How to say “language” in 34 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 Icelandic, where mál is the 222nd most used word.
- Afrikaans taal #767
- Albanian afërt a related person, language, etc #1,241
- Arabic لغة #1,605
- Basque hizkuntza #401
- Bengali ভাষা #623
- Chinese 英文 English language #1,222
- Danish mål #920
- Dutch taal #1,952
- English word The smallest unit of language that has a… #429
- Esperanto lingvo #709
- Estonian keelt #793
- French anglais English language #1,168
- Galician linguaxe a language #1,719
- Georgian ენა #973
- German sprache #1,873
- Greek αγγλικά in English, using the English language #1,606
- Hindi भाषा language, speech #1,641
- Icelandic mál #222
- Indonesian bahasa #482
- Korean 영어 the English language #1,217
- Latvian valodā #1,273
- Lithuanian kalba #261
- Malay bahasa #475
- Malayalam ഭാഷ #410
- Norwegian språk #2,311
- Polish mowy language, speech #1,170
- Portuguese palavra unit of language #552
- Russian речь speech, language #914
- Swedish mål language; dialect #962
- Tamil இந்தி Of, or relating to the Hindi language #1,672
- Telugu భాషలు #899
- Turkish dile #2,029
- Ukrainian мова #1,419
- Urdu جرمن the German language, of Germany #479
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.