Monday, November 26, 2007

Good Night in World Languages


Acateco (San Miguel Acatán Guatemala) : " Watx' mi q'ejb'i hawu"

Ainu [Saru dialect] (Japan) : "Apunno sini yan"

Aklanon (Philippines) :" Mayad-ayad nga gabi-i"

Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia) : "Natën e mirë"

Apinagé (Brazil) : "Nêramuclí"

Arabic (North Africa, Middle East) : "Masaa al-khair"

Arabic (Egypt) : "Messa el rir"

Arabic (Egypt) [to a man] : "TisbaH 'ala kher"

Arabic (Egypt) [to a woman] : "TisbaHi 'ala kher"

Arabic (Egypt) [to a group] : "TisbaHu 'ala kher"

Arabic (Egypt) [answer to a man] : "Wenta bikher"

Arabic (Egypt) [answer to a woman] : "Wenti bikher"

Arabic (Egypt) [answer to a group] : "Wantu bikher

Aragonese (Aragon Spain) : "Buena nuei"

Aymara (Bolivia) [to someone going to sleep] : "Sum ikìta"

Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan, Iran) : "Geceniz xeyir"

Bashkir (Russia) : "Tynys yoko"

Basque (Spain, France) : "Gabon"

Belorussian (Belarus) : "Dobrai nochy"

Bengali (Bangladesh) : "Shuvo ratri"

Gud naetBreton (Brittany France) : "Noz vat"

Breton (Brittany France) : "Nozvezh vat"

Brigidian (western Ireland) : "Noche' mahaha"

Cantonese (China) : "Jo tau"

Corsican (France) : "Àbona notte"

Dusun (Sabah Malaysia) : "Kopisanangan do modop"

Dutch (Netherlands) : "Goede nacht"

Enga (Papua New Guinea) : "Kakúma"

Farsi (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan) : "Shab khosh"

Finnish (Finland) : "Hyvää yötä"

French (Europe, Africa, Can.) [after sunset] : "Bonsoir"

Greek (Greece, Cyprus) : "Kalinishta"

Gujarati (India) : "Shubh raatri"

Hebrew (Israel) : "Laila tov"

Hindi (India) : "Shubha raatri"

Japanese (Japan) : "Oyasumi"

Korean (Korea) [formal] : "Anyong-hi jumushipshiyo"

Korean (Korea) [informal] : "Anyong-hi jumuseyo"

Kurdi (Iraq, Iran) : "Shevbash"

Mandarin (China) : "Wan an"

Ndjuka (Suriname) : "Naafu"

Nepali (Nepal) : "Subha raatri"

Nepali (Nepal) : "Shuva ratri"

Polish (Poland) : "Dobranoc"

Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) : "Boa noite"

Provencal (France) : "Bona nuèch

Russian (Russia) : "Spokoinoi nochi"

Thai (Thailand) : "Ra-tree sawat"

Tibetan (Tibet) : "Simja nâng-gaw

Valencian (Spain) : "Bona nit"

Vietnamese (Vietnam) : "Chao buoi toi"

Vietnamese (Vietnam) : "Chúc ngu ngon"

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