“To read” in 48 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 48 of 48 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• CatalanllegirFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchlireFrom Wiktionary▶
• GalicianlerFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItalianleggereFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatinlegōFrom Wiktionary▶
• PortugueselerFrom Wiktionary▶
• Romaniana citiFrom Wiktionary▶
• SpanishleerFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• Bulgarianчета́četáFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatiančitatiFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechčístFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishczytaćFrom Wiktionary▶
• Russianчита́тьčitátʹFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovakčítaťFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianbratiFrom Wiktionary▶
• Ukrainianчита́тиčytátyFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishlæseFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchlezenFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanlesenFrom Wiktionary▶
• NorwegianleseFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishläsaFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• Bengaliপড়াpoṛaFrom Wiktionary▶
• Hindiपढ़नाpaṛhnāFrom Wiktionary▶
• PersianخْوَانْدَنxwāndanFrom Wiktionary▶
• UrduپَڑْھناpaṛhnāFrom Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinobumasaFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesianbacaFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalaybacaFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijanioxumaqFrom Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzокууokuuFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishokumakFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianlugemaFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishlukeaFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungarianolvasFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatvianlasītFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuanianskaitytiFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicقَرَأَqaraʔaFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewקָרָאkaráFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianlexojFrom Wiktionary▶

Bantu

• SwahilikusomaFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasqueirakurriFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishléighFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese读dúFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantolegiFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese読むyomuFrom Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean읽다ikdaFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiอ่านàanFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnameseđọcFrom Wiktionary▶