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LANGUAGE |
COUNTRY |
Welcome |
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Afrikaans |
South Africa |
welkom |
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Albanian |
Albania |
Mire se vini |
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Alsatian |
Alsace |
welkomma |
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Arabic |
Middle East, North Africa |
Ahlan Wa Sahlan |
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Armenian |
Armenia |
bari galoust |
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Australian |
Australia |
Cooee Cobber |
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Australian |
Australia |
G'day Mate |
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Azeri |
Azerbaijan & Iran |
xos gelmissiniz |
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Bamanankan |
Mali |
i bisimila |
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Baoulé |
Côte d'Ivoire. |
akwaba |
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Basque |
Basque (Between Spain & France) |
ongi etorri |
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Belarusian |
Belarus |
ščyra zaprašajem |
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Bengali |
India,Bangledesh |
swagata |
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Berber (native name: Tamazight) |
Indigenous languages of North Africa west of the Nile |
amrehba sisswène |
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Bobo |
Burkina Faso |
ani kié |
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Bosnian |
Bosnia, Herzegovina |
dobro došli |
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Breton |
France (Brittany) |
degemer mad |
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Burmese |
Myanamar |
kyo tzo pa eit |
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Cantonese |
China |
Huan ying |
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Catalan |
Andorra, Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia |
Benvinguts |
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Chechen |
Chechnya |
marsha vog'iyla |
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Cherokee |
USA |
ulihelisdi |
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Corsican |
Corsica & Sardinia |
bonavinuta |
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Croatian |
Croatia |
dobrodošli |
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Czech |
Czech Republic |
Vitame Vas |
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Czech |
Czech Republic |
Vitejte |
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Danish |
Denmark |
Velkommen |
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Duala |
Cameroon |
pô la bwam / bepôyédi ba bwam |
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Dutch |
Aruba |
Bon Bini (Bong Be-knee) |
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Dutch |
Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, Aruba |
Welkom |
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English |
Canada |
Welcome |
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English |
USA |
Welcome |
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English |
USA (Southern) |
How Y'all Doin'? |
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Esperanto |
Eastern & Northern Europe, Eastern Asia, Brazil, Iran |
Bonvenon |
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Estonian |
Estonia |
tere tulemast |
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Ewé |
Togo,Ghana |
Woezor ("WOÉZON") |
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Faroese |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
vælkomin |
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Finnish |
Finland |
tervetuloa |
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Flemish |
Belgium |
Welcom |
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French |
France, Canada (Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Ontario),
Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco, Luxembourg |
Bienvenue (the first 'n' is nasal) |
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Frisian |
Denmark, Netherlands & Germany |
wolkom |
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Friulan |
Italy (northeast Friuli) |
binvignut |
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Galician |
Galicia (an autonomous community in northwestern Spain) |
benvido |
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Gallo |
Upper Brittany & Normandy |
bin la v'nu |
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Georgian |
Georgia(Sakartvelo) |
mobrdzandit / ketili ikhos tkveni mobrdzaneba |
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German |
Germany, Austria. Switzerland |
Willkommen |
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Greek |
Greece |
Kalos ilthate(plural) |
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Greek |
Greece |
Kalos ilthes (singular) |
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Guarani |
Paraguay and Western Brazil |
eguahé porá |
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Gunai |
Gippsland (Indigenous Australian) |
mikouabô |
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Haitian |
Haitia |
bienvéni |
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Hawaiian |
USA (Hawai) |
E komo mai (pronounced "eh como my" - literally, "come in") |
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Hawaiian |
USA (Hawai) |
e komo mai |
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Hindi |
India |
Swaa-gat hai |
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Hmong |
Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand &
Laos |
tos txais / nyob zou tos txais |
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Hungarian |
Hungary |
üdvözlet |
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Iban |
Malaysia |
Selamat Datang |
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Icelandic |
Iceland |
velkomin |
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Igbo |
Nigeria & Cameroon |
nnoo / i biala |
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Indonesian |
Indonesia |
Selamat Datang |
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Irish |
Ireland |
Cead Mile Failte ("One Hundred Thousand Welcomes") |
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Irish |
Ireland |
Failte romhat |
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Italian |
Italy, Malta, San Marino, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia |
benvenuto (m) / benvenuta (f) / benvenuti (m pl) / benvenute (f
pl) |
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Japanese |
Japan |
Irasshaimase (weclome to our store, often shortened to Irasshai) |
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Japanese |
Japan |
Yookoso (welcome to our city) |
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Kabylian |
Algeria |
amrehva ysswène / l'aaslama |
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Khmer |
Cambodia |
chum reap suor (formal) / suor sdei (casual) |
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Kinyarwanda |
Rwanda |
murakaza neza |
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Korean |
Korea |
Oh so, Osay-o (welcome to our store) |
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Kotokoli |
Togo |
nodé |
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Kurdish |
Kurdistan |
bakherben |
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Kurdish |
Turkey, Iraq, Iran & Syria |
bi xer hati |
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Lao |
Laos |
gnindi ton hap |
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Latin |
Latium & Ancient Rome |
gratus mihi venis |
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Latvian |
Latvia |
laipni lūdzam |
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Ligurian |
Liguria (northern Italy) |
benvegnûi |
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Lingala |
Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola & Central African
Republic |
boyeyi bolamu |
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Lithuanian |
Lithuania |
sveiki atvykę |
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Low saxon |
Germany & Netherlands |
welkum |
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Luxembourgeois |
Luxembourg |
wëllkom |
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Macedonian |
FYROM (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) |
dobredojde |
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Malagasy |
Madagascar |
tonga soa |
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Malayalam |
India |
selamat datang |
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Malayalam |
India |
swagatham |
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Maltese |
Malta |
merħba |
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Maori |
New Zealand |
Kia Ora - Hello ("Key or ra") |
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Mina |
Cameroon, India |
miawezon |
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Mongolian |
Mongolia |
tavtai morilogtun |
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Moré |
Burkina Faso |
ne y waoongo |
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Nepali |
Nepal |
namaste |
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Norwegian |
Norway |
Velkommen ("Welkommen") |
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Occitan |
Occitani (Southern France, Occitan Valleys of Italy, Monaco, and
in Val d'Aran in Catalonia, Spain) |
benvenguts |
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Ossetian |
Ossetia (Caucasus Mountains) |
Табуафси (tabuafši) |
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Persian/Farsi |
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
khosh âmadid (formal) |
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Persian/Farsi |
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
khoshumadi (informal) |
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Polish |
Poland |
Dobry wieczór (evening time) |
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Polish |
Poland |
Dzieñ dobry (daytime) |
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Portuguese |
Portugal |
Bem Vinda- Female |
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Portuguese |
Portugal |
Bem Vindo- Male (Bem vindos, plural "bain - same as in pain
"VEEN-doe" Plural: "bain VEENdoes") |
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Portuguese |
Portugal |
Muito Bem Vindo ("MOO EEN toe bain VEENdoe") (Be Very Welcome) |
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Romani (Gypsy) |
Europe |
mishto-avilian tú |
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Romanian |
Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) |
bine ai venit (sing.) / bine aţi venit (pl.) |
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Romanian |
Romania, Moldova, Vojvodina (Serbia), Mount Athos (Greece) |
Multumesc |
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Russian |
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine,
Latvia, Estonia |
dobro pojalovat |
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Samoan |
Samoa |
afio mai, susu mai ma maliu mai |
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Sardinian |
Italy (Sardinia) |
benènnidu (logudorese) / beni benìu (campidanese) |
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Scottish Gaelic |
Scotland |
fàilte |
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Serbo-Croatian |
Serbia, Croatia |
Dobrodosli |
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Shimaore |
Comorian islands of Mayotte |
karibu |
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Shona |
Zimbabwe & Mozambique |
wauya (plural: mauya) |
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Sindhi |
Pakistan |
bhali karay aaya |
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Sinhala |
Sri Lanka |
aayuboovan |
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Slovak |
Slovakia |
vitame vás / vitajte |
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Slovenian |
Slovenia |
dobrodošel (to a man) / dobrodošla (2 men) / dobrodošli (3 men
or more) |
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Slovenian |
Slovenia |
dobrodošla (to a woman) / dobrodošli (2 women) / dobrodošle (3
women or more) |
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Slovenian |
Slovenia |
dobrodošli (mixed group) |
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Sobota |
Slovenia |
zupinje z te videtite |
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Somali |
Somalia |
soo dhawaw |
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Spanish |
Latin America (informal) |
Bienvenido |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Bienvenida (feminine) |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Bienvenidas (group of women) |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Bienvenido (masculine) |
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Spanish |
Spain, Mexico, Latin America, South America |
Bienvenidos (group of men, or mixed group) |
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Sundanese |
Indonesia (Sunda) |
wilujeng sumping |
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Swahili |
Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
karibu (singular) / karibuni |
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Swedish |
Sweden |
välkommen |
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Swiss German |
Switzerland |
Greuzi ("GREW-tzih") |
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Swiss German |
Switzerland |
härzliche wöikomme |
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Tagalog |
Philippines |
Mabuhay |
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Tagalog |
Philippines |
maligayang pagdating |
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Tahitian |
Tahiti |
maeva / manava |
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Tamil |
India , Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia |
nal-varravu |
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Tatar |
Russia, Central Asia, Ukraine, Poland, China, Finland & Turkey |
rahim itegez |
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Telugu |
India |
swagatham |
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Thai |
Thailand |
yindii ton rap |
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Tongan |
Tonga |
malo e lelei |
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Turkish |
Cyprus |
Kalosorisate |
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Turkish |
Turkey |
hosgeldiniz |
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Twi |
Ghana |
Akwaaba |
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Udmurt |
Udmurtia (Russia) |
gazhasa oetiśkom |
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Ukrainian |
Ukraine |
Laskavo prosymo |
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Urdu |
India |
Tash-reef Laa-i-ye |
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Urdu |
Pakistan & India |
khush amdeed |
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Uzbek |
Uzbekistan |
Hush kelibsiz (Welcome) |
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Vietnamese |
Vietnam |
Hoan Nghinh (in public, on banner) |
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Waloon |
Belgium |
bénvnou (bénvnowe) / wilicome |
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Welsh |
Wales/Cymru |
Croeso ("Croysso") |
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West indian creole |
Caribbean |
bel bonjou |
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Wolof |
Senegal, Gambia & Mauritania |
dalal ak diam |
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Yoruba |
Nigeria, Benin, Togo |
ékouabô / ékabô |
with the subject "Say Welcome Update." Include the country and how to
say welcome. If there are different words for gender or for more formal
expressions, please let us know. The phonetic pronunciation would also help.
