How to say “other” 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.
- otra/ˈotɾa/ Spanish
- другой[drʊˈɡoj] Russian
- दूसरे/d̪uːs.ɾeː/ Hindi
- სხვა[sχʷä] Georgian
- այլ/ɑjl/ Armenian
- অন্য/onːo/ Bengali
“other” in Spanish: otra · French: autres · Italian: altro · Portuguese: outra · Russian: другой · Hindi: दूसरे
It is commonest in Basque, where beste is the 32nd most used word.
Other in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian tjetër/ˈtjɛtəɾ/ other, another #81
- Arabic كذلك/kaðaːlika/ Used other than figuratively or… #50
- Armenian այլ/ɑjl/ #94
- Basque beste/bes̺te/ #32
- Bengali অন্য/onːo/ other, something else #157
- Bosnian ostalo/ˈostɐlo/ the other #646
- Bulgarian друг[druk] other, another, else #177
- Catalan altre[ˈal.tɾə] #142
- Chinese 真是/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ Used other than figuratively or… #39
- Croatian in/ˈin/ #1,806
- Czech ostatní[ˈostatɲiː] #458
- Danish anden/ˈanən/ other, another, else #160
- Dutch andere/ˈɑndərə/ #161
- English us/ʌs/ Me and at least one other person, excluding… #85
- Esperanto alia/aˈlia/ other, another #159
- Estonian teine/ˈtei̯ne/ other, another #300
- Finnish muuta/ˈmuːtɑ/ other, another #185
- French autres/otʁ/ #189
- Galician outra/ˈowtɾa/ other, another #137
- Georgian სხვა[sχʷä] #78
- German sich/zɪç/ Reciprocal pronoun of the third person… #46
- Greek δε/ˈðe/ on the other hand used together with μεν #54
- Hebrew כזה/kaˈze/ Used other than figuratively or… #168
- Hindi दूसरे/d̪uːs.ɾeː/ other, another #303
- Hungarian szóval[ˈsoːvɒl] that is, that is to say, in other words #71
- 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 다른[ta̠ɾɯn] different, other #48
- Latvian viņš[ˈviɲʃ] he; third person pronoun, referring to… #16
- Lithuanian kitas[ˈkʲɪ.t̪ɐs̪] other; another #262
- Macedonian те[tɛ] at times... at other times #27
- Malay lain/ˈlain/ #94
- Malayalam വേറെ/ʋeːre/ other, another #84
- Norwegian andre/²ɑndɾə/ #126
- Persian دیگه/diːɡe/ #73
- Polish znaczy/ˈzna.t͡ʂɘ/ in other words, namely, that is, that is to… #206
- Portuguese outra/ˈo(w).tɾɐ/ #162
- Romanian altă/ˈal.tə/ other, another #394
- Russian другой[drʊˈɡoj] other, another, different, next, else, second #331
- Serbian ostalo/ˈostɐlo/ the other #638
- Slovak iné/ˈineː/ #242
- Slovenian drug/drúːk/ other, another, different #265
- Spanish otra/ˈotɾa/ other, another #140
- Swedish andra/ˈanˌdra/ other, else, other one #131
- Tagalog magtulungan/maɡtuluˈŋan/ to help each other #2,059
- Tamil மற்ற/mɐrːɐ/ other, the rest #182
- Telugu వేరే/ʋeːɾeː/ other, separate, distinct #340
- Turkish yani[jɑːni] in other words, actually, namely, to wit,… #57
- Ukrainian інший[ˈinʃei̯] other, another, the other #637
- Urdu غیر/ɣɛːɾ/ #225
- Vietnamese khác[xaːk̚˧˦] different, other #127
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), 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.