How to say “human” in 52 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.
It is commonest in Telugu, where వారు is the 24th most used word.
- Afrikaans mense person, human being #101
- Albanian njerëzor #2,122
- Arabic آدم #889
- Armenian մարդ human being, person #109
- Basque gizaki human, human being, man #505
- Bengali মানুষ person; human #102
- Bosnian ljudski humans; human #2,014
- Bulgarian човек human, human being, person #114
- Catalan humà human, humane #913
- Chinese 人性 human nature; humanity #1,480
- Croatian ljudski humans; human #2,009
- Czech lidi #174
- Danish mennesker human, human being, man #287
- Dutch man man, human male, either adult or… #99
- English world The subjective human experience, regarded… #224
- Esperanto homoj a human being, person #109
- Estonian inimesed human being #210
- Finnish ihmiset human, human being #276
- French humain #1,125
- Galician home human; person #99
- Georgian ადამიანები human, person #320
- German mann man, male human being #102
- Greek άνθρωποι a human; person; the species man #280
- Hebrew אדם man, human #150
- Hindi आदमी human being, person #90
- Hungarian emberi #800
- Icelandic menn human being, person, humanity, mankind, man #163
- Indonesian orang human, person #31
- Italian umano #1,216
- Korean 사람 human being, person #107
- Latvian cilvēki person, human being #174
- Lithuanian žmonės #133
- Macedonian гомно shit, usually human #1,191
- Malay manusia human; human being; person; people; man #214
- Malayalam മനുഷ്യൻ human, person #349
- Norwegian mennesker a human or human being; man #431
- Persian آدم #104
- Polish ludzie man, human, human being; person #150
- Portuguese pé foot, part of the human body #637
- Romanian oameni #176
- Russian человек person, human being, man #179
- Serbian ljudski humans; human #2,026
- Slovenian ljudje human; person #125
- Spanish humano #1,133
- Swedish åka to go by using something more or other than… #273
- Tagalog tao human; human being; person; man #52
- Tamil மனிதன் man, human, person #67
- Telugu వారు they; third-person human distal plural… #24
- Turkish adam #85
- Ukrainian людина man, person, human being, singular of люди #296
- Urdu انسان #202
- Vietnamese giống human race #249
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.