If you wanted to say hello to everyone

If you wanted to say "hello" to everyone on the planet, you would have to learn about 3, 000 languages and greet around 7 billion people.

Chorus – with echo Hello Aloha Bonjour Dumela hello a-low-ha bon-jure doo-MAY-lah English Hawaiian French Tswana (Southern Africa)

Around the world, when people meet In a home or on the street They say hello and it’s so neat So many different ways to greet

Chorus – with echo Hello Hola Shalom Konichiwa hello Oh-la Shah-lom Ko-nee-chee-wah English Spanish Hebrew Japanese

Some wave “hi” and some shake hands Some bow down and some just stand Applaud, embrace or kiss a hand So many ways in different lands

Chorus – with echo Hello Jambo Salaam Kaixo hello jahm-bow Sah-lahm kai-show English Swahili Arabic Basque (Spain)

Greeting the young or greeting the old You can be shy or you can be bold An “r” can be flat or it can be rolled But a smile is the same around the world

Chorus – with echo Hello Terve Privyet Namaste hello tehr-vay preev-yet nah-mas-tay English Finnish Russian Hindi (India)

At the break of day or when the sun goes down An elder or a child, a stranger or a friend In the South or the East, in the North or the West How we say hello, it all depends -

Chorus – with echo Hello, Hello Molo, Molo Ni hao, Ni hao Zdravo Hello, hello Mow-low, mow-low Nee-how, Nee-how Zdrah-vo English Xhosa (S. Africa) Mandarin (China) Slovenian

Chorus – with echo Hello, Hello God dag, God dag Aqui, Aqui Guten tag Hello, hello Go-dag, go-dag Ah-kee, ah-kee Goo-ten tahg English Norway Mohican German

Chorus – with echo Hello, Hello Hey mon, hey mon Lakwe, lakwe Chao ban Konichiwa Namaste Hello, hello Hey mon, hey mon Ya-kway, ya-kway Dow-bahn Ko-nee-chee-wah Nah-mas-tay English Jamaican Marshallese Vietnam Japanese Hindi