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Notebook 'Welcome' in 380 Languages A-Z

Well here it is Patsy - just for you! 380 different ways to say 'Welcome'. I hope you can find what you need in here!

Abenaki (Maine USA, Canada) - Kolipaio
Achi (Baja Verapaz Guatemala)(come in) - Cat oc lok paja
Adyghe (Middle East) - Keblar/ Fesapshi
Afrikaans (South Africa) - Welkom
Ainu [Saru dialect] (Japan) - Ahup yan
Aklanon (Philippines) - Mayad-ayad nga pag-abot
Alabamu (Texas USA) (to one person) - Ont&iaacute/ Ontitoka (group)/ Ontitokaaha (group)/ Ontiib*yoka (group)
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia) - Mirë se vini/ Mirë se erdhët
Aleut (Alaska, Siberia) - Aang
Alsatian (Alsace France) - Willkomme
Altai (Russia) - Jedip kelgeneerle utkïp turum
Amharic (Ethiopia, Israel, Egypt) - Selam
Apache (Arizona USA) (to man) - Skee-kizzen
Arabic (Middle East, North Africa) - Merhaba
Arabic (Egypt) - Marhaban/ Ahlan wa sahlan
Arabic (North Africa) - MarHaban
Aragonese (Aragon Spain) (to group) - Biemplegaus
Arberesh (Sicily Italy) - Mire se vini/ Mireserdhet
Armenian (Eastern) (Armenia) - Barev hyer/ Pari yegak/ Pari yegas
Aromunian (Greece, Balkans) - Ghini vinishi
Arrernte (Australia) - Werte marda
Asante (Ghana) - Akwaaba
Asturian (Spain) - Afayaivos/ Bienven*u (M)/ Bienvenida (F)
Ateso (Uganda) - Karibu
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile) - Purintaxa/ Uinuinirutau/ Suma-uthma/ Jawilla
Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan, Iran) - Xosh gälmìsän
Bakweri (Cameroon) - E~le
Balanta (Guinea-Bissau) - Abala, lite utchole
Balinese (Bali Indonesia) - Om swastyastu
Balochi (Pakistan, Iran) - Khush amdeed
Balti (Tibet) - Yang shok
Bambara (Mali) - Kanani n'oumagner
Baoula (Cote d'Ivoire) - Akwaba
Bashkir (Russia) - Rekhim itegez
Basque (Spain, France) - Ongi etorri/ Ongi etorria/ Ongi etorriak (group)
Basque (Eastern Spain, Eastern France) - Untsa jin
Bella Coola (North America) - Yaw
Belorusian (Belarus) -Shchyra zaprashájem/Zaprashajem/Z dobym prybytsyom
Bemba (Zambia, Congo-Kinshasa) - Mwaiseni
Bemba (Copperbelt Zambia) - Mwapoleni
Bemba (Southern Zambia) - Mwabonwa
Bengali (India, Bangladesh) - Shagatom
Bicol (Philippines) - Magandang umaga po
Bislama (Vanuatu) - Welkam
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina) - Dobro dosli
Breton (Brittany France) - Degemer mat
Bukusu (Mt. Elgon Kenya) - Namwikhoyele/ Namusangalile
Bulgarian (Bulgaria) (to one person) - Dobre doshal/ Dobre doshli (group)
Bura (Nigeria) - Ali/ Ale/ Lali/ Lale/ Maraba
Burmese (Myanmar) - Mingalaba
Cantonese (China) - Foon ying
Cassubian (Northweast Poland) - Witôjtaz
Catalan (Spain, France) (to group) - Benvinguts
Chamorro (Guam) - Hafa adai
Chechen (Northern Caucasus) (to group) - Märsha dooghiil
Cheyenne (United States) - Va'ohtama
Chichewa [Chewa] (Malawi) - Tikulandirani/ Mwalandiridwa/ Taone
Chinyanja (Zambia, Mozambique) - Mwalandiridwa
Chishona (Zimbabwe) - Titambirei/ Titambire/ Mawuya
Chitonga (Zambia) - Mwabonwa/ Mwabonwa bassa noose
Chitumbuka (Malawi, Zambia) - Taone
Choctaw (United States) (come in) - Ant chukoa
Chorti (Guatemala) (come in) - Ochen macu'
Chuuk (Micronesia) - Ran allim/ Ráán ánnim
Chuuk (Mortlock Micronesia) - Ráán állim
Chuuk (Chuuk Lagoon Micronesia) - Ran annim
Chuvash (Russia) - Yra sunsa ketetper
Comoran (Comoros) - Karibu
Cornish (Cornwall UK) - Dynnargh/ Dynnargh dhis
Corsican (Corsica) - Siate u ben vinutu
Cree (Canada) - Wachiya
Crioulo (Cape Verde, SaoTome&Principe) - Benvindo
Croatian (Croatia, Bosnia) (to group) - Dobro došli
Czech (Czech Republic) - V*tejte/ Vitame vás/ Srdechne vitam
Dagaare (Ghana, Burkina Faso) - Fo sori?/ Nsai
Dakota (Sioux) (United States) - Hau koda/ Hau
Dani (Indonesia) (by/to a man) - Nayak/ Nayak lak)
Dani (Indonesia) (by/to a woman) - La'uk/ La'uk nya
Danish (Denmark) - Velkommen
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia) - Tkoenok tem
Dayak-Iban (Sarawak Malaysia) - Selamat datai
Dekelh (Canada) (sit down group) - Dahuts'i/ Delhts'i
Dhivehi (Maldives) - Us-salaam alaikum
Djabugay (Australia) - Djirri-nyurra
Dusun (Sabah Malaysia) - Kasanangan do kinorikatan
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium) - Welkom/ Van harte welkom
Dyirbal (Australia) - Nginda wundyjangum
Dzongka (Bhutan) - Tashi delek
Egyptian (ancient Egypt) - Iiwy/ Iiwy em hotep/ Iiwy em hotep nefer weret/ Ak em hotep
Ekegusii (Kenya) - Kwareganigure
English (Britain, America) - Welcome
English (old English) (old Britain) - Wilcume
Esperanto (international use) - Bonvenon
Esselen (California United States) - I-yu-i-yu
Estonian (Estonia) - Tere tulemast
Ewe (Ghana, Togo) - Weizo
Fang (Gabon, Equatorial Guinea) - Ye oso mvoé
Fante (Ghana) - Akwäba
Faroese (Faroe Islands) - Vælkomin
Farsi (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan) - Khosh aamadid
Fijian (Fiji) - Bula vinaka
Finnish (Finland) - Tervetuloa
Fon (Benin, Togo) - Doo nù mi
Fon-Gbe (Benin) - Kuabo
French (Europe, Africa, America) - Bienvenue
Frisian (Netherlands) - Welkom
Frisian (North) (Germany) - Wäljkiimen
Frisian (South) (Saterland, Germany) - Wilkemen
Friulian (Italy) - Benvignût/ Benrivât
Fulani (Pular) (West Africa) - A jaraama/ Lale
Fuuta Jalon (Guinea) - Toolii
Ga (Ghana) - Heni odjen
Gagauz (Moldova) - Khosh geldiniz
Galician (Spain) (to men and women) - Benvidos
Garifuna (Guatemala) (come in) - Belú bá
Georgian (Kartuli) (Georgia) - Mobrdzandeet
German (Central Europe) - Willkommen
German (Zurich Switzerland) - Willkumm
German (Südhessisch) (Germany) (spoken) - Welkumme
Giryama (Africa) - Zhoyo
Greek (Hellenic) (Greece, Cyprus) - Kalos orisate
Greek (classical) (ancient Greece) - Chaire
Griko (Salento Italy) (to a group) - Kalo's i'rtato/ Kali' i'rtato
Guanche (Canary Islands) - Sansofé
Guarani (Paraguay) - Tapeguahê porãite/ Tereguahê porãite/ Tapeguahepora
Gujarati (Gujarat State, India) - Swaagat/ Ao padharo
Gunggari (Australia) - Gnunha yinda murdi
Guugu Yimithirr (Australia) - Ngauthaan-thirr, gadiiwawu-wi
Gwich'in (Alaska) - Nakhwal'in shoo ihlii
Hakka (Guangdong, Fujian China) - Fon ngiang
Hassaniya (Mauritania) - Ehlen
Hausa (West Africa) - Barka dá zuwá/ S*nnu dá zuwá/ Barká mar*bá da zuw*/ Lafia/ Lafia lau
Hawaiian (Hawaii) - Aloha mai/ Komo mai/ Kipa aloha
Hebrew (Israel) (to several men) - Bruchim habayim/ Bruchim habaim
Hebrew (Israel) (to several women) - Bruchot haba'ot'/ Bruchot habaot
Hindi (India) - Swaagatam/ Suswaagatam
Hmong Daw (Laos, Thailand) - Tuaj los/ Nej tuaj los (group)
Hmong Njua (Laos, Thailand) - Zoo siab tos txais koj/ Zoo siab tos txais nej (group)/ Nej tuaj los (group)
Hñähñu (Otom*) (Mexico) - Hats'i
Hokkien (Taiwan) - Hoan ging di lai kao
Hopi (Southwestern USA) - Keuwawata
Hungarian (Hungary) - Üdvözöljük
Icelandic (Iceland) (to a mixed group) - Velkomin
Icetot (Uganda) - Ilomunities/ Atsua marang
Igbo (Nigeria) - Ilo la
Ilokano (Philippines) - Dumanon cayo/ Umuneg cayo/ Naimbag nga isasangbay/ Naragsak nga isasangbay
Ilonggo (Philippines) - Maligayang pagdating
Indonesian (Indonesia) - Selamat datang
Innu (Labrador and Quebec Canada) - Waachiyaa
Interlingua (constructed) - Benvenite
Inuktitut (Eskimo) (Canada) - Khanog illinga vet/ Tunngasugit/ Vlalisanamila
Inuktitut (Alaska) - Qaimarutin
Inuttut (Greenlandic) (Greenland) - Tikilluarit/ Tikilluaritsi
Irish Gaelic (Ireland) - Céad m*le fáilte romhat/ Fáilte
Italian (Central Europe, East Africa) - Benvenuto/ Benvenuti
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