Hello!
Welcome to our meeting. There are more than 28 million Scouts, youth and adults, boys and girls,
in 15 countries. There are many languages spoken in those countries but you can always hear a
Scout greeting you.
Spanish: Hola (OH-lah)
French: Bonjour (bohn-ZHOOR)
German: Guten Tag (GOOT-en Tahg)
Mandarin: Ni hao (nee-HOW)
Russian: Zdravstvuite (ZzDrast-vet- yah)
Mohawk: Sekoh (SEH-goh)
Swahili: Jambo (JAM-bo)
Arabic: Al salaam a’alaykum (AHL sah-LAHMah
ah-LAY-koom)
Hindi: Nahmaste (nah-mah-STAY)
Hebrew: Shalom (Sha-LOHM)
Hawaiian: Aloha (ah-LOW-ha)
No matter where you go or how you say it, you can count on being greeted by a Scout who says
‘Hello’. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.
References / Source:
GSLC Pow Wow 2007