Welcome in many languages

How to welcome people in a variety of different languages.

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Key to abbreviations: sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person), inf = informal, frm = formal, m = male (said by males), f = female (said by females), >m = said to males, >f said to females.

Language Welcome
Afrikaans Welkom
Albanian Mirë se vjen
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(ahlan wa sahlan) أهلاً و سهلاً
Armenian (Eastern) Բարի գալուստ! (Bari galu'st)
Armenian (Western) Բարի՜ եկաք: (Pari yegak)
Aromanian Ghini vinit! (plural) Ghini vinishi! (singular)
Azerbaijani Xoş gəlmişsiniz!
Basque Ongi etorri
Batak Menjuah-juah! Horas!
Belarusian Вiтаем (Bitaem - We greet you)
Прывiтанне (Pryvitańne - Greetings)
Bengali স্বাগতম (shagotom)
Bhojpuri स्वागत बा (swagat ba)
Bosnian Dobrodošli
Breton Degemer mat
Bulgarian Добре дошъл (Dobre došãl) >1m
Добре дошла (dobre došla) >1f
Добре дошли (Dobre došli) >pl
Добре заварил (Dobre zavaril) ><1m
Добре заварила (Dobre zavarila) ><1f
Добре заварили (Dobre zavarili) >< pl
Добре дошло (dobre došlo)
Catalan Benvingut (>m), Benvinguda (>f), Benvinguts (pl), Benvingudes (pl/f)
Cebuano Maayong pag-abot
Chamorro Bien binidu / Buen binidu
Chechen марша вагIийла хьо (m)
марша йагIийла хьо (f)
марша дагIийла шу (pl)
Cherokee ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ (Ulihelisdi)
Chinese
(Cantonese)
歡迎 (fùnyìhng)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
歡迎 (fon2 ngiang2)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
歡迎光臨 [欢迎光临] (huānyíng guānglín)
Chinese
(Shanghainese)
欢迎 (hueugnin)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
歡迎光臨 (hoan-geng5 kong-lim5)
Cornish Dynnargh dhis
Corsican Bonavinuta
Croatian Dobrodošli
Czech Vítáme tĕ (sg/inf) Vítáme vás (pl/frm)
Danish Velkommen
Dutch Welkom
Efik A me di o
Esperanto Bonvenon
Estonian Tere tulemast
Ewe Woezor
Faroese Vælkomin
Finnish Tervetuloa
French Bienvenue
Friulian Agradît / Benvignût
Galician Benvido / Benvida
German Willkommen
Georgian კეთილი იყოს თქვენი / შენი მობრძანება
(kethili iqos tk'veni / sheni mobrdzaneba)
Greek Καλώς Ορίσατε (Kalós orísate) - frm
Καλώς Όρισες (Kalós órises) - inf
Καλώς Ήλθατε (kalós ílthate) - frm
Καλώς Ήλθες (kalós ílthes) - inf
Καλώς Ήρθατε (kalós írthate) - frm
Καλώς Ήρθες (kalós írthes) - inf
Greenlandic Tikilluarit / Tikilluaritsi
Guaraní Eguahé porá
Gujarati પધારો (padhāro)
Haitian Creole Byen venu / V byenvini / N bèlantre
Hausa Sannu da zuwa
Hawaiian Aloha
Hebrew (baruch haba) ברוך הבא
pl - (bruchim ha-baim) ברוכים הבאים
Hindi स्वागत (svāgat) सवागत हैं (svāgat haiṅ)
Hungarian Üdvözlet
Icelandic Velkomin (>m) Velkominn (>f)
Igbo nno̱
Indonesian Selamat datang
Iñupiaq Qaimarutin
Inuktitut ᑐᙵᓱ (Tunngahugit/Tunngasugit)
Irish (Gaelic) Fáilte, Tá fáilte romhat (sg) / romhaibh (pl)
Fáilte romhat isteach! (Welcome in!)
Cead míle fáilte (hundred thousand welcomes)
Italian Benvenuto (sg-m) Benvenuti (pl-m)
Benvenuta (sg-f) Benvenute (pl-f)
Japanese ようこそ (yōkoso)
Javanese Sugeng rawuh
Jèrriais Séyiz les beinv'nu(e)(s)!
Kannada ಸುಸ್ವಾಗತ (susvāgata)
Kazakh Қош келдіңіз! (Qoş, keldiñiz!)
Khmer ភាស្វាគមន៍ (sohm swaakohm)
Korean 환영합니다 (hwangyong-hamnida)
Lao ຍິນດີຕ້ອນຮັບ (nyín dee)
Latin Salve
Latvian Laipni lūdzam
Limburgish Wilkóm
Lithuanian Sveiki atvykę
Lojban coi ro do
Luxembourgish Wëllkomm
Macedonian Добредојде (Dobredojde) - inf
Добредојдовте (Dobredoydovte) - frm
Malay Selamat datang
Malayalam സ്വാഗതം (swagatam)
Maltese Merħba
Manx Failt, Failt royd
Māori Haere mai / Nau mai
Marathi स्वागत आहे (svāgat āhe)
Mikmaq Weltasualuleg
Mongolian Тавтай морилогтун (tavtai morilogtun)
Nepali स्वागतम् (swagatam)
Norwegian Velkommen
Occitan Benvengut! Benvenguda! Planvengut! Planvenguda!
Pashto (pakheyr) پخير‏
Persian (khosh amadid) خوش آمدید
Polish Witam Cię (Sg>Sg) Witamy Cię (Pl>Sg)
Witam Was (Sg>Pl) Witamy Was (Pl>Pl)
Witam (Sg>Any) Witamy (Pl>Any)
Witaj (Any>Sg) Witajcie (Any>Pl)
Portuguese Bem-vindo (>m) Bem-vinda (>f), Bem-vindos (pl)
Punjabi ਜੀ ਆਇਆ ਨੂੰ। / جی آیاں نُوں (jī āiā nū̃)
Quechua Haykuykuy! (Come in!)
Romanian Bun venit / Bine ai venit
Romansh Bainvegni
Russian Добро пожаловать (Dobro požalovat')
Samoan Afio mai / Susu mai / Maliu mai
Sardinian Bene bennios
Scottish Gaelic Fàilte, Ceud mìle fàilte
Serbian Добродошли (Dobrodošli!)
Sesotho Kena ka kgotso! (sg) Kenang ka kgotso! (pl)
Shona Mauya
Sicilian Binvinutu
Slovak Vitajte
Slovenian Dobrodošli
Somali Soo dhowow
Spanish Bienvenido (sg) Bienvenidos (pl)
Swahili Karibu
Swedish Välkommen (sg) Välkomna (pl)
Tagalog Maligayang pagdating / Mabuhay
Tahitian Maeva / Manava
Tamil வாங்க (vaangha)
Tatar Räxim itegez
Telugu సుస్వాగతం (susvāgatam)
Tetum Ksolok Bodik Mai / Bemvindu
Thai ยินดีต้อนรับ (yin dee dtôn ráp)
Tigrinya ገንዘብካ (genzebka - lit: 'it is yours')
እንቋዕ ብደሐን መጻእካ (ənqwaˋ bdeHen meSaəka)
Literally: wonderful that you have arrived safely
እንቋዕ ብድሐን ጸናሕካ (ənqwaˋ bdeHen SenaHka)
Literally: wonderful that you have stayed well (response to above)
Tongan Talitali fiefia
Tswana O amogetswe (sg) Le amogetswe (pl)
Ukrainian Ласкаво просимо (Laskavo proschmo)
Вітаємо (Bitajemo)
Urdu (khush āmdīd) خوش آمديد
Uzbek Xush kelibsiz
Venetian Benvignùo
Benvegnù / Benvegnesto (sg-m)
Benvegnùa / Benvegnesta (sg-f)
Benvegnùi / Benvegnesti (pl-m)
Benvegnùe / Benvegneste (pl-f)
Vietnamese Hoan nghênh / Được tiếp đãi ân cần
Volapük Vekömö
Walloon Benvnuwe
Welsh Croeso / Croeso cynnes iawn
Wolof Merhbe
Xhosa Siya namkela nonke
Yiddish sg (Borekh-Habo) ברוך־הבא
pl (Brukhim-Haboim) ברוכים־הבאים
Yorùbá Ẹ ku abọ
Zulu Ngiyakwemukela (sg) Ngiyanemukela (pl)

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