学会多语言的实质性思考

Balochi, Western [bgm] (Pakistan: Balochistan.)

Choney ta'o?     how are you? spoken to one person   超您 踏哦？
Choney shuma?       how are you? spoken to a group of people 超您 舒吗？
Choney?            how are you? informal 超您？

Balti [bft] (India: Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan: Baltistan District.)

Zhule         general greeting         祝了。
Asalaam aleikum       Muslim greeting 啊萨拉么 阿乐伊酷么。
Chi halyo?              how are you?  持 好哟？
Yang chi halyo?          how are you?  仰 持 好哟？
Lyakhmo           reply to Yang chi halyo and Chi halyo  乐雅可呵么。
Shokhs             greeting spoken to a person who is arriving 是哦客贺斯。
Shakhsa           greeting spoken to a person who is arriving 啥客贺萨。

Bamanankan [bam] (Mali.)

I ni bara               general greeting to one person 爱你吧拉。
Aw ni bara g        eneral greeting to a group of people 阿瓦 你巴拉歌。
I ni ce                  general greeting to one person 爱你慈哦。
Aw ni ce              general greeting to a group of people 阿瓦你慈哦。
I ni sogoma         morning greeting to one person 爱你颂够吗。
Aw ni sogoma         mornnig greeting to a group of people 阿瓦你颂够吗。
I ni tile               noontime greeting to one person 爱你提了。
Aw ni tile           noontime greeting to a group of people 阿瓦你提了。
I ni wula            afternoon greeting to one person 爱你 乌拉。
Aw ni wula        afternoon greeting to a group of people 阿瓦 你 乌拉。
I ni su                nighttime greeting to one person  爱你 肃。
Aw ni su            nighttime greeting to a group of people 阿瓦 你 肃。
Mba                    reply  spoken by a man  么吧。
Nse                    reply   spoken by a woman 那是。
I ka kεnε            how are you? spoken to one person 艾可啊 可呢？
I ka kεnε wa         how are you? spoken to one person 哎可啊 可呢哇？
Aw ka kεnε            how are you? spoken to a group of people  阿瓦 可啊 可呢？
Aw ka kεnε wa       how are you? spoken to a group of people 阿瓦 可啊 可呢哇？
Tooro si te            reply to I ka kεnε, I ka kεnε wa,  Aw ka kεnε, and Aw ka kεnε wa 途啰 是的。
Kεnε, tooro te        reply to I ka kεnε, I ka kεnε wa,  Aw ka kεnε, and Aw ka kεnε wa  可呢，途啰的。
Hεrε sira?             how are you? in the morning ("was your night peaceful?")  何乐 是啦？
Hεrε tilenna?        how are you? in the evening ("was your day peaceful?") 何乐 提林呐？
Hεrε doron           reply to Hεrε sira and Hεrε tilenna  何乐 度融。
I bisimila             welcome greeting spoken to one person 艾 必思咪啦。
Aw bisimila         welcome greeting spoken to a group of people 阿瓦 必思你啦。
Saha                     reply to I bisimila and Aw bisimila 萨哈。

Bamukumbit  [bqt] (Cameroon.)

Oli ya       general greeting     傲哩 雅。

Bamun  [bax] (Cameroon.)

Poket         general greeting       颇可的。  

Bana [bcw] (Cameroon.)

'Wəsá        general greeting 握手啊（飒）。

Banda-Mbrès [bqk] (Central African Republic.)

Oymewa       general greeting in the Bouka dialect      傲伊么哇。
Bjeyemwa      general greeting in the Bouka dialect 碧杰耶么哇。

Bandi [bza] (Liberia and Guinea.)

Eseh        general greeting      哎是哦
I se vaama      welcome greeting 爱思发吗。

Bangi [bni] (Democratic Republic of the Congo.)

Ömwa         morning greeting 嗷冒哇。
Ömwa nā yo           morning greeting 嗷冒哇 那哟。
Lökā löbi           nighttime greeting 老客啊 老碧。
Öng'öngô         greeting spoken by a visitor when entering a place 嗡 嗡够。
Ē             reply to Ömwa, Ömwa nā yo, Lökā löbi, and Öng'öngô       哎哦。

Bangi Me [dba] (Mali.)

Dôo          morning greeting  度。
Dóòó        reply to Dôo 度喔。
Kǒré hέέrε tùrù?       morning greeting  酷哩 何乐 途露？
Hέέrε tùrù              reply to Kǒré hέέrε tùrù  何乐途露。
Tyâa                      afternoon greeting 提雅？
Tyâá                      reply to Tyâa 提雅。
Kǒré hέέrε néó?       afternoon greeting 酷热 何乐 呢噢？
Hέέrε néó         reply to Kǒré hέέrε néó 何乐 呢哦。
Ǎná wàrì          greeting spoken to a person who is working 啊呐 瓦丽。