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LANGUAGE |
COUNTRY |
Thank You |
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Afrikaans |
South Africa |
Baie Dankie (thanks very much - "Buyer Dung-Key") |
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Afrikaans |
South Africa |
Dankie ("Dung-Key") |
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Albanian |
Albania |
Faleminderit |
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Alsatian |
Alsace |
merci |
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Arabic |
Algeria |
saha |
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Arabic |
Middle East, North Africa |
Shukran |
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Arabic |
Middle East, North Africa |
Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much) |
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Arabic |
Middle East, North Africa |
chokrane |
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Arabic |
Oman |
Shakkran |
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Arabic |
Qatar |
Shakkran |
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Arabic |
Tunisia |
Barak Allahu fiik |
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Arabic |
Yemen |
Shakkran |
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Armenian |
Armenia |
shur-nur-ah-gah-lem |
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Australian |
Australia |
Thoinks Moite! |
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Azeri |
Azerbaijan & Iran |
çox sag olun / tesekkur edirem |
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Bamanankan |
Mali |
a ni kié |
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Basque |
Basque (Between Spain & France) |
Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much) |
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Belarusian |
Belarus |
dziakuju |
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Bengali |
India,Bangledesh |
Dhannyabad |
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Bishlama |
Vanuatu |
tangio tumas |
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Bobo |
Burkina Faso |
a ni kié |
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Bosnian |
Bosnia, Herzegovina |
Hvala |
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Breton |
France (Brittany) |
trugéré / trugaré / trugarez |
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Bulgarian |
Bulgaria |
Blagodaria |
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Burmese |
Burma |
(thint ko) kyay tzu tin pa te |
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Cantonese |
China |
Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks) |
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Cantonese |
China |
Do jey (sp? -- thank you for the gift) |
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Cantonese |
China |
M'goy (sp? -- thank you for the service) |
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Cantonese |
China |
Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks) |
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Catalan |
Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia |
gràcies [grah'-si-es] estandard |
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Catalan |
Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia |
merci [mer'-si] very colloquial |
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Catalan |
Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia |
moltes gràcies [many thanks] |
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Cebuano |
Philippines |
salamat |
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Chechen |
Chechnya |
barkal |
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Cherokee |
USA |
Wado |
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Cherokee (Eastern) |
USA |
Skee |
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Chichewa |
Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique & Zimbabwe |
zikomo |
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Chuukese |
Chuuk (formerly Truk), Micronesia |
Kinisou (kee-nee-SO) (thank you) and Kinisou chapur (kee-nee-SO
jah-brrr [brrr as if you're cold]) ( thank you very much) |
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Cook Islander |
Cook Islands |
Kia Manuia |
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Corsican |
Corsica & Sardinia |
grazie |
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Croatian |
Croatia |
Hvala |
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Czech |
Czech Republic |
Dekuji (deh'-ku-yih) |
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Danish |
Denmark |
tak (tahg) |
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Dari |
Afghanistan |
tashakor |
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Dogon |
Mali |
gha-ana / birepo |
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Duala |
Cameroon |
Na som (thanks) |
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Duala |
Cameroon |
Na som djita (Thank you very much) |
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Dutch |
Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) - WEL
is 'good', like "I wish you well" |
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Dutch |
Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much) |
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Dutch |
Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
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'. |
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Dutch |
Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname |
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. |
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English |
Canada |
Thank you |
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English |
England |
Thanks awfully, old boy |
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English |
New Zealand |
Cheers - LOL |
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English |
USA & Canada |
Thank you |
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English |
USA (Southern) |
Thanks y'all |
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Esperanto |
Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran |
Dankegon (thank you very much) |
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Esperanto |
Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran |
Dankon (thank you) |
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Estonian |
Estonia |
tänan / tänan väga (thank you very much); suur tänu or suur
aitäh (Thanks a lot) |
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Estonian |
Estonia |
Aitäh |
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Ewé |
Togo,Ghana |
Akpé (Appé) |
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Ewé |
Togo,Ghana |
Apké na wo (Thanks to you) |
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Fang |
Gabon, Cameroon & Equatorial Guinea |
akiba |
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Faroese |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
takk fyri |
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Fijian |
Fiji |
Vinaka |
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Fijian |
Fiji |
Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much) |
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Finnish |
Finland |
kiitos (kee'-toas) |
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Fon Benin |
Benin (Africa) |
Kpè nu wé |
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French |
France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario),
Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg |
merci (mehr-see') |
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French |
France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario),
Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg |
Merci Madame - Thanks (to a woman) |
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French |
France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario),
Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg |
Merci Mademoiselle - Thanks (to a young girl) |
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French |
France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario),
Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg |
Merci Monsieur - Thanks (to a man) |
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Frisian |
Denmark, Netherlands & Germany |
dankewol |
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Friulan |
Italy (northeast Friuli) |
gracie |
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Gallo |
Upper Brittany & Normandy |
merkzi |
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Georgian |
Georgia(Sakartvelo) |
didi madloba (thank you very much) |
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Georgian |
Georgia(Sakartvelo) |
madlobt (thank you) |
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German |
Germany, Austria. Switzerland |
Danke (dahn'-kuh) |
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German |
Germany, Austria. Switzerland |
Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you) |
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German |
Germany, Austria. Switzerland |
Danke sehr (Thank you very much) |
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German |
Germany, Austria. Switzerland |
Vielen Dank (Many Thanks) |
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Greek |
Greece |
Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou') |
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Greek |
Greece |
Efkaristo poly |
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Guarani |
Paraguay and Western Brazil |
Aguije (ah-we-JAY) |
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Guaraní Ñandeva |
Paraguay |
Aguije (ah-we-JAY) |
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Gujarathi |
India |
Aabar |
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Haitian |
Haitia |
mèsi |
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Hawaiian |
USA (Hawai) |
Mahalo |
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Hebrew |
Jewish People |
Toda (toh-dah') |
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Hebrew |
Jewish People |
Toda raba (thank you very much) |
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Hindi |
India |
Dhanyavaad |
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Hindi |
India |
Shukriyaa |
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Hunguan |
Philippines |
Köszönöm (kuh'-suh-nuhm) |
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Iban |
Malaysia |
Terima Kasih ("Tay ree ma Kaa seh") |
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Icelandic |
Iceland |
Takk (informal) |
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Icelandic |
Iceland |
Þakka þér fyrir |
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Indonesian |
Indonesia |
Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih) |
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Indonesian |
Indonesia |
Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk - Thank you
very much) |
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Inupiat |
USA (Alaska) |
taiku |
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Irish |
Ireland |
Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much "Go - Rev - Meela
- Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have a thousand good things) |
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Irish (Northern) |
Ireland (Northern) |
Nice one bro'r, or Cheers mucker! |
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Italian |
Italy, Malta, San Marino, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia |
grazie |
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Japanese |
Japan |
Arigato (ah-ree-gah'-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su |
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Japanese |
Japan |
Domo arrigato |
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Japanese |
Japan |
Matur nuwun |
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Jive |
African American Vernacular English (AAVE) |
Thanks mon - Appropriate only if directed to a male |
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Kabylian |
Algeria |
tanemirt |
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Kannada |
India |
Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon
Valley of India.) |
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Khmer |
Cambodia |
akun |
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Kikongo |
Congo & Angola |
matondo |
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Kinyarwanda |
Rwanda |
murakoze |
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Kirundi |
Burundi, Tanzania, Congo-Kinshasa & Uganda |
murakoze |
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Konkani |
India:(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. ) |
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Korean |
Korea |
Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' ) |
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Kotokoli |
Togo |
sobodi |
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Krio |
Sierra Leone |
tenki |
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Kurdish |
Kurdistan |
supas (thank you);zor supas (thankyou very much) |
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Kurdish |
Turkey, Iraq, Iran & Syria |
spas |
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Lao |
Laos |
khob chai (deu) |
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Latin |
Latium & Ancient Rome |
gratias agimus (from more than one person) |
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Latin |
Latium & Ancient Rome |
gratias ago (from one person) |
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Latvian |
Latvia |
Paldies |
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Ligurian |
Liguria (northern Italy) |
grassie |
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Lingala |
Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola & Central African
Republic |
matondi |
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Lithuanian |
Lithuania |
Ačiū - Pronounced like „Ah“ (like „a“ in „last“) and „chew“ told
together with stress on „Ah“ |
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Lithuanian |
Lithuania |
Dėkoju - Pronounced like „deh“, „kOh“ (like „ca“ in „call“) and
short „you“ told together with stress on „kOh“ |
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Low saxon |
Germany & Netherlands |
bedankt / dank ju wel |
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Luganda |
Uganda |
Waybale (Thank you) |
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Luganda |
Uganda |
Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much) |
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Luxembourgeois |
Luxembourg |
merci |
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Macedonian |
FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) |
Hvala |
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Macedonian |
FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) |
Blagodaram |
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Malagasy |
Madagascar |
misaotra |
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Malayalam |
India |
Nandri ("Nun-dry" |
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Malayalam |
India |
terima kasih |
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Maltese |
Malta |
niżżik ħajr / grazzi / nirringrazzjak |
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Mandarin |
China, Hong Kong |
Xie_Xie (shieh shieh) |
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Mandinka |
Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso,
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau and Chad, |
Abarka |
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Maori |
New Zealand |
Kiaora Koe |
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Maori |
New Zealand |
Kiaora Korua |
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Maori |
New Zealand |
Kiaora Koto |
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Maori |
New Zealand |
Kiaora Tatou |
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Maori |
New Zealand |
Kia Manuia |
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Marathi |
India (Maharashtra) |
aabhari aahe / aabhar / dhanyavaad |
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Marshallese |
Marshall Islands, Micronesia |
omol (koh-mohl) (thank you) and Komol Tata (koh-mohl dada)
(thank you very much) |
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Mbalangwe |
Namibia |
Nali tumela (colloquial - also singular) - Twali tumela (formal
.. also plural) |
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Micmac |
Canada & United States (Algonquian) |
welalin |
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Mongolian |
Mongolia |
bayarlalaa (Баярлалаа) |
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Myanmar |
Burma |
Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you) |
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Nepali |
Nepal |
Dhan-ya-vaad |
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Nigeria |
Hausa |
Na gode |
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Norwegian |
Norway |
Takk (tahkk) |
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Occitan |
Occitani (Southern France, Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco, and
in Val d'Aran in Catalonia, Spain) |
mercé / grandmercé |
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Ojibwe |
Canada & United States (Chippewa) |
miigwetch |
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Ossetian |
Ossetia (Caucasus Mountains) |
buznyg |
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Palauan |
Palau |
soolong |
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Papiamento |
Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao |
danki |
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Pascuan |
Rapa Nui (a/k/a Easter Island) |
mauruuru |
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Pashto |
Afghanistan & Pakistan |
Manana |
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Persian/Farsi |
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
Mam'noon or Mo'teshake'ram |
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Persian/Farsi |
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
Moteshakeram (formal) |
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Persian/Farsi |
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
Merci (informal - just like french but r in this word is
pronounced as /r/ ) |
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Pohnpeian |
Pohnpei, Micronesia |
Menlau (men-low [as in loud]) (thank you) |
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Polish |
Poland |
Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh) |
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Portuguese |
Portugal |
Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much) |
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Portuguese |
Portugal |
Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks) |
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Portuguese |
Portugal |
Obrigada (Female) |
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Portuguese |
Portugal |
Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah'-doh) |
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Punjabi |
Pakistan & India |
Bhala Hove |
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Quechua |
South America |
sulpáy |
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Romani (Gypsy) |
Europe |
najis tuke |
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Romanian |
Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) |
Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask) |
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Romanian |
Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) |
Va multumim frumos (great thanks) |
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Russian |
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine,
Latvia, Estonia |
Blagodaryu (a little official) |
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Russian |
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine,
Latvia, Estonia |
Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks - words said to bosses by
workers) |
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Russian |
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine,
Latvia, Estonia |
Spasiba (spah-see'-boh) |
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Russian |
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine,
Latvia, Estonia |
Spasibo balshoye (big thanks) |
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Samoan |
Samoa |
Fa'afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e - thank you) |
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Samoan |
Samoa |
Fa'afetai tele lava (Thank you very much) |
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Samoan |
Samoa |
Talofa |
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Sardinian |
Italy (Sardinia) |
gratzias |
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Saulteaux Indians |
Canada (Manitoba) |
Miigwech (meegweech) |
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Scottish |
Scotland |
Cheers |
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Scottish Gaelic |
Scotland |
Moran Taing (Many Thanks) |
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Scottish gaelic |
Scotland |
tapadh leibh (plural, respectful) |
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Scottish Gaelic |
Scotland |
Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let) (Informal) |
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Scottish Gaelic |
Scotland |
Tapadh Leibh (tah-puh lave) (Formal) |
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Serbo-Croatian |
Serbia, Croatia |
Hvala |
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Sesotho |
South Africa |
ke ya leboha |
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Shimaore |
Comorian islands of Mayotte |
Marahaba |
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Shona |
Zimbabwe & Mozambique |
waita (plural: maita) |
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SiLozi |
Namibia |
Ni itumezi (colloquial - also singular) - Luitumezi (formal ..
also plural) |
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Sindhi |
Pakistan |
meharbani |
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Sinhala |
Sri Lanka |
stuutiyi |
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Slovakian |
Slovakia |
Dakujem (deh'-ku-yem) |
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Sobota |
Slovenia |
Hvala |
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Somali |
Somalia |
waad mahadsantahay |
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Spanish |
Latin America (formal) |
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. |
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Spanish |
Latin America (informal) |
Te pasastes. (informal) |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Gracias (grah'-syas) |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Gracias a todos (Thank you all) |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) - to someone who was
useful to you. |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
un millón de gracias (a million thanks) - for when someone saves
your life. |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) |
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Sundanese |
Indonesia (Sunda) |
Hatur Nuhun |
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Sundanese |
Indonesia (Sunda) |
Nuhun |
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Swahili |
Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
Ahsante (ah-sahn'-teh) |
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Swahili |
Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much) |
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Swedish |
Sweden |
Tack (tahkk) |
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Tagalog |
Philippines |
Maraming Salamat (thank you very much) |
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Tagalog |
Philippines |
Salamat |
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Tahitian |
Tahiti |
Maururu |
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Tajik |
Tajikistan & Uzbekistan |
rahmat |
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Tamazight |
North Africa |
tanmirt |
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Tamil |
India , Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia |
Nandri ("Nun-dry" |
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Tatar |
Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, Finland & Turkey |
rahmat |
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Telugu |
India |
dhanyavadalu |
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Telungu |
India (South) |
Manjuthe |
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Thai |
Thailand |
Khob Khun Kha (Feminine) |
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Thai |
Thailand |
Khob Khun Krab (Masculine) |
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Thai |
Thailand |
Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine) |
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Thai |
Thailand |
Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine) |
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Thai |
Thailand |
Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine) |
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Thai |
Thailand |
Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much) |
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Thai |
Thailand |
Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine) |
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Tibetan |
Tibet |
Thuk Ji Chhe |
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Tigrinya |
Eritrea |
yekeniele |
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Tohono o'odham |
USA (Arizona) & Mexico (Sonora) |
m-sapo |
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Tok Pisin |
Papua New Guinea |
Tenkyu (thank you); Tenkyu tru (Thank you very much) |
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Toraja |
Indonesia |
kurre sumanga |
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Turkish |
Turkey |
Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks) |
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Turkish |
Turkey |
Saðol (thank you) |
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Turkish |
Turkey |
Saðolun (thank you - "saol") |
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Turkish |
Turkey |
Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim) |
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Udmurt |
Udmurtia (Russia) |
tau |
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Ukrainian |
Ukraine |
Dyakuyu |
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Urdu |
India |
Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa |
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Urdu |
Pakistan & India |
Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much) |
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Urdu |
Pakistan & India |
Shukria |
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Urdu |
Pakistan, India & Bangla Desh |
Maherbani |
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Uyghur |
Xinjiang Uyghur, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan |
rahmat |
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Uzbek |
Uzbekistan |
Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot) |
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Uzbek |
Uzbekistan |
Rahmat (Thanks) |
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Vietnamese |
Vietnam |
Kam ouen |
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Welsh |
Wales/Cymru |
Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much) |
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Welsh |
Wales/Cymru |
Diolch (thanks) |
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West indian creole |
Carribean |
mèsi |
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Wolof |
Senegal, Gambia & Mauritania |
djiere dieuf |
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Xhosa |
South Africa |
Nkosi |
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Yaqui |
USA (Arizona) & Mexico (Sonora) |
kettu'i |
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Yiddish |
Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe |
A dank |
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Yiddish |
Israel, Germany, Eastern Europe |
Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH) |
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Yoruba |
Nigeria, Benin, Togo |
Modupe |
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Yugoslavian |
Yugoslavia |
Hvala |
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Zulu |
South Africa |
Ngiyabonga |
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Zulu |
South Africa |
ngiyabonga kakhulu (thanks very much) |
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