Bon voyage / have a good journey in many languages

How to wish people a good or safe journey. The phrase, bon voyage, is used in English without change, though the pronunciation is quite like the French.

Language	Bon voyage (Have a good journey)
Afrikaans	Veilige reis! Voorspoedige reis!
Albanian	Rrugë të mbarë (Tosk) Udhë të mbarë (Gheg)
Arabic (Egyptian)	(tirooh wa tigi bis salaama!) تروح و تيجي بالسّلامة! response - (allah yisallimak/yisallimik) الله يسلّمك
Arabic (Lebanese)	Ra7le mwaff2a
Arabic (Modern Standard)	happy journey (riḥlah saʿīdah) رحلة سعيدة successful journey (riḥlah muwaffaqah) رحلة موفق
Arabic (Moroccan)	Have a peaceful trip (ṭṭreq ssalama) طريق السلامة
Aragonese	Buen viache
Armenian (Western)	Երթաք բարով: (Yertak parov) Բարի ճանապարհ: (Paree janabar)
Azeri	Yaxşı səfərlər! (frm) Gülə Gülə (inf)
Basque	Ondo ibili!
Belarusian	Добрай дарогi! (Dobraj darohi)
Breton	Beaj vat!
Bhojpuri	शुभ यात्रा (shubh yatra)
Bulgarian	На добър път! (Na dobãr pãt) Приятно пътуване! (Prijatno pãtuvane) Приятен път! (Prijaten pãt) Лек път! (Lek pãt)
Breton	Beaj vat!
Catalan	Bon viatge!
Chamorro	Buen biåhe
Chechen	Neq dika khiila!
Chinese (Cantonese)	一路順風 (yāt louh seuhn fùng) 一路平安 (yāt louh pìhng ngòn)
Chinese (Mandarin)	一路順風 [一路顺风] (yī lù shùn fēng) 一路平安 [一路平安] (yī lù píng ān)
Cornish	Hens diyogel
Corsican	Bona strada / Bon viaghju
Croatian	Sretan put!
Czech	Šťastnou cestu!
Danish	God rejse!
Dutch	Goede reis!
Esperanto	Bonan vojaĝon!
Estonian	Head reisi
Faroese	Góða ferð
Fijian	Vanuinui vinaka e nomu volau
Finnish	Hyvää matkaa!
French	Bon voyage !
Frisian (North)	Gou räis
Friulian	Bon viağ
Galician	Boa viaxe!
Georgian	კეთილ მგზავრობას გისურვებთ (kethil mgzavrobas gisurveb(th))
German	Gute Reise! Gute Fahrt!
Greek (Modern)	Καλό ταξίδι! (Kaló taksídi!)
Greenlandic	Angalalluarina
Haitian Creole	Bon vwayaj
Hausa	Sauka lafiya (arrive safely)
Hebrew	(nesi'á tová) נסיעה טובה (derekh tzleha) דרך צלחה
Hindi	शुभ यात्रा (śubh yātrā) आप की यात्रा सुखद हो (āp kī yātrā sukhad ho)
Hungarian	Jó utat kívánok!
Icelandic	Góða ferð
Indonesian	Selamat jalan / Semoga selamat sampai tujuan
Inuktitut	ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (Naammaktsiarit)
Irish (Gaelic)	Go dté tú slán (May you go safely) Slán abhaile (Safe home)
Italian	Buon viaggio!
Japanese	よい旅行を (yoi ryokō o) ごきげんよう！ (gokigen yō - Goodbye / Good luck) いってらっしゃい (itte irasshai - Go and come back) 一路平安を祈る (ichiroheian o inoru) - I wish you a smooth road (old fashioned)
Jèrriais	Bouan viage!
Juǀ'hoan	n!aisi u ('go well')
Kannada	ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ಸುಖಕರವಾಗಿರಲಿ ಹೋಗಿ ಬನ್ನಿ (prayana sukhakaravaagirali hogi banni)
Kazakh	Жолыңыз болсын! (Jolıñız bolsın!)
Kinyarwanda	Urugendo Rwiza
Khmer	ទៅអោយបានសុខ (tuoo aoy baan sok)
Korean	잘다녀오십시오! (jalda nyeoo sip sio!)
ǂKx'au-ǁ'ein	n!aina u ('go well')
Lakota Sioux	Taŋyáŋ ománi yo/ye / po/pe
Latin	Bonum cursum!
Latvian	Laimīgu ceļu
Lithuanian	Laimingos kelionės! Geros kelionės!
Luxembourgish	Gutt Rees
Macedonian	Среќен пат (Sreken pat)
Malay	Selamat jalan!
Malayalam	യാത്ര ശുഭമാകട്ടെ! (yathra shubhamakatte!)
Maltese	Il-vjaġġ it-tajjeb!
Manx (Gaelic)	Cair Vie! (Fair winds)
Māori	Kia pai te haere
Mongolian	Сайн яваарай! (Sain yavaarai!) Сайн сууж байгаарай (Sain suuj baigaarai!) - reply
Ndebele	Ube nekhambo eliphephileko!
Norwegian	God reise! God tur!
Occitan	Bon viatge!
Papiamento	Un bon vuelo
Pashto	(kha safer walare) ښه سفر ولری
Persian (Farsi)	(safar khosh) سفر خوش (safar be kheir) سفر به خير (be salamat) به سلامت
Polish	Szczęśliwej drogi! Szerokiej drogi! Szczęśliwej podróży! Miłej podróży! (Szerokiej drogi! is said to car drivers)
Portuguese	Boa viagem!
Punjabi	ਸੁਖੀ ਜਾ / سکھی جا (sukhi ja)
Romanian	Călătorie plăcută! Drum bun!
Russian	Счастливого пути (Sčastlivovo puti)
Samoan	Ia manuia le malaga
Sardinian (Logudorese)	Bonu iazzu
Scottish Gaelic	Turas math dhut/dhuibh!
Sepedi	O be le leeto le le bolokegilego!
Serbian	Срећан пут (Srećan put!)
Sesotho	O tsamaye hantle / Tsela tsweu (white road)
Shona	Ufambe zvakanaka (sg) Mufambe zvakanaka (pl)
Sinhala	සුභ ගමනක් වෙවා (subha gamanak vēvā)
Siswati	Ube neluhambo loluphephile! (singular) Nibe neluhambo loluphephile! (plural)
Slovak	Šťastnú cestu!
Slovenian	Srečno / Srečno pot
Somali	Safar wanaagsan
Spanish	¡Buen viaje!
Stellingwarfs	Goeie reize!
Swahili	Safari njema!
Swedish	Trevlig resa! Lycklig resa!
Swiss German	Gueti Reis!
Tagalog	Maligayang paglalakbáy!
Tamil	இனிய பயணம் தொடரட்டும் (iniya paya num thodaratum)
Tatar	Xäyerle yul
Telugu	శుభ ప్రయాణం ! – (shubha prayaanaṅ!)
Tetum	Lao didiak / Boa Viajem
Thai	ขอให้เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ (kŏr hâi dern taang doi sà-wàt-dì-pâap) เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ (dern taang doi sà-wàt-dì-pâap) เที่ยวให้สนุก (tîeow hâi sà-nùk)
Tibetan	འགྲུལ་བཞུད་བདེ་བར་ཤོག
Tigrinya	ብደሓን እቶ (bdeHn əto)
Tsez	Гьуни региролI! (Huni regiroƛ!)
Tsonga	Famba hi ku rhula!
Turkish	İyi yolculuklar! Güle, güle!
Ukrainian	Щасливої подорожі (Ščaslyvoji podoroži)
Urdu	(ap ka safr acha guzrae) آپ کا سفر اچھا گزرے
Uzbek	Oq yo'l! (Happy Journey) Safaringiz behatar bo'lsin! (Have a nice trip)
Venda	Vha vhe na lwendo lwavhuḓi!
Venetian	Bon viaxo!
Vietnamese	Lên đường bình an
Võro	Hüvvä reisi
Welsh	Siwrne dda! Siwrne saff!
Xhosa	Uhambe kakuhle
Yiddish	(A gliklekhe rayze!) אַ גליקלעכע רײַזע!
Yorùbá	O da abọ / Ka sọ layọ o
Yucatec Maya	Xíiktech uutsil
Zulu	Ube nohambo oluhle!

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