How to welcome people in a variety of different languages.
Key to abbreviations: sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person), inf = informal, frm = formal, m = male (said by males), f = female (said by females), >m = said to males, >f said to females.
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| Language | Welcome |
|---|---|
| Abkhaz | Бзиала шәаабеит (Bziala šəaabeit) |
| Adyghe | Къеблагъ (sg) Шъукъеблагъ (pl) |
| Afrikaans | Welkom |
| Akkadian |  (ḫaṣānu) |
| Aklan | Mayad-ayad nga pad-abot |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Mir se vjên |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Mirë se vjen |
| Aleut | Qaĝaasakung huzuu haqakux̂ (Thank you all for coming) |
| Alsatian | Wellkumma Willkumme |
| Altay | Кӱӱнзеп кел (Kyynzep kel) - inf Кӱӱнзеп келигер (Kyynzep keliger) - frm |
| Amharic | እንኳን ደህና መጣህ። (ənkwan dähna mäṭṭah) m እንኳን ደህና መጣሽ። (ənkwan dähna mäṭṭaš) f እንኳን ደህና መጣችሁ። (ənkwan dähna mäṭṭaččhu) pl |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
(ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Ahla w sahla |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(mrehba) مرحابة |
| Arabic (Oman) | السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته |
| Aragonese | Bienveniu (>m) Bienvenida (>f) Bienvenius (pl) Bienvenidas (pl/f) |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Բարի գալուստ! (Bari galu'st) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Բարի՜ եկաք: (Pari yegak) |
| Aromanian | Ghini vinit! (pl) Ghini vinishi! (sg) |
| Assamese | আদৰণি (adôrôni) |
| Asturian | Bienveníu Bienvenida |
| Atikamekw | Miro peicak Miro takocini |
| Azerbaijani | Xoş gəlmişsiniz! |
| Balinese | Rahajeng rauh, ᬭᬳᬚᭂᬂᬭᬯᬸ᭪ |
| Bambara | Idanse I ni sɛ I bisimila (sg) Aw bisimila (pl) |
| Bamum | Poket pe zee kut ("Watch your steps!") |
| Banjar | Salamat datang |
| Bashkir | Сәләм бирем! (Säläm biryem!) |
| Basque | Ongi etorri |
| Bassa | Ḿ kpɔ̃ m̀ hwìǐ (sg) À kpɔ̃ m̀ hwìǐ (pl) |
| Batak (Toba) | Menjuah-juah! Horas! |
| Bavarian | Še das d' kemma bisd |
| Belarusian | Вiтаем (Vitajem) - We greet you Прывiтанне (Pryvitańnie) - Greetings |
| Bemba | Mwaiseni |
| Bengali | স্বাগতম (Sbagôtôm) |
| Bete (Daloa) | Pa-yi Ni-srê |
| Bhojpuri | आईं ना (aain naa) |
| Bikol | Maugmang Pag-abot Maugmang Pagdatong Dagos tabì |
| Bislama | Welkam |
| Bosnian | Dobrodošli |
| Breton | Degemer mat |
| Bulgarian | Добре дошъл (Dobre došãl) ＞1m Добре дошла (Dobre došla) ＞1f Добре дошли (Dobre došli) ＞pl Добре заварил (Dobre zavaril) ＞＜1m Добре заварила (Dobre zavarila) ＞＜1f Добре заварили (Dobre zavarili) Reply to the above |
| Burmese | ကြိုဆိုပါတယ် (kyaosopartaal) |
| Catalan | Benvingut (>m) Benvinguda (>f) Benvinguts (pl) Benvingudes (pl/f) |
| Cebuano | Maayong pag-abot Malipayong pag-abot |
| Central Dusun | Kopisanangan do kinorikatan |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Bienvenida |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Bienvenido (sg) Bienvenidos (pl) |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Bien binidu Buen binidu |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Bienbenidu |
| Chechen | Марша вагIийла хьо (Marşa vaġiyla ẋo) - m Марша йагIийла хьо (Marşa yaġiyla ẋo) - f Марша дагIийла шу (Marşa daġiyla şu) - pl |
| Cherokee | ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ (Ulihelisdi) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
歡迎 (fùnyìhng) |
| Chinese (Hakka) |
歡迎 (fon2 ngiang2) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
歡迎光臨 [欢迎光临] (huānyíng guānglín) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
欢迎 (hueugnin) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
歡迎光臨 (hoan-gêng kong-lîm) |
| Chipewyan | Hóʔą ("there's room") |
| Cimbrian | Boolkhent! |
| Coastal Kadazan | Kopivosian do kinoikatan |
| Cornish | Dynnargh dhis (sg) Dynnargh dhywgh (pl) |
| Cree | ᑕᐋᐧᐤ (tawâw) - come in, you’re welcome / there’s room ᑕᑕᐊᐧᐤ (tatawaw) ᒥᔪᑌᐦ ᑲ ᐃᐧᓴᒥᐦᐟ ᐊᐄᐧᔭᐠ (miyoteh ka wisamiht awîyak) |
| Cumbric | Eylsen |
| Cuyonon | Malipayeng pagabot! |
| Czech | Vítej (inf) Vítejte (frm) Vítáme tĕ (sg/inf) Vítáme vás (pl/frm) Buď vítán (inf/>m) Buď vítána (inf/>f) Buďte vítán (sg/frm/>m) Buďte vítána (sg/frm/>f) Buďte vítáni (pl) |
| Danish | Velkommen |
| Dari | (Salâm) سلام |
| Dholuo | Ajolo in (I welcome you - sg) Ajolo wu (pl) Wajolo in (We welcome you - sg) Wajolo wu |
| Duala | Pô la ɓwâm |
| Dutch | Welkom |
| Dzongkha | Chamba lekso |
| Efik | Emedi |
| Elfdalian | Welkumin |
| English (British) | Welcome |
| Estonian | Tere tulemast |
| Ewe | Woé zɔ (sg) Miawoe zɔ (pl) Yooo (response) |
| Extremaduran | Bienveníu, -a Bienllegau, -á |
| Faroese | Vælkomin |
| Fijian | Bula |
| Finnish | Tervetuloa |
| French | Bienvenue |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Wäljkiimen |
| Frisian (North - Sylt) | Welkemen |
| Frisian (Saterland) | Wäilkuumen Haatelk Wäilkuumen |
| Frisian (West) | Wolkom |
| Friulian | Agradît Benvignût |
| Fula (Fulfulde) | A ja66aama Bismilla |
| Galician | Benvido Benvida |
| Galo | Aagam bv |
| Gallo | Boune arive Benéze de te vaer |
| Garhwali | सुऔण |
| Garifuna | Buiti achüluruni |
| Gascon | Adiu Planvienut |
| German | Willkommen |
| Georgian | კეთილი იყოს თქვენი (k’etili iq’os tkveni) შენი მობრძანება (sheni mobrdzaneba) |
| Greek (Ancient) | Ἀσπάζομαι! (Aspádzomai) |
| Greek (Modern) | Καλώς Ορίσατε (Kalós orísate) - frm Καλώς Όρισες (Kalós órises) - inf Καλώς Ήλθατε (Kalós ílthate) - frm Καλώς Ήλθες (Kalós ílthes) - inf Καλώς Ήρθατε (Kalós írthate) - frm Καλώς Ήρθες (Kalós írthes) - inf |
| Greenlandic | Tikilluarit Tikilluaritsi |
| Guaraní | Eguahé porá |
| Guernésiais | Bianvnu Bian v'nus |
| Gujarati | પધારો (padhaaro) |
| Haitian Creole | Byen venu V byenvini N bèlantre |
| Hausa | Sannu da zuwa |
| Hawaiian | Aloha E komo mai (Come in - used when welcoming sb to your home) |
| Hebrew | (baruch haba)
ברוך הבא pl - (bruchim ha-baim) ברוכים הבאים |
| Herero | Wayakurua |
| Hiligaynon | Dayón |
| Hindi | स्वागत (svāgat) सवागत हैं (svāgat haiṅ) |
| Hmong (White) | Zoo siab txais tos! |
| Hungarian | Üdvözlet Isten hozott (inf) Isten hozta (frm) |
| Iban | Selamat datai |
| Icelandic | Velkomin (>f) Velkominn (>m) |
| Igbo | Nnọọ Daalụ |
| Iloko | Naragsak nga Isasanbay Naragsak nga Idadanon |
| Indonesian | Selamat datang |
| Iñupiaq | Qaimarutin Paġlagikpiñ (to one person) Paġlagivsik (to two people) Paġlagivsi (to three or more people) |
| Inuktitut | ᑐᙵᓱ (Tunngahugit/Tunngasugit) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Fáilte Tá fáilte romhat (sg) Tá fáilte romhaibh (pl) Fáilte romhat isteach! Céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes) |
| Italian | Benvenuto (sg>m) Benvenuti (pl>m) Benvenuta (sg>f) Benvenute (pl>f) |
| Jamaican | Welcome |
| Japanese | ようこそ (yōkoso) |
| Javanese | ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦫꦮꦸꦃ (Sugeng rawuh) (Kromo Inggil) |
| Jenesch | Voschata |
| Jèrriais | Séyiz les beinv'nu(e)(s)! |
| Kabiye | Tálì ɖéw Ɩtalὶ ɖéw (frm/pl) Kábìtɛ (sg) Kábìtɛ wá (pl) |
| Kabyle | Amrehva yiswen Ansuf yiswen (ⴰⵏⵚⵓⴼ ⵢⵉⵙⵡⴻⵏ) |
| Kalmyk | Ирхитн эрҗәнәвидн (Irxitn erjänävidn) |
| Kam | Honnyíng |
| Kannada | ಸುಸ್ವಾಗತ (susvāgata) |
| Kaqchikel | A' cha pe Ütz ipetik |
| Kashmiri | Waliv |
| Kashubian | Witôj (sg) Witôjtaż (pl) Witéjce |
| Kazakh | Қош келдіңіз! (Qoş, keldiñiz!) |
| Khmer | សូមស្វាគមន៍ (som svakôm) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | ǁKhoreǁhare. |
| Kinyarwanda | Murakaza neza |
| Kiribati | Mauri |
| Koasati | Aliilamo haslak |
| Kokborok | Lamsogo |
| Korean | 환영합니다 (hwangyong-hamnida) |
| Kumyk | Хош гелдигиз (Хoş geldigiz) |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Tu be xér hatî ye! (sg) Hun be xér hatî ye! (pl) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Bi xêr bî |
| Kven | Tervettulemaa |
| Kyrgyz | Кош келиңиз! (Kosh kelingiz!) - sg/frm Кош келиңиздер! (Kosh kelingizder!) - pl/frm |
| Ladino | (Baruh abá) ברוך הבא (Vinido bueno) ב׳ינידו בוינו |
| Lakota Sioux | Taŋyáŋ yahí (sg) Taŋyáŋ yahípi (pl) |
| Lao | ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ (nyín dee) |
| Latgalian | Esit sveicynõti |
| Latin | Salve |
| Latvian | Laipni lūdzam |
| Laz | კაი მოხთით (Ǩai moxtit) |
| Lezgi | Хвашгелди! (Xwashgeldi!) Вун хвашгелди! (Vun xwashgeldi!) Вун атуй, рагъ атуй! (Vun atuj, ragh atuj!) - "you came, sun came" |
| Limburgish | Wilkóm |
| Lingala | Boyei bolamu |
| Lithuanian | Sveiki atvykę |
| Livonian | Vȯl tēriņtš! (sg) Vȯlgid tēriņtõd! (pl/frm) |
| Loma | E nitama |
| Low Saxon | Willkamen |
| Lozi | Mu amuhezwi |
| Luganda | Tukusanyukidde (sg) Nsanyuse okukulaba (sg) Tubasanyukidde (pl) Tusanyuse okubalaba (pl) |
| Luxembourgish | Wëllkomm |
| Macedonian | Добредојде
(Dobredojde) - inf Добредојдовте (Dobredoydovte) - frm |
| Magahi | आवा /a:va:/ |
| Maithili | Swagatam Swagat aichh |
| Malagasy | Tonga soa (inf) Tonga soa e (frm) |
| Malay | Selamat datang |
| Malayalam | സ്വാഗതം (swagatam) |
| Maldivian | (Maruhabaa) މަރުޙަބާ |
| Maltese | Merħba |
| Mam | B’a’ntulena |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Failt ort (sg) Failt erriu (pl) |
| Māori | Haere mai Nau mai |
| Marathi | तुमचं स्वागत असो (tumcha svāgat aso) सुस्वागतम (susvāgatam) |
| Marshallese | Karuwainene |
| Mazandarani | (Xeś bemuni) خش بهمونی |
| Meänkieli | Tervetullu |
| Míkmaq | Pjila’si (sg) Pjila’dik (pl) |
| Mirandese | Bienbenido (m) Bienbenida (f) Bienbenidos (pl) |
| Mising | Gía:to |
| Monégasque | Benvegnüu |
| Mongolian | Тавтай морилогтун (tavtai morilogtun) |
| Mossi | Ne y kena |
| Mozarabic | (Bien venito / Bien venita) بين بنيت (Bien venitos / Bien venitas) بين بنيتش |
| Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) | Likepvs Vlakeckat hēres ce (sg) Vlahokackat hēres ce (dl) Yicackat hēres ce (pl) |
| Nahuatl | Ximopanōltih |
| Navajo | Yá'át'ééh |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Siyalemukela |
| Ndebele (Southern) | Siyalemukela (sg) Ngiyak'wamukela (pl) |
| Nepali | स्वागतम् (svāgatam) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | लसकुस (lasakūsa) |
| Nez Perce (nimipuutímt) | ta’c ‘éetx papáayn |
| Ngoni | Karibu |
| Nogai | Хош келдинъиз! |
| Northern Sámi | Bures boahtin |
| Northern Sotho | Re a go amogela (sg) Re a le aomgela (pl) |
| Norwegian | Velkommen |
| Occitan | Benvengut! Benvenguda! Planvengut! Planvenguda! |
| Okinawan | めんそーれー (mensooree) |
| Omaha | Údoⁿ thatʰí te |
| Oriya | ସ୍ବାଗତ (Sbāgata) |
| Ossetian | Æгас нæм цу цæут (Ægas næm cu cæut) |
| Papiamento | Bon bini |
| Pashto | (pakheyr) پخير |
| Pennsylvania German / Dutch | Willkumm |
| Persian (Farsi) | frm - (khosh amadid) خوش آمدید inf - خوش آمدی |
| Picard | Ch'est ti lo, cmint qu'a vo ? (frm) |
| Polish | Witam Cię (Sg>Sg) Witamy Cię (Pl>Sg) Witam Was (Sg>Pl) Witamy Was (Pl>Pl) Witam (Sg>Any) Witamy (Pl>Any) Witaj (Any>Sg) Witajcie (Any>Pl) |
| Portuguese | Bem-vindo (>m) Bem-vinda (>f) Bem-vindos (pl) |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Bem-vindo (>m) Bem-vinda (>f) Bem-vindos (pl) |
| Punjabi | ਜੀ ਆਇਆ ਨੂੰ। / جی آیاں نُوں (jī āiā nū̃) |
| Quechua | Haykuykuy! (Come in!) |
| Rapa Nui | Koho-mai Ka oho mai |
| Romani | T'aves baxtalo |
| Romanian | Bine ai venit (inf) Bine ați venit (frm/pl) |
| Romanian Tatar | Koş keldíñíz |
| Romansh | Bainvegni |
| Russian | Добро пожаловать! (Dobro pozhalovat'!) |
| Rusyn | Приємаєме (Pryjemajeme) |
| Sakha | Нөрүөн нөргүй! (Nøryøn nørguj) |
| Samala (Ineseño) | ka ščʰo ha paktina |
| Samoan | Afio mai Susu mai Maliu mai |
| Samogitian | Svēkė atvīkė̄! |
| Sango | Nzoni gango |
| Sanskrit | स्वागतम् (svāgatam) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Bene benidu (sg/f) Bene benida (sg/f) Bene benidos (pl/m) Bene benidas (pl/f) |
| Scots | Wylcome |
| Scottish Gaelic | Fàilte Ceud mìle fàilte (a hundred thousand welcomes) |
| Serbian | Добродошли (Dobrodošli!) |
| Sesotho | Kena ka kgotso! (sg) Kenang ka kgotso! (pl) |
| Shona | Mauya |
| Sicilian | Bon vinutu (m) Bon vinuta (f) Bon vinuti (pl) Bon juntu (m) [bɔŋˈgjuntu] Bon junta (f) Bon junti (pl) |
| Sinhala | සාදරයෙන් පිලිගන්නවා (sadarayen piligannawa) |
| Slovak | Vitaj (sg/inf) Vitajte (pl/frm) |
| Slovenian | Dobrodošli |
| Somali | Soo dhowow |
| Sorbian (Lower) | Witaj Witajśo Witakśo k nam |
| Sorbian (Upper) | Witaj Witaj k nam Witajće Witajće k nam |
| Spanish | Bienvenido (sg) Bienvenidos (pl) |
| Sundanese | Wilujeng sumping |
| Swahili | Karibu (sg) Karibuni (pl) |
| Swazi | Wemukelekile (sg) Nemukelekile (pl) |
| Swedish | Välkommen (sg) Välkomna (pl) |
| Swiss German | Wilkomme |
| Sylheti | ꠡꠣꠉꠔꠝ꠆ (shagotom) ꠀꠃꠇ꠆ꠇꠣ (aukka) |
| Tagalog | Maligayang pagdating Mabuhay |
| Tahitian | Maeva Mānava |
| Tajik | Хуш омадед (Huš omaded) Хуш омадӣ (Huš omadī) |
| Tamasheq | Bismilla |
| Tamil (formal) | வாருங்கள் (vaarungal) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | வாங்க (vaangha) [fm] |
| Tatar | Räxim itegez |
| Telugu | సుస్వాగతం (susvaagatam) |
| Tem | Gáabɩté! Nóoɖé! Nyána boɖé! Mɩ́na kɔńɖɛ́! |
| Tetum | Ksolok Bodik Mai Bemvindu |
| Thai | ยินดีต้อนรับ (yin dee dtôn ráp) |
| Tibetan | ཕེབས་པར་དགའ་བསུ་ཞུ། (heb-bar kaa-su-shu) |
| Tigrinya | መርሓባ (merhaba) እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእካ (ənqwaˋ bdeHen meSaəka) m እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእኪ (ənqwaˋ bdeHen meSaəki) f lit. "wonderful that you have arrived safely" እንቋዕ ብድሐን ጸናሕካ (ənqwaˋ bdeHen SenaHka) m እንቋዕ ብድሐን ጸናሕኪ (ənqwaˋ bdeHen SenaHki) f lit. "wonderful that you have stayed well" - response to above |
| Tokelauan | Ulu tons mai |
| Tok Pisin | Welkam |
| Tongan | Talitali fiefia |
| Tsonga | Hami amukela (sg) Ndzaku amukela (pl) |
| Tsotsil | Lek oy li la tale Lek oy li la talike |
| Tswana | O amogetswe (sg) Le amogetswe (pl) |
| Tugen | Kitachin |
| Tumbuka | Tempokani |
| Turkish | Hoş geldin (sg) Hoş geldiniz (pl/frm) |
| Turkmen | Hoş geldiniz |
| Tuvaluan | Ulufale mai! Only used when speaker is indoors and addressee(s) entering |
| Twi | Akwaaba Mema wo akwaaba (I welcome you) Yɛma wo akwaaba (We welcome you) Yaa agya (reply - to an elderly man) Yaa ɛna (reply - to an elderly woman) Yaa anua (reply - to a sibling age mate or colleague) |
| Tz'utujil | Utz epejtiik |
| Ukrainian | Ласкаво просимо (Laskavo prosymo) Вітаємо (Vitajemo) |
| Urdu | (khush āmdīd) خوش آمديد |
| Uyghur | (Qarshi alimiz) قارشى ئالىمىز |
| Uzbek | Xush kelibsiz |
| Vai | ꔻꔤꕯꕊ ꘈ! (siinaã mɛ!) - sg ꕴ ꔻꔤꕯꕊ ꘈ! (wo siinaã mɛ!) -pl |
| Venetian | Benvignùo Benvegnù (sg-m) Benvegnesto (sg-m) Benvegnùa (sg-f) Benvegnesta (sg-f) Benvegnùi (pl-m) Benvegnesti (pl-m) Benvegnùe (pl-f) Benvegneste (pl-f) |
| Veps | Tervhen tuldes |
| Vietnamese | Hoan nghênh Được tiếp đãi ân cần |
| Võro | Tere tulõmast |
| Walloon | Benvnuwe |
| Wayuu | Antashii jaya (pl) Antashi pia (m) Antasü pia (f) |
| Welsh | Croeso |
| Welsh (Gwentian) | Greso |
| Westrobothnian | Velkömmun |
| Wolof | Merhbe |
| Wymsorys | Sgiöekumt |
| Xhosa | Wamkelekile |
| Yiddish | sg (Borekh-Habo) ברוך־הבא pl (Brukhim-Haboim) ברוכים־הבאים |
| Yolngu | Märr-ŋamathirri |
| Yongbei Zhuang | Angq couh |
| Yoruba | Káàbọ̀ Ẹ káàbọ̀ |
| Yucatec Maya | Kíimak 'oolal |
| Zazaki | Ti be xêr amê (sg/inf) Şima be xêr amê (pl/sg frm) |
| Zulu | Ngiyakwemukela (sg) Ngiyanemukela (pl) |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Bonvenon |
| Folkspraak | Welkomen |
| Interlingua | Benvenite! |
| Lojban | fi'i |
| Quenya | Alatulya Alatúlie Amatulya (Blessed arrival) Amatúlie (Blessed arrival) |
| Volapük | Benokömö! |
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