Africa-Press – South-Sudan. One of the coolest things about traveling the world is learning a little bit of the local language. It’s amazinghow much you can learn about a culture based on how they express themselves.There’s always an expression or a word that doesn’t exist in other languages,or seems special based on the collective mentality of that particular culture.It’s amazing to think that through all of the years, wars, and our existence ashuman beings – one thing remains, our method of communicating using languageand our ability to love.
One wonders, how do people say ‘I love you’around the world? You may have already known it inFrench, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Korean, and English of course, but whatabout the other languages of the world?
So here itis, after hours upon hours of searching and research, this is how to say I loveyou in different languages – to be exact the 100 most spoken languages in theworld!
Here are thelanguages in order of how many people speak them, how you say ‘I love you,’ andwhere it is spoken: 1. Mandarin:WǒàinǐWhere it’s spoken: China, Taiwan, Singapore2. Spanish: teamo, tequiero
Where it’sspoken: Hispanic America, Spain, United States, Equatorial Guinea, WesternSahara, Pacific islands3. English: I love youWhere it’s spoken: Australia,Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, SouthAfrica, Singapore, Philippines4. Hindi: main tumsepyarkartahoon Where it’sspoken: India, Fiji, Nepal5. Arabic: ahabak
Where it’sspoken: North Africa, Western Asia (Middle East), East Africa6. Portuguese:euteamoWhere it’s spoken: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Portugal, SãoTomé and Príncipe, Timor-Lest 7. Bengali: ĀmitōmāẏabhālōbāsiWhere it’s spoken:Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), Tripura (India), Assam (India)8. Russian:yalyublyutebya
Where it’sspoken: Russia, former Republics of the Soviet Union, Mongolia9. Japanese:watashiwa, anata o aishiteimasuWhere it’s spoken: Japan10. Punjabi: maiṁtuhānūpi’ārakaradāhāWhereit’s spoken: Punjab region (India, Pakistan)The next most spoken language isGerman, but ‘I love you’ in auf Deutsche has several layers, and can be a lotmore specific. For example, to tell someone you love for them more in an ‘Icare for you’ kind of way, you would use ‘Ichhabedichgerne’.Next is‘Ichhabdichlieb’, which is kind of like, ‘I have love for you’ and is used forfriends and family. Between lovers, ‘I love you is’ expressed as ‘Ichliebedich.’11. German: ichliebedichWhere it’s spoken: Austria, Belgium(Eupen-Malmedy), Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, South Tirol(in Italy)berlin
A specialplace in my heart (photo by Mike Corey 12.Javanese: Akutresnasampeyanwhere it’s spoken: Java (Indonesia)13. Wu(Shanghainese): (ngu eh nóng) Ngu long hushin long lahWhere it’s spoken:Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Jiangsu (eastern China)14. Malay/Indonesian:sayasayangawakWhere it’s spoken: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore15.Korean: salanghaeWhere it’s spoken: North Korea, South Korea16. Telugu:nēnuninnuprēmistunnānu
Where it’sspoken: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry (India)17.Vietnamese: anhyêuemWhere it’s spoken: Vietnam18. French: je t’aimeWhere it’sspoken: Belgium (Wallonia, Brussels), Canada (particularly Quebec, NewBrunswick and Eastern parts of Ontario), France, Switzerland, FrancophoneAfrica, French Caribbean, French Polynesia, various islands in the Indian andPacific Oceans. Hand in hand in Canada19. Marathi: mītujhyāvaraprēmakaratōWhereit’s spoken: Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,Gujarat (India 20. Tamil: nāṉuṉṉaikātalikkiṟēṉTamil Nadu, Karnataka (India),Puducherry (India), Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius21. Urdu: m –(meinap say muhabatkartahoon) & f – (meinap say muhabatkartihoon)Where it’sspoken: India, Pakistan
22.Persian/Farsi: (asheghetam) used in poetry and songs – (dūsetdāram)where it’sspoken: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
So muchlove!23. Turkish: seniseviyorumWhere it’s spoken: Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria24.Cantonese: ngóhoinéih Where it’sspoken: Guangdong (Canton), southern Guangxi (southern China), Hong Kong,Macau25. Italian: tiamo
Where it’sspoken: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino26. Thai: P̄hmrạkkhuWhere it’s spoken:ThailandkohyaonoiFeeling full of love in Thailand27. Gujarati: HuṁtanēprēmakaruṁchuWhereit’s spoken: Gujarat (India)28. Basque: maitezaitutWhere it’s spoken: NorthernSpain29. Minnanhua: wǒàirǔWhere it’s spoken: Fujian, eastern part of Guandong (southeasternChina), Hainan (southern China), Taiwan, Malaysia30. Polish: kochamCięWhereit’s spoken: Poland, USA, Germany, United Kingdom, Belarus, western Ukraine,Lithuania31. Pashto: (za la ta sarameenakawom)Where it’s spoken: Afghanistan,Pakistan32. Kannada: NānuninnannuprītisuttēneWhere it’s spoken: Karnataka,Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra (India)33. Malayalam:ñānninnesnēhikkunnuWhere it’s spoken: Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mahé (India)34.Sundanese: abdibogohkaanjeunWhere it’s spoken: Java (Indonesia)35. Chamorro: Huguiayahao
Where it’sspoken: this is a Austronesian language spoken mainly on the island of Guam,and also in the Marianas Islands.36. Hausa: Ina son kaWhere it’s spoken:Nigeria
37. Burmese:mainnkohkyittaalWhere it’s spoken: Myanmar Lovely,lovely Myanmar 38. Oriya: mu tumokubhalapaye
Where it’sspoken: Odisha (India)39. Armenian: Yes sirumyemk’yezWhere it’s spoken: ArmeniaGeorgi and Russia 40.Ukrainian: yatebelyublyuWhere it’s spoken: Ukraine
41.Bhojpuri: hum tohsepyaarkareniWhere it’s spoken: Bihar (India)42. Tagalog:IniibigkitaWhere it’s spoken: Manila and Northern Philippinessandbarphilippines island
43. Yoruba:monifẹrẹWhere it’s spoken: Nigeria, Benin and Togo44. Maithili: hawmahāṃ sepremkarechi
Where it’sspoken: Bihar (India)45. Sindhi: Man tokhepremkaryanti or Man tokhepremkaryantoWhere it’s spoken: Sindh (Pakistan and neighboring areas in India)46.Swahili: nakupendaWhere it’s spoken: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Swahili isthe most widely spoken language in Africa with about 100 million speakers, andis the national language of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Swahili issaid to have originated from Arabic, among other languages. It’s possible thelanguage came from interactions between Arabs and East Africans back in the day.
47. Uzbek:Men seniSevamanWhere it’s spoken: Uzbekistan
48. Amharic:ewedihalehuWhere it’s spoken: Ethiopia
49. Fula: miyidi maWhere it’s spoken: West and Central Africa, from Senegal to Sudan50.Igbo: ahụrụ m gịn’anya Where it’sspoken: Nigeria51. Oromo: Sin jaalladha’Where it’s spoken: Ethiopia andKenya52. Romanian: teiubesc Where it’sspoken: Romania, Moldova53. Azerbaijani: MənsənisevirəmWhere it’s spoken:Azerbaijan and Northern Iran
54.Manipuri/Meitei: əi-nənəng-bunung-shiWhere it’s spoken: North East India,Bangladesh, Burma55. Chichewa: NdimakukondaNdimakukondaniWhere it’s spoken:Chichewa is a Bantu language spoken in parts of Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique56.Cebuano: gihigugma TIKAWhere it’s spoken: Central and Southern Philippines
57. Dutch: ikhouvan jeWhere it’s spoken: Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), Netherlands and Suriname Tell themyou love them!58. Kurdish: Ezhejtedikim
Where it’sspoken: “Kurdistan”, northern Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria59. Serbo-Croatian:VolimteWhere it’s spoken: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro60. Malagasy:tiakoianaoWhere it’s spoken: Madagascar61. Nepali: Ma timīlā’īmāyāgarchuWhereit’s spoken: Nepal and neighbouring areas, Sikkim, (India)thurong la pass Nepal62. Saraiki: mẽtenū̃ piārkardāhā̃Where it’s spoken: Sindh (Pakistan)
63. Santali:ingamingsibilamaWhere it’s spoken: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan64. Khmer:khnhom sralanh anak
Where it’sspoken: Cambodia65. Sinhalese: mama oyāṭaādareyiWhere it’s spoken: Sri LankaSriLanka East Coast Beautiful,beautiful Sri Lanka66. Bambara: M’bife
Where it’sspoken: Bambara is a Mali Mande language with about 3 million speakers in Mali,Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Ghana
67.Assamese: môiapunakbhalpaûAssam (India)
68. Madurese:Kula tresna / panjengan Where it’sspoken: Madura, and Java (Indonesia)
69. Somali:WaankujeclahayWhere it’s spoken: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Yemen
70. Magahi:həmt̪oːraː seː pjaːrkərəhɪjoː/Where it’s spoken: Bihar (India)71. Dogri: MinjoterenaalpyarhegaWhereit’s spoken: Kashmir Jamu (india)72. Marwari: main tannepyaarkaroonWhere it’sspoken: Rajastan (India and Pakistan)
73.Hungarian: SzeretlekWhere it’s spoken: Hungary and areas in neighbouringcountries
74. Chewa:ndimakukondaniWhere it’s spoken: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia andZimbabwevilanculosmozambique
Kids inVilanculos, Mozambique75. Kinyarwanda: NdagukundaWhere it’s spoken:Kinyarwanda, a Bantu language spoken in mainly in Rwanda76. Greek: Se agapó Where it’sspoken: Greece, Cyprus77. Akan/Twi: Me dorwo
Where it’sspoken: Ghana, Ivory Coast78. Khasi: Ngaieidia phiWhere it’s spoken: Meghalayastate in India by the Khasi people.79. Kazakh: men senijaqsıköreminWhere it’sspoken: Kazakhstan80. Tswana: Ke a go rataWhere it’s spoken: BotswanaA specialmoment in Botswana81. Hebrew: (man to a woman) –“AniOhevOtach”(woman to a man)–“AniOhevetOtcha”(woman to a woman) –“AniOhevetOtach”(man to a man)–“AniOhevOtcha”Where it’s spoken: Israel82. Zulu: NgiyakuthandaWhere it’sspoken: South Africa83. Czech: MilujitěWhere it’s spoken: Czech Republic84.Kinyarwanda: ndagukundaWhere it’s spoken: Rwanda Lake Kivi85. Kokani:havtujomogkortaWhere it’s spoken: Goa (india)86. Haitian Creole:MwenrenmenouWhere it’s spoken: Haiti87. Afrikaans: Ek het joulife Where it’sspoken: South Africa
88. Ilokano:Ayayatenka, (ay-aya-ten kaw)Where it’s spoken: Northern Luzon in thePhilippines89. Quechua: Kuyayki Where it’sspoken: Peru and Bolivia90. Kirundi: Ndagukunda
Where it’sspoken: Burundi and Uganda91. Swedish: jag älskar digWhere it’s spoken: Swedenand Finland92. Hmong: KuvhlubkojWhere it’s spoken: Laos and neighbouring areas
93. Shona:NdinokudaWhere it’s spoken: Zimbabwe
94.Hiligaynon: PalanggakoikawGuinahigugmakoikaw
Where it’sspoken: Western Visayas in the Philippines95. Uyghur: (Mänsıznisöyümän)Whereit’s spoken: Xinjiang (Western China)96. Balochi: Tumanadoostbiyeh Where it’sspoken: Balochistan (province in Pakistan and Iran) 97.Belarusian: jaciabiekachajuWhere it’s spoken: Belarus
98. Maori:Kei tearoha au ki a koeWhere it’s spoken: New Zealand99. Xhosa:ndiyakuthandaWhere it’s spoken: South Africa100. Konkani: HavtukkaMogKartaWhere it’s spoken: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra (India)
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