How to say “human” in 52 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.
- humano/uˈmano/ Spanish
- آدم/ʔaː.dam/ Arabic
- άνθρωποι/ˈanθroˌpi/ Greek
- ადამიანები[ädämiäne̞bi] Georgian
- മനുഷ്യൻ/mɐnuʂjɐn/ Malayalam
“human” in Spanish: humano · French: humain · Italian: umano · Arabic: آدم · Turkish: adam · Greek: άνθρωποι
It is commonest in Indonesian, where orang is the 31st most used word.
Human in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans mense/ˈmẽnsə/ person, human being #101
- Albanian njerëzor/ɲɛɾəzɔɾ/ #2,122
- Arabic آدم/ʔaː.dam/ #889
- Armenian մարդ/mɑɾtʰ/ human being, person #109
- Basque gizaki/ɡis̻aki/ human, human being, man #505
- Bengali মানুষ/manuʃ/ person; human #102
- Bosnian ljudski/ʎǔdskiː/ humans; human #2,014
- Bulgarian човек[t͡ʃo̟ˈvɛk] human, human being, person #114
- Catalan humà[uˈma] human, humane #913
- Chinese 人性/ɻən³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/ human nature; humanity #1,480
- Croatian ljudski/ʎǔdskiː/ humans; human #2,009
- Czech lidi[ˈlɪɟɪ] #174
- Danish mennesker/mɛnəskər/ human, human being, man #287
- Dutch man/mɑn/ man, human male, either adult or… #99
- English world/wɝld/ The subjective human experience, regarded… #224
- Esperanto homoj/ˈhomoi̯/ a human being, person #109
- Estonian inimesed/ˈinimesed̥/ human being #210
- Finnish ihmiset/ˈihmɪset/ human, human being #276
- French humain/y.mɛ̃/ #1,125
- Galician home/ˈɔme/ human; person #99
- Georgian ადამიანები[ädämiäne̞bi] human, person #320
- German mann/man/ man, male human being #102
- Greek άνθρωποι/ˈanθroˌpi/ a human; person; the species man #280
- Hebrew אדם/ʔaˈdaːm/ man, human #150
- Hindi आदमी/ɑːd̪.miː/ human being, person #90
- Hungarian emberi[ˈɛmbɛri] #800
- Icelandic menn/mɛn/ human being, person, humanity, mankind, man #163
- Indonesian orang/ˈoraŋ/ human, person #31
- Italian umano/uˈma.no/ #1,216
- Korean 사람[ˈsʰa̠(ː)ɾa̠m] human being, person #107
- Latvian cilvēki/ˈt͡sillʋæːki/ person, human being #174
- Lithuanian žmonės[¹ˈʒmoːnʲeːs] #133
- Macedonian гомно[ˈɡɔmnɔ] shit, usually human #1,191
- Malay manusia/ma(ʔ)ˈnusiə/ human; human being; person; people; man #214
- Malayalam മനുഷ്യൻ/mɐnuʂjɐn/ human, person #349
- Norwegian mennesker/ˈmɛnː(ə)skər/ a human or human being; man #431
- Persian آدم[ʔɒː.d̪ǽm] #104
- Polish ludzie/ˈlu.d͡ʑɛ/ man, human, human being; person #150
- Portuguese pé/ˈpɛ/ foot, part of the human body #637
- Romanian oameni/ˈo̯a.menʲ/ #176
- Russian человек[t͡ɕɪɫɐˈɛk] person, human being, man #179
- Serbian ljudski/ʎǔdskiː/ humans; human #2,026
- Slovenian ljudje/ljudjéː/ human; person #125
- Spanish humano/uˈmano/ #1,133
- Swedish åka/ˈoːka/ to go by using something more or other than… #273
- Tagalog tao/ˈtaʔo/ human; human being; person; man #52
- Tamil மனிதன்/mɐnɪd̪ɐn/ man, human, person #67
- Telugu వారు/ʋaːɾu/ they; third-person human distal plural… #24
- Turkish adam/aˈdam/ #85
- Ukrainian людина[lʲʊˈdɪnɐ] man, person, human being, singular of люди #296
- Urdu انسان/ɪn.sɑːn/ #202
- Vietnamese giống[zəwŋ͡m˧˦] human race #249
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