
| Adyghe | Уипчэдыжь шІу |
| Afrikaans | Goeiemôre Môre |
| Aklan | Mayad nga agahon |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Mir-mëngjes |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Mirëmëngjes |
| Aleut | Qilachxizax̂ |
| Alsatian | Güete Morge güete Morga |
| Altay | Јакшылыкту таҥла (Ĵakšılıktu tañla) Јакшы таҥ (Ĵakšı tañ) |
| Amharic | እንደምን አደርክ? (əndämən addärk?) ＞m እንደምን አደርሽ? (əndämən addärš?) ＞f አንደምን አደሩ? (əndämən addäru?) frm [how did you pass the 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 lkḥīr) صباح الخير |
| Aramaic | Safro bricho |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Բարի' լույս: (Bari luys) Աստծո բարին: (Asttzo barin) - response |
| Armenian (Western) |
Բարի լոյս: (Paree looys) Աստուծոյ բարին: (Asdoodzo pareen) - response |
| Aragonese | Buen diya |
| Arapaho | Nii’óóke’ Hii3eti’ nohkuseic |
| Assamese | সুপ্ৰভাত (xuprôbhat) |
| Asturian | Bonos díes |
| Azerbaijani | Sabahınız xeyir |
| Balinese | Rahajeng semeng, ᬭᬳᬚᭂᬂᬲᭂᬫᭂᬂ |
| Bambara | I ni sɔgɔma (sg) Aw ni sɔgɔma (pl) |
| Bashkir | хәйерле ирте (xäyyerlye irtye) |
| Basque | Egun on |
| Bavarian | Guadn moing Moing |
| Belarusian | Добрай раніцы (Dobraj ranicy) |
| Bemba | Mwaikaleni 'Mwaombeni Mwashibukeni Eya mukwai (reply) |
| Bengali | সুপ্রভাত (Shuprôbhat) |
| Bhojpuri | राम राम (raam raam) |
| Biatah | Siramat isan-isan |
| Bikol | Marhay na aga Dyos marhay na aga Marhay na pagka-aga |
| Bislama | Gudmoning |
| Blaan | Fye flafus |
| Bosnian | Dobro jutro |
| Breton | Demat |
| Bulgarian | Добро утро (Dobro utro) |
| Burmese | မဂႆလာပၝ (min-ga-la-ba) |
| Cape Verdean Creole | Bon dia |
| Catalan | Bon dia |
| Cebuano | Maayong Buntag |
| Central Dusun | Kopisanangan dongkosuabon Osonong kosuabon |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Buenas dias |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Buenas dias |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Buenas dias Buenas dihas |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Buenas dihas |
| Chechen | Iуьйре дика йойла (Jüyre dika yoyla) Iуьйре дика хуьлда хьан (Jüyre dika xülda ẋan) - sg Iуьйре дика хуьлда шун (Jüyre dika xülda şun) - pl |
| Cherokee | ᎣᏍᏓ ᏑᎾᎴᎢ (Osda sunalei) ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᎾᎴᎢ (Osda svnalei) |
| Cheyenne | Pėhévevóonā'o É-peve-vóona'a (It's a good morning) |
| Chichewa | Mwauka bwanji? Mwadzuka bwanji? Ndadzuka bwino (reply) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
早晨 (jóusàhn) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
安早 (on1zo3) 早 (zo3) 恁會早 (an3voi5zo3) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
早安 (zǎo'ān) 早上好 (zǎoshànghǎo) 早晨好 (zǎochénhǎo) 你早 (nǐ zǎo) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
侬早 (nóng zō) 早安 (zō ä) 早晨好 (zōlǎng hō) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
𠢕早 (gâu-chá) |
| Chinese (Teochew) |
早 (ja2) |
| Chipewyan | K’abį́ nezų ʔédúhų́n k’ą́mbį́ ɂedlánet’é |
| Chuukese | Nesor annim |
| Chuvash | Ыра кун пултӑр (Yra kun pultăr) |
| Cimbrian | Guuten mòrgont! |
| Coastal Kadazan | Kopivosian doungosuvab |
| Cornish | Myttin da |
| Corsican | Bonghjornu |
| Croatian | Dobro jutro |
| Cuyonon | Mayad nga timprano |
| Czech | Dobré ráno Dobrý den |
| Danish | God morgen |
| Dari | (Sobh baxir) صبح بخير |
| Dholuo | Ichiyo nade? (How is your morning?) Achiyo ma ber (My morning is going well - reply) Oyaore? (How is the morning?) Oyaore ahinya (The morning is going well - reply) Oyawore (It [the sky] has opened itself) (sg) Oyawore ahinya (It has opened itself indeed) - reply sg) Oyaworeuru (pl) Oyaworeuru ahinya (reply - pl) |
| Dutch | Goedemorgen Goeiemorgen |
| Dzongkha | ངྲོ་པདེ་ལེགས། (Dobro delek) |
| Efik | Emesiere Emesiere nde (reply) |
| Elfdalian | Gumåron |
| Estonian | Tere hommikust |
| Ewe | Ŋdi Ŋdi na mi |
| Extremaduran | Buenu(s) día(s) Alos buenus días |
| Faroese | Góðan morgun |
| Fijian | Yadra Ni sa yadra |
| Finnish | Hyvää huomenta Huomenta |
| Flemish (West) | Goeije morn |
| French | Bonjour |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Moin |
| Frisian (Saterland) | Moarn |
| Frisian (West) | Goeie moarn |
| Friulian | Bundì |
| Galician | Bos días |
| Garifuna | Buiti binafi |
| Gascon | Bon jorn |
| Georgian | დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa) |
| German | Guten Morgen |
| Greek (Ancient) | Ὑπίαινε! (Hypíaine!) - sg Ὑπιαίνετε! (Hypiaínete!) - pl |
| Greek (Modern) | Καλημέρα σας (Kaliméra sas) Καλημέρα σου (Kaliméra su) Καλημέρα (Kaliméra) |
| Greenlandic | Iterluarit Kumoorn |
| Guaraní | Mba'eichapa nde ko'ê? (How are you in the morning?) Cheko'ê porâ, ha nde? (I am having a good morning, and you?) |
| Gujarati | સુપ્રભાત (suprabhat) |
| 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 |
| Herero | Wa penduka Wa penduka nawa? (sg) Mwa penduka nawa (pl) |
| Hiligaynon | Ma-ayong aga |
| Hindi | नमस्ते (namaste) &शुभ प्रभात (śubh prabhāt) - rarely used |
| Hopi | Lolomat taalawva |
| Hmong (White) | Nyob zoo (common any time of day) Nyob zoo yav tsaus ntuj os (not common) Nyob zoo thaum yav tsaus ntuj (not common) |
| Hungarian | Jó reggelt (kívánok) |
| Iban | Selamat pagi |
| Bubote Mbote |
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| Icelandic | Góðan daginn Góðan dag |
| Igbo | Ị bọọla chi (How did you wake?) Ị saala chị Ị pụtakwaa ọfụma Ị larụkwaa ọfụma |
| Iloko | Naimbag a bigat |
| Inari Saami | Pyeri iiđeed |
| Indonesian | Selamat pagi (early morning) Selamat siang (late morning) |
| Inuktitut | ᐅᓪᓛᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Ublaahatkut/Ullaasakkut) |
| Iñupiaq | Uvlaasatkun Uvlaalluataq |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Dia dhuit ar maidin (sg) Dia dhaoibh ar maidin (pl) Maidin mhaith |
| Italian | Buongiorno |
| Jamaican | Gud mawnin |
| 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) |
| Javanese | ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦲꦺꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦁ (Sugeng énjing) |
| Jenesch | Voscha zarra |
| Jèrriais | Bouônjour Bouônjour à matîn |
| Kabiye | Ŋlὶwá lέ? (sg) Ɩlὶwá lέ? (pl) Dadja ŋlìwá lέ (>m) Daɖo ŋlìwá lέ (>f) Ŋguyá cámìyɛ na? Mɔnguya alafɩa (reply) |
| Kabyle | Sbah lkhir Sbah lkhir d lhafiya (reply) |
| Kalmyk | Сән хонвт! (Sän xonvt) |
| Kannada | ಶುಭೋದಯ (shubhodaya) |
| Kaqchikel | Xsaqär Xsaqär nan (said to older females) Xsaqär tat (said to older males) |
| Kashubian | Dzén dobri |
| Kazakh | Қайырлы таң! (Qayırlı tañ!) |
| Khmer | អរុណសួស្ដី (’ârŭn suŏ sdei) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | !Gâi ǁgoas. |
| Kinaray-a | Mayad nga aga |
| Kinyarwanda | Mwaramutse |
| Kiribati | Ko kaman uuti? (Have you been awake for long?) E uara matiuum? (How was your sleep?) |
| Korean | 안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka) 좋은 아침 (joheun achim) |
| Kumyk | Танг яхшы болсун (Tang yaхşı bolsun) Сав бол (Saw bol - reply) Сав болугъуз (Saw boluğuz - reply) |
| !Kung San | Tuwa |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Beyanîbash (sg) Spéde bi xer (sg) Sibaha te bi xér (sg) Beyanîbash (pl) Spede bi xer (pl) Sibaa we bi xer (pl) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Beyanî baş |
| Kven | Moro Hyvää aamuu Hyvvää huomenta |
| Kyrgyz | Кутмандуу таңыңыз менен! (Kutmanduu tanyngyz menen!) - sg/frm |
| Lakota Sioux | Híŋháŋni Híŋhaŋni laȟči Híŋhaŋni wašté |
| Ladino | (Buenos diyas) בוינוס דייאס (Buena demanyana) בוינא דימאנייאנא |
| Lao | ສະບາຍດີ ton sao (sába̖ai-di̖i ton sao) |
| Latgalian | Lobs reits |
| Latin | Quid agis mane? |
| Latvian | Labrīt |
| Laz | კაი ოუმანი (Ǩai oumani) |
| Limburgish | Gojemörge |
| Lingala | Mbote |
| Lithuanian | Labas rytas |
| Livvi-Karelian | Hyviä huondestu |
| Loma | E nhungo |
| Low Saxon | (Goden) Morgen |
| Lozi | Lumela; U zuhile cwang'i? |
| Luganda | Wasuze otya nno? (How was your night?) Bulungi, wasuze otya nno? (reply) |
| Lule Sámi | Buorre idet |
| Luxembourgish | Gudde Moien Moien |
| Macedonian | Добро утро (Dobro utro) Добро јутро (Dobro jutro) |
| Maithili | Suprabhaat Bhorak pranaam. |
| Malagasy | Manahoana Manahoana tompoko ô (frm) Salama Akory |
| Malay | Selamat pagi |
| Malayalam | സുപ്രഭാതം (suprabhātham) |
| Maldivian | (Ba'ajjeveri hendhuneh) ބައްއަޖޖެވުރި ހެނދުނެހް |
| Maltese | Bonġu L-għodwa t-tajba |
| Mam | B’a’ntz q’ij Xisjiy |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Moghrey mie |
| Māori | Kia ora Ata mārie Mōrena |
| Marathi | सु-प्रभात (su-prabhāt) |
| Mauritian Creole | Bonzour |
| Meänkieli | Moron Morjenta Morjens |
| Mon | မၝဳဪအခိင္နဴဂယးရ။ |
| Monégasque | Bon girunu Bungiurnu |
| Mongolian | Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend) |
| Mossi | Ne y beoogo Ne y yibeogo |
| Nahuatl | Cualli tlanecic tlanecic Cualli tonalli (Good day) ¿Quen otlathuililo? (How was the dawn?) |
| Nauruan | Omo yoran |
| Navajo | Yá'át'ééh abíní Yáʼátʼééh abínóó (shouted at a distance, as across a room) |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Livukile |
| Ndebele (Southern) | Ngivukile |
| Nepali | शुभ प्रभात (śubha prabhāta) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | ख्वाः सिले धुन ला ? (khvāḥ sile dhuna lā?) सनां यानादीधुन ला ? (sanāṅ yānādīdhuna lā - frm - Have you washed your face?) च्या त्वने धुन ला ? (cyā tvane dhuna lā?) च्या भपी धुनला ? (cyā bhapī dhunalā - frm - Have you had your tea?) |
| Ngoni | Habari za lukela |
| Niuean | Monuina e pogipogi |
| Nkore | Oraire ota? (How was your night?) |
| Nogai | Эртенъ яхшы болсын |
| Northern Sámi | Buorre iđit Ipmel atti (reply) |
| Northern Sotho | Dumêlang Mmorong |
| Norwegian | God morgen |
| Nupe | Kube lazhin |
| Occitan | Bonjorn |
| Ojibwe | Mino gigizheb ("It's a good morning") Mino-gigizhebaagwad ("It's a good morning") |
| Okinawan | 起きみそーちー (ukimisoochii) 起きみしぇーびてぃ (ukimisheebiti) - frm 起きてぃ (ukiti) - inf |
| Oʼodham | Skeg tash Skeg sialig |
| Oriya | ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (Suprabhāta) |
| Oshiwambo | Walelepo Owanangala po nawa? Owa lala po nawa? Mwa lala po? |
| Ossetian | Дæ уæ райсом хорз (Dæ uæ rajsom xorz) |
| Palauan | Ungil Tutau Ungil Chodochosong (midmorning greeting) |
| Papiamento | Bon dia Mòro |
| Pashto | (sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير (sahaar mo pa kheyr) سهار مو په خير |
| Pennsylvania German / Dutch | Gude(r) Mariye |
| Persian (Farsi) | (sobh bekheir) صبح بخير |
| Pohnpeian | Menseng mwahu |
| Polish | Dzień dobry |
| Portuguese | Bom dia |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Bom dia |
| Quechua | Wuynus diyas Allin p'unchay (Good day) |
| Rapa Nui | 'Iorana |
| Romani | Lačhi či tahrin |
| Romanian | Bună dimineața |
| Romansh | Bien di Bun di |
| Russian | Доброе утро! (Dobroe utro!) |
| Rusyn | Доброй рано (Dobroj rano) |
| Sakha | Үтүө сарсыарданан (ytyø sarsɯardanan) |
| Samoan | Manuia le taeao |
| Samogitian | Labrīt |
| Sanskrit | सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Bona die |
| Scots | Guid mornin |
| Scottish Gaelic | Madainn mhath |
| Serbian | Добро јутро (Dobro jutro) |
| Serrano | Hakup 'a'ay taamit |
| Sesotho | Mmoro (sg) Mmorong (pl) |
| Shawnee | Howase wipine Howisiwapani Wasekiseki |
| Shona | Mangwanani Mangwanani, marara sei? (reply) |
| Sicilian | Bon jornu [bɔŋˈggjɔrnu] |
| Sindhi | Subho bakhair |
| 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) |
| Solresol | Simi |
| Somali | Subax wanaagsan |
| Sorbian (Lower) | Dobre zajtšo |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Dobre ranje |
| Southern Sámi | Buerie aerede |
| Spanish | Buenos días |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeiemorgen |
| Sundanese | Wilujeng énjing |
| Swahili | Habari ya asubuhi |
| Swazi | Kusile sihlobo sami |
| Swedish | God morgon |
| Swiss German | Guete Morge |
| Tagalog | Magandang umaga po (frm) Magandang umaga (inf) |
| Tahitian | 'Ia ora na 'Ia ora na 'oe (sg) 'Ia ora na 'orua (dl) 'Ia ora na 'outou (pl) |
| Tajik | Cyбҳ ба xaйр. (Subḩ ba xajr) |
| Tamil (formal) | காலை வணக்கம் (kaalai vanakkam) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | கால வணக்க (kaala vanakkã) [fm] |
| Tatar | Xeyírlí irte |
| Telugu | శుభోదయం (shubhodayam) సుప్రభాతం (supra bhetam) |
| Tetum | Bondia Dader diak Boasdias |
| Thai | สวัสดีครับ
(sà-wàt-dee kráp) - m สวัสดีค่ะ (sà-wàt-dee kâ) - f |
| Tibetan | སྔ་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས། (nga-to delek) ཤོགས་པ་བདེ་ལེགས། (shokba 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 |
| Tokelauan | Manuia te taeao |
| Tok Pisin | Moning Moning tru Moning nau |
| Tongan | Mālō tau ma‘u e pongipongi ni |
| Tsonga | Avuxeni |
| Tsotsil | Mi li'ote |
| Tswana | Dumêla rra (frm>m) Dumêla mma (frm>f) |
| Tumbuka | Mwagona uli? (How did you sleep?) Nauka makola, kwali imwe? (Fine, and you?) - reply |
| Turkish | Günaydın |
| Turkmen | Ertiriňiz haýyrly bolsun |
| Twi | Me ma wo akye Maakye Yaa agya (reply - to an elderly man) Yaa ɛna (reply - to an elderly woman) Yaa anua (reply - to a sibling age mate or colleague) |
| Udmurt | Ӟеч ӵукна (Dźeč ćukna) |
| Ukrainian | Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku) |
| Urdu | (subha bākhair) صبح بخير |
| Uyghur | (Häyirlik sähär) خەيىرلىك سەھەر |
| Uzbek | Hayirli tong |
| Venda | Ndi matsheloni Ndi matsheloni avhudi (reply) |
| Venetian | Bondì |
| Veps | Hüväd homendest |
| Vietnamese | Chào buổi sáng |
| Võro | Hüvvä hummogut |
| West Austrian (Voralbergerisch) |
Guata Morga |
| Wayuu | Wattamalü, wattachon |
| Westrobothnian | Möran Go mårrn |
| Wiradjuri | Yiradu marang |
| Welsh | Bore da |
| Wolof | Jaam nga fanane |
| Wymsorys | Güter mügia |
| Yapese | Fal'e kadbul |
| Yiddish | (Gutn morgn) גוטן מאָרגן |
| Yoruba | Ẹ káàárọ̀ Káàárọ̀ |
| Zazaki | Sodir be xêr bo Şew be xêr bo Sibeh be xêr bo Nimej be xêr bo Sodirweş |
| Zulu | Sawubona (sg) Sanibonani (pl) |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Bonan matenon |
| Folkspraak | Gud morgen |
| Interlingua | Bon matino |
| Lojban | coi |
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