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Saying 'Thanks' Around The World

This information comes from: The Hodayah Page

Arabic
    shukran (SHOO krahn)
Bakweri (SW Cameroon)
    (maa SOO maa)
Bangla (Bangladesh)
    (DEN no vaht)
Bulgarian
    blagodaria (BLAH go dahr YAH)
Cantonese (Hong Kong)
    (DOE jeh)
Catalan (Spain)
    gracies (GRAH shee esh?)
Dutch
    dank ye vell (dahnk ye VELL)
English
    thank you, thanks, thank you very much
Esperanto (International)
    dankon
Ewe (Togo; Ghana) [pron. EH weh]
    akpe (ah[k] PAI)
Farsi (Persian--Iran)
    (mo ti SHAH ke RAHM), (MEHR see), (tah sha KOOR)
Fon (Gabon)
    ablo (AH blow)
Foulani (West & Central Africa)
    diarama (DYAH ra ma)
French
    merci (mehr SEE)
Ga (Ghana)
    oyiwara dong (OY zhi wah ra, DAWNG)?
Gaelic (Ireland)
    mafgarna (MAHF gar nah)?
German
    danke schoen (DAHNG ke shern)
Greek
    (ef fah ree STAW)
Gujarati (W. India)
    aabhar (ahb HAHR)
Hausa (Nigeria, etc.)
    nugode (noo GOE dae) or yawa (YAH wahhh...)
Hebrew
    todah (toe DAH), todah rabbah (rah BAH)
Hindi (India)
    dhaniawad (DHAN ya wad) See also Urdu.
Italian
    grazie (GROTS yeh)
Japanese
    arigato (ah ree GAH toe), domo arigato
Kashmiri (N. India/Pakistan/China)
    shukria
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
    rakhmat (rakh MAHT)
Korean
    gomapsunmida (go mahp SOON mee dah), (kom SAHN mee dah)
Magyar (Hungarian)
    (KER se nem)
Mandarin (China)
    (shyeh shyeh)
Mina (Gabon)
    apke (ah P'? ay)
Nepalese
    danievad (DAHN ya vaht)
Polish
    (jen KOO yeh)
Portuguese
    obrigado (awb ri GAH doe)
Russian
    (spah SEE bah)
Serbo-Croatian
    hvala (KHVAH la)
Sherpa (Nepal)
    thuchiche (too cheh CHEH)
Spanish
    gracias (GRAH syahs), muchas gracias (MOO chahs)
Tagalog (Philippines)
    salamat (sah LAH maht)
Thai (Thailand)
    korp kuhn ka(females)/klap(males)
Taiwanese
    do sha (doe SHYAH)
Tajik (Tajikstan)
    (tah sha KOOR)
Tibetan
    thuchiche (TOO cheh cheh)
Tigrenya (Eritrea/Ethiopia)
    (y' RUN y' lee)["R" pron as in Span. or like Arabic ghimel]
Turkish
    sogal (sahl), (rakh MAHT?)
Twi (Ghana)
    mi da waase (mee dah WAH say)
Urdu (Pakistan)
    shukria (SHOO kree ah)
Uzbek (Uzbekikstan)
    (rakh MAHT), (tah sha KOOR) (?)
Visaya (Philippines)
    gracia (GRAH see ahs)
Welsh (Wales, UK)
    diolch yn fawr (DYOLX uhn VOWR) [Pronounce the 'ch' as in German.]
Wolof (Gabon)
    dje re dief (jeh re JEFF)
Yiddish (E. Europe, U.S., Israel)
    a dank (ah DAHNK)
Yoruba (W. Africa)
    a dupe (ah DOO pae) or ocheum (OH cheh oom)


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