Expressions of gratitude from around the world!
Afrikaans: Dankie
Albanian: Falemenderit
Aleut: Qagaasakuq
Apache: Ihe edn
Arabic: Shokran
Basque: Eskerrik asko
Bengali: Dhanyabad
Breton: Trugarez
Bulgarian: Blagodarya
Catalan: Gràcies
Croatian: Hvala
Czech: Děkuji vám
Danish: Tak
Dutch: Dank u
English: Thank you
Esperanto: Dankon
Estonian: Tänan
Finnish: Kiitos
French: Merci
German: Danke
Greek: Efharistó
Hawaiian: Mahalo
Hebrew: Toda
Hindi: Dhanyavaad
Holooe: To-siä
Hungarian: Köszönöm
Icelandic: Takk
Indonesian: Terima kasih
Inuktitut: Quyanainni
Irish: Go raibh maith agat
Italian: Grazie
Japanese: Arigato
Korean: Kam-sa-ham-ni-da
Latin: Gratias
Lithuanian: Ačiū
Malaysian: Terima Kasih
Mandarin: Xìe Xìe
Māori: Kia ora
Navajo: Ahxéhee’
Norwegian: Takk
Occitan: Mercés
Ojibwe: Miigwech
Polish: Dziȩ, kujȩ
Portuguese: Obriagdo/Obrigada
Punjab: Tànvād
Romanian: Mulƫumesc
Russian: Spasibo
Serbian: Hvala
Sesotho: Ke a leboha
Slovak: Ďakujem vám
Slovene: Hvala
Somali: Mahadsanid
Spanish: Gracias
Swahili: Asante
Swedish: Tack
Tagalog: Salamat
Tahitian: Māuruuru
Thai: Khàwp khun
Turkish: Țe sekkürler
Ukranian: Dyakuyu
Vietnamese: Cám ơn
Welsh: Diolch
Yiddish: A dank aych
Zulu: Ngiyabonga
Editor’s note: In order to be consistent, all phrases have been set in Latin alphabet characters. Translations obtained from examples on the Travlang Web site at http://www.travlang.com and the Omniglot Web site at http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm.
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