How to say "Thank you" in all languages? “Thank you” is one of the most polite formulas you will say during a stay abroad!
When traveling to a country, say “thank you” in the language of the country is the minimum of politeness. It is a pleasure for the people of the country and it does not cost much to say "thank you" in their language. So learn to say thank you in all languages:
- Afrikaans: "Dankie"
- Albanian: « Faleminderit »
- German: "Danke"
- Alsatian: "Thank you"
- English: “Thank you” or “Thank you”
- Arab: Chokrane
- Arab Algerian: "Saha"
- Arabe Tunisien : « Barak allahu fiik »
- Armenian: Chnorakaloutioun
- Azeri: « çox sag olun » or « Tesekkur edirem »
- Bambara: "A ni kié"
- Bas-Saxon: Bedankt or Dank ju wel
- Basque: "Eskerrik asko" (South Basque), and "Misker" (North Basque)
- Bengali: "Dhanyabaad"
- Belarus: "Dziakuju"
- Burmese: "Thirt ko" or "Kay tzu tin pa te"
- Bishlamar: Tangio tumas
- Bobo: "A ni kié"
- Bosnian: "Hvala"
- Breton: “Trugéré” or “Trugaré” or “Trugarez”
- Bulgare : « Merci » (мерси) or « Blagodaria » (благодаря)
- Catalan: « Gràcies »
- Cebuano: Salamat
- Cherokee: "Wado"
- Chichewa: "Zikomo"
- Chinese: "Xièxie"
- Korean: "Kam sah hamnida"
- Corsica: « Grazie »
- Guadeloupéen Creole: "Mesi"
- Guyanese Creole: « Grémési »
- Haitian Creole: "Mèsi"
- Créole martiniquais : « Mèsi »
- Mauritian Creole: "Thank you"
- Croatian: "Hvala" or "Hvala ti" (Thank you) or "Hhvala vam" (Thank you)
- Dan: "Tak"
- Dari: "Tashakor"
- Dogon: Gha-ana or Birepo
- Douala: « Na som »
- Spanish: "Gracias"
- Esperanto: "Dankon"
- Estonian: "Tänan"
- Ewé : « Akpé »
- Fang: "Akiba"
- Féroïen : « Takk fyri »
- Fijian: Vinaka
- Finns: " Kiitos"
- French: "Thank you"
- Lorraine Francique: "Märsi"
- Frison: "Dankewol"
- Frioulan: « Gracie »
- Gaélique d’Ecosse : « Tapadh leat » (singular, familiar) or « Tapadh leibh » (pluriel, respectful)
- Gaélique d’Irlande : « Go raibh maith agat » (sing.) or « Go raibh maith agaibh » (pluriel)
- Galicien: "Gracias" or "Graciñas"
- Gallo: Merkzi
- Gallois: "Diolch"
- Georgian: "Didi madloba"
- Greek: "Efharisto"
- Guarani: Aguyjé
- Gujarati: "Aabhar"
- Hawaiian: Mahalo
- Hebrew: "Toda"
- Hindi: "Dhanyavad"
- Hungarians: "Köszönöm"
- Indonesian: Terima kasih
- Inupiat: "Taiku"
- Iceland: « Takk »
- Italian: « Grazie »
- Japanese: "Arigatô"
- Kabyle: Tanemirt
- Kannada: "Dhanyavadagalu"
- Kazakh: "Rahmet"
- Khmer: "Akun"
- Kikongo: "Matondo"
- Kinyarwanda: Murakoze
- Kyrgyzstan: "Rahmat"
- Kirundi: Murakoze
- Kotokoli: "Sobodi"
- Krio: "Tenki"
- Kurd: Spas
- Lao: « Khob chai » or « Deu »
- Lari: "Matondo"
- Latin: "Gratias ago" (singular) or "Gratias agimus" (plural)
- Letton: « Paldies »
- Ligure : « Gràçie »
- Lingala: "Matondi"
- Lithuanian: "Ačiū"
- Luxembourg: "Thank you"
- Macedonian: Blagodaram
- Malay: Terima kasih
- Malayalam: "Nanni"
- Malgache: Misaotra
- Maltais: « Niżżżik ộajr » or « Grazzi » or « Nirringrazzjak »
- Maori: Kia ora
- Marathi: "Aabhari aahe" or "Aabhar" or "Dhanyavaad"
- Micmac: "Welalin"
- Mongol: Bayarlaa
- Moré : « Barka »
- Dutch: "Dank u wel" (poli) or "Dank je" (current)
- Norwegian: "Takk"
- Occitan: Mercé
- Ojibwe: "Miigwetch"
- Osset : « Buznyg »
- Urdu: Shukriya
- Uzbek: "Rahmat"
- Pachto: "Manana"
- Papiamento: "Danki"
- Pascuan: « Mauruuru »
- Persian: Motashakkeram or Mochchakkeram or Mamnun or Mersi
- Polish: "Dziękuję"
- Portuguese: "Obrigado" (male speaker) or "Obrigada" (female speaker)
- Provençal: " Mercé" or "Grandmercé"
- Punjabi: "Sukriya"
- Quechua: "Sulpáy"
- Romani: Najis tuke
- Romanian: « Mulţumesc »
- Russian: Spacibo
- Saintongeais : « Marci »
- Samoan: "Ffaafetai lava"
- Sarde: « Gratzias »
- Serb: "Hvala"
- Sesotho: « Ke ya leboha »
- Shimaore: "Marahaba"
- Shona: Waita (singular) or Maita (plural)
- Sindhi: "Meharbani"
- Sinhala: "Stuutiyi"
- Slovak: "Dakujem"
- Slovenian: "Hvala" or "Hvala ti" (Thank you) or "Hvala vam" (Thank you)
- Sobota: "Hvala"
- Somali: « Waad mahadsantahay »
- Soninké : « Nouari »
- Swedish: "Tack"
- Swahili: “Asante” or “Asante sana”
- Tadjik: "Rahmat"
- Tagalog (Philippin): "Salamat" or "Po"
- Tahitien: « Mauruuru »
- Berbère (Tamazight): Tanmirt
- Tamoul: « Nandri »
- Tatar: "Rahmat"
- Czech: "Děkuji" or "Díky"
- Chechen: "Barkal"
- Telugu: "Dhanyavadalu"
- Thai: "Kop khun kha" (female speaker) or "Kop khun krap" (male speaker)
- Tigrinya: " Yekeniele"
- Tohono o’odham: “M-sapo”
- Tonga: Tualumba
- Toraja: « Kurre sumanga »
- Turk: "Teşekkür ederim" or "Sagolun"
- Udmurt: "Tau"
- Ukrainian: "Diakuiu"
- Uyghur: "Rahmat"
- Vietnamese: "Cám nuitn"
- Wallisien : « Malo te ofa »
- Wallon: « Gråces » or « Merci »
- Wolof: "Djiere Dieuf"
- Xhosa: "Enkosi"
- Yaqui: Kettu’i
- Yiddish: "A dank"
- Yoruba: "O sheun"
- Zoulou: "Ngiyabonga" (Thank you) or "Siyabonga" (we thank you)
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