'I love you' in various languages

"I love you" in various languages

From: (various)

Afrikaans  : Ek is lief vir jou

: Ek het jou lief

Albanian : Te dua

: Te dashuroj

: Ti je zemra ime

Alsacien (Elsass) : Ich hoan dich gear

Amharic (Aethio.) : Afekrishalehou

: Afekrischalehou

Amharic (Ethiopian) : Ewedishalehu (male/female to female)

: Ewedihalehu (male/female to male)

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Apache  : Sheth she~n zho~n (nasalized vowels like French,

'~n' as in French 'salon')

Arabic (formal)  : Ohiboke (male to female)

: Ohiboki (male to female)

: Ohibokoma (male or female to two males

or two females)

: Nohiboke (more than one male or females

to female)

: Nohiboka (male to male or female to male)

: Nohibokoma (male to male or female to two

males or two females)

: Nohibokom (male to male or female to more

than two males)

: Nohibokon (male to male or female to more

than two females)

Arabic (proper)  : Ooheboki (male to female)

: Ooheboka (female to male)

Arabic  : Ana behibak (female to male)

: Ana behibek (male to female)

: Ahebich (male to female)

: Ahebik (female to male)

: Ana ahebik

: Ib'n hebbak

: Ana ba-heb-bak

: Bahibak (female to male)

: Bahibik (male to female)

: Benhibak (more than one male or female to male)

: Benhibik (male to male or female to female)

: Benhibkom (male to male or female to more

than one male)

: Nhebuk (spoken to someone of importance)

Arabic (Umggs.)  : Ana hebbek

Armenian : Yes kez si'rumem

Ashanti/Akan/Twi : Me dor wo

Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau

Assyrian (east dialect) : ana buyanookh (female to male)

: ana buyanaakh (male to female)

Assyrian (west dialect) : ono korekhmalokh (female to male)

: ono korekh-hamnolakh (male to female)

Bangladeschi : Ami tomake walobashi

Basque  : Maite zaitut

: Nere maitea ("My love/My darling")

Bassa  : Mengweswe

Batak  : Holong rohangku di ho

Bemba  : Ndikufuna

Bengali  : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi

: Ami tomay bhalobashi

: Ami tomake bahlobashi

Berber  : Lakh tirikh

Betazed  : Imzadi

Bicol  : Namumutan ta ka

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Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani

Bosnian  : Volim te

Braille  : :..:| ..:| |..-.. .::":.., :.:;

Brazilian/Portuguese : Eu te amo

/Galician : Querote

: Amo-te (pronounced "Amu'-tee")

Breton  : Ho karet a ran

: Karet a ran ac'hanoc'h

: Me a gar ac'hanoc'h

: Da garet a ran

: Karet a ran ac'hanout

: Me a gar ac'hanout

Bulgarian  : Obicham te

: As te obeicham

: As te obicham

: Obozhavam te ("I love you very much")

Burmese  : Chit pa de

Cajun  : Mi aime jou

Cambodian  : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah

: Bon sro lanh oon

Canadian French  : Ch't'aime

: Ch'trip su' toe' ("I'm crazy for you")

: J'capote su' toe' ("I'm turned upside-down for you")

: Je t'aime ("I like you")

: Je t'adore ("I love you") (not really used in

a romantic or passionated way, it is mostly used

in family context, or for a pet, or a meal etc.)

Catalan  : T'estimo (Catalonian)

: T'estim (Mallorcan)

: T'estime (Valencian)

: T'estim molt ("I love you a lot")

Cebuano  : Gihigugma ko ikaw

Central Yup'ik  : Assiramken ('r' is a voiced uvular fricative,

kind of like a German 'ch', except

voiced and pronounced a little

farther back in the mouth, nearer

to the throat)

Chaldean : Kibinakh (male to female)

: Kibanokh (female to male)

Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao

Cherokee : Aya gvgeyu'i nihi

Cheyenne : Ne mohotatse

Chichewa : Ndimakukonda

Chickasaw  : Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)

Chinese  : Gwa ai li (Amoy)

: Ngo oi nei (Cantonese)

: Wo oi nei ( " )

: Ngai oi gnee (Hakka)

: Ngai on ni ( " )

: Ai oi ngee ( " )

: Wa ai lu (Hokkien)

: Wo ai ni (Mandarin/Putonghua)

: Ngo ai nong (Wu)

Common Eldarin  : Melinje^ edje^ (I love thee)

: Melinye^ edye^ (I love thee)

Corsican : Ti tengu cara (male to female)

: Ti tengu caru (female to male)

Creol  : Mi aime jou

Croatian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)

: Volim te (used in common speech)

Croatian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)

: Volim vas (used in common speech)

: Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you",

'lj' pronounced like 'll' in

Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)

Croatian (old)  : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Czech  : Miluji te (a downwards pointing arrowhead

on top of the 'e' in te, which is

pronounced 'ye')

: Miluju te! (colloquial form)

: Ma'm te (velmi) ra'd (male speaker, "I like

you (very much)", often

used and prefered)

: Ma'm te (velmi) ra'da (female speaker)

Danish  : Jeg elsker dig

Dhivehi  : Varrah loabi vey

: Aharen, kalaa-dheke loabi-vameve (I love you)

: Aharen, kalaa-dheke varahh loabi-vameve

(I love you very much)

Dusun  : Siuhang oku dia

Dutch  : Ik hou van je

: Ik hou van jou

: Ik bemin je (old fashioned)

: Ik bemin jou ( " )

: Ik heb je lief ( " )

: Ik ben verliefd op je ("I am in love with you")

: Ik ben verliefd op jou ( " )

: Ik houd erg veel van jou ("I love you very

: Ik houd erg veel van je much")

: Ik vind je leuk ("I like you")

: Ik vind je aardig ( " )

: Ik vind je heel erg leuk ("I like you very

: Ik vind je heel aardig much")

: Ik zie je graag

: Ik mag jou wel ("I like you")

: Ik mag jou heel graag ("I like you very much")

(the last two are more superficial, thus more

suitable for male to male)

Ecuador Quechua  : Canda munani

English  : I love you

: I adore you

: I love thee (used only in Christian context)

Eritrean / Tigrinya : Afkireki (as said to a female)

: Afkireka (as said to a male)

Esperanto  : Mi amas vin

Estonian : Mina armastan sind

: Ma armastan sind

Ethiopian  : Afgreki'

Farsi (old) : Tora dust mi daram

Farsi  : Tora dost daram ("I love you")

: Asheghetam

: Doostat daram ("I'm in love with you")

: Man asheghetam ("I'm in love with you")

Fijian  : Au lomani iko (I love you)

: Au lomani iko vakalevu (I love you very much!)

: Au vinakati iko (I want you)

Filipino : Iniibig kita

: Mahal kita

Finnish (formal) : Mina" rakastan sinua

: Rakastan sinua

: Mina" pida"n sinusta ("I like you")

Finnish  : (Ma") rakastan sua

: (Ma") tykka"a"n susta ("I like you")

French  : Je t'aime ("I love you")

: Je t'adore ("I love you", stronger meaning

between lovers)

: J' t'aime bien ("I like you", meant for friends

and family, not for lovers)

French (formal)  : Je vous aime

Gaelic  : Ta gra agam ort

: Moo graugh hoo

Galician/Portuguese : Eu te amo

/Brazilian : Querote

Georgian : Miqvarhar (familiar)

: Me shen miqvarhar [MEh SHEN MI-(q pronounced

between k and g)-VURR-HURR]

: Miqvarharth (more respectful)

: Me thkven miqvarharth [MEh (t in breathing out)-

KVEN MI-(k/g)-VURR-HURR-(the same)]

German (formal)  : Ich liebe Sie (rarely used)

German  : Ich liebe dich

: Ich hab' dich lieb

: Ich hab dich lieb (not so classic and

conservative)

German dialects:

Bavarian (Bayrisch) : I moag di gern

(Bavaria/Bayern) : I mog di (right answer: "I di a")

: I lieb di

Berlin dialect : Ick liebe dir (Old, very old)

(Berlinerisch) : Ick liebe Dich

Berner-Deutsch : Ig liebe di

Bochumer : Ich lieb Dich!

Franconian (Fra"nkisch): Du gfa"llsd mer fai

(Franconia/Franken) : Bisd scho mai gouds freggerla (already in a

relationship)

: Mid dier ma"cherd ich a amol (sexually touched,

ment as a compliment, not litterally)

(the above 3 entries really mean "I like you",

a Franke would never say "I love you")

Friesian (Friesisch) : Ik hou fan dei (sp?)

: Ik hald fan dei

Hessian (Hessisch) : Isch habb disch libb

Ostfriesisch : Ick heb di leev

Saarla"ndisch : Isch hann disch lieb

Saxon (Sa"chsisch) : Isch liebdsch

Swabian (Schwa"bisch) : I mog di fei sauma"ssich (Literally "I like

you like a pig.")

: I mog di ganz arg (More formal, literally

"I like you very much!")

Swiss German : Ch'ha di ga"rn

(Schweizerdeutsch)

Vorarlberg dialect : I stand total uf di

(Vorarlbergerisch)

Gilbertese : Itangiriko (g is pronounced like "ng" in "singing")

Greek  : Se agapo (spoken "s'agapo", g is lower case gamma)

: Eime eroteumenos mazi sou ("I'm in love with)

: Eime eroteumenos me 'sena (you", male to female)

: Eime eroteumeni mazi sou ("I'm in love with)

: Eime eroteumeni me 'sena (you", female to male)

: Se latrevo ("I adore you")

: Se thelo ("I want you", denotes sexual desire)

Greek (Arhea/Ancient) : Philo se

Greenlandic : Asavakit

Gronings : Ik hol van die

Guarani' : Rohiyu (ro-hai'-hyu)

Gujrati  : Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.

: Hoon tuney chaoon chhoon ('n' is nasal, not

pronounced)

Hausa  : Ina sonka (female to male)

: Ina sonki (male to female)

Hawaiian : Aloha wau ia 'oe

: Aloha wau ia 'oe nui loa ("I love you very much")

(The ' mark is the "glottal stop".)

Hebrew  : Anee ohev otakh (male to female)

: Anee ohevet otkha (female to male)

: Anee ohev otkha (male to male)

: Anee ohevet otakh (female to female)

('kh' pronounced like

Spanish 'j', Dutch 'g',

or similiar to French 'r')

Hindi  : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female)

: Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male)

: Mai tumse pyar karta hoon

: Mai tumse peyar karta hnu

: Mai tumse pyar karta hoo

: Mai tujhe pyaar kartha hoo

: Mae tumko peyar kia

: Main tumse pyar karta hoon

: Main tumse prem karta hoon

: Main tuze pyar karta hoon ('n' is nasal, not

pronounced)

Hopi  : Nu' umi unangwa'ta

Hungarian  : Szeretlek

: Te'gedet szeretlek ("It's you I love and

no one else")

: Szeretlek te'ged ("It's you I love, you know,

you", a reinforcement)

(The above two entries are never heard in

a normal context.)

Ibaloi  : Pip-piyan tana

: Pipiyan ta han shili ("I like/love you

very much")

Ibo (Igbo) : A hurum gi nanya

Icelandic  : Eg elska thig (pronounced 'yeg l-ska thig')

Ilocano  : Ay ayating ka

Indonesian : Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)

: Saya cinta kamu ( " )

: Saya kasih saudari ( " )

: Saja kasih saudari ( " )

: Aku tjinta padamu ('Aku', not often used)

: Aku cinta padamu ( " )

: Aku cinta kamu ( " )

Interglossa : Mi esthe philo tu

Italian  : Ti amo (relationship/lover/spouse)

: Ti voglio bene (between friends)

: Ti voglio (strong sexual meaning, "I want you",

refering to other person's body)

Irish  : Taim i' ngra leat

Irish/Gaelic : t'a gr'a agam dhuit

Japanese : Kimi o aishiteiru (mostly male to female but

can be used female to male)

: Aishiteiru (both male and female use this)

: Chuu shiteyo (literally "Please give me a kiss"

mostly female to male)

: Ora, omee no koto ga suki da (very informal,

male to female)

: Ore wa omae ga suki da (informal, male to

female)

: Sukiyo ("I like you.", informal,female to male)

: Watashi wa anata ga suki desu

(literally "I like YOU.", female to male)

: Watashi wa anata o hontooni aishite imasu

(formal meaning "I REALLY love you.",

female to male)

: A-i-shi-te ma-su(both male and female use this)

: Watakushi-wa anata-o aishimasu

(very formal meaning "I will love you.",

future tense, female to male)

: Suki desu (used at the first time, like for a

start, when you are not yet real lovers,

both male and female use this)

Javanese : Kulo tresno

Kankana  : Laylaydek sik a

Kannada  : Naanu ninnanu preethisuthene

: Naanu ninnanu mohisuthene

Kapampangang : Kaluguran daka

(or Pampangang)

Kekchi  : Nacatinra

Kikongo  : Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')

Kiswahili  : Nakupenda

: Nakupenda wewe

: Nakupenda malaika ("I love you, (my) angel")

Klingon  : bangwI' SoH ("You are my beloved")

: qamuSHa' ("I love you")

: qamuSHa'qu' ("I love you very much")

: qaparHa' ("I like you")

: qaparHa'qu' ("I like you very much!")

(words are often unnecessary as the thought is most

often conveyed nonverbally with special growlings)

Korean  : (Dangsineul) Saranghae ("I love you")

: (Dangsineul) Saranghaeyo (with a little respect)

: (Dangsineul) Saranghamnida ( " )

: Naneun dangsineul saranghamnida ( " )

: Dangsineul saranghae

: Dangsineul saranghaeyo ("I love you, dear")

: Saranghae (between lovers, spouses.

short and commonly used expression)

: Naneun dangsineul joahamnida ("I like you")

: Naneun dangsineul mucheok joahamnida

("I like you very much")

: Naneun dangsineul mucheok saranghamnida

("I love you very much")

: Naneun geu saram i joa ("I like him" or "I like her")

: Nanun geu reul saranghamnida ("I love him" or

"I love her")

: G'daereul hjanghan naemaeum aljiyo? (with a little

respect: "You know how much I love you")

: Neo'l hjanghan naemaeum alji ?

("You know how much I love you")

: Naneun neoreul saranghanda (This nuance is used

generally after you get to know him/her enough)

: Joahaeyo ("I like you")

: Saranghaeyo (more formal)

: Saranghamnida (more respectful)

: Neoreul sarang hae (male to female in casual

relationship)

: Dangshini joayo ("I like you, in a romantic way")

* '-haeyo', '-hamnida' makes the sentence more formal

and with respect. Without '-haeyo', '-hamnida',

the sentences go more casual way or between close

relatives and lovers long-time.

* Korean Vowel

a: a as in ganz in German, in sayonara in Japanese

ae: a as in air in English, ae in aehnlich,

Universitaet in German

eo: u as in sun, hunt, run in English (monothong

not a diphthong, so do not say this 'ee-ow')

eu: same sound as 'the undotted i' in Turkish (as

kirimizi sharap 'red wine'), as the 'i' in

Sichuan, Ribao, 4(si) in Mandarin Chinese.

Similar with oo as in good, put, look in

American English, u as in Fuji, sushi in

Japanese, final used '-e' as in solmente, de

nada, sorte in European Portuguese (monothong

not a diphthong, so do not say this 'ee-ow').

This vowel 'eu' sometimes turn into non-vocalic

in casual speech languages. 'Geudae' (You, Sie,

Usted,Vous) can be heard in your ear as [gdae].

* Korean Consonant

s: s as in sayonara in Japanese. s as in Hindi.

Korean fricative consonant 's' sounds more soft

than the English one. While English 's' makes

more fricative violent air stream, Korean 's'

sounds have less tension while its air stream.

Kpele  : I walikana

Kurdish  : Ez te hezdikhem

L33t  : 1 |0\/3 U

Lao  : Khoi hak jao

: Khoi mak jao lai ("I like you very much")

: Khoi hak jao lai ("I love you very much")

: Khoi mak jao (This means "I prefer you",

but is used for "I love you".)

Latin  : Te amo

: Vos amo

Latin (old) : (Ego) Amo te ('Ego', for emphasis)

Latvian  : Es tevi milu (pronounced 'es tevy meelu')

('i in 'milu' has a line over it,

a 'long i')

: Es milu tevi (less common)

Lebanese : Bahibak

Lingala  : Nalingi yo

Lisbon lingo : Gramo-te bue', chavalinha!

Lithuanian : Tave myliu (Ta-ve mee-lyu)

: Ash mir lutavah

Lojban  : Mi do prami

Luo  : Aheri

Luxembourgish  : Ech hun dech ga"r

Maa  : Ilolenge

Macedonian : Te sakam (a little stronger than "I like you")

: Te ljubam ("I really love you")

: Jas te sakam ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)

: Pozdrav ("Greetings")

Madrid lingo : Me molas, Tronca!

Maiese  : Wa wa

Malay/Indonesian : Saya cintakan kamu (grammatically correct)

: Saya cinta akan kamu(expanded version of above)

: Saya sayangkan kamu (grammatically correct)

: Saya sayang akan kamu (expanded version)

: Aku cinta pada mu (most direct translation)

: Saya cintakan awak

: Aku cinta pada kau

: Saya cinta pada mu (best, most commonly used)

: Saya sayangkan engkau ('engkau' often shortened

to 'kau', 'engkau' is informal form and should

only be used if you know the person _really_

well)

: Saya sayang pada mu

: Aku sayangkan engkau

: Aku menyintai mu

: Aku menyayangi mu

: Aku kasih pada mu

: Aku jatuh cinta pada mu

Malayalam  : Ngan ninne snehikunnu

: Njan ninne premikunnu (not used in real life,

only said/sung in movies by hero to heroine)

: Njan ninne mohikyunnu (I desire you, I lust you)

Maltese  : Jien inhobbok

Marathi  : Maze tuzya var prem aahe

Marshallese : Yokwe yuk (sort of multi-purpose, like Aloha,

literally "Love to you, my friend")

Mikmaq  : Kesalul

Mohawk  : Konoronhkwa

Mokilese : Ngoah mweoku kaua

Moroccan : Kanbhik (both mean the same, but spoken)

: Kanhebek (in different cities)

Morse Code : .. ._.. ___ ..._ . _.__ ___ .._

: ___.. ___.. (Literally "88", a Morse Code

shorthand meaning "Love, hugs & kisses to you.")

: __... ...__ (Literally "73", a Morse Code

shorthand for non romantic friends

meaning "Best regards.")

Nahuatl  : Ni mitz tla-zo-tla (the 'a's are "schwa"s)

Navaho  : Ayor anosh'ni

Ndebele  : Niyakutanda

Norwegian  : Jeg elsker deg (Bokmaal)

: Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)

Nyanja  : Ninatemba

Op  : Op lopveop yopuop

Oriya  : Mun tumaku bhala pae ('n' is nasal and

not pronounced)

Osetian  : Aez dae warzyn

Pampangang : Kaluguran daka

(or Kapampangang)

Papiamento : Mi ta stima'bo

Pig Latin  : Ie ovele ouye

Polish  : Kocham cie

: Kocham ciebie

: Ja cie kocham (slang, not commonly used)

Portuguese : Eu amo-te (pronounced "Eu amu'-tee")

: Estou apaixonado por ti (male to female,

"I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^

hapa'isho^na'duu puur ti'")

: Estou apaixonada por ti (female to male,

"I'm in love with you", pronounced "Esto^

hapa'isho^na'daa puur ti'")

: Eu adoro-te ("I adore you.")

: Tu e's o meu amor ("You are my love.")

: Eu gosto de ti ("I like you.")

: Quero-te ("I want you", understood as romantic

feelings but may have sexual tones)

: Eu desejo-te ("I desire you", may have sexual

tones)

: Eu preciso de ti ("I need you.")

: Eu quero fazer amor contigo ("I want to make

love with you.")

Portuguese lingo : Gramo-te `a brava! ("I love you very much",

literally "I love you wildly")

Pulaar  : Mbe de yid ma (mbe: d: yidh ma)

(Pronounced as two words,

"Mbe deyidma". 'b' and second

'd' have bars through the stems

indicating affrication, the ':'

indicate minute pauses)

Punjabi  : Main tainu pyar karna

: Mai taunu pyar karda

: Mein nu terey na^l piyaar ay (pronounced:

"meinu therei naal piya'rei", th as in bath)

' = stressed syllable

Pushto  : Mung jane' (pronounced: "puxto: mu'ng jane'")

: Pa ta mayan yem

Quenya  : Tye-mela'ne

: Melinyet

Raetoromanisch  : Te amo

Romanian : Te iubesc

: Te ador (stronger)

Rotuman  : Gou 'oaf se 'a"e

(The ' mark is the "glottal stop" as in Hawaiian.

The G is actually the "ng" sound, as in "singing".)

Russian  : Ya vas lyublyu (old fashioned)

: Ya tyebya lyublyu (best)

: Ya lyublyu vas (old fashioned)

: Ya lyublyu tyebya

Saami  : Mun ra'hkistan du

Samoan  : Ou te alofa outou

: Ou te alofa ia te oe

: Talo'fa ia te oe ("Hello, from me to you")

Sanskrit : Tvayi snihyaami

: Mama tvayi aasaktirasti (I have love/longing in you)

Scot-Gaelic : Tha gradh agam ort

Serbian (formal) : Ja vas volim (used in proper speech)

: Volim vas (used in common speech)

: Ljubim te (in todays useage, "I kiss you",

'lj' pronounced like 'll' in

Spanish, one sound, 'ly'ish)

Serbian (familiar) : Ja te volim (used in proper speech)

: Volim te (used in common speech)

Serbian (old)  : Ljubim te (may still be found in poetry)

Serbocroatian  : Volim te

: Ljubim te

: Ja te volim ('j' sounds like 'y' in May)

Sesotho(Southern Sotho) : Ke a mo rata

Setswana : Dumela

Shona  : Ndinokuda

Sindarin : Le melin (thee I love [like?])

Sinhala  : Mama oya'ta a'darei

Sioux  : Techihhila

Slovak  : Lubim ta (L pronounced similarly to 'll' in Spanish)

: Mam ta rad (male to female)

: Mam ta rada (female to male)

: Milujem ta (all 't's spoken softly like 'ty')

Slovene  : Ljubim te

Solresol : do-re mi-la-si do-mi

Somali  : Waan ku Jecelahay

Spanish  : Te amo

: Te quiero

: Te adoro ("I adore you")

: Te deseo ("I desire you")

: Me muero por ti ("You make me die")

: Tengo ansia de ti ("I crave you")

: Tengo ansias de ti ("I crave you")

: Estoy ansioso de ti ("I crave you")

: Te ansi'o ("I crave you" (only in poetry))

Sranan Tongo : Mi lobi joe

Srilankan  : Mama oyata arderyi

Swahili  : Nakupenda

: Naku penda (followed by the person's name)

: Ninikupenda

: Dholu'o

Swedish  : Jag a"lskar dig ('dig' pronounced like 'day')

Syrian/Lebanese  : Bhebbek (male to female)

: Bhebbak (female to male)

Tagalog  : Mahal kita

Tahitian : Ua here au ia oe

: Ua here vau ia oe

Taiwanese  : Wa I Lee

Tajik  : Man turo dust medoram (literary language)

: Man tuya nagz mebenam (northern dialect)

: Bukhrmta-e (used as modern cool speak up)

Tamil  : Naan unnai kadalikiren

: Nan unnai kathalikaren

: Ni yaanai kaadli karen ("You love me")

: N^an unnaki kathalikkinren ("I love you")

: Nam vi'rmberem

Telugu  : Ninnu premistunnanu

: Neenu ninnu pra'mistu'nnanu

: Nenu ninnu premistunnanu

Thai (formal)  : Phom rak khun (male to female)

: Phom ruk koon ( " )

: Ch'an rak khun (female to male)

: Chun ruk koon ( " )

Thai  : Khao raak thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)

Timerio  : 1-80-17

Tongan  : 'Ofa 'atu (I love you)

: 'Oku ou fie manako'i koe (I want to marry you)

(The ' mark is the "glottal stop" as in Hawaiian.)

Tugen  : Achamin (pronounced "atshamean")

Tunisian : Ha eh bak

Turkish (formal) : Sizi seviyorum

Turkish  : Seni seviyorum

: Seni begeniyorum ("I adore you")

(g has a bar on it)

: Senden ho$laniyorum (Sound of '$' is like 'sh'

in English. Must be a point under 'S'.

The 'i' must be without a point.)

Twi  : Me dowapaa

Ukrainian  : Ya tebe kokhayu

: Ja tebe kokhaju (real true love)

: Ja vas kokhaju

: Ja pokokhav tebe

: Ja pokokhav vas

Urdu  : Main tumse muhabbat karta hoon

: Mujhe tumse mohabbat hai

: Mujge tumae mahabbat hai

: Kam prem kartahai

: Muje se mu habbat hai

: Mujhe tum se piyaar hai (pronounced:

"mujhei' Oo'm se' piya'r ha'e")

: Mujhe tum se muhabbat hai (pronounced:

"mujhe'i Oo'm se' mohub:u'th ha'e", th as

in bath)

' = stressed syllable, Oo' = o like in bold

Vai  : Na lia

Vdrmldndska : Du dr gvrgo te mdg

Vietnamese : Toi yeu em

: Anh ye^u em (male to female, or older

to younger, romantic)

: Em ye^u anh (female to male, or younger

to older, romantic)

: Con thu+o+ng ba (kid to father)

: Ba thu+o+ng con (father to kid)

: Con thu+o+ng ma' (kid to mother)

: Ma' thu+o+ng con (mother to kid)

: Cha'u thu+o+ng o^ng (grandkid to grandpa)

: O^ng thu+o+ng cha'u (grandpa to grandkid)

: Ba` thu+o+ng cha'u (grandkid to grandma)

: Cha'u thu+o+ng ba` (grandma to grandkid)

: Anh thu+o+ng em (big brother to younger

sister or brother)

: Chi. thu+o+ng em (big sister to younger

sister or brother)

: Em thu+o+ng anh (younger sister/brother

to big brother)

: Em thu+o+ng chi. (younger sister/brother

to big sister)

Volapu"k : La"fob oli

Vulcan  : Wani ra yana ro aisha

Walloon  : Dji vos veu volti (lit. I like to see you)

: Dji vos inme (lit. I love you)

: Dji v'zinme

Welsh  : Rwy'n dy gari di (most commonly used)

: Rwy'n dy garu di

: 'Rwy'n dy garu di

: Yr wyf i yn dy garu di (chwi)

: Yr wyf i yn eich caru chwi

Wolof  : Da ma la nope

: Da ma la nop (da ma'lanop)

Yiddish  : Ikh hob dikh lib

: Ich libe dich

: Ich han dich lib

: Kh'hob dikh lib

: Kh'ob dikh holt

: Ikh bin in dir farlibt

Yoruba  : Mo Feran e

Yucatec Maya : 'in k'aatech (the love of lovers)

: In yakumech

: 'in yabitmech (the love of family, which

lovers can also feel; it

indicates more a desire to

spoil and protect the other

person)

Zazi   : Ezhele hezdege (sp?)

Zulu   : Mena tanda wena

: Ngiyakuthanda!

Zuni   : Tom ho' ichema

Explanation of Accents

a' -> 'a' with the acute accent (') over it, accent aigu

(ASCII code 160)

a" -> 'a' with two dots (Umlaut) (ASCII code 132)

a^ -> elongated vowel (e.g. 2 a's)

a~ -> 'a' with a tilde(~) over it

e^ -> 'e' with a carot(^) over it

e' -> 'e' with the acute accent (') over it (ASCII code 130)

n~ -> 'n' with a tilde(~) over it

o~ -> 'o' with a tilde(~) over it

Explanation of Languages

Afrikaans -> spoken by people of Dutch heritage in South Africa

Alentejano -> An accented form of Portuguese spoken in the Alentejo

region of Portugal (the part of the country south of

the river Tagus).

Alsacien -> French/German dialect (live in France, but speak

like Germans)

Amharic  -> Official language spoken in Ethiopia. Just one of

over 80 languages spoken there.

Apache  -> North American Indian Nation rangeing from the plains

states to the eastern Rocky Mountains and from the

Canadian to Mexican borders

Arabic  -> language spoken in the Arab countries including

but not limited to Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,

Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and

the region of Palestine.

Ashanti/Akan/Twi-> Ashanti is the most popular and predominate of

many dialects spoken in Ghana. The Ghanan language

is generally refered to as either Akan or Twi.

Assamese -> language spoken in the state of Assam, India

Bassa  -> language spoken in Africa

Batak  -> language spoken in the northern Sumatra province of

Indonesia

Bavarian -> language spoken in the state of Bavaria, southern

Germany (actually a German dialect)

Bemba  -> language spoken in Africa

Bengali  -> language spoken in the state of West Bengal, India,

as well as almost all people of Bangladesh

Betazed  -> Spoken in Star Trek on planet Betazed

Bicol  -> dialect spoken in the Philippines

Braille  -> The alphabet represented by patterns of raised dots.

It is 'read' by touch.

Basque  -> language spoken in the Basque region of Spain

Breton  -> a Celtic language (as Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scottish

Gaelic) spoken in Brittany, west of France, by about

250,000 people.

Cajun  -> French dialect spoken by people who migrated from

Acadia, Canada, to the Louisiana, USA, area.

Acadia is in an Atlantic province.

Catalan  -> language spoken in a region in the north-east of Spain

named Catalonia. It is also spoken in the Balearic

Islands, in Andorra and in some small villages of

Sardinia and the south of France.

Cebuano  -> language spoken in Philippines near the town of Cebu

Central Yup'ik -> language spoken by the indigenous Eskimo people of

southwestern Alaska

Cherokee -> North American Indian tribe

Cheyenne -> North American Indian tribe, part of the Apache

Nation

Chichewa -> language spoken in Malawi, Central Africa

Chickasaw -> North American Indian tribe (southeastern Oklahoma)

Chinese

Amoy -> language spoken on Taiwan, an island off Fukien

Province in southeast China, and Singapore

Cantonese -> language spoken in the region around Guangzhou

including Hong Kong and also in Malaysia

Mandarin/ -> The official language of China

Putonghua litterally 'common language'

also spoken by native Chinese in Singapore and

Malaysia

Wu -> language spoken in Jiangsu Province

Common Eldarin -> the elven language where the languages Quenya and

Sindarin came from

Creol  -> French dialect spoken by people from Haiti. It is

basicly French with a little English and German.

Dhivehi  -> language spoken in the Maldives

and in the Minicoy Island of India

Dusun  -> language spoken by the Dusun tribe, one of the largest

in North Borneo

Dutch  -> language spoken in the Netherlands and the provinces

of East- and West-Flanders, Antwerp, Limburg, and

Flemmish-Brabant, Belgium

Esperanto -> The International Language. An 'artificial' language.

Farsi  -> language spoken in Iran. Dialects of Farsi spoken in

Pakistan and Afghanistan. Farsi is sometimes called

Persian.

Fijian  -> spoken by native Fijian people in Fiji

Franconian -> German dialect spoken by the citizens of Franken or

Franconia which is part of Bavaria in the area

around Nuremberg

French  -> language spoken in France, Canada, and the provinces

of Luxembourg, Namur, Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-

Walloon(Brabant of the Walloons), Belgium

Friesian -> language spoken in northern Holland, northern

Germany, and in some parts of Denmark

(mainly west coast)

Gaelic  -> language spoken in Ireland

Galician -> Galicians live in the four Spanish provinces located

along the northwest coast of the Iberian Peninsula,

but their language zone shades into neighboring areas

of Spain and Portugal as well. The four provinces are

A Corun~a, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra.

Georgian -> language spoken in Georgia

Gilbertese -> properly Kiribati, spoken by the Micronesians of the

Republic of Kiribati in the Pacific on the equator

Gronings -> Dutch dialect

Guarani' -> one of the two official languages in Paraguay

Gujrati  -> language spoken in the state of Gujrat, India, and

Pakistan

Hakka  -> Chinese dialect from Manchuria

Hausa  -> language spoken in Nigeria

Hebrew  -> language spoken in Israel and by Jewish people

Hindi  -> language spoken in the northern states of India

Hopi -> North American Indian tribe (southwest, Arizona)

Ibaloi  -> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot

natives, specifically the Ibaloi's

Ilocano  -> dialect spoken in the Philippines

Interglossa -> An 'artificial' language invented by Lancelot Hogben,

circa 1940.

Kankana  -> dialect spoken in the Philippines by the Igorot

natives, specifically the Kankana-ey's

Kannada  -> language spoken in the state of Karnataka,

southern India

Kapampangang -> Filipino dialect

(or Pampangang)

Kekchi  -> language spoken by 380,000 Mayans in Guatemala,

Belize, and El Salvador

Kikongo  -> language spoken in Zaire, Africa

Klingon  -> Spoken in Star Trek. Proper term for the language

is "tlhIngan Hol". The Klingon homeworld is

Qo'noS, in English it's Kronos.

Kpele  -> language spoken in Africa

Lao -> language spoken in Laos and by the Laotian people

living in northern Thailand

Luo -> language spoken in Kenya

Luxembourgish -> language spoken in Luxembourg and in the border areas

in Belgium (Arlon), France (Thionville), and Germany.

A mixture of French and German, with the emphasis on

German.

Maa -> language spoken in Africa

Malayalam -> language spoken in the state of Kerala, India

Maltese  -> language spoken on Malta, a small independent island

in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy with around

400,000 inhabitants. Maltese is a mixture of Arabic

and Italian mostly.

Mandarin/ -> The official language of China

Putunghua

Marathi  -> language spoken in the state of Maharastra, India

(Bombay is the capital city)

Marshallese -> language spoken on the Marshall Islands

Mikmaq  -> an Indigenous people of north-eastern North America

Mohawk  -> North American Indian tribe (New England, maybe one of

the Seven Nations/Iriquois?)

Mokilese -> language spoken on Mokil and Ponape (Pohnpei)

Moroccan -> language spoken in Morocco, North Africa

Morse Code -> A code using series of dots and dashes to represent

letters, numbers, and other characters. Originally

developed by Samuel Morse for use on the telegraph.

Navaho  -> North American Indian tribe (southwest)

Ndebele  -> language spoken in Zimbabwe

Nyanja  -> language spoken in Africa

Oriya  -> language spoken by people of Orissa, India

Papiamento -> language spoken on the islands of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire

Portuguese -> The official and regular language spoken in Portugal,

Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe,

Cape Verde, Macau, Guinea-Bissau, Goa(India), and

Galicia(Spain). Also spoken in but not the official

language of East Timor, Damao(India), and Diu(India).

It is the sixth most spoken language in the world.

Pulaar  -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Fulani people

Punjabi  -> language spoken in the state of Punjab, northern India

Quechua  -> language spoken by Incan Indians (South America)

Quenya  -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his

books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".

Rotuman  -> language of a Polynesian people originating from the island

of Rotuma, politically a part of Fiji, but quite different

Saami  -> Language of an indigenous people living in the

Northern Scandinavian region of Lapland. Formerly

known as Laplanders or Lapps. They have several

dialects, but this is the main one, Northern Saami.

Their language is related to Finnish.

Sesotho  -> language spoken in South Africa

(Southern Sotho)

Setswana -> language spoken in Botswana and South Africa

Shona  -> language spoken in Zimbabwe

Sindarin -> Elvish language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for his

books. Notably, "The Lord of the Rings".

Sinhala  -> Language of the non-Tamil (majority) people of

Sri Lanka. Also spoken in Ceylon.

Sioux  -> North American Indian tribe (upper midwest)

Solresol -> An artificial musical language composed of sequences

of notes on the diatonic scale (do, re, mi,...) sung

by name for comprehensibility to the tone deaf. The

7 notes could also be mapped into colors so that

writing would be a series of colored squares.

South Africa -> There are several official languages listed in the

Constitution of South Africa. They are: Afrikaans,

English, Ndebele(Sindebele, isiNdebele), saLeboa,

Sesotho, Swazi(Siswathi, siSwati), Tsonga(Xitsonga),

Setswana, Tshivenda, Venda(Tshivenda), Xhosa(isiXhosa),

Zulu(isiZulu), Sepedi.

Spanish  -> Language spoken in Spain and Latin America(Mexico,

Central and South America) except Brazil. It is the

third most spoken language in the world.

Sranan Tongo -> creole language spoken in Suriname

Swabian  -> One of the German dialects. The literal word 'love'

(Schwa"bisch) does not exist in this language.

Swahili  -> language spoken by some indigenous tribes of East

Africa

Tagalog  -> dialect spoken in the Philippines

Tajik  -> language spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

It resembles Persian (Farsi).

Tamil  -> language spoken in the state of Tamil Nadu, India,

and in Sri Lanka(by a low percentage of the people),

Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritus

Telugu  -> language spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India

(eleventh most spoken language in the world)

Tetum  -> language spoken in East Timor

Timerio  -> An artificial language using only numbers. The idea

was that each language has a different word for each

concept, so if the concepts were numbered, automatic

translation would be possible.

Tugen  -> language spoken predominantly or even only in Kenya.

Tugen is a subordinated tribe of the Kalinjin tribe.

Twi/Akan -> language spoken in Ghana. See also Ashanti.

Urdu -> language spoken in Pakistan and India

Vai -> language spoken in Africa

Vdrmldndska -> language spoken in the Vdrmland(Vaermland), Sweden,

region north of Lake Vdnern.The real Vdrmldndska

language is spoken to the northwest of Lake Vdnern

up to the border of Norway and in northern Vdrmland

around the town of Torsby by about 270,000 people,

90,000 of which consider it to be their mother

language. It is a mixture of Swedish and Norwegian

with some borrowed words from the many Valloonian

people who went there to work as engineers in the

mining industry during the 17th century.

Volapu"k -> An 'artificial' language invented by August Scheyler,

circa 1880.

Vulcan  -> Spoken in Star Trek by Mr. Spock and others from

the planet Vulcan

Walloon  -> literally Welsh(not English Welsh), a little used

French dialect with certain German influences

spoken in the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur,

Liege, Hainault, and Brabant-Walloon(Brabant of

the Walloons), Belgium

Wolof  -> dialect spoken in Senegal by the Wolof people

Yoruba  -> language spoken in West Africa, specifically in Nigeria

and bordering countries

Yucatec Maya -> language spoken by indigenous people of the Yucatan

peninsula in Mexico

Zazi -> Kurdic dialect

Zuni -> North American Indian tribe

(no guarantee for correctness though....)