465 Ways to Say “Thank You”


This morning, I wanted to find out how to say “thank you” in Hungarian (in answer to a comment on this post), and Googled my way to a site that lists “thank you” in 465 languages. It was so interesting, I thought I’d share it. Honestly, I didn’t know there even were 465 languages!
There are some other phrases on the site as well if you want to look around.
Here’s a link to the page with the full list: Thank You in Many Languages
A few samples:
- Arabic: Shukran
- Bengali: Dhanyabad
- Cantonese: Doh je or M goi
- Danish: Tak
- Mandarin: Toa chie or Xie xie
- New Zealand English: Cheers
- French: Merci
- German: Danke Schoen
- Hebrew: Toda
- Indonesian: Makasih or Terima kasih (formal)
- Hindi: Dhanyawaad
- Inuktitut: Taikkuu
- Irish: Go raibh maith agat
- Italian: Grazie
- Japanese: Domo Arigato
- Kashmiri (India, Pakistan): Shukria
- Korean: Komapsumnida
- Persian (Iran): Mamnoon
- Polish: Dziękuję
- Portugese: Obrigado or Obrigada
- Russian: Spasibo
- Spanish: Gracias
Now I need a site to help me with pronunciation!
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