学会多语言的实质性思考

Mbundu [kmb] (Angola: Luanda Province.)

Muanh'ó general greeting
Kiambote general greeting
Hé general greeting
Xé general greeting
Xenu general greeting
Muanh'ó morning greeting
Ndati? how are you?
Chiwa reply to Ndati
Uazekele kiebi? morning greeting
Uazekele? morning greeting
Ngazekele kiambote reply to Uazekele
Xé, eie kia se uazekele reply to Uazekele
Uazeka kiambote ngana morning greeting
Uazeka ngana morning greeting
Usuk'ó nighttime greeting
Eie uala kiambote? how are you?
Xé, kiambote reply to Eie uala kiambote

Medumba [byv] (Cameroon: West Province.)

N'zolé general greeting
Anzegue general greeting
Ya me làà general greeting
O si kpgwa ma bo? how are you?

Mehináku [mmh] (Brazil: Xingú Park.)

Pitsupai general greeting
Natupai reply to Pitsupai
Natsi? informal greeting ("what's up?")
Aitsa wa reply to Natsi ("nothing")
Hai informal greeting spoken to a person of the speaker's generation
Hai ja greeting used by a man to a male relative of the speaker's generation (brother, cousin)
Hai ju greeting used by a woman to a female relative of the speaker's generation (sister, cousin)
Atenãi pyala? general greeting to a person who is going somewhere ("where are you going?")

Mehri [gdg] (Yemen: Mahrah Governorate.  Oman: southern region.)

Gəhámkəm āfyīt morning greeting
Wətēk yəghōm reply to Gəhámkəm āfyīt

Meitei Manipuri [mni] (India: Manipur. Bangladesh: Sylhet.)

Khurumjari  general greeting
Kamdawri? how are you?
Nung ngai biribra adombo? how are you?
Nung ngai biribra karam tawbirige? how are you?
Nungairibraa? how are you? informal
Nungaijari  formal reply to Kamdawri, Nung ngai biribra adombo and Nungairibraa
Nungairi  informal reply to Kamdawri, Nung ngai biribra adombo and Nungairibraa
Nung karam tao ri? how are you?
Ei nung ngai ri, thagat chare reply to Nung karam tao ri
Nung ngai ri reply to Nung karam tao ri
Nahag kamdourige? how are you?
Eihag nungariye reply to Nahag kamdourige
Karomda lengbidoyno? where are you going? formal
Karomda lengdoyno? where are you going? informal
Nang kaday cattoyno? where are you going? plural
  Karomda catpirubano? where did you go?
  Somda catcarubani reply to Karomda catpirubano, formal
  Somda catlubani reply to Karomda catpirubano, informal
Lengsinbirakoo welcome greeting

Mekeo [mek] (Papua New Guinea: Kaikuyu District.)


Oi oague ma?
morning greeting

Oi loague ma? evening greeting

Melanau [mel] (Malaysia: Sarawak.)

Selamet suwap morning greeting
Selamet bah su morning greeting
Selamet abei afternoon greeting
Selamet bah abei afternoon greeting
Selamet malem nighttime greeting
Inew dengah kaau? how are you?
Inew dengah neaw? how are you?
Inew dengah? how are you?
Selamet labik welcome greeting

Melpa [med] (Papua New Guinea: Hagen District.)

Wiyo general greeting spoken to one person  
Wilo general greeting spoken to two people
Wuyo general greeting spoken to a group of people

Mende [men] (Sierra Leone.)

Biaa na oh general greeting
Ndiamo, biwa general greeting
Wuae general greeting spoken to one person
Buae general greeting spoken to a group of people
Ah wanne-e? general greeting
Bi wua? morning greeting
Wu wua? morning greeting
Biaa na? afternoon greeting
Wua na? afternoon greeting
Bi luvaa? evening greeting
Wu luvaa? evening greeting
Wusye greeting spoken to one person by a person passing through a village
Bisye greeting spoken to a group of people by a person passing through a village
Gbou bi gaahu? how are you?
Nya gaahu gbuangoue, bi sie reply to Gbou bi gaahu
O bi gahui? how are you?
Kaye Ngewo ma reply to O bi gahiu

Menominee [mez] (United States of America: northeastern Wisconsin.)

Posoh general greeting
Aneq general greeting
Aneq nap? how are you?
Taq nap? how are you?
Aq taeh nap? how are you?
Eneq new anow reply to Aneq nap, Taq nap, and Aq taeh nap
Nemaehnow im reply to Aneq nap, Taq nap, and Aq taeh nap
Nemaehnow esekem  reply to Aneq nap, Taq nap, and Aq taeh nap