How to say “twenty” in 38 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.
- veinte/ˈbeinte/ Spanish
- двадцать[ˈdvat͡s(ː)ɨtʲ] Russian
- عشرون/ʕiʃ.ruː.na/ Arabic
- 二十/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵/ Chinese
- बीस/biːs/ Hindi
- είκοσι/ˈi.ko.si/ Greek
“twenty” in Spanish: veinte · Italian: venti · Portuguese: vinte · Chinese: 二十 · Russian: двадцать · Arabic: عشرون · Hindi: बीस · Turkish: yirmi
It is commonest in Armenian, where քսան is the 389th most used word.
Twenty in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans twintig/ˈtwəntəχ/ #1,356
- Albanian njëzet/ɲəˈzɛt/ #1,656
- Arabic عشرون/ʕiʃ.ruː.na/ #1,151
- Armenian քսան/kʰəˈsɑn/ #389
- Basque hogei/hoɡei̯/ #982
- Bengali বিশ/biʃ/ #1,123
- Bosnian dvadeset/dʋǎːdeset/ #1,773
- Catalan vint/ˈbint/ #2,419
- Chinese 二十/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵/ twenty; 20 #1,539
- Croatian dvadeset/dʋǎːdeset/ #1,845
- Czech dvacet[ˈdvat͡sɛt] #1,401
- Danish tyve/tyːvə/ #2,054
- Dutch twintig/ˈtʋɪn.təx/ #1,618
- Esperanto dudek/ˈdudek/ #858
- Estonian kakskümmend/ˈkɑksˌkymˑend̥/ #1,798
- Galician vinte/ˈbinte/ twenty; 20 #825
- Greek είκοσι/ˈi.ko.si/ twenty, 20 #1,739
- Hebrew עשרים/ʔeˈsʁim/ #950
- Hindi बीस/biːs/ #1,981
- Hungarian húsz[ˈhuːs] #2,113
- Icelandic tuttugu[ˈtʰʏhtʏɣʏ] #819
- Italian venti/ˈven.ti/ #2,017
- Latvian divdesmit/ˈdiʋdesmit/ #1,500
- Lithuanian dvidešimt[ˈdʲʋʲɪdʲɛʃʲɪmt] #851
- Macedonian дваесет[ˈdvaɛsɛt] #1,966
- Malayalam ഇരുപത്/iɾubɐd̪ɨ/ #748
- Persian بیست[biːst̪ʰ] #1,675
- Portuguese vinte/ˈvĩ.t͡ʃi/ #1,743
- Russian двадцать[ˈdvat͡s(ː)ɨtʲ] #1,893
- Serbian dvadeset/dʋǎːdeset/ #1,548
- Slovak dvadsať/dvat͡sːac/ #1,202
- Slovenian dvajset/dʋáːjsɛt/ #853
- Spanish veinte/ˈbeinte/ #2,384
- Swedish tjugo/ɕɵ/ #2,248
- Tamil இருபது/ɪɾʊbɐd̪ɯ/ #1,121
- Turkish yirmi/jirˈmi/ #1,407
- Ukrainian двадцять[ˈdʋad͡zʲt͡sʲɐtʲ] #1,212
- Urdu بیس/biːs/ #532
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