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Same thing, five places Specimen No. 01

Five ways to greet someone. Not one of them means “hello.”

Sawubona
isiZulu · Southern Africa
I see you.
你吃了吗
Mandarin · China
Have you eaten?
السّلام عليكم
Arabic · across the Arab world
Peace be upon you.
Kia ora
Te Reo Māori · Aotearoa
Be well. Have life.
Apa kabar?
Malay & Indonesian
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A greeting is a culture’s shortest sentence about what matters. Being seen. Being fed. Being at peace. Being alive. Being told. Five answers to the same three seconds in a doorway — and every one of them is a whole worldview, compressed.

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Traditions
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Language
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