Good night in many languages

How to wish someone a good night in numerous languages. These are phrases you use when parting from others at night.

Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, sg = said to one person, pl = said to more than one person.

Nos dha, Noze daa tha whye, Ternestatha

Language	Phrase
Afrikaans	Goeienag, Nag
Albanian	Natën e mirë
Alsatian	Güet' Nàcht
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(taṣbaḥo 'alā kẖayr) تصبح على خير (laylah sa'ēdah) ليلة سعيدة
Arabic (Egyptian)	(tiṣbaḥ 'ala kẖayr) تصبح على خير response - (winta min ahla) وأنت من أهله
Aragonese	Buena nuei
Armenian (Eastern)	Բարի' գիշեր: (Bari gisher) Լո'ւյս բարի: (Luis bari) - response
Armenian (Western)	Գիշեր բարի: (Keesher paree) Լոյս բարի: (Looys paree) - response
Asturian	Bona nuechi
Azerbaijani	Axşamınız xeyir, Gecən xeyrə
Basque	Gabon
Belarusian	Дабранач (Dabranach)
Bosnian	Laku noć
Breton	Noz vat
Bulgarian	Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Catalan	Bona nit
Chinese (Cantonese)	早抖 (jóutáu)
Chinese (Mandarin)	晚安 (wǎnān)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	晚安 (buan²-an)
Cimbrian	An guuta nacht
Cornish
Croatian	Laku noć
Czech	Dobrou noc
Dalecarlian	Góðnát
Danish	God nat
Dutch	Goede nacht / Welterusten (rest well)
English	Good night, Night night, Nighty Night, Good night, sleep tight, I hope the bedbugs don't bite!
Esperanto	Bonan nokton
Estonian	Head ööd
Faroese	Góða nátt
Fijian	Ni sa moce
Finnish	Hyvää yötä
French	Bonne nuit
Frisian (West)	Goenacht, Sliep lekker
Friulian	Buinegnot
Gaelic (Irish)	Oíche mhaith Oíche mhaith agus codladh sámh (Good night and sleep well)
Gaelic (Manx)	Oie vie
Gaelic (Scottish)	Oidhche mhath
Galician	Boas noites
Georgian	ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa) საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
German	Gute Nacht
Greek	Καληνύχτα (Kaliníhta)
Greenlandic	Sinilluarit (sg) Sinilluaritsi (pl) - lit. 'sleep well'
Hebrew	(lyla tov) לילה טוב
Hindi	नमस्ते (Namaste), शुभ रात्रि (Śubh rātrī)
Hungarian	Jó éjszakát (kívánok)
Icelandic	Góða nótt
Indonesian	Selamat malam
Inuktitut	ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ (Unnukkut)
Italian	Buonanotte
Japanese	おやすみなさい (oyasumi nasai) おやすみ (oyasumi)
Jèrriais	Bouonne niet
Kazakh	Қайырлы түн (Qayırlı tün)
Korean	안녕히 주무십시요 (annyonghi jumushipsiyo) 잘 주무세요 (frm) 잘자 (inf)
Ladino	(Buenas noches) בואינאס נוחיס
Latvian	Ar labunakti
Lithuanian	Labanakt, Labos/Geros nakties
Luxembourgish	Gudd Nuecht
Macedonian	Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Māori	Pō mārie
Malay	Selamat malam
Maltese	Bonswa / Il-Lejla it-tajba
Mongolian	Сайхан амраарай (Saikhan amraarai) Сайхан унтаарай (Saikah untaarai)
Norwegian	God natt
Occitan	Bona nuèch
Persian	(shab bekheyr) شب بخير
Polish	Dobranoc
Portuguese	Boa noite
Romanian	Noapte bună
Russian	Спокойной ночи (Spokojnoj noči)
Sardinian	Bona notte
Serbian	Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Sesotho	Fonane (to one person) Fonaneng (to more than one person)
Sicilian	Bona notti
Slovak	Dobrú noc
Slovenian	Lahko noč
Spanish	Buenas noches
Stellingwarfs	Goeienaacht
Swahili	Usiku mwema, Lala salama (sleep well)
Swedish	God natt
Turkish	İyi geceler
Thai	สวัสดีครับ/ค่ะ (sawùt dee krúp/kâ)
Tok Pisin	Gut nait
Ukrainian	На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Urdu	(shab bakhair) شب بخیر
Uzbek	Hayirli tun
Vietnamese	Chúc ngủ ngon
Welsh	Nos da
Xhosa	Rhonanai / Ulale kakuhle
Yiddish	(A gute nakht) אַ גוטע נאַכט
Zulu	Lala kahle! (sg) Lalani kahle! (pl)

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