How to say “another” in 45 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- 딴[t͈a̠n] Korean
- আরেক/aɾæk/ Bengali
- மறு/mɐrɯ/ Tamil
- ఇంకొక/ˈinkoka/ Telugu
“another” in French: autre · German: anderer · Korean: 딴
It is commonest in Tagalog, where iba is the 95th most used word.
Another in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans ander/ˈanər/ another, another person, someone else #114
- Albanian tjetër/ˈtjɛtəɾ/ other, another #81
- Arabic آكل/ʔaːkala/ to eat together with another, share in… #1,386
- Armenian առ/ɑr/ by X, indicates a steady progression, one X… #359
- Basque elkarrekin/elkarekin/ each other; one another #179
- Bengali আরেক/aɾæk/ #799
- Bosnian još/jôʂ/ more, another #51
- Bulgarian друг[druk] other, another, else #177
- Chinese 彼此/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ each other; one another; you and I #494
- Croatian još/jôʂ/ more, another #50
- Czech další[ˈdalʃiː] #162
- Danish anden/ˈanən/ other, another, else #160
- Dutch elkaar/ɛlˈkaːr/ each other, one another #199
- English over/ˈoʊ̯.vɚ/ From one position or location to another,… #118
- Esperanto alia/aˈlia/ other, another #159
- Estonian teine/ˈtei̯ne/ other, another #300
- Finnish taas/ˈtɑːs/ again, another time, once again #165
- French autre/otʁ/ #114
- Galician outra/ˈowtɾa/ other, another #137
- German anderer/ˈandərər/ another, others #1,262
- Hebrew תשוקה/t͡shuˈka/ Of one person for another #2,031
- Hindi दूसरे/d̪uːs.ɾeː/ other, another #303
- Hungarian másik[ˈmaːʃik] #194
- Icelandic annan/ˈanan/ other, another, another one #317
- Indonesian lain/lain/ other, another, else #90
- Italian altro/ˈal.tro/ other, another, more, further, else #119
- Korean 딴[t͈a̠n] another, other; different #473
- Latvian citu/ˈt͡situ/ #201
- Lithuanian kitas[ˈkʲɪ.t̪ɐs̪] other; another #262
- Malay saling[sa.leŋ] each other, one another #774
- Malayalam വേറെ/ʋeːre/ other, another #84
- Norwegian hverandre/vəˈrɑndrə/ each other, one another #328
- Polish innego/inˈnɛ.ɡɔ/ different, another, other #387
- Romanian altă/ˈal.tə/ other, another #394
- Russian другой[drʊˈɡoj] other, another, different, next, else, second #331
- Serbian još/jôʂ/ more, another #49
- Slovenian drug/drúːk/ other, another, different #265
- Spanish otra/ˈotɾa/ other, another #140
- Swedish varandra/vaˈrandra/ each other, one another #433
- Tagalog iba/ʔiˈba/ another; different one #95
- Tamil மறு/mɐrɯ/ another, other, alternative #735
- Telugu ఇంకొక/ˈinkoka/ #1,739
- Ukrainian інший[ˈinʃei̯] other, another, the other #637
- Urdu دوسرا/d̪uːs.ɾɑː/ other, another #651
- Vietnamese lẫn[lən˦ˀ˥] each other; one another #1,183
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.