This exhibit shows the various ways to say “Hello, how are you?” in 39 languages. The audio of the different languages is provided in the links below. under the languages and flowers display on the wall, there are photos on the wall showing the different ways of greetings from different cultures. Please ask Omineca staff or the Artist if you would like to have the photos described to you.

Click on the button to hear the audio.

LanguageHello, how are you?
Arabic (Iraq)
Arabic (Jordan)
Arabic (Standard)
Bahasa Melayu aka Malay (Malaysia)
Bengali (India)
Cantonese
Dakelh (Lheidli dialect Carrier)
English
Farsi (Iran)
French (Canada)
German
Greek
Gujarati (India)
Hebrew
Hindi (India)
Hungarian
Igbo (Nigeria)
Japanese
Kaqchikel Mayan (Guatemala)
Khmer (Cambodia)
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
Korean
Mandarin Chinese
Marathi (India)
Punjabi (India)
Russian
Sanskrit (India)
Singlish (Singapore)
Sinhala (Sri Lanka)
Spanish
Tagalog (Philippines)
Tamil (India)
Thai
Ukrainian
Vietnamese
Yoruba (Nigeria)

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