Learn to say "Thank you" in 100 languages

“I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.”
― Roland Barthes
So lets learn how to say "Thank you" in 100 languages. You never know when it would come handy!

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    Abenaki - Wiliwni

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    Abkhaz - Иҭабуп (It̢abup)

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    Afrikaans - Dankie

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    Ainu - Hioy'oy

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    Alabama - Alíila

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    Albanian - Falimin-nerit

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    Aleut - Qaĝaasakung

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    Aklan - Saeamat

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    Aklan - Saeamat

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    Arabic - (shukrān) ﺷﻜﺮﺍﹰ

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    (Egyptian) - (mut shakkrān) متشكّرين

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    Aragonese - Grazias

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    Aramaic - Tawdi sagi

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    Arapaho - Hohóu

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    Armenian - մերսի (Mersi)

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    Armenian - Մերսի: (Mersee)

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    Assamese - ধন্যবাদ (dhônyôbad)

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    Balinese - Suksema (informal) Matur suksema (formal)

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    Bashkir- рәхмәт (räxmät)

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    Batak - Mauliate

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    Bavarian - Dang šee

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    Belarusian - Дзякуй (Dziakuj) 

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    Bemba - Tsikomo

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    Bengali - ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

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    Bhojpuri - धन्वाद (dhanvaad)

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    Bislama - Tangkiu

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    Bosnian - Hvala

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    Breton - Trugarez

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    Bulgarian - благодаря (blagodarya)

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    Burmeseေ - က်းဇူးတန္ပါတယ္။ (cè-zù tin-ba-deh)

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    Cape Verdean Creole - Obrigadu

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    Catalan - Gràcies

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    Chechen Баркалла (Barkalla)

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    Chinese 謝謝 [谢谢] (xièxie)

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    (Taiwanese) 感謝 (kám-siā)

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    Croatian Hvala

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    Czech Dík (inf)

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    Danish - Tak

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    Maldivian (shukuriyyaa) ޝުކުރިއްޔާ

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    Dutch - Dank u

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    Estonian - Tänan

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    Fijian Vinaka

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    Finnish Kiitos

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    French - Merci

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    Georgian გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)

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    German - Danke

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    Greek (Modern) Ευχαριστώ (Efharistó )

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    Greenlandic - Qujan

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    Gujarati - ધન્યવાદ (dhanyavaad)

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    Haitian - Creole Mesi

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    Hawaiian - Mahalo

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    Hebrew - (Toda rabah) תודה רבה

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    Hindi धन्यवाद dhanyavaad

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    Hungarian - Köszi

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    Icelandic - Takk

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    Indonesian - Terima kasih

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    Irish (Gaelic) - Go raibh maith agat

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    Italian -Grazie

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    Japanese どうも (dōmo)

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    Javanese - Matur nuwun (Kromo Inggil)

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    Kannada - ಧನ್ಯವಾದ (dhanyavāda)

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    Kazakh - Рахмет! (Raxmet!)

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    Khmer ឣរគុណ (aw kohn)

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    Kiribati Ko rab'a

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    Korean - 감사합니다 (kamsahamnida)

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    Kurdish (Kurmanji)

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    Lao - ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

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    Latin - Gratias tibi ago

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    Latvian - Paldies

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    Lithuanian - Ačiū

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    Macedonian - Благодарам (Blagodaram)

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    Malay - Terima kasih

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    Malayalam - നന്ദി (nāndi)

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    Maldivian (shukuriyyaa) ޝުކުރިއްޔާ

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    Maltese - Grazzi

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    Mongolian - Баярлалаа (Bayarlalaa)

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    Polish - Dzięki

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    Russian - Спасибо! (Spasibo!)

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    Somali - Mahadsanid

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    Spanish - Gracias

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    Sundanese - Nuhun

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    Swahili - Asante

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    Swazi - Ngiyabonga

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    Swedish - Tack (thanks)

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    Tagalog - Salamat (informal) Maraming salamat po (fprmal)

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    Tamil - நன்றி (nandri)

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    Telugu - ధన్యవాదములు (dhanyavaadhamulu)

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    Thai - ขอบคุณ (kòp kun) - ขอบคุณมาก (kòp kun mâak)

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    Tibetan - ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་། (tujay-chay)

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    Tsonga - Ndza nkhensa

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    Turkish - Teşekkür ederim

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    Tuvaluan - Fakafetai

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    Ukrainian - Дякую (Diakuju)

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    Urdu - bahut shukriya بہت شكريه

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    Uzbek - Rahmat

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    Venetian - Grasie

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    Vietnamese - Cảm ơn ông (m) Cảm ơn bà (f)

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    Welsh - Diolch

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    Yiddish - (A dank) אַ דאַנק

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    Zulu - Ngiyabonga

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    Faroese - Takk

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    Kashmiri शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)

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    Luxembourgish - Merci

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    Māori - Kia ora

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    Marathi आभारी आहे (ābhārī āhe)

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    Mauritian - Mersi

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    Nepali धन्यवाद; (dhanyabad)

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    Norwegian - Takk

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    Oriya ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)

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    Persian (Farsi) ممنونم

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    Portuguese - Obrigado

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    Punjabi - ਧਨਵਾਦ (tànvād)

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    Romanian - Mersi

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    Scottish - Gaelic Tapadh leat

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    Serbian - Хвала (Hvala)

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    Sinhala - ඉස්තුති (istuti)

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    Slovak - Ďakujem

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    Slovenian - Hvala

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    Somali - Mahadsanid

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    Quechua - Solpayki

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