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Matt Peloquin
If you're language learning deficient like myself, or just constantly traveling with too many languages to learn, here's a simple and helpful tip for you: know the most important word/phrase.
It might seem too simple, and maybe it is.
But when you are traveling, outside your element, you'll need help. And the best way to get genuine help is to simply be thankful when someone lends you a hand.
So when you are planning your next trip, be sure to at least give this list a look and learn one simple phrase in another language: "thank you". It will help you in long run.
| Language: | Word for "Thank you" |
| Abenaki: | wiliwni |
| Afrikaans: | Dankie |
| Ainu: | Hioy'oy |
| Alabama: | Alíila |
| Albanian: | Faleminderit |
| Aleut: | Qagaasakuq |
| Alsatian: | Mersi / Vielmohls mersi |
| Amharic: | አመሰግናለሁ (ameseginalehugn) |
| Apache: | Ihe edn |
| Arabic: | (shukrān) ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ |
| Arabic - Egyptian: | (mut shakkrān) متشكّرين |
| Arabic: | (shukran) شكرا |
| Arabic - Moroccan: | (shukran bezzef) شكرا بزاف |
| Aragonese: | Grazias |
| Arapaho: | Hohóu |
| Armenian: | մերսի (Mersi) |
| Armenian: | Մերսի: (Mersee) |
| Aromanian: | Hristo / Hristo multu |
| Assamese: | ধন্যবাদ (ḍhonyobaaḍ) |
| Asturian: | Gracies |
| Aymara: | Juspajaraña / Juspajarkätam |
| Azeri: | Təşəkkür edirəm |
| Balinese: | Suksema (inf) Matur suksema (frm) |
| Basque: | Eskerrik asko |
| Batak: | Mauliate |
| Belarusian: | Дзякуй (Dziakuy) |
| Bemba: | Tsikomo |
| Bengali: | ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad) |
| Bhojpuri: | धन्यवाद (dhanyavad) |
| Bislama: | Tangkiu |
| Blackfoot: | ᖹᒧᐧᖹᖱᔪᒣᖽ (nitsíniiyi'taki) |
| Bosnian: | Hvala |
| Breton: | Trugarez / Trugarez vras |
| Bulgarian: | благодаря (blagodarya) |
| Burmese: | ေက်းဇူးတန္ပါတယ္။ (cè-zù tin-ba-deh) |
| Cape Verdean: | Obrigadu |
| Catalan: | Gràcies / Moltes gràcies /Mercès |
| Cebuano: | Salamat |
| Chamorro: | Si Yu'us Må'åse' (lit. "God have mercy") |
| Chechen: | Barkalla |
| Cherokee: | ᏩᏙ (Wado) |
| Cheyenne: | Néá'eše |
| Chichewa: | Zikomo |
| Chinese: | 多謝 (dòjeh) - for a gift |
| Chinese - Cantonese: | 唔該 (m̀hgòi) - for a service |
| Chinese: | 多謝 (do1sia5) 感謝 (gam3sia5) |
| Chinese: | 謝謝 [谢谢] (xièxie) |
| Chinese - Mandarin: | 感謝你 [感谢你] (gǎnxiè nǐ) |
| Chinese: | 谢谢 (xxia2 xxia5), 谢谢侬 (xxia2 xxia5 nong2) |
| Chinese: | 多謝 (to-siā) |
| Taiwanese: | 感謝 (kám-siā) |
| Chinese: | joi7 謝 (joi7 sia7) |
| Chinese - Teochew: | 感謝 (gam2 sia7) |
| Choctaw: | Chi̱ yakōkilih chi̱toh (frm) Yakokih (inf) |
| Cimbrian: | Vorbàis Gott! |
| Comanche: | Ura |
| Cornish: | Meur rasta / Murrasta / Durdaladawhy |
| Corsican: | Grazzie / Vi ringraziu |
| Cree: | ᑲᓇᓇᐢᑯᒥᑎᐣ (kinana'skomitin) |
| Croatian: | Hvala |
| Crow: | Ahó |
| Czech: | Dík, Díky, Dĕkuju, Dĕkuju pĕknĕ (inf) |
| Dalecarlian: | Tákk |
| Danish: | Tak / Mange tak |
| Dhivehi: | (shukuriyyaa)ޝުކުރިއްޔާ |
| Dinka: | Yin aca leec |
| Dutch: | Dank u / Dank u wel (frm) |
| Efik: | Sọsọŋọ |
| English: | Thank you |
| Esperanto: | Dankon |
| Estonian: | Tänan Tänan teid Tänan teid väga |
| Faroese: | Takk |
| Fijian: | Vinaka |
| Finnish: | Kiitos |
| French: | Merci |
| Frisian (North): | Foole tunk |
| Frisian (West): | Tige tank |
| Friulian: | Graciis |
| Galician: | Grazas |
| Garo: | Mitela |
| Georgian: | გმადლობთ (gmadlobth) |
| German: | Danke, Danke schön, Vielen dank |
| Greek: | Ευχαριστώ (Efharistó ) |
| Greenlandic: | Qujanaq |
| Guaraní: | Aguyje |
| Gujarati: | ધન્યવાદ |
| Haida: | Háw'aa |
| Haitian Creole: | Mesi / Mesi ampil |
| Hausa: | Na gode |
| Hawaiian: | Mahalo, Mahalo nui |
| Hebrew: | (rav todot) רב תודות (toda) תודה |
| Hindi: | Thanks (inf) |
| Hungarian: | Köszi / Köszönöm |
| Icelandic: | Takk / Takk fyrir |
| Igbo: | Dalu |
| Iloko: | Pagyamanan |
| Indonesian: | Makasih ya (inf) Makasih (vinf) |
| Ingush: | Barkal (thanks) |
| Inuktitut: | ᖁᔭᓇᐃᓐᓂ (Quyanainni) |
| Iñupiaq: | Quyanaq |
| Irish (Gaelic): | Go raibh maith agat |
| Italian: | Grazie |
| Italian (Roman dialect): | Grazzie |
| Japanese: | どうも (dōmo) |
| Javanese: | Suwun, Suwun ge, Trim (inf) |
| Jèrriais: | Mèrcie |
| Kannada: | ಧನ್ಯವಾದ (dhanyavāda) |
| Kazakh: | Рахмет (Raxmet) |
| Khasi: | Khublei |
| Khmer: | ឣរគុណ (aw kohn) |
| Kiribati: | Ko rab'a |
| Klamath: | Sepk'eec'a |
| Klallam: | Háʔnəŋ cn |
| Korean: | 감사합니다 (kamsahamnida) - frm |
| !Kung San: | !Kin !ka |
| Kurdish: | (supas) سوپاس |
| Lakota: | Pilámaya |
| Lao: | ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i) |
| Latin: | Gratias tibi ago (inf) |
| Latvian: | Paldies |
| Lingala: | Merci |
| Lithuanian: | Ačiū, Dėkoju, Labai ačiū |
| Lojban: | ki'e, ki'esai, ki'ecai |
| Luganda: | Weebale |
| Luxembourgish: | Merci / Villmols merci |
| Macedonian: | Благодарам (Blagodaram) |
| Malagasy: | Misaotra |
| Malay: | Terima kasih |
| Malayalam: | നന്ദി (nāndi) |
| Maltese: | Grazzi / Grazzi ħafna |
| Manx: | Gura mie ayd (inf/sg) |
| Māori: | Kia ora |
| Marathi: | आभारी आहे (ābhārī āhe) |
| Mauritian Creole: | Mersi |
| Mayan (K'iche'): | Maltiox |
| Mi'kmaq: | Wela'lin (sg) |
| Michif: | Marci |
| Mohawk: | Nia:wen |
| Moldavan: | Мулцумеск (mulcumesk) |
| Mongolian: | Баярлалаа (Bayarlalaa) |
| Nahuatl: | Tlazohcamati |
| Nama: | Eio |
| Nepali: | धन्यवाद (dhanyabad) |
| Navajo: | Ahxéhee' |
| Ndebele: | Ngiyathokoza |
| Nieuan: | Fakaaue |
| Northern Sotho: | Ke a leboga |
| Norwegian: | Takk (thanks) |
| Occitan: | Mercés |
| Ojibwe: | Miigwech |
| Okinawan: | Nifee deebiru |
| Papiamento: | Danki |
| Pashto: | (manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر |
| Persian: | vinf - (mersi) مرسي |
| Piedmontese: | Grassie |
| Pijin: | Tanggio |
| Plattdeutsch: | Dankscheen |
| Polish: | Dzięki |
| Portuguese: | Obrigado Obrigada |
| Punjabi: | ਧਨਵਾਦ / مہربانی (tànvād) |
| Quechua: | Solpayki / Urpichay sonqoy |
| Quenya: | Hantanye |
| Rapanui: | Maururu |
| Romanian: | Mersi / Mulţumesc |
| Romansh: | Grazia / Grazia fitg / Engraziel |
| Romany: | Nais |
| Rotuman: | Noaʼia |
| Russian: | Спасибо (Spasiba) |
| Saami: | Giitit itt |
| Samoan: | Fa'afetai / Fa'afetai tele |
| Sardinian: | Grassias / Gratzias / Gratzias meda |
| Scots: | Thank ye, ta |
| Scottish Gaelic: | Tapadh leat (inf) |
| Sepedi: | Ke a leboga |
| Serbian: | Хвала (Hvala) |
| Sesotho: | Ke a leboha |
| Setswana: | Ke a leboga |
| Shona: | Waita zvako (sg) Maita zvenyu (pl) |
| Sibe (Manchu): | Sinde baniha |
| Sicilian: | Grazzii / Grazzii assai |
| Sindarin: | (Rim) hennaid |
| Sinhala: | ඉස්තුති (istuti) |
| SiSwati: | Ngiyabonga |
| Slavey: | Masi |
| Slovak: | Ďakujem, Ďakujem vámĎakujem pekne |
| Slovenian: | Hvala, Hvala lepa, Najlepša hvala |
| Somali: | Mahadsanid / Wad mahadsantahay |
| Sorbian (Upper): | Dźakuju |
| Sorbian (Lower): | Źĕkujom |
| Spanish: | Gracias |
| Sranan: | Grantangi |
| Stellingwarfs: | Daank |
| Sundanese: | Nuhun / Hatur nuhun (frm) / Nuhun pisan |
| Swahili: | Asante, Asante sana (sg) |
| Swedish: | Tack (thanks) |
| Swiss German: | Merci |
| Tagalog: | Salamat po / Maraming salamat po (frm) |
| Tahitian: | Māuruuru |
| Tamil: | நன்றி (nandri) |
| Tatar: | Räxmät / Küp räxmät |
| Telugu: | ధన్యవాదములు ! |
| Tetum: | Obrigadu (m) |
| Thai: | ขอบคุณ (khàwp khun) |
| Tibetan: | ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་། (tujay-chay) |
| Tigrinya: | የቐንየለይ! (Yekenyeley!) |
| Tlingit: | Gunalchéesh / Gunalchéesh hó hó |
| Tok Pisin: | Tenkiu / Tenkiu tru / Tenkiu tumas |
| Tongan: | Mālō / Mālō ‘aupito |
| Tsez: | Баркала (Barkala) |
| Tshivenḓa: | Ndi a livhuwa |
| Tswana: | Ke a leboga, rra/mma |
| Turkish: | Teşekkürler, sağol, sağolun |
| Ukrainian: | Дякую (Diakuju) |
| Urdu: | (bahut) shukrīya (بہت) شكريه |
| Uzbek: | Rahmat / Katta rahmat |
| Valencian: | Gracies |
| Venetian: | Grassie |
| Vietnamese: | Cảm ơn ông (>m) |
| Võro: | Aiteh / Tennäsi |
| Walloon: | Mèrci |
| Welsh: | Diolch |
| Wolof: | Jai-rruh-jef |
| Xhosa: | Ndiyabulela / Enkosi |
| Xitsonga: | Ndza nkhensa |
| Yapese: | Kammagar |
| Yiddish: | (A dank) אַ דאַנק (A sheynem dank) אַ שיינען דאַנק |
| Yorùbá: | Ọ se / E se |
| Yumpla Tok: | Eso po yu |
| Yupik: | Yum bo'otik / Ighamsiqanaghalek |
| Zulu: | Ngiyabonga |
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