In Albanese, by Gencalba and Delvina: Mirsevini

This language is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and the Epirus region

Note: can also be spelled ‘Mirësevini’.

Pronunciation : the ‘ë’ is pronounced uh and the ‘e’ is pronounced ay

In Amazigh, by Elmahdi Said: berrkat

This language is spoken in Morocco

Note: Amazigh of the Souss

In Arabic, by Houda : مرحبا ( “Marhaba”)

In Armenian, by Remy: Pari égak (or) Pari kaloust

This language is spoken in Armenia and in the Armenian diaspora

Note: Roll the « r ». There are other possible translations.

In Arpitan, by Jian : benvegnua

This language is spoken in France, Savoy, Switzerland and Italy

In Auvergnat, by Michel:  bevendüdà

This language is spoken in Auvergne, Velay and Limousin (and before the francization, which occured during the Renaissance, also in the South of Berry and in the Bourbonnais).

In Bahasa Indonesia, by Frinzi: selamat datang !

This language is spoken in Indonesia

In Basa Jawa, by Frinzi: sugeng rawuh !

This language is spoken in Indonesia and Java

In Basque, by Alex and Michel: ongi etorri !

This language is spoken in the Pays Basque (Euzkadi), Spain and France

Note: pronounced « onngui étorri »

In Batanga, by Medi: ipoh di yamu !

This language is spoken in Cameroon

In Breton, by Michel and Rozenn: Degemer mat !

This language is spoken in Bretagne, France (Léon, Trégor, Gwened, Kerne)

Note: in bro Gwened (Vannetais), also: “Digemer mad” and “Degemer mad”.

In Castellan, by Isabel: ¡Bienvenido!

This language is spoken all over the American continents

Note: The language known as Spanish is actually Castellan (Castellano), as Spain counts more than one region or one language. Don’t forget the ¡ that’s slowly disappearing…

In Catalan , by Imanol:

This language is spoken in Catalonia

In Catalan, by Imanol,  Rosa-Maria Llavoré and Florència: Benvingut / Benvinguda ! (pl.Benvinguts !, Benvingudes !)

This language is spoken in Catalonia: Southern Catalonia (currently Spanish territory) and Northern Catalonia (currently French territory), in Andorra, in the Balearic Islands, in the Region of Valencia, in « la Franja » (Spain) and in the city of Alguer, in Sardinia.

Note: For this expression, Catalan uses an adjective, hence both masculine/feminine versions. Catalan is spoken by 9,5 millions people.

In Comorian (Shikomor), by Dalila Ahamed: Karibou !

This language is spoken in the Comoros

In Corsican, by David: benvenutu

This language is spoken in Corsica

Note: Other possible translation: benvinutu

In Croatian, by Véronique : dobro dosli

This language is spoken in Croatia

Note: There is a sifne on the s, pronounced “ch”

In Czech, by Anna Benesova : Vítejte!

This language is spoken in the Czech Republic

In Dhivehi, by Thomas: maruhabaa !

This language is spoken in the Maldives Islands

In the Milanese Dialect, by Silvio: benvegnü !

This language is spoken in Milan, in Lombardia and in the North of Italy

In Dutch, by Joop Kiefte: Welkom !

This language is spoken in the Netherlands, in Belgium, in Suriname, and in the Antilles.

In English, by Brian: Welcome !

In Esperanto, by Fernando, Gobois, Guy, Desportes-Guilloux and Joop Kiefte: Bonvenon !

This language is spoken all over the World

Pronunciation: bonnevenonne, the letters « o » and « n » are pronounced independantly from each other.

In Fala, by Eusebio Martín: Benvindu

This language is spoken in the North of Extremadura, Spain.

In Fang, by Mevyann : Samba

This language is spoken in Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo Brazzaville

In French, by Alberto : bienvenue!

This language is spoken in France, among many other countries

In Galician, by Carlos Cortón: benvido

This language is spoken in Galicia (Spain)

In German, by Jürgen: Willkommen !

In Haitian creole, by Patrice Schoelchéry : oulakayou !

This language is spoken in Haiti.

Note : “Oulakayou” is roughly equivalent to “make yourself home !”.

In Hawaiian, by Kanoe: E komo mai !

Meaning “come in”. The English phrase can be translated in numerous ways depending on the context.

In Henua Ena’ta, by Nahinaeiva : Kaoha nui oe

This language is spoken in the Marquesas Islands

In Hindi, by Christophe: Swagat hai !

This language is spoken in India

In Hungarian, by galliano : isten hozta

This language is spoken in Hungary

Note: ichtêne hosta

In Inuktitut, by Perrone: Tungasugitsi !

This language is spoken in the Canadian Arctic (Nunavut, Nunavik)

In Italian, by Veronica and Silvio: Benvenuto !

This language is spoken in Italy and Switzerland (in the Canton Ticino)

In Japonese, by Alex and Joseph: ようこそ！yō koso (irasshaimashita) !

This language is spoken in Japan

Pronunciation: the «ō » is long

In Kaqchikel, by Gelber : utz’ apetenïk

This language is spoken in Comalapa, Chimaltenango department, Guatemala

In Kashubian, by Adóm Hébel : witôjtaż !

This language is spoken in the North of Poland

Note: Kashubian used to say ‘witôjtaż drëszë!’ which means ‘welcome to our friends!’

In Kiholo (Holu), by Mvwala Katshinga: Tusangenu !

This language is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Angola.

In Kinyarwanda-Kirundi, by Mwisa: Murakaza neza (plurial)/Urakaza neza (singular)

This language is spoken in Rwanda and in Burundi

In Kinyindu, by Ashpan : ege’rera

This language is spoken in the East of the DRC, and more specifically in Lwindi (South Kivu Province)

Note: When writing down the language of the Nyindu indigenous people, the tonic accents have to be taken into account. So far, for lack of a serious linguistic study on this matter, various orthographies are used.

In Kiswahili, by Mwembe: Karibu !

This language is spoken in Tanzania, in Kenya, in Uganda, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Rwanda and in Burundi.

In Koviouvaga, by Naniouktchka: Emeratiekhna

This language is spoken in Eastern Europe

Note: This word comesfrom “Emera”, which means « the Peace »

In Luganda, by Omuyembe: Tukusanyukidde (singuliar)/ Tubasanyukidde (plural)

This language is spoken in Uganda

In Malagasy, by Rasoloniaina: tonga soa !

This language is spoken in Madagascar

Note: the digraph ‘ng’ is a prenasalized and pronounced as a whole; the o is pronounced [u] and [ua] in « soa » is a diphtong.

In Mandarin Chinese, by HAI Chen : 欢迎 !

This language is spoken in China

In (Yucatec) Maya, par jhonnatan : k’aam yéetel uts

This language is spoken in the Yucatan, Mexico

In Mpongwe, by malekou : saléni

This language is spoken in Gabon

Note: Also “salé salé”

In Ngakarimojong, by Nick Jewitt : tolom tooma

This language is spoken in the Northeast of Uganda

Note: Litteraly “enter inside”

In Norman, by Normanring : bié’v’nu

This language is spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands

In Norwegian, by Turid: Velkommen !

In Papiamento, by Silvio: Bonbini !

This language is spoken in Aruba and in the Dutch Antilles.

In Persian, by Ismail : khush âmâdid

This language is spoken in Iran and Afghanistan

In Persian (Farsi), by Sima : Khosh âmadid

This language is spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.

In Picard, by Géo : Binv’nute

This language is spoken in France and Belgium.

In Polish, by Yoram : Witaj !

This language is spoken in Poland

In Portuguese, by Fernanda and Joop Kiefte: Bem-vindo !

This language is spoken in Brazil

Note: It ‘s rare to find an ‘m’ before a consonant, most of the time it would turn into an ‘n’.

In Provençal, by Cayol and Tabacchi jean charles : Benvengudo

This language is spoken in Provence, France

In Pulaar (Fula), by Deme : a javvaama !

This language is spoken in Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Burkina, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Sudan

Moussa Tall offers the alternative “bismilla”

In Quechua from Ayacucho, by Gloria: allinlla kaypi kapuy !

This language is spoken in Ayacucho, Peru

In Rama, by Maricela Kauffmann : Maliis nisuungi maa siiku

This language is spoken in Nicaragua

Note: Chibchane

In Romanian, by Irina : Bine aţi venit!

Cette langue est parlée en Roumanie (la variante moldave aussi de Bessarabie)

Note: ţ is pronounced /tz/

In Russian, by Victoria: Добро пожаловать!

This language is spoken in Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union

In Slovaquian, by Andrea: Vitaj

In Songhay, by Yoram: fo nd’ kayon !

This language is spoken in Mali, in Niger, in Burkina Faso and in Benin.

Note: This version is the one from Niger and Burkina Faso. The last syllable is nasalized.

In Spanish, by Eduardo: ¡Bienvenidos !

In Tagalog, by AJ : Mabuhay !

This language is spoken in the Philippines

In Tahitian, by Bilhou : maeva

This language is spoken in Tahiti

In Thai, by Gilles Delouche : ยินดีตอนรับ

This language is spoken in Thailand

In Tibetan, by Tashi Dorjee: ཕྱགས་ཕེབས་གནང་། shak pep nang

There are three different dialects, but the spelling is the same

In Toki Pona, by Joop Kiefte: kama pona !

This language is spoken between Esperanto speakers and on the Internet

In Tuareg (Tamasheq, Tamahaq), by Ibrahim: Markhaba

This language is spoken in Algeria, Mali, Niger, Lybia, Burkina Faso.

In Turkish, by Violeta : Hos Geldeniz

This language is spoken in Turkey

Note: There is a cedilla under the S

In Urdu, by Tomek: Khush aamaded !

This language is spoken in Pakistan and the north of India

In Walloon from Namur, by Thierry: Bénvnowe !

This language is spoken in the Belgian provinces of Namur and Givet

Pronunciation: [bèfno]

In Welsh, by Rozenn: Croeso !

This language is spoken in the Wales

In Wolof, by Fatou : dalal jàmm

This language is spoken in Senegal