How to say “apple” around the world

298 languages · 298 in their own spelling

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Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.

Language	Word	Romanization	Family
Chinese	苹果	píngguǒ	Sino-Tibetan
English	apple		Indo-European
Spanish	manzana		Indo-European
Hindi	सेब	seb	Indo-European
Arabic	تُفَّاحَة	tuffāḥa	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	আপেল	apel	Indo-European
Indonesian	apel		Austronesian
Portuguese	maçã		Indo-European
French	pomme		Indo-European
Russian	я́блоко	jábloko	Indo-European
Japanese	りんご	ringo	Japonic
Marathi	सफरचंद	sapharcanda	Indo-European
Swahili	tofaa		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	elma		Turkic
Telugu	కాయ	kāya	Dravidian
Wu Chinese	苹果	⁶bin-ku⁵	Sino-Tibetan
Korean	사과	sagwa	Koreanic
German	Apfel		Indo-European
Vietnamese	táo		Austroasiatic
Tamil	ஆப்பிள்	āppiḷ	Dravidian
Cantonese	蘋果	ping⁴ gwo²	Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	سیب	seb	Indo-European
Italian	mela		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	تفّاحة	tuffāḥa	Afro-Asiatic
Gujarati	સફરજન	sapharjan	Indo-European
Western Farsi	سیب	sēb	Indo-European
Min Nan Chinese	蘋果	phōng-kó	Sino-Tibetan
Hakka Chinese	林檎	lin-kó	Sino-Tibetan
Jinyu Chinese	苹果	ping¹ gue²	Sino-Tibetan
Kannada	ಸೇಬು	sēbu	Dravidian
Algerian Arabic	تَفَّاحَة	teffāḥa	Afro-Asiatic
Polish	jabłko		Indo-European
Yoruba	ápù		Atlantic-Congo
Xiang Chinese	苹果		Sino-Tibetan
Malayalam	ആപ്പിൾ	āppiḷ	Dravidian
Odia	ସେଓ	seo	Indo-European
Burmese	ပန်းသီး	pan:si:	Sino-Tibetan
Ukrainian	я́блуко	jábluko	Indo-European
Uzbek	olma		Turkic
Sindhi	صُوفُ	sūfu	Indo-European
Romanian	măr		Indo-European
Dutch	appel		Indo-European
Gan Chinese	苹果		Sino-Tibetan
Amharic	ፖም	pom	Afro-Asiatic
Thai	แอปเปิล	ɛ́p-bpə̂n	Tai-Kadai
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	ја̏бука		Indo-European
Khmer	ប៉ុម	pom	Austroasiatic
Somali	tufaax		Afro-Asiatic
Turkmen	alma		Turkic
Cebuano	mansanas		Austronesian
Nepali	स्याऊ	syāū	Indo-European
Assamese	আপেল	apel	Indo-European
Sinhala	ඇපල්	æpal	Indo-European
Greek	μήλο	mílo	Indo-European
Kurdish	sêv		Indo-European
Hijazi Arabic	تُفَّاحة	tuffāḥa	Afro-Asiatic
Tajik	себ	seb	Indo-European
Sylheti	ꠀꠄꠚꠟ	aefól	Indo-European
Tsonga	vundzu		Atlantic-Congo
Kazakh	алма	alma	Turkic
Hungarian	alma		Uralic
Kinyarwanda	pome		Atlantic-Congo
Zulu	ihhabhula		Atlantic-Congo
Southern Pashto	مڼه	maṇá	Indo-European
Czech	jablko		Indo-European
Uighur	ئالما	alma	Turkic
Afrikaans	appel		Indo-European
Min Dong Chinese	蘋果	bìng-guō	Sino-Tibetan
Haitian	pòm		Indo-European
Swedish	äpple		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	alma		Turkic
Iloko	mansanas		Austronesian
Bulgarian	я́бълка	jábălka	Indo-European
Xhosa	iapile		Atlantic-Congo
Belarusian	я́блык	jáblyk	Indo-European
Tigrinya	ቱፋሕ	tufaḥ	Afro-Asiatic
Neapolitan	mìlo		Indo-European
Central Kurdish	سێو	sêw	Indo-European
Kashmiri	ژوٗنٛٹھ	ċūnṭh	Indo-European
Danish	æble		Indo-European
Slovak	jablko		Indo-European
Southern Sotho	apole		Atlantic-Congo
Finnish	omena		Uralic
Lao	ໝາກໂປມ	māk pōm	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	eple		Indo-European
Tatar	алма	alma	Turkic
Catalan	poma		Indo-European
Guarani	guavirana'a		Tupian
Sicilian	puma		Indo-European
Kirghiz	алма	alma	Turkic
Swiss German	Öpfel		Indo-European
Armenian	խնձոր	xnjor	Indo-European
Lithuanian	obuolys		Indo-European
Lombard	pomm		Indo-European
Georgian	ვაშლი	vašli	Kartvelian
Jamaican Creole English	apl		Indo-European
Waray	mansanas		Austronesian
Albanian	mollë		Indo-European
Southern Kurdish	سێف	sêf	Indo-European
Mongolian	алим	alim	Mongolic-Khitan
Bikol	mansanas		Austronesian
Galician	mazá		Indo-European
Slovenian	jabolko		Indo-European
Iban	ipul		Austronesian
Esperanto	pomo		Artificial Language
Macedonian	јаболко	jabolko	Indo-European
Piedmontese	pom		Indo-European
Venetian	pomo		Indo-European
Zhuang	makbinzgoj		Tai-Kadai
Rohingya	sép		Indo-European
Kabardian	мыӏэрысэ	məʼɛrəsɛ	Abkhaz-Adyge
Limburgan	appel		Indo-European
Laki	سێف	sêf	Indo-European
Latvian	ābols		Indo-European
Quechua	mansana		Quechuan
Scots	aipple		Indo-European
Chechen	ӏаж	ˀaž	Nakh-Daghestanian
Emilian	pàm		Indo-European
Venda	apula		Atlantic-Congo
Estonian	õun		Uralic
Bashkir	алма	alma	Turkic
Tibetan	ཀུ་ཤུ	ku shu	Sino-Tibetan
Romagnol	méla		Indo-European
Newari	स्याउ	syāu	Sino-Tibetan
Western Frisian	apel		Indo-European
Kalmyk	альмн	alʹmn	Mongolic-Khitan
Maranao	mansanas		Austronesian
Avar	гӏеч	ʻeč	Nakh-Daghestanian
Talysh	sef		Indo-European
Basque	sagar		Isolates
Chuvash	улма	ulma	Turkic
Welsh	afal		Indo-European
Yucatec Maya	chak pakʼáal		Mayan
Lü	ᦖᦱᧅᦘᦲᧃᧉᦷᦅ	ṁaakphiin²ko	Tai-Kadai
Picard	peimme		Indo-European
Lezghian	ич	ič	Nakh-Daghestanian
Rusyn	ябко	jabko	Indo-European
Morisyen	pom		Indo-European
Réunion Creole French	pom		Indo-European
Walloon	peme		Indo-European
Kara-Kalpak	alma		Turkic
Adyghe	мыӏэрыс	məʼɛrəs	Abkhaz-Adyge
Classical Syriac	ܚܙܘܪܐ	ḥazzūrā	Afro-Asiatic
Maltese	tuffieħa		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	alma		Turkic
Occitan	poma		Indo-European
Vlax Romani	phabaj		Indo-European
Ligurian	mei		Indo-European
Mari	олма	olma	Uralic
Tetum	masán		Austronesian
Asturian	mazana		Indo-European
Yakut	яблоко	yabloko	Turkic
Kumyk	алма	alma	Turkic
Samoan	'apu		Austronesian
Fiji Hindi	aapul		Indo-European
Mingrelian	უშქური	uškuri	Kartvelian
Fijian	yapolo		Austronesian
Dhivehi	އާފަލު	āfalu	Indo-European
Ingush	ӏаж	ˀaž	Nakh-Daghestanian
Papiamento	apel		Indo-European
Icelandic	epli		Indo-European
Ngazidja Comorian	pomu		Atlantic-Congo
Karachay-Balkar	алма	alma	Turkic
Friulian	miluç		Indo-European
Udmurt	улмо	ulmo	Uralic
Plautdietsch	Aupel		Indo-European
Dzongkha	ཨེ་པཱལ	e pāl	Sino-Tibetan
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ	ḳābuša	Afro-Asiatic
Buriat	яблока	jabloka	Mongolic-Khitan
Amis	lingko		Austronesian
Māori	āporo		Austronesian
West Coast Bajau	ipol		Austronesian
Abkhaz	аҵәа	acʷʼa	Abkhaz-Adyge
Tonga (Tonga Islands)	'apele		Austronesian
Central Dusun	apol		Austronesian
Navajo	bilasáana		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Lak	гьивч	hiwč	Nakh-Daghestanian
Solu-Khumbu Sherpa	ཤའུ	sha'u	Sino-Tibetan
Gagauz	alma		Turkic
Irish	úll		Indo-European
Ladino	mansana		Indo-European
Aromanian	mer		Indo-European
Kashubian	jabko		Indo-European
Breton	aval		Indo-European
Erzya	умарь	umaŕ	Uralic
Paiwan	cada'		Austronesian
Nogai	алма	alma	Turkic
Seselwa Creole French	ponm		Indo-European
Võro	upin		Uralic
Tabasaran	вич	vič	Nakh-Daghestanian
Faroese	epli		Indo-European
Tahitian	'āpara		Austronesian
Komi-Permyak	яблӧк	jablök	Uralic
Marshallese	abōļ		Austronesian
Scottish Gaelic	ubhal		Indo-European
Southern Altai	алама	alama	Turkic
Khalaj Turkic	alımla		Turkic
Sanskrit	सेवि	sevi	Indo-European
Abaza	чӏва	ćʷʼa	Abkhaz-Adyge
Dungan	гуәзы	guəzɨ	Sino-Tibetan
Romansh	mail		Indo-European
Bunun	pingku		Austronesian
Karelian	juablukku		Uralic
Hawaiian	ʻāhia		Austronesian
North Saami	ehpel		Uralic
Kajtak	гьи́нце	hínce	Nakh-Daghestanian
Taroko	ringgo		Austronesian
Rarotongan	‘āpara		Austronesian
Central Yupik	atsarpak		Eskimo-Aleut
Mirandese	maçana		Indo-European
Svan	უ̂ისგუ̂	ûisgû	Kartvelian
Western Apache	masáána		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Upper Sorbian	jabłuko		Indo-European
Cherokee	ᏒᎦᏔ	svgata	Iroquoian
Yagnobi	себ	seb	Indo-European
Bislama	apol		Indo-European
Northern Frisian	aapel		Indo-European
Zuni	mansana		Isolates
Aragonese	mazana		Indo-European
Udi	еъшӏ	e̱š:	Nakh-Daghestanian
Lower Sorbian	jabłuko		Indo-European
Siksiká	áípasstaamiinaamm		Algic
Jejueo	사과	sagwa	Koreanic
Mohawk	sewahyowane		Iroquoian
Bats	ჴორ	qor	Nakh-Daghestanian
Tokelau	apu		Austronesian
Cheyenne	má'xeme		Algic
Tsou	heesi		Austronesian
Moksha	мар	mar	Uralic
Kven Finnish	äpyli		Uralic
Mòcheno	epfl		Indo-European
Manx	ooyl		Indo-European
Interlingua	pomo		Artificial Language
Māngarongaro	āpara		Austronesian
Archi	аӏнш	ạnš	Nakh-Daghestanian
Tlingit	x'áax'		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Cornish	aval		Indo-European
Skolt Sami	jabll		Uralic
Aleut	yaavlukax̂		Eskimo-Aleut
Budukh	йеч	ječ	Nakh-Daghestanian
Ingrian	omena		Uralic
Alabama	takkólchoba		Muskogean
Kavalan	linggu		Austronesian
Wymysorys	epuł		Indo-European
Prussian	wābli		Indo-European
Maricopa	kwes'ul'ul		Cochimi-Yuman
Manchu	ᡦᡳᠩᡤᡠᡵᡳ	pingguri	Tungusic
Western Abenaki	aples		Algic
Ainu	リンゴ	ringo	Ainu
Akkadian	𒄑𒈢	ḫašḫūru	Afro-Asiatic
Alviri-Vidari	سیب	sib	Indo-European
Gulf Arabic	تفّاحة	tuffāḥa	Afro-Asiatic
Western Balochi	سوپ	sop	Indo-European
Central Atlas Tamazight	ⵜⵜⴼⴼⴰⵃ	ttffaḥ	Afro-Asiatic
Min Bei Chinese	蘋果	pěng-guǎ	Sino-Tibetan
Coptic	ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ	jempheh	Afro-Asiatic
Dargwa	гӏинц	ʿinc	Nakh-Daghestanian
Old Frisian	appel		Indo-European
Saterland Frisian	Appel		Indo-European
Old High German	apful		Indo-European
Ancient Greek	μῆλον	mêlon	Indo-European
Kalaallisut	iipili		Eskimo-Aleut
Hebrew	תַּפּוּחַ	tapúakh	Afro-Asiatic
Hunsrik	Eppel		Indo-European
Inuktitut	ᑭᒻᒥᓇᐅᔭᖅ	kimminaoyaq	Eskimo-Aleut
Old Irish	ubull		Indo-European
Javanese	apel		Austronesian
Latin	mālum		Indo-European
Livonian	umārz		Uralic
Low German	Appel		Indo-European
Moselle Franconian	Apel		Indo-European
Malagasy	paoma		Austronesian
Malay	epal		Austronesian
Central Melanau	ipul		Austronesian
Middle English	appel		Indo-European
Classical Nahuatl	manzana		Uto-Aztecan
Ojibwa	mishiimin		Algic
Church Slavic	аблъко	ablŭko	Indo-European
Old Russian	ꙗблъко	jablŭko	Indo-European
Old English	æppel		Indo-European
Old Norse	epli		Indo-European
Oromo	poomii		Afro-Asiatic
Iron Ossetian	фӕткъуы		Indo-European
Polabian	jobťü		Indo-European
Eastern Panjabi	ਸਿਓ	sio	Indo-European
Western Panjabi	سیب		Indo-European
Sardinian	mela		Indo-European
Sundanese	apel		Austronesian
Tagalog	mansanas		Austronesian
Muslim Tat	sib		Indo-European
Ugaritic	𐎚𐎔𐎈	tpḥ	Afro-Asiatic
Ulithian	harfad		Austronesian
Unami	apëlìsh		Algic
Ho-Chunk	kšee		Siouan
Wolof	pom		Atlantic-Congo
Yiddish	עפּל	epl	Indo-European
Yurok	ˀɹplɹs		Algic
Dimli	saye		Indo-European