“Life” in 44 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 44 of 44 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Slavic

• Bulgarianживо́тživótFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianživotFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechživotFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishżycieMatches Wiktionary▶
• Russianжизньzhizn'Matches Wiktionary▶
• SlovakživotFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianživljenjeFrom Wiktionary▶
• UkrainianжиттяzhyttiaMatches Wiktionary (accents aside)▶

Germanic

• DanishlivFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchlevenFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanLebenMatches Wiktionary▶
• NorwegianlivFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishlivFrom Wiktionary▶

Romance

• CatalanvidaFrom Wiktionary▶
• GalicianvidaFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItalianvitaMatches Wiktionary▶
• PortuguesevidaMatches Wiktionary▶
• RomanianviațăFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinobuhayFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianhidupFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalayhidupFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• BengaliজীবনjibonFrom Wiktionary▶
• Hindiज़िंदगीzindagīFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduزِنْدَگیzindagīFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijanihəyatFrom Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzөмүрömürFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishyaşamFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianeluFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishelämäFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungarianéletFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatviandzīveFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuaniangyvenimasFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicحَيَاةḥayāhFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewחַיִּיםkhayímFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianjetëFrom Wiktionary▶

Bantu

• SwahiliuhaiFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasquebiziFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishsaolFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese生命shēngmìngFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantovivoFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese命inochiMatches Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean생명saengmyeongFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiชีวิตchii-wítFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• Vietnamesesự sốngFrom Wiktionary▶