Hey, Mastodon! I need some help ... I want to collect the phrase "Hello, World!" in as many different natural languages as possible (i.e. things like Swahili, French, Hindi, etc. - not programming languages!)
If you speak languages other than English or Welsh and you're willing to give me a translation, I'll be extremely grateful. (Ideally you'll be a fluent speaker of any language(s) you contribute - it's important for my project that the examples are correct and idiomatic.)
Just as an aside, an old college friend of my father's could say "Hello, Sailor" in 27 languages. This delighted us as children.
@Badgardener
My favourite bilingual joke is this:
"Have you heard that the French navy is changing their motto? The new one means 'To the water - it is time!'"
@linguacelta @Badgardener That's great. Yoink.