Как признаются в любви на разных языках мира

- A -

Afrikaans

: Ek is lief vir jou
: Ek het jou lief

Albanian

: Te dua
: Te dashuroj
: Ti je zemra ime

Alsacien (Elsass)

: Ich hoan dich gear

Amharic (Aethio.)

: Afekrishalehou
: Afekrischalehou

Amharic (Ethiopian)

: Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)
: Ewedihalehu (male/female to male)

American Sign Language

: (signed with right hand)

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Apache

: Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French, '~n' as in French 'salon')

Arabic (formal)

: Ohiboke (male to female)
: Ohiboki (male to female)
: Ohibokoma (male or female to two males or two females)
: Nohiboke (more than one male or females to female)
: Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)
: Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two males or two females)
: Nohibokom (male to male or female to more than two males)
: Nohibokon (male to male or female to more than two females)

Arabic (proper)

: Ooheboki (male to female)
: Ooheboka (female to male)

Arabic

: Ana behibak (female to male)
: Ana behibek (male to female)
: Ahebich (male to female)
: Ahebik (female to male)
: Ana ahebik
: Ib'n hebbak
: Ana ba-heb-bak
: Bahibak (female to male)
: Bahibik (male to female)
: Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)
: Benhibik (male to male or female to female)
: Benhibkom (male to male or female to more than one male)
: Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance)

Arabic (Umggs.)

: Ana hebbek

Armenian

: Yes kez si'rumem

Ashanti / Akan / Twi

: Me dor wo

Assamese

: Moi tomak bhal pau

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Bangladeschi

: Ami tomake walobashi

Basque

: Maite zaitut
: Nere maitea ("My love/My darling")

Bassa

: Mengweswe

Batak

: Holong rohangku di ho

Bemba

: Ndikufuna

Bengali

: Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
: Ami tomay bhalobashi
: Ami tomake bahlobashi

Berber

: Lakh tirikh

Betazed

: Imzadi

Bicol

: Namumutan ta ka

Bolivian Quechua

: Qanta munani

Bosnian

: Volim te

Braille

: :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;

Brazilian / Portuguese

: Eu te amo

Brazilian / Galician

: Querote
: Amo-te (pronounced "Amu'-tee")

Bulgarian

: Obicham te
: As te obeicham
: As te obicham
: Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")

Burmese

: Chit pa de

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Cajun

: Mi aime jou

Cambodian

: Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah
: Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French

: Sh'teme (spoken, sounds like this)
: Je t'aime ("I like you")
: Je t'adore ("I love you")

Catalan

: T'estimo (Catalonian)
: T'estim (Mallorcan)
: T'estime (Valencian)
: T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")

Cebuano

: Gihigugma ko ikaw

Central Yup'ik

: Assiramken ('r' is a voiced uvular fricative, kind of like a German 'ch', except voiced and pronounced a little farther back in the mouth, nearer to the throat)

Chamoru (or Chamorro)

: Hu guaiya hao

Cherokee

: Aya gvgeyu'i nihi

Cheyenne

: Ne mohotatse

Chichewa

: Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw

: Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)

Chinese

: Gwa ai li (Amoy)
: Ngo oi nei (Cantonese)
: Wo oi nei ( " )
: Ngai oi gnee (Hakka)
: Ngai on ni ( " )
: Ai oi ngee ( " )
: Wa ai lu (Hokkien)
: Wo ai ni (Mandarin/Putonghua)
: Ngo ai nong (Wu)

Corsican

: Ti tengu cara (male to female)
: Ti tengu caru (female to male)

Creol

: Mi aime jou

Croatian (familiar)

: Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim te (used in common speech)

Croatian (formal)

: Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim vas (used in common speech)
: Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you", 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)

Croatian (old)

: Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Czech

: Miluji te (a downwards pointing arrowhead on top of the 'e' in te, which is pronounced 'ye')
: Miluju te! (colloquial form)
: Ma'm te (velmi) ra'd (male speaker, "I like you (very much)", often used and prefered)
: Ma'm te (velmi) ra'da (female speaker)

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Danish

: Jeg elsker dig

Dusun

: Siuhang oku dia

Dutch

: Ik hou van je
: Ik hou van jou
: Ik bemin je (old fashioned)
: Ik bemin jou ( " )
: Ik heb je lief ( " )
: Ik ben verliefd op je ("I am in love with you")
: Ik ben verliefd op jou ( " )
: Ik houd erg veel van jou ("I love you very much")
: Ik houd erg veel van je ( " )
: Ik vind je leuk ("I like you")
: Ik vind je aardig ( " )
: Ik vind je heel erg leuk ("I like you very much")
: Ik vind je heel aardig ( " )
: Ik zie je graag
: Ik mag jou wel ("I like you")
: Ik mag jou heel graag ("I like you very much") (the last two are more superficial, thus more suitable for male to male)

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Ecuador Quechua

: Canda munani

English

: I love you
: I adore you
: I love thee (used only in Christian context)

Esperanto

: Mi amas vin

Estonian

: Mina armastan sind
: Ma armastan sind

Ethiopian

: Afgreki'

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Farsi (old)

: Tora dust mi daram

Farsi

: Tora dost daram ("I love you")
: Asheghetam
: Doostat daram ("I'm in love with you")
: Man asheghetam ("I'm in love with you")

Filipino

: Iniibig kita
: Mahal kita

Finnish (formal)

: Mina" rakastan sinua
: Rakastan sinua
: Mina" pida"n sinusta ("I like you")

Finnish

: (Ma") rakastan sua
: (Ma") tykka"a"n susta ("I like you")

French

: Je t'aime ("I love you")
: Je t'adore ("I love you", stronger meaning between lovers)
: J' t'aime bien ("I like you", meant for friends and family, not for lovers)

French (formal)

: Je vous aime

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Gaelic

: Ta gra agam ort
: Moo graugh hoo

Galician / Portuguese

: Eu te amo

Galician / Brazilian

: Querote

Georgian

: Miqvarhar (familiar)
: Me shen miqvarhar [MEh SHEN MI-(q pronounced between k and g) -VURR-HURR]
: Miqvarharth (more respectful)
: Me thkven miqvarharth [MEh (t in breathing out)-KVEN MI-(k/g)-VURR-HURR-(the same)]

German (formal)

: Ich liebe Sie (rarely used)

German

: Ich liebe dich
: Ich hab' dich lieb
: Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and conservative)

German dialects:

German dialects: Bavarian (Bayrisch) (Bavaria/Bayern)

: I moag di gern
: I mog di (right answer: "I di a")
: I lieb di

German dialects: Berlin dialect (Berlinerisch)

: Ick liebe dir (Old, very old)
: Ick liebe Dich

German dialects: Berner-Deutsch

: Ig liebe di

German dialects: Bochumer

: Ich lieb Dich!

German dialects: Franconian (Fra"nkisch) (Franconia/Franken)

: Du gfa"llsd mer fai
: Bisd scho mai gouds freggerla (already in a relationship)
: Mid dier ma"cherd ich a amol (sexually touched, ment as a compliment, not litterally) (the above 3 entries really mean "I like you", a Franke would never say "I love you")

German dialects: Friesian (Friesisch)

: Ik hou fan dei (sp?)
: Ik hald fan dei

German dialects: Hessian (Hessisch)

: Isch habb disch libb

German dialects: Ostfriesisch

: Ick heb di leev

German dialects: Saarla"ndisch

: Isch hann disch lieb

German dialects: Saxon (Sa"chsisch)

: Isch liebdsch

German dialects: Swabian (Schwa"bisch)

: I mog di fei sauma"ssich (Literally "I like you like a pig.")
: I mog di ganz arg (More formal, literally "I like you very much!")

German dialects: Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch)

: Ch'ha di ga"rn

German dialects: Vorarlberg dialect (Vorarlbergerisch)

: I stand total uf di

Greek

: S'ayapo (spoken "s'agapo", 3rd letter is lower case 'gamma')
: Eime eroteumenos mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
: Eime eroteumenos me 'sena (you", male to female)
: Eime eroteumeni mazi sou ("I'm in love with)
: Eime eroteumeni me 'sena (you", female to male)
: Se latrevo ("I adore you")
: Se thelo ("I want you", denotes sexual desire)

Greek (Arhea / Ancient)

: Philo se

Greenlandic

: Asavakit

Gronings

: Ik hol van die

Guarani'

: Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu)

Gujrati

: Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
: Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced)

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Hausa

: Ina sonki

Hawaiian

: Aloha wau ia 'oe
: Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much")

Hebrew

: Anee ohev otakh (male to female)
: Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)
: Anee ohev otkha (male to male)
: Anee ohevet otakh (female to female) ('kh' pronounced like Spanish 'j', Dutch 'g', or similiar to French 'r')

Hindi

: Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)
: Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)
: Mai tumse pyar karta hoon
: Mai tumse peyar karta hnu
: Mai tumse pyar karta hoo
: Mai tujhe pyaar kartha hoo
: Mae tumko peyar kia
: Main tumse pyar karta hoon
: Main tumse prem karta hoon
: Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not pronounced)

Hopi

: Nu' umi unangwa'ta

Hungarian

: Szeretlek
: Te'gedet szeretlek ("It's you I love and no one else")
: Szeretlek te'ged ("It's you I love, you know, you", a reinforcement) (The above two entries are never heard in a normal context.)

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Ibaloi

: Pip-piyan tana
: Pipiyan ta han shili ("I like/love you very much")

Ibo (Igbo)

: A hurum gi nanya

Icelandic

: Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')

Ilocano

: Ay ayating ka

Indonesian

: Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)
: Saya cinta kamu ( " )
: Saya kasih saudari ( " )
: Saja kasih saudari ( " )
: Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)
: Aku cinta padamu ( " )
: Aku cinta kamu ( " )

Interglossa

: Mi esthe philo tu

Italian

: Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)
: Ti voglio bene (between friends)
: Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you", refering to other person's body)

Irish

: Taim i' ngra leat

Irish / Gaelic

: t'a gr'a agam dhuit

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Japanese

: Kimi o aishiteiru (mostly male to female but can be used female to male)
: Aishiteiru (both male and female use this)
: Chuu shiteyo (literally "Please give me a kiss" mostly female to male)
: Ora, omee no koto ga suki da (very informal, male to female)
: Ore wa omae ga suki da (informal, male to female)
: Sukiyo ("I like you.", informal, female to male)
: Watashi wa anata ga suki desu (literally "I like YOU.", female to male)
: Watashi wa anata o hontooni aishite imasu (formal meaning "I REALLY love you.", female to male)
: A-i-shi-te ma-su(both male and female use this)
: Watakushi-wa anata-o aishimasu (very formal meaning "I will love you.", future tense, female to male)
: Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a start, when you are not yet real lovers, both male and female use this)

Javanese

: Kulo tresno

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Kankana

: Laylaydek sik a

Kannada

: Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene
: Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene

Kapampangang (or Pampangang)

: Kaluguran daka

Kekchi

: Nactinra

Kikongo

: Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')

Kiswahili

: Nakupenda
: Nakupenda wewe
: Nakupenda malaika ("I love you, (my) angel")

Klingon

: bangwI' SoH ("You are my beloved")
: qamuSHa' ("I love you")
: qamuSHa'qu' ("I love you very much")
: qaparHa' ("I like you")
: qaparHa'qu' ("I like you very much!") (words are often unnecessary as the thought is most often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings)

Korean

: (Tangsinul) Saranghae ("I love you")
: (Tangsinul) Saranghaeyo (with a little respect)
: (Tangsinul) Saranghamnida ( " )
: Nanun dangsineul saranghamnida ( " )
: Tangsinul
: Tangsinul sarang ha yo ("I love you, dear")
: Dangsinul saranghee yo
: Saranghee
: Nanun dangsineul joahamnida ("I like you")
: Nanun dangsineul mucheok joahamnida ("I like very much")
: Nanun dangsineul mucheok saranghamnida ("I love you very much")
: Nanun geudae joa ("I like him" or "I like her")
: Nanun geudae saranghamnida ("I love him" or "I love her")
: Gdaereul hjanghan naemaeum alji ("You know how much I love him/her")
: Nanun neoreul saranghanda
: Joahaeyo ("I like you")
: Saranghaeyo (more formal)
: Saranghapanida (more respectful)
: Norul sarang hae (male to female in casual relationship)
: Tangshini choayo ("I like you, in a romantic way")

Kpele

: I walikana

Kurdish

: Ez te hezdikhem

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Lao

: Khoi hak jao
: Khoi mak jao lai ("I love you very much")
: Khoi hak jao lai ("I like you very much")
: Khoi mak jao (This means "I prefer you", but is used for "I love you".)

Latin

: Te amo
: Vos amo

Latin (old)

: (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis)

Latvian

: Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu') ('i in 'milu' has a line over it, a 'long i')
: Es milu tevi (less common)

Lebanese

: Bahibak

Lingala

: Nalingi yo

Lisbon lingo

: Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!

Lithuanian

: Tave myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)
: Ash mir lutavah

Lojban

: Mi do prami

Luo

: Aheri

Luxembourgish

: Ech hun dech ga"r

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Maa

: Ilolenge

Macedonian

: Te sakam (a little stronger than "I like you")
: Te ljubam ("I really love you")
: Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)
: Pozdrav ("Greetings")

Madrid lingo

: Me molas, Tronca!

Maiese

: Wa wa

Malay / Indonesian

: Saya cintakan kamu (grammatically correct)
: Saya cinta akan kamu(expanded version of above)
: Saya sayangkan kamu (grammatically correct)
: Saya sayang akan kamu (expanded version)
: Aku cinta pada mu (most direct translation)
: Saya cintakan awak
: Aku cinta pada kau
: Saya cinta pada mu (best, most commonly used)
: Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should only be used if you know the person _really_ well)
: Saya sayang pada mu
: Aku sayangkan engkau
: Saya sayang pada mu
: Aku menyintai mu
: Aku menyayangi mu
: Aku kasih pada mu
: Aku jatuh cinta pada mu

Malayalam

: Ngan ninne snaehikkunnu
: Njyaan ninne' preetikyunnu
: Njyaan ninne' mohikyunnu

Maltese

: Jien inhobbok

Marathi

: Mi tuzya var prem karato
: Me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
: Me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)

Marshallese

: Yokwe yuk (sort of multi-purpose, like Aloha, literally "Love to you, my friend")

Mohawk

: Konoronhkwa

Mokilese

: Ngoah mweoku kaua

Moroccan

: Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)
: Kanhebek (in different cities)

Morse Code

: .. ._.. ___ ..._ . _.__ ___ .._
: ___.. ___.. (Literally "88", a Morse Code shorthand meaning "Love, hugs & kisses to you.")
: __... ...__ (Literally "73", a Morse Code shorthand for non romantic friends meaning "Best regards.")

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Nahuatl

: Ni mitz tla-zo-tla (the 'a's are "schwa"s)

Navaho

: Ayor anosh'ni

Ndebele

: Niyakutanda

Norwegian

: Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)
: Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)

Nyanja

: Ninatemba

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Op

: Op lopveop yopuop

Osetian

: Aez dae warzyn

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Pampangang (or Kapampangang)

: Kaluguran daka

Papiamento

: Mi ta stima'bo

Pig Latin

: Ie ovele ouye

Pilipino

: Mahal kita
: Iniibig kita

Polish

: Kocham cie
: Kocham ciebie
: Ja cie kocham (slang, not commonly used)

Portuguese

: Eu amo-te (pronounced "Eu amu'-tee")
: Estou apaixonado por ti (male to female, "I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^ hapa'isho^na'duu puur ti'")
: Estou apaixonada por ti (female to male, "I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^ hapa'isho^na'daa puur ti'")
: Eu adoro-te ("I adore you.")
: Tu e's o meu amor ("You are my love.")
: Eu gosto de ti ("I like you.")
: Quero-te ("I want you", understood as romantic feelings but may have sexual tones)
: Eu desejo-te ("I desire you", may have sexual tones)
: Eu preciso de ti ("I need you.")
: Eu quero fazer amor contigo ("I want to make love with you.")

Portuguese lingo

: Gramo-te `a brava! ("I love you very much", literally "I love you wildly")

Pulaar

: Mbe de yid ma (mbe: d: yidh ma) (Pronounced as two words, "Mbe deyidma". 'b' and second 'd' have bars through the stems indicating affrication, the ':' indicate minute pauses)

Punjabi

: Main tainu pyar karna
: Mai taunu pyar karda
: Mein nu terey na^l piyaar ay (pronounced: "meinu therei naal piya'rei", th as in bath) ' = stressed syllable

Pushto

: Mung jane' (pronounced: "puxto: mu'ng jane'")
: Pa ta mayan yem

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Quenya

: Tye-mela'ne

- R -

Raetoromanisch

: Te amo

Romanian

: Te iubesc
: Te ador (stronger)

Russian

: Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned)
: Ya tyebya lyublyu (best)
: Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned)
: Ya lyublyu tyebya

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Saami

: Mun ra'hkistan du

Samoan

: Ou te alofa outou
: Ou te alofa ia te oe
: Talo'fa ia te oe ("Hello, from me to you")

Sanskrit

: Anurag (a higher love, like the love of music or art)

Scot-Gaelic

: Tha gradh agam ort

Serbian (formal)

: Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim vas (used in common speech)
: Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you", 'lj' pronounced like 'll' in Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)

Serbian (familiar)

: Ja te volim (used in proper speech)
: Volim te (used in common speech)

Serbian (old)

: Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Serbocroatian

: Volim te
: Ljubim te
: Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)

Sesotho(Southern Sotho)

: Ke a mo rata

Shona

: Ndinokuda

Sinhala

: Mama oya'ta a'darei

Sioux

: Techihhila

Slovak

: Lubim ta

Slovene

: Ljubim te

Solresol

: do-re mi-la-si do-mi

Spanish

: Te amo
: Te quiero
: Te adoro ("I adore you")
: Te deseo ("I desire you")
: Me antojis ("I crave you")

Srilankan

: Mama oyata arderyi

Swahili

: Nakupenda
: Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
: Ninikupenda
: Dholu'o

Swedish

: Jag a"lskar dig ('dig' pronounced like 'day')

Syrian / Lebanese

: Bhebbek (male to female)
: Bhebbak (female to male)

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Tagalog

: Mahal kita

Tahitian

: Ua here au ia oe
: Ua here vau ia oe

Tamil

: Naan unnai kadalikiren
: Nan unnai kathalikaren
: Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")
: N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")
: Nam vi'rmberem

Telugu

: Ninnu premistunnanu
: Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu
: Nenu ninnu premistunnanu

Thai (formal)

: Phom rak khun (male to female)
: Phom ruk koon ( " )
: Ch'an rak khun (female to male)
: Chun ruk koon ( " )

Thai

: Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)

Timerio

: 1-80-17

Tswana

: Dumela

Tunisian

: Ha eh bak

Turkish (formal)

: Sizi seviyorum

Turkish

: Seni seviyorum
: Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you") (g has a bar on it)
: Senden ho$laniyorum (Sound of '$' is like 'sh' in English. Must be a point under 'S'. The 'i' must be without a point.)

Twi

: Me dowapaa

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Ukrainian

: Ya tebe kokhayu
: Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)
: Ja vas kokhaju
: Ja pokokhav tebe
: Ja pokokhav vas

Urdu

: Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon
: Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai
: Mujge tumae mahabbat hai
: Kam prem kartahai
: Muje se mu habbat hai
: Mujhe tum se piyaar hai (pronounced: "mujhei' Oo'm se' piya'r ha'e")
: Mujhe tum se muhabbat hai (pronounced: "mujhe'i Oo'm se' mohub:u'th ha'e", th as in bath) ' = stressed syllable, Oo' = o like in bold

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Vai

: Na lia

Vdrmldndska

: Du dr gvrgo te mdg

Vietnamese

: Toi yeu em
: Anh ye^u em (male to female, or older to younger, romantic)
: Em ye^u anh (female to male, or younger to older, romantic)
: Con thu+o+ng ba (kid to father)
: Ba thu+o+ng con (father to kid)
: Con thu+o+ng ma' (kid to mother)
: Ma' thu+o+ng con (mother to kid)
: Cha'u thu+o+ng o^ng (grandkid to grandpa)
: O^ng thu+o+ng cha'u (grandpa to grandkid)
: Ba` thu+o+ng cha'u (grandkid to grandma)
: Cha'u thu+o+ng ba` (grandma to grandkid)
: Anh thu+o+ng em (big brother to younger sister or brother)
: Chi. thu+o+ng em (big sister to younger sister or brother)
: Em thu+o+ng anh (younger sister/brother to big brother)
: Em thu+o+ng chi. (younger sister/brother to big sister)

Volapu"k

: La"fob oli

Vulcan

: Wani ra yana ro aisha

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Welsh

: Rwy'n dy garu di
: Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)

Wolof

: Da ma la nope
: Da ma la nop (da ma'lanop)

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Yiddish

: Ikh hob dikh lib
: Ich libe dich
: Ich han dich lib
: Kh'hob dikh lib
: Kh'ob dikh holt
: Ikh bin in dir farlibt

Yoruba

: Mo Feran e

Yucatec Maya

: 'in k'aatech (the love of lovers)
: In yakumech
: 'in yabitmech (the love of family, which lovers can also feel; it indicates more a desire to spoil and protect the other person)

Yugoslavian

: Ja te volim

- Z -

Zazi

: Ezhele hezdege (sp?)

Zulu

: Mena tanda wena
: Ngiyakuthanda!

Zuni

: Tom ho' ichema

Afrikaans

Spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa

Alentejano

An accented form of Portuguese spoken in the Alentejo region of Portugal (the part of the country south of the river Tagus)

Alsacien

French/German dialect (live in France, but speak like Germans)

Amharic

Official language spoken in Ethiopia. Just one of over 80 languages spoken there

Apache

North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the Canadian to Mexican borders

Arabic

Language spoken in the Arab countries including but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and the region of Palestine

Ashanti / Akan / Twi

Ashanti is the most popular and predominate of many dialects spoken in Ghana. The Ghanan language is generally refered to as either Akan or Twi

Assamese

Language spoken in the state of Assam, India

Bassa

Language spoken in Africa

Batak

Language spoken in the northern Sumatra province of Indonesia

Bavarian

Language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern Germany (actually a German dialect)

Bemba

Language spoken in Africa

Bengali

Language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India, as well as almost all people of Bangladesh

Betazed

Spoken in Star Trek on planet Betazed

Bicol

Dialect spoken in the Philippines

Braille

The alphabet represented by patterns of raised dots. It is 'read' by touch

Basque

Language spoken in the Basque region of Spain

Cajun

French dialect spoken by people who migrated from Acadia, Canada, to the Louisiana, USA, area. Acadia is in an Atlantic province

Catalan

Language spoken in the Barcelona region of Spain

Cebuano

Language spoken in Philipines near the town of Cebu

Central Yup'ik

Language spoken by the indigenous Eskimo people of southwestern Alaska

Cherokee

North American Indian tribe

Cheyenne

North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache Nation

Chichewa

Language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa

Chickasaw

North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)

Chinese Amoy

Language spoken on Taiwan, an island off Fukien Province in southeast China, and Singapore

Chinese Cantonese

Language spoken in the region around Guangzhou including Hong Kong and also in Malaysia

Chinese Mandarin / Putonghua

The official language of China litterally 'common language' also spoken by native Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia

Chinese Wu

Language spoken in Jiangsu Province

Creol

French dialect spoken by people from Haiti. It is basicly French with a little English and German

Dusun

Language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest in North Borneo

Dutch

Language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium

Esperanto

The International Language. An 'artificial' language

Farsi

Language spoken in Iran. Dialects of Farsi spoken in Pakistan and Afghanestan. Farsi is sometimes called Persian

Franconian

German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area around Nuremberg

French

Language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon (Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium

Friesian

Language spoken in northern Holland, northern Germany, and in some parts of Denmark (mainly west coast)

Gaelic

Language spoken in Ireland

Galician

Galicians live in the four Spanish provinces located along the northwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula, but their language zone shades into neighboring areas of Spain and Portugal as well. The four provinces are A Corun~a, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra

Georgian

Language spoken in Georgia

Gronings

Dutch dialect

Guarani'

One of the two official languages in Paraguay

Gujrati

Language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India, and Pakistan

Hakka

Chinese dialect from Manchuria

Hausa

Language spoken in Nigeria

Hebrew

Language spoken in Israel and by Jewish people

Hindi

Language spoken in the northern states of India

Hopi

North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)

Ibaloi

Dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot natives, specifically the Ibaloi's

Ilocano

Dialect spoken in the Philippines

Interglossa

An 'artificial' language invented by Lancelot Hogben, circa 1940

Kankana

Dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot natives, specifically the Kankana-ey's

Kannada

Language spoken in the state of Karnataka, southern India

Kapampangang

Filipino dialect (or Pampangang)

Kekchi

Language spoken by 380,000 Mayans in Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador

Kikongo

Language spoken in Zaire, Africa

Klingon

Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for the language is "tlhIngan Hol". The Klingon homeworld is Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos

Kpele

Language spoken in Africa

Lao

Language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people living in northern Thailand

Luo

Language spoken in Kenya

Luxembourgish

Language spoken in Luxembourg and in the border areas in Belgium (Arlon), France (Thionville), and Germany. A mixture of French and German, with the emphasis on German

Maa

Language spoken in Africa

Malayalam

Language spoken in the state of Kerala, India

Maltese

Language spoken on Malta, a small independent island in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy with around 400,000 inhabitants. Maltese is a mixture of Arabic and Italian mostly

Marathi

Language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India (Bombay is the capital city)

Marshallese

Language spoken on the Marshall Islands

Mohawk

North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)

Mokilese

Language spoken on Mokil and Ponape (Pohnpei)

Moroccan

Language spoken in Morocco, North Africa

Morse Code

A code using series of dots and dashes to represent letters, numbers, and other characters. Originally developed by Samual Morse for use on the telegraph

Navaho

North American Indian tribe (southwest)

Ndebele

Language spoken in Zimbabwe

Nyanja

Language spoken in Africa

Papiamento

Language spoken on the island of Aruba

Portuguese

The official and regular language spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde, Macau, Guinea-Bissau, Goa(India), and Galicia (Spain). Also spoken in but not the official language of East Timor, Damao (India), and Diu (India). It is the sixth most spoken language in the world

Pulaar

Dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people

Punjabi

Language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India

Quechua

Language spoken by Incan Indians (South America)

Quenya

Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings"

Saami

Language of an indigenous people living in the Northern Scandinavian region of Lapland. Formerly known as Laplanders or Lapps. They have several dialects, but this is the main one, Northern Saami. Their language is related to Finnish

Sesotho

Language spoken in South Africa (Southern Sotho)

Shona

Language spoken in Zimbabwe

Sinhala

Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of Sri Lanka. Also spoken in Ceylon

Sioux

North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)

Solresol

An artificial musical language composed of sequences of notes on the diatonic scale (do, re, mi,...) sung by name for comprehensibility to the tone deaf. The 7 notes could also be mapped into colors so that writing would be a series of colored squares

South Africa

There are several official languages listed in the Constitution of South Africa. They are: Afrikanns, English, Ndebele (Sindebele, isiNdebele), saLeboa, Sesotho, Swazi (Siswathi, siSwati), Tsonga (Xitsonga), Setswana, Tshivenda, Venda (Tshivenda), Xhosa (isiXhosa), Zulu (isiZulu), Sepedi

Spanish

Language spoken in Spain and Latin America (Mexico, Central and South America) except Brazil. It is the third most spoken language in the world

Swabian

One of the German dialects. The literal word 'love' (Schwa"bisch) does not exist in this language

Swahili

Language spoken by some indigenous tribes of East Africa

Tagalog

Dialect spoken in the Philippines

Tamil

Language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and in Sri Lanka(by a low percentage of the people), Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus

Telugu

Language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India (eleventh most spoken language in the world)

Tetum

Language spoken in East Timor

Timerio

An artificial language using only numbers. The idea was that each language has a different word for each concept, so if the concepts were numbered, automatic translation would be possible

Tswana

Language spoken in Africa

Twi/Akan

Language spoken in Ghana. See also Ashanti

Urdu

Language spoken in Pakistan and India

Vai

Language spoken in Africa

Vdrmldndska

Language spoken in the Vdrmland (Vaermland), Sweden, region north of Lake Vdnern.The real Vdrmldndska language is spoken to the northwest of Lake Vdnern up to the border of Norway and in northern Vdrmland around the town of Torsby by about 270.000 people, 90.000 of which consider it to be their mother language. It is a mixture of Swedish and Norwegian with some borrowed words from the many Valloonian people who went there to work as engineers in the mining industry during the 17th century

Volapu"k

An 'artificial' language invented by August Scheyler, circa 1880

Vulcan

Spoken in Star Trek by Mr.Spock and others from the planet Vulcan

Walloon

literally Welsh (not English Welsh), a little used French dialect with certain German influences spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium

Wolof

Dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people

Yoruba

Language spoken in West Africa, specifically in Nigeria and bordering countries

Yucatec Maya

Language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico

Zazi

Kurdic dialect

Zuni

North American Indian tribe