diff --git a/src/app/api/telegram/webhook/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/telegram/webhook/__tests__/route.test.ts
index b9ccdb6ab..d0dd4e058 100644
--- a/src/app/api/telegram/webhook/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/telegram/webhook/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@ describe("Telegram webhook — text-message dispatch", () => {
     ["ayuda", 213],
     ["aiuto", 214],
     ["Pomoc", 215],
+    ["hulp", 217],
+    ["도움말", 218],
+    ["Ajuda", 219],
   ])("answers the bare help word %s", async (word, updateId) => {
     const res = await POST(
       tgRequest({
@@ -602,6 +605,9 @@ describe("Telegram webhook — text-message dispatch", () => {
     ["Hola", 221],
     ["ciao", 222],
     ["cześć", 223],
+    ["Hoi", 224],
+    ["안녕하세요", 225],
+    ["Olá", 226],
   ])("answers the greeting %s", async (word, updateId) => {
     const res = await POST(
       tgRequest({
diff --git a/src/lib/telegram-bare-words.ts b/src/lib/telegram-bare-words.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..567df26b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/telegram-bare-words.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * Bare-word aliases the Telegram bot answers, per app language.
+ *
+ * The bot's real commands are slash commands (`/help`, `/start`, `/add`) plus
+ * the `taken <name>` text command, and `telegram.helpBody` documents exactly
+ * those in every bundle; none of that depends on the reader's language. What
+ * did depend on it were the two undocumented courtesies below, which knew
+ * English and German: "aide", "ayuda", "aiuto" and "pomoc" reached the intake
+ * keyword instead, failed it, and the handler returned without replying at all.
+ * Silence is the worst answer to someone asking for help.
+ *
+ * These are ordinary words, not app labels, so there is nothing in the bundles
+ * to derive them from. One entry per locale, so a new language cannot be
+ * forgotten here. The bot matches the union, whatever the reader's language,
+ * on the FOLDED text, so "cześć" and "czesc" are one entry and a stray capital
+ * or accent cannot miss.
+ */
+import type { Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
+
+interface BareWords {
+  /** "Help". */
+  readonly help: readonly string[];
+  /** Greetings the bot answers with a wave. */
+  readonly greeting: readonly string[];
+}
+
+const BARE_WORDS: Readonly<Record<Locale, BareWords>> = {
+  en: { help: ["help"], greeting: ["hi", "hello", "hey"] },
+  de: { help: ["hilfe"], greeting: ["hallo", "moin"] },
+  fr: { help: ["aide"], greeting: ["bonjour", "salut"] },
+  es: { help: ["ayuda"], greeting: ["hola", "buenas"] },
+  it: { help: ["aiuto"], greeting: ["ciao", "salve"] },
+  pl: { help: ["pomoc"], greeting: ["czesc", "witaj", "dzien dobry"] },
+  ko: { help: ["도움말", "도움"], greeting: ["안녕", "안녕하세요"] },
+  nl: { help: ["hulp"], greeting: ["hoi", "hallo", "goedemorgen"] },
+  "pt-BR": { help: ["ajuda"], greeting: ["oi", "ola", "bom dia"] },
+};
+
+/** "Help", in every language the app ships. */
+export const HELP_WORDS: readonly string[] = Object.values(BARE_WORDS).flatMap(
+  (words) => words.help,
+);
+
+/** Greetings, in every language the app ships. */
+export const GREETING_WORDS: readonly string[] = Object.values(
+  BARE_WORDS,
+).flatMap((words) => words.greeting);
diff --git a/src/lib/telegram-webhook-handlers.ts b/src/lib/telegram-webhook-handlers.ts
index faea70a20..7b7bdf7c2 100644
--- a/src/lib/telegram-webhook-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/telegram-webhook-handlers.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
 // dose (the /add list, the "taken" keyword, the reminder buttons) leaves a
 // medication kept as a record out, as the web and the today list do.
 import { TRACKED_INTAKE_WHERE } from "@/lib/medications/intake-tracking";
+import { GREETING_WORDS, HELP_WORDS } from "@/lib/telegram-bare-words";
 
 /**
  * Telegram webhook update handlers, split out of
@@ -48,54 +49,6 @@ import { TRACKED_INTAKE_WHERE } from "@/lib/medications/intake-tracking";
  * from the linked chat via `findTelegramUser` — never from the payload.
  */
 
-/* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
- * Bare-word aliases.
- *
- * The bot's real commands are slash commands (`/help`, `/start`, `/add`) plus
- * the `taken <name>` text command, and `telegram.helpBody` documents exactly
- * those in all six bundles — none of that depends on the reader's language.
- * What did depend on it were the two undocumented courtesies below, which knew
- * English and German: "aide", "ayuda", "aiuto" and "pomoc" reached the intake
- * keyword instead, failed it, and the handler returned without replying at all.
- * Silence is the worst answer to someone asking for help.
- *
- * These are ordinary words, not app labels, so there is nothing in the bundles
- * to derive them from. They are matched on the FOLDED text so "cześć" and
- * "czesc" are one entry and a stray capital or accent cannot miss.
- * ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-
-/** "Help", in every language the app ships. */
-const HELP_WORDS: readonly string[] = [
-  "help",
-  "hilfe",
-  "aide",
-  "ayuda",
-  "aiuto",
-  "pomoc",
-  "ajuda",
-];
-
-/** Greetings the bot answers with a wave, in every language the app ships. */
-const GREETING_WORDS: readonly string[] = [
-  "hi",
-  "hello",
-  "hey",
-  "hallo",
-  "moin",
-  "bonjour",
-  "salut",
-  "hola",
-  "buenas",
-  "ciao",
-  "salve",
-  "czesc",
-  "witaj",
-  "dzien dobry",
-  "oi",
-  "ola",
-  "bom dia",
-];
-
 /**
  * True when the whole message is one of `words`. Folded on both sides, so the
  * comparison is case-, accent- and punctuation-insensitive; anchored to the