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Italy (Informal): Ciào
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sends a kiss to unseen hotel cleaning ladies in Tokyo.


Icelandic (Formal): Góðan Dag
Bjork curtsies at the Venice Film Festival.


Icelandic (Informal): Hæ
Bjork waves to the public at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in 2001.


Congo (French): Bonjour
A park ranger, working in the Virunga National Park, smiles at his 9-month-old daughter.


Japan: Konnichi Wa
Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, Naoto Kan (left), and his rival Ichiro Ozawa (right) bow in Tokyo.

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Hawaii: Aloha
President Barack Obama gives a traditional Hawaiian shaka wave in his home state.


Cambodia: Jum Reap Sour
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni greets his people in Phnom Penh.


New Zealand (Maori): Kia Ora
The Prince of Orange of the Netherlands recieves a hong (Maori greeting) from a Maori warrior in Wellington, New Zealand.


Namaste (Hindi, Casual): Namaste
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy waves to local residents in New Delhi.


India (Hindi, Formal): Namaskar
Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni gives a traditional greeting at the inauguration of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

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Brazil (Portuguese): Olá
Brazil's midfielder Luis Fabiano waves to supporters before a training session in Teresopolis, Brazil.


Kenya (Swahili): Jambo


Austria: Grüß Gott


Hong Kong (Cantonese): Lei Hao


Beijing (Mandarin): Nǐ Hǎo
Two elderly soldiers greet each other on Tiananmen Square.