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