How to Say Thank You

• Afrikaans (Africa) – Dankie
• Albanian – Faleminderit
• Arabic – Sukran
• Arabic – Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much)
• Armenian – shur-nur-ah-gah-lem
• Australian – Thoinks, Moite!
• Basque Country (between France and Spain) – Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much)
• Bengali – Dhannyabad
• Bulgarian – Blagodaria
• Bosnia – Hvala
• Burma(Myanmar)  – Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you)
• Cameroon (Duala) – Na som (thanks)
• Cameroon (Duala) – Na som djita (Thank you very much)
• Cantonese – M’goy (sp? — thank you for the service)
• Cantonese – Do jey (sp? — thank you for the gift)
• Catalonia (catalan) – gràcies [grah’-si-es] estandard
• Catalonia (catalan) – moltes gràcies [many thanks]
• Catalonia (catalan) – merci [mer’-si] very colloquial
• Cherokee Nation – Wado (Thank you)
• Cherokee (Eastern) – Skee (Thank you)
• Chinese (Mandarin) – Xie_Xie (shieh shieh)
• Chinese (Cantonese) Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks)
• Chinese (Cantonese) Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks)
• Cook Islander – Kia Manuia
• Croatia – Hvala
• Czech – Dekuji (deh’-ku-yih)
• Danish – tak (tahg)
• Dutch – dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much)
• Dutch – bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) – WEL is ‘good’, like “I wish you well”
• Dutch – 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 – 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 – Thanks awfully, old boy
• Esperanto – Dankon (thank you)
• Esperanto – Dankegon (thank you very much)
  Estonia – Aitäh
• Ewe Togo (Africa) – Akpé (Appé)
• Ewe Togo (Africa) – Apké na wo (Thanks to you)
• Fijian – Vinaka
• Fijiab – Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much)
• Finnish – kiitos (kee’-toas)
• Fon Benin (Africa) –  Kpè nu wé
• French – merci (mehr-see’)
• French – Merci Madame – Thanks (to a woman)
• French – Merci Mademoiselle – Thanks (to a young girl)
• French – Merci Monsieur – Thanks (to a man)
• F.Y.R.O.M. (Macedonia) – Hvala
• Gambia (Mandinka) – Abarka
• Georgia(Sakartvelo) – madlobt (thank you)
• Georgia(Sakartvelo) – didi madloba (thank you very much)
• German – Danke (dahn’-kuh)
• German – Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you, outdated)
• German – Danke sehr (Thank you very much)
• German -Vielen Dank (Many Thanks)
• Greek – Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou’)
• Greek – Efkaristo poly
• Guarani – Aguije (ah-we-JAY) native indian language of Paraguay and Western Brazil
• Guinea (Mandinka) – Abarka
• Gujarathi (India) – Aabar
• Hawaiian – Mahalo
• Hebrew – Toda (toh-dah’)
• Hebrew – Toda raba (thank you very much)
• Hindi (India National Language) – Dhanyavaad
• Hindi – Shukriyaa
• Hungarian – Köszönöm (kuh’-suh-nuhm)
• Icelandic – Þakka þér fyrir
• Icelandic – Takk (informal)
• Indonesian – Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih)
• Indonesian  – Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk – Thank you very much)
• Iran (Persia) – Moteshakeram (formal)
• Iran (Persia) – Merci (informal – just like french but r in this word is pronounced as /r/ )
• Irish – Go raibh maith agat ( Thank you  “Go – Rev – Mah – Agut”) (literally, may you have good things)
• Irish – Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much “Go – Rev – Meela – Mah – Agut”) (literally, may you have a thousand good things)
• Irish (Northern) – Nice one bro’r, or Cheers mucker!
• Italian – Grazie (grahts’-yeh)
• Italian – Grazie tanto (many thanks – cordial version)
• Italian – Mille Grazie (a thousand thanks)
• Japanese – Arigato (ah-ree-gah’-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su
• Japanese – Domo arrigato
• Javanese – Matur nuwun
• Jive – Thanks mon – Appropriate only if directed to a male
• Kannada (India) – Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.)
• Konkani (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 – Kamsa hamaida (kam’-sah hum-nee-dah’ )
• Latvian – Paldies
• Lithuanian – Achu
• Luganda (Uganda) – Waybale (Thank you)
• Luganda (Uganda) – Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much)
• Malayalam (South Indian Language) – Nandi
• Malayalam (India) – Nani
• Malaysian – Terima Kasih (“Tay ree ma Kaa seh”)
• Mali (Mandinka) – Abarka
• Mandinka – Abarka (language of West Africa; The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea and Mali)
• Maori – Kia Manuia
• Nepali — (Nepal National Language) – Dhan-ya-vaad
• New Zealand – Cheers – LOL
• New Zealand – Kiaora Koe (NZ Maori)
• New Zealand – Kiaora Korua (NZ Maori)
• New Zealand – Kiaora Koto (NZ Maori)
• New Zealand – Kiaora Tatou (NZ Maori)
• Nigeria (Hausa) –  Na gode
• Norwegian – Takk (tahkk)
• Oman – Shakkran
• Palauan – soolong (Republic of Palau)
• Paraguay (Guarani) – Aguije (ah-we-JAY)
• Persian/Farsi – Mam’noon or Mo’teshake’ram (Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries)
• Philippines Tagalog – Salamat
• Philippines – Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)
• Polish – Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh)
• Portuguese – Obrigada (Female)
• Portuguese – Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah’-doh)
• Portuguese – Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much)
• Portuguese – Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks)
• Punjabi [ Pakistan and India] – Bhala Hove
• Qatar – Shakkran
• Romanian – Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask)
• Romanian – Va multumim frumos (great thanks)
• Russian – Spasiba (spah-see’-boh)
• Russian – Blagodaryu (a little official)
• Russian – Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks – words said to bosses by workers)
• Russian – Spasibo balshoye (big thanks)
• Samoan – Fa’afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e – thank you)
• Samoan – Fa’afetai tele lava (Thank you very much)
• Samoan – Talofa
• Saulteaux Indians (Manitoba, Canada) – Miigwech (meegweech) — there are similar spellings in other native languages such as Cree, etc.
• Scottish – Cheers
• Scot’s Gaelic (Informal) – Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let)
• Scot’s Gaelic (Formal) –   Tapadh Leibh  (tah-puh lave)
• Scot’s Gaelic (Many Thanks) – Moran Taing
• Senegal (Mandinka) – Abarka
• Serbo – Croat -Hvala
• Slovakia – Dakujem (deh’-ku-yem)
• South Africa – Dankie (“Dung-Key”)
• South Africa – Baie Dankie (thanks very much – “Buyer Dung-Key”)
• Spanish – Gracias (grah’-syas)
• Spanish – Gracias a todos (Thank you all)
• Spanish – Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) While Dutch people scarcely use the superlative forms, the Spanish don’t use the minimalistic forms much (mostly in informal context). In Spanish, when a flyer is shoved into your hands, its worth a ‘gracias’, you normally use ‘muchas gracias’.
• Spanish – Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) – to someone who was useful to you.
• Spanish – un millón de gracias (a million thanks) – for when someone saves your life.
• Spanish (Latin America, informal) – Te pasastes. (informal)
• Spanish (Latin America, informal) – 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.
• Sundanese – Nuhun
• Sunda – Hatur Nuhun
• Swahili – Ahsante (ah-sahn’-teh)
• Swahili – Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much)
• Swedish – Tack (tahkk)
• Swedish – Tack så mycket
• Tahitian – Maururu
• Tamil (India) – Nandri (“Nun-dry” spoken in South India, Singapore, Malaysia)
• Teenager –
• Telungu (South Indian Language)- Manjuthe
• Thai – Khob Khun Kha (Feminine)
• Thai – Khob Khun Krab (Masculine)
• Thai – Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much)
• Thai – Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine)
• Thai – Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine)
• Thai – Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine)
• Thai – Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine)
• Tibetan – Thuk Ji Chhe
• Turkish – Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim)
• Turkish – Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks)
• Turkish – Saðol (thank you)
• Turkish – Saðolun (thank you – “saol”)
• Turkish – Tesekkurler (thanks – “teshekkyurler”)
• U.S. & Canada – Thank You
• United States (South) – Thanks y’all
• Ukranian – Dyakuyu
• Urudu (India) – Shukria
• Urudu (India) – Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa
• Urdu [Pakistan, India and Bangla Desh] – Maherbani
• Urdu (Pakistan) – Shukria
• Urdu (Pakistan) -Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much)
• Urdu (Pakistan) – Bahut Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very very much)
• Uzbekistan (Uzbek) – Rahmat (Thanks)
• Uzbekistan (Uzbek) – Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot)
• Vietnamese – Kam ouen
• Wales/Cymru – Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)
• Wales/Cymru – Diolch (thanks)
• Xhosa (Africa) – Nkosi
• Yemen – Shakkran
• Yiddish – A dank
• Yiddish – Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)
• Yoruba – Modupe
• Yugoslavia – Hvala
• Zulu – Ngiyabonga