|  Afrikaans (Africa) - Dankie
Albanian - Faleminderit
Arabic - Sukran
Arabic - Shukran Gazillan (Thank you very much)
Armenian - shur-nur-ah-gah-lem
Australian - Thoinks, Moite!
Basque Country (between France and Spain) - Eskerrik asko (Thank you very much)
Bengali - Dhannyabad
Bulgarian - Blagodaria
Bosnia - Hvala
Burma(Myanmar) - Jae Zu Din Pa De (Thank you)
Cameroon (Duala) - Na som (thanks)
Cameroon (Duala) - Na som djita (Thank you very much)
Cantonese - M'goy (sp? -- thank you for the service)
Cantonese - Do jey (sp? -- thank you for the gift)
Catalonia (catalan) - gràcies [grah'-si-es] estandard
Catalonia (catalan) - moltes gràcies [many thanks]
Catalonia (catalan) - merci [mer'-si] very colloquial
Cherokee Nation - Wado (Thank you)
Cherokee (Eastern) - Skee (Thank you)
Chinese (Mandarin) - Xie_Xie (shieh shieh)
Chinese (Cantonese) Mh goi (m-ghoh-ee) (informal: thanks)
Chinese (Cantonese) Do jeh (tou yeh) (formal: thanks)
Cook Islander - Kia Manuia
Croatia - Hvala
Czech – Dekuji (deh'-ku-yih)
Danish - tak (tahg)
Dutch - dank U wel (dahnk you well) (formal: thank you very much)
Dutch - bedankt / dank je wel (dahnk ye well) (informal: thanks) - WEL is 'good', like "I wish you well"
Dutch - Dank U zeer / duizend maal dank (thank you VERY much) - a superlative and used when you get stuck in a thunderstorm, then lost, mugged, robbed, etc. And someone helps you. Only then. ZEER is 'very'. JE and U are 'you', but informal and formal. (still alive in old english like in 'ye olde'). "Duizend maal" means a 'thousand times'.
Dutch - hartelijk dank (thanks from the heart) Another formal form used in contexts like: "thanks for coming/inviting" (to a wedding, birthday party) or when receiving a formal present.
English - Thanks awfully, old boy
Esperanto - Dankon (thank you)
Esperanto - Dankegon (thank you very much)
Estonia - Aitäh
Ewe Togo (Africa) - Akpé (Appé)
Ewe Togo (Africa) - Apké na wo (Thanks to you)
Fijian - Vinaka
Fijiab - Vinaka vaka levu (Thank you very much)
Finnish - kiitos (kee'-toas)
Fon Benin (Africa) - Kpè nu wé
French - merci (mehr-see')
French - Merci Madame - Thanks (to a woman)
French - Merci Mademoiselle - Thanks (to a young girl)
French - Merci Monsieur - Thanks (to a man)
F.Y.R.O.M. (Macedonia) - Hvala
Gambia (Mandinka) - Abarka
Georgia(Sakartvelo) - madlobt (thank you)
Georgia(Sakartvelo) - didi madloba (thank you very much)
German - Danke (dahn'-kuh)
German - Danke schoen (literally: nicely thank you, outdated)
German - Danke sehr (Thank you very much)
German -Vielen Dank (Many Thanks)
Greek - Efharisto (ef-har-ris-tou')
Greek - Efkaristo poly
Guarani - Aguije (ah-we-JAY) native indian language of Paraguay and Western Brazil
Guinea (Mandinka) - Abarka
Gujarathi (India) - Aabar
Hawaiian - Mahalo
Hebrew - Toda (toh-dah')
Hebrew - Toda raba (thank you very much)
Hindi (India National Language) - Dhanyavaad
Hindi - Shukriyaa
Hungarian - Köszönöm (kuh'-suh-nuhm)
Icelandic - Þakka þér fyrir
Icelandic - Takk (informal)
Indonesian - Terima kasih (teh-ri-mah kah-sih)
Indonesian - Terima Kasih Banjak/Banyak (Both pronounced bunyuk - Thank you very much)
Iran (Persia) - Moteshakeram (formal)
Iran (Persia) - Merci (informal - just like french but r in this word is pronounced as /r/ )
Irish - Go raibh maith agat ( Thank you "Go - Rev - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have good things)
Irish - Go raibh mile maith agat ( Thank you very much "Go - Rev - Meela - Mah - Agut") (literally, may you have a thousand good things)
Irish (Northern) - Nice one bro'r, or Cheers mucker!
Italian - Grazie (grahts'-yeh)
Italian - Grazie tanto (many thanks - cordial version)
Italian - Mille Grazie (a thousand thanks)
Japanese - Arigato (ah-ree-gah'-toh) or A_Ree_Ga_Tou_Go_Zai_Ma_Su
Japanese - Domo arrigato
Javanese - Matur nuwun
Jive - Thanks mon - Appropriate only if directed to a male
Kannada (India) - Dhan-ya-vaadaa (spoken in S India, in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.)
Konkani (West coast - Konkan coast of India - It also is the state official language of Goa) - Dev boren koru (thank you - literally means " May God do good to you" as that is the way we thank people. )
Korean - Kamsa hamaida (kam'-sah hum-nee-dah' )
Latvian - Paldies
Lithuanian - Achu
Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale (Thank you)
Luganda (Uganda) - Waybale Nyo (Thank you very much)
Malayalam (South Indian Language) - Nandi
Malayalam (India) - Nani
Malaysian - Terima Kasih ("Tay ree ma Kaa seh")
Mali (Mandinka) - Abarka
Mandinka - Abarka (language of West Africa; The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea and Mali)
Maori - Kia Manuia
Nepali -- (Nepal National Language) - Dhan-ya-vaad
New Zealand - Cheers - LOL
New Zealand - Kiaora Koe (NZ Maori)
New Zealand - Kiaora Korua (NZ Maori)
New Zealand - Kiaora Koto (NZ Maori)
New Zealand - Kiaora Tatou (NZ Maori)
Nigeria (Hausa) - Na gode
Norwegian - Takk (tahkk)
Oman - Shakkran
Palauan - soolong (Republic of Palau)
Paraguay (Guarani) - Aguije (ah-we-JAY)
Persian/Farsi - Mam'noon or Mo'teshake'ram (Spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and other Central Asian countries)
Philippines Tagalog - Salamat
Philippines - Maraming Salamat (thank you very much)
Polish - Dziekuje (dsyehn-koo-yeh)
Portuguese - Obrigada (Female)
Portuguese - Obrigado (Male) (oh-bree-gah'-doh)
Portuguese - Muito Obrigado (Thank you very much)
Portuguese - Muito Obrigado com Voce (have my personal thanks)
Punjabi [ Pakistan and India] - Bhala Hove
Qatar - Shakkran
Romanian - Multumesc (phonetic: mooltzoomeask)
Romanian - Va multumim frumos (great thanks)
Russian - Spasiba (spah-see'-boh)
Russian - Blagodaryu (a little official)
Russian - Premnogo blagodaren (my greater thanks - words said to bosses by workers)
Russian - Spasibo balshoye (big thanks)
Samoan - Fa'afetai (fah-ah-feh-ta-e - thank you)
Samoan - Fa'afetai tele lava (Thank you very much)
Samoan - Talofa
Saulteaux Indians (Manitoba, Canada) - Miigwech (meegweech) -- there are similar spellings in other native languages such as Cree, etc.
Scottish - Cheers
Scot's Gaelic (Informal) - Tapadh Leat (tah-puh let)
Scot's Gaelic (Formal) - Tapadh Leibh (tah-puh lave)
Scot's Gaelic (Many Thanks) - Moran Taing
Senegal (Mandinka) - Abarka
Serbo - Croat -Hvala
Slovakia – Dakujem (deh'-ku-yem)
South Africa - Dankie ("Dung-Key")
South Africa - Baie Dankie (thanks very much - "Buyer Dung-Key")
Spanish - Gracias (grah'-syas)
Spanish - Gracias a todos (Thank you all)
Spanish - Muchas gracias (thank you very much, literally: many thanks) While Dutch people scarcely use the superlative forms, the Spanish don't use the minimalistic forms much (mostly in informal context). In Spanish, when a flyer is shoved into your hands, its worth a 'gracias', you normally use 'muchas gracias'.
Spanish - Muchisimas gracias (thank you VERY much) - to someone who was useful to you.
Spanish - un millón de gracias (a million thanks) - for when someone saves your life.
Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Te pasastes. (informal)
Spanish (Latin America, informal) - Se pasó. (formal) Which means "You went over the line", or "thanks for going out of your way to help me". When used, it will get you a smile, guaranteed.
Sundanese - Nuhun
Sunda - Hatur Nuhun
Swahili - Ahsante (ah-sahn'-teh)
Swahili - Ahsante Sana (Thank you very much)
Swedish - Tack (tahkk)
Swedish - Tack så mycket
Tahitian - Maururu
Tamil (India) - Nandri ("Nun-dry" spoken in South India, Singapore, Malaysia)
Teenager -
Telungu (South Indian Language)- Manjuthe
Thai - Khob Khun Kha (Feminine)
Thai - Khob Khun Krab (Masculine)
Thai - Khop Khun Mak (Thank you very much)
Thai - Khop Khun Mak Kha (Feminine)
Thai - Khob Khun Mak Krab (Masculine)
Thai - Khob Pra Khun Kha (Formal feminine)
Thai - Khob Pra Khun Krab (Formal masculine)
Tibetan - Thuk Ji Chhe
Turkish - Tesekkurler ( teh-sheh-keur eh-deh-rim)
Turkish - Çok tesekkur ederim (big thanks)
Turkish - Saðol (thank you)
Turkish - Saðolun (thank you - "saol")
Turkish - Tesekkurler (thanks - "teshekkyurler")
U.S. & Canada - Thank You
United States (South) - Thanks y'all
Ukranian - Dyakuyu
Urudu (India) - Shukria
Urudu (India) - Bahut Bahut Shukriyaa
Urdu [Pakistan, India and Bangla Desh] - Maherbani
Urdu (Pakistan) - Shukria
Urdu (Pakistan) -Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very much)
Urdu (Pakistan) - Bahut Bahut Shukria ( Thank you very very much)
Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Rahmat (Thanks)
Uzbekistan (Uzbek) - Katta Rahmat (Thanks a lot)
Vietnamese - Kam ouen
Wales/Cymru - Diloch yn fawr (thank you very much)
Wales/Cymru - Diolch (thanks)
Xhosa (Africa) - Nkosi
Yemen - Shakkran
Yiddish - A dank
Yiddish - Yasher Koach (KOY-ACH)
Yoruba - Modupe
Yugoslavia - Hvala
Zulu - Ngiyabonga
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