How to say Thank you in different languages

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Afrikaans (Africa) - Dankie Albanian - Faleminderit Arabic - Sukran Arabic - Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much) Armenian - shur-nur-ah-gah-lem Australian - Thoinks, Moite! Basque Country (between France and Spain) - Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much) Bengali - Dhannyabad Bulgarian - Blagodaria Bosnia - Hvala Burma(Myanmar) - Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you) Cameroon (Duala) - Na som (thanks) Cameroon (Duala) - Na som djita (Thank you very much) Cantonese - M'goy (sp? -- thank you for the service) Cantonese - Do jey (sp? -- thank you for the gift) Catalonia (catalan) - gràcies [grah'-si-es] estandard Catalonia (catalan) - moltes gràcies [many thanks] Catalonia (catalan) - merci [mer'-si] very colloquial Cherokee Nation - Wado (Thank you) Cherokee (Eastern) - Skee (Thank you) Chinese (Mandarin) - Xie_Xie (shieh shieh) Chinese (Cantonese) Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks) Chinese (Cantonese) Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks) Cook Islander - Kia Manuia Croatia - Hvala Czech – Dekuji (deh'-ku-yih) Danish - tak (tahg) Dutch - dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much) Dutch - bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) - WEL is 'good', like "I wish you well" Dutch - Dank U zeer / duizend maal dank (thank you VERY much) - a superlative and used when you get stuck in a thunderstorm, then lost, mugged, robbed, etc. And someone helps you. Only then. ZEER is 'very'. JE and U are 'you', but informal and formal. (still alive in old english like in 'ye olde'). "Duizend maal" means a 'thousand times'. Dutch - hartelijk dank (thanks from the heart) Another formal form used in contexts like: "thanks for coming/inviting" (to a wedding, birthday party) or when receiving a formal present. English - Thanks awfully, old boy Esperanto - Dankon (thank you) Esperanto - Dankegon (thank you very much) Estonia - Aitäh Ewe Togo (Africa) - Akpé (Appé) Ewe Togo (Africa) - Apké na wo (Thanks to you) Fijian - Vinaka Fijiab - Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much) Finnish - kiitos (kee'-toas) Fon Benin (Africa) - Kpè nu wé French - merci (mehr-see') French - Merci Madame - Thanks (to a woman) French - Merci Mademoiselle - Thanks (to a young girl) French - Merci Monsieur - Thanks (to a man) F.Y.R.O.M. (Macedonia) - Hvala Gambia (Mandinka) - Abarka Georgia(Sakartvelo) - madlobt (thank you) Georgia(Sakartvelo) - didi madloba (thank you very much) German - Danke (dahn'-kuh) German - Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you, outdated) German - Danke sehr (Thank you very much) German -Vielen Dank (Many Thanks) Greek - Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou') Greek - Efkaristo poly Guarani - Aguije (ah-we-JAY) native indian language of Paraguay and Western Brazil Guinea (Mandinka) - Abarka Gujarathi (India) - Aabar Hawaiian - Mahalo Hebrew - Toda (toh-dah') Hebrew - Toda raba (thank you very much) Hindi (India National Language) - Dhanyavaad Hindi - Shukriyaa Hungarian - Köszönöm (kuh'-suh-nuhm) Icelandic - Þakka þér fyrir Icelandic - Takk (informal) Indonesian - Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih) Indonesian - Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk - Thank you very much) Iran (Persia) - Moteshakeram (formal) Iran (Persia) - Merci (informal - just like french but r in this word is pronounced as /r/ ) Irish - Go raibh maith agat ( Thank you "Go - Rev - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have good things) Irish - Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much "Go - Rev - Meela - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have a thousand good things) Irish (Northern) - Nice one bro'r, or Cheers mucker! Italian - Grazie (grahts'-yeh) Italian - Grazie tanto (many thanks - cordial version) Italian - Mille Grazie (a thousand thanks) Japanese - Arigato (ah-ree-gah'-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su Japanese - Domo arrigato Javanese - Matur nuwun Jive - Thanks mon - Appropriate only if directed to a male Kannada (India) - Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.) Konkani (West coast - Konkan coast of India - It also is the state official language of Goa) - Dev boren koru (thank you - literally means " May God do good to you" as that is the way we thank people. ) Korean - Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' ) Latvian - Paldies Lithuanian - Achu Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale (Thank you) Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much) Malayalam (South Indian Language) - Nandi Malayalam (India) - Nani Malaysian - Terima Kasih ("Tay ree ma Kaa seh") Mali (Mandinka) - Abarka Mandinka - Abarka (language of West Africa; The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea and Mali) Maori - Kia Manuia Nepali -- (Nepal National Language) - Dhan-ya-vaad New Zealand - Cheers - LOL New Zealand - Kiaora Koe (NZ Maori) New Zealand - Kiaora Korua (NZ Maori) New Zealand - Kiaora Koto (NZ Maori) New Zealand - Kiaora Tatou (NZ Maori) Nigeria (Hausa) - Na gode Norwegian - Takk (tahkk) Oman - Shakkran Palauan - soolong (Republic of Palau) Paraguay (Guarani) - Aguije (ah-we-JAY) Persian/Farsi - Mam'noon or Mo'teshake'ram (Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries) Philippines Tagalog - Salamat Philippines - Maraming Salamat (thank you very much) Polish - Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh) Portuguese - Obrigada (Female) Portuguese - Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah'-doh) Portuguese - Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much) Portuguese - Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks) Punjabi [ Pakistan and India] - Bhala Hove Qatar - Shakkran Romanian - Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask) Romanian - Va multumim frumos (great thanks) Russian - Spasiba (spah-see'-boh) Russian - Blagodaryu (a little official) Russian - Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks - words said to bosses by workers) Russian - Spasibo balshoye (big thanks) Samoan - Fa'afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e - thank you) Samoan - Fa'afetai tele lava (Thank you very much) Samoan - Talofa Saulteaux Indians (Manitoba, Canada) - Miigwech (meegweech) -- there are similar spellings in other native languages such as Cree, etc. Scottish - Cheers Scot's Gaelic (Informal) - Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let) Scot's Gaelic (Formal) - Tapadh Leibh (tah-puh lave) Scot's Gaelic (Many Thanks) - Moran Taing Senegal (Mandinka) - Abarka Serbo - Croat -Hvala Slovakia – Dakujem (deh'-ku-yem) South Africa - Dankie ("Dung-Key") South Africa - Baie Dankie (thanks very much - "Buyer Dung-Key") Spanish - Gracias (grah'-syas) Spanish - Gracias a todos (Thank you all) Spanish - Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) While Dutch people scarcely use the superlative forms, the Spanish don't use the minimalistic forms much (mostly in informal context). In Spanish, when a flyer is shoved into your hands, its worth a 'gracias', you normally use 'muchas gracias'. Spanish - Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) - to someone who was useful to you. Spanish - un millón de gracias (a million thanks) - for when someone saves your life. Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Te pasastes. (informal) Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Se pasó. (formal) Which means "You went over the line", or "thanks for going out of your way to help me". When used, it will get you a smile, guaranteed. Sundanese - Nuhun Sunda - Hatur Nuhun Swahili - Ahsante (ah-sahn'-teh) Swahili - Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much) Swedish - Tack (tahkk) Swedish - Tack så mycket Tahitian - Maururu Tamil (India) - Nandri ("Nun-dry" spoken in South India, Singapore, Malaysia) Teenager - Telungu (South Indian Language)- Manjuthe Thai - Khob Khun Kha (Feminine) Thai - Khob Khun Krab (Masculine) Thai - Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much) Thai - Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine) Thai - Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine) Thai - Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine) Thai - Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine) Tibetan - Thuk Ji Chhe Turkish - Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim) Turkish - Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks) Turkish - Saðol (thank you) Turkish - Saðolun (thank you - "saol") Turkish - Tesekkurler (thanks - "teshekkyurler") U.S. & Canada - Thank You United States (South) - Thanks y'all Ukranian - Dyakuyu Urudu (India) - Shukria Urudu (India) - Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa Urdu [Pakistan, India and Bangla Desh] - Maherbani Urdu (Pakistan) - Shukria Urdu (Pakistan) -Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much) Urdu (Pakistan) - Bahut Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very very much) Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Rahmat (Thanks) Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot) Vietnamese - Kam ouen Wales/Cymru - Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much) Wales/Cymru - Diolch (thanks) Xhosa (Africa) - Nkosi Yemen - Shakkran Yiddish - A dank Yiddish - Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH) Yoruba - Modupe Yugoslavia - Hvala Zulu - Ngiyabonga