Hello Hi Hey

16/01/2021 3 min
Hello Hi Hey

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Episode Synopsis

This is a song I wrote in October and November of 2020. It features words for hello, how are you and good morning in 33 languages - all of which I've studied or dabbled with, and one I invented (Laala), plus some English dialects. I can have at least basic conversations in half of them. The only language I've studided that isn't featured here is BSL (British Sign Language) - if I make a video for this song, I will add it.

The languages (in order of appearance) are: English, Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Breton, French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Czech, Russian, Slovenian, Serbian, Slovak, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Esperanto, Toki Pona, Laala.

Here are the words:

Hello hi hey hello
Hi hey hello hi hey
Hello hi hey
Hello hey hi
Hello hi hey hello

Ey up, ow do, yer right?
Hiya, wotcha, what's up?
What's occuring? Alrite la
Hullo, Whit like?
Ey up, ow do, yer right?

Bore da, shwmae, ti'n iawn?
Dydh da, hou sos, fatla genes?
Cad é mar atá tú? Dia dhuit
Ciamar a tha thu? Kys t'ou?
Salud, Mat an traoù ganit?

Bonjour salut ça va ?
Buenos días ¡hola! ¿Qué tal?
Salve, Come va?
Olá, Tudo bem?
Bună ziua, salut, ce mai faci?

Hallo, Guten tag, Wie gehts?
Goededag, Hoe gaat het met jou?
Hallå, Hur mår du?
Goddag, Hejsa
Hallo, Góðan dag, Hey, Sæll

Dobrý den, Ahoj, Jak se máš?
Здравствуйте, Привет, Как дела?
Dober dan, Živjo
Здраво, Како си?
Dobrý deň, Ahoj, Ako sa máš?

你好 (nǐ hǎo), 早安 (zǎo'ān), 你好吗 (nǐ hǎo ma)
你好 (néih hóu), 早晨 (jóusàhn), 點呀 (dím a)
你好 (lí-hó), 𠢕早 (gâu-chá)
お早う (ohayō), 今日は (konnichiwa)
Saluton, toki, ta do da

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