Statistics for Answering the Phone Around the World

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Tagalog	Hello	78%
Arabic (Modern Standard)	āllō - آلو	55%
Norwegian	Hallo	45%
Spanish (in addition to "si" and "aló")	Bueno / Hola / Diga / Dígame ("speak to me")	43%
French	Allô	41%
Esperanto	Halo	39%
Japanese	Moshi-moshi - もしもし / Hai - はい ("yes")	27%
Italian	Pronto	14%
Finnish	Haloo	8%
Polish (besides "halo"	Słucham - pronounced 'Swuham' ("I'm listening") or cześć	8%
Mandarin	Wéi - 喂	8%
Farsi/Persian	Gooshi-gooshi / Bali - نخیر ("yes") / Salaam - سلام	6%
Portugese (besides "hâlo")	Está lá / Estou sim / Estou	4%
Czech (besides "alo")	Prosím ("please") / Ano ("yes")	4%
Turkish (besides "alo")	Efendim / Efem ("yeah") / Eet ("yes")	2%
Thai	Hanlǒh - ฮัลโหล	2%
Serbo-Croatian & Bosnian (besides "halo" and "da")	Molim - Молим	2%
Cantonese	Wái - 喂	2%
Korean	Yeoboseyo - 여보세요	2%
Mongolian	Baina uu - Байна уу	0%
Basque	Bai ("yes") / Bai esan / Nor da	0%
Calalan (in addition to the other Spanish greetings)	Digui	0%
Greek	Embrós - Εμπρός / Léyete - Λέγετε ("speak") / Nai - Ναι ("yes")/ Paraka'lo Παρακαλώ ("please")	0%
Uzbek	Labbay	0%
Vietnamese (besides "alô")	Xin chào	0%