Monday 26 September is European languages day. If you're in the mood for a little light learning... here's how to say 'hello' in 40 different European languages:

 

From http://handluggageonly.co.uk/2015/01/28/say-hello-40-european-languages/

 

English – Hello in English is Hello – no point repeating that really but figured I might as well start with the obvious!

Ukrainian – Dobriy den

Spanish – Hola

French – Bonjour

Russian – Zdravstvuyte

Portugesel – Olá

Dutch – Hallo

Danish – Hej

German – Guten tag

Estonian – Tere

Italian – Ciao

Slovak – Ahoj

Basque – Kaixo

Bulgarian – Zdraveĭte

Icelandic – Góðan dag

Hungarian – Jó napot

Greek – Geia sas

Lithuanian – Sveiki

Croatian – Bok

Czech – Ahoj

Luxembourgish – Moïen

Macedonian – Zdravo

Bosnian – Dobar dan

Belarussian – Zdravstvujtie

Finnish – Hei

Norwegian – Hallo

Swedish – Hallå

Polish – Cześć

Maltese – Bonjour

Romanian – Salut

Serbian – Zdravo

Slovenian – Živjo

Georgian – Komentari

Turkish – Merhaba

Welsh – Helo

Latin – Salve

Yiddish – Sholem aleikhem

Albanian – Përshëndetje

Armenian – Barev Dzez

Frisian – Goeie dei