How to say “bread” around the world

290 languages · 290 in their own spelling

bread · pan · pãoरोटी · রুটি · rotiخُبْز · хлеб · ekmekዳቦ · tinapay · ډوډۍ面包 · mkate · 面包نَان · non · នំប៉័ងعيش · chleb · عيشOther shapes

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	面包	miànbāo	Sino-Tibetan
English	bread		Indo-European
Spanish	pan		Indo-European
Hindi	रोटी	roṭī	Indo-European
Arabic	خُبْز	ḵubz	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	রুটি	ruṭi	Indo-European
Indonesian	roti		Austronesian
Portuguese	pão		Indo-European
French	pain		Indo-European
Russian	хлеб	xleb	Indo-European
Japanese	パン	pan	Japonic
Marathi	रोटी	roṭī	Indo-European
Swahili	mkate		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	ekmek		Turkic
Telugu	బ్రెడ్	breḍ	Dravidian
Wu Chinese	面包	⁶mi-pau	Sino-Tibetan
Korean	빵	ppang	Koreanic
German	Brot		Indo-European
Vietnamese	bánh mì		Austroasiatic
Tamil	ரொட்டி	roṭṭi	Dravidian
Cantonese	麵包	min⁶ baau¹	Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	روٹی	roṭī	Indo-European
Italian	pane		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	عيش	ʕēš	Afro-Asiatic
Gujarati	રોટલી	roṭlī	Indo-European
Western Farsi	نَان	nān	Indo-European
Min Nan Chinese	麵包	mī-pau	Sino-Tibetan
Levantine Arabic	خِبِز	ḵebez	Afro-Asiatic
Hausa	gùr̃āsā̀		Afro-Asiatic
Kannada	ಬ್ರೆಡ್	breḍ	Dravidian
Algerian Arabic	خُبْز	ḵobz	Afro-Asiatic
Polish	chleb		Indo-European
Malayalam	റൊട്ടി	ṟoṭṭi	Dravidian
Burmese	ပေါင်မုန့်	paungmun.	Sino-Tibetan
Sudanese Arabic	عيش	ʕēš	Afro-Asiatic
Moroccan Arabic	خبز	ḵobz	Afro-Asiatic
Ukrainian	хліб	xlib	Indo-European
Uzbek	non		Turkic
Romanian	pâine		Indo-European
Dutch	brood		Indo-European
Amharic	ዳቦ	dabo	Afro-Asiatic
Thai	ขนมปัง	kà-nǒm-bpang	Tai-Kadai
Lingala	lipa		Atlantic-Congo
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	хле̏б		Indo-European
Khmer	នំប៉័ង	num pang	Austroasiatic
Somali	rooti		Afro-Asiatic
Turkmen	çörek		Turkic
Cebuano	tinapay		Austronesian
Nepali	रोटी	roṭī	Indo-European
Sinhala	පාන්	pān	Indo-European
Greek	ψωμί	psomí	Indo-European
Kurdish	nan		Indo-European
Hijazi Arabic	خُبز	ḵubuz	Afro-Asiatic
Tajik	нон	non	Indo-European
Tsonga	xinkwa		Atlantic-Congo
Kazakh	нан	nan	Turkic
Hungarian	kenyér		Uralic
Nyanja	buledi		Atlantic-Congo
Tunisian Arabic	خُبْزْ	ḵobz	Afro-Asiatic
Southern Pashto	ډوډۍ	ḍoḍëy	Indo-European
Czech	chléb		Indo-European
Uighur	نان	nan	Turkic
Afrikaans	brood		Indo-European
Min Dong Chinese	麵包	miêng-bău	Sino-Tibetan
Haitian	pen		Indo-European
Swedish	bröd		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	çörək		Turkic
Bulgarian	хляб	hljab	Indo-European
Tachelhit	aɣrum		Afro-Asiatic
Belarusian	хлеб	xljeb	Indo-European
Tigrinya	ባኒ	bani	Afro-Asiatic
Neapolitan	pane		Indo-European
Central Kurdish	نان	nan	Indo-European
Santali	ᱯᱤᱴᱷᱟ	piṭha	Austroasiatic
Kikuyu	mũgate		Atlantic-Congo
Danish	brød		Indo-European
Slovak	chlieb		Indo-European
Southern Sotho	bohobe		Atlantic-Congo
Umbundu	ombolo		Atlantic-Congo
Wolaytta	daabbuwa		Ta-Ne-Omotic
Kabyle	aɣrum		Afro-Asiatic
Finnish	leipä		Uralic
Lao	ຂນົມປັງ	kha nom pang	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	brød		Indo-European
Tatar	икмәк	ikmäk	Turkic
Catalan	pa		Indo-European
Guarani	mbujape		Tupian
Sicilian	pani		Indo-European
Kirghiz	нан	nan	Turkic
Riffian	aɣrum		Afro-Asiatic
Armenian	հաց	hacʻ	Indo-European
Lithuanian	duona		Indo-European
Lombard	pan		Indo-European
Georgian	პური	ṗuri	Kartvelian
Albanian	bukë		Indo-European
Ewe	abolo		Atlantic-Congo
Shan	ၶဝ်ႈမုၼ်း	khāo mún	Tai-Kadai
Mongolian	талх	talx	Mongolic-Khitan
Bikol	tinapay		Austronesian
Galician	pan		Indo-European
Pampanga	tinape		Austronesian
Slovenian	kruh		Indo-European
Esperanto	pano		Artificial Language
Macedonian	леб	leb	Indo-European
Piedmontese	pan		Indo-European
Venetian	pan		Indo-European
Zhuang	bouh		Tai-Kadai
Sidamo	daabbo		Afro-Asiatic
Afar	gaqambo		Afro-Asiatic
Kabardian	щӏакхъуэ	śʼaqꭓʷɛ	Abkhaz-Adyge
Limburgan	wegk		Indo-European
Laki	نان	nan	Indo-European
Latvian	maize		Indo-European
Quechua	t'anta		Quechuan
Scots	breid		Indo-European
Chechen	бепиг	bepig	Nakh-Daghestanian
Estonian	leib		Uralic
Bashkir	икмәк	ikmäk	Turkic
Tibetan	བག་ལེབ	bag leb	Sino-Tibetan
Kachin	muk		Sino-Tibetan
Western Frisian	bôle		Indo-European
Frafra	pãanɛ		Atlantic-Congo
Kalmyk	өдмг	ödmg	Mongolic-Khitan
Talysh	nun		Indo-European
Basque	ogi		Isolates
Chuvash	ҫӑкӑр	śăk̬ăr	Turkic
Welsh	bara		Indo-European
Yucatec Maya	waaj		Mayan
Lü	ᦶᦖᧃᧈᦗᧁᧈ	ṁaen¹paw¹	Tai-Kadai
Lezghian	фу	fu	Nakh-Daghestanian
Rusyn	хлїб	xljib	Indo-European
Morisyen	dipin		Indo-European
Walloon	pwin		Indo-European
Adyghe	хьэлэгъу	ḥɛlɛğʷu	Abkhaz-Adyge
Maltese	ħobż		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	ötmek		Turkic
Occitan	pan		Indo-European
Vlax Romani	manro		Indo-European
Tetum	paun		Austronesian
Silesian	chlyb		Indo-European
Asturian	pan		Indo-European
Yakut	килиэп	kiliep	Turkic
Kumyk	экмек	ekmek	Turkic
Samoan	falaoa		Austronesian
Sranan Tongo	brede		Indo-European
Tzotzil	kaxlan vaj		Mayan
Fijian	madrai		Austronesian
Papiamento	pan		Indo-European
Icelandic	brauð		Indo-European
Ngazidja Comorian	mkatre		Atlantic-Congo
Karachay-Balkar	ётмек	ötmek	Turkic
Friulian	pan		Indo-European
Mapuche	kofke		Araucanian
Udmurt	нянь	ńań	Uralic
Plautdietsch	Broot		Indo-European
Māori	parāoa		Austronesian
Abkhaz	амгьал	amgʲal	Abkhaz-Adyge
Tonga (Tonga Islands)	mā		Austronesian
Navajo	bááh		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Irish	arán		Indo-European
Aromanian	pãni		Indo-European
Kashubian	chléb		Indo-European
Breton	bara		Indo-European
Mwani	nkate		Atlantic-Congo
Erzya	кши	kši	Uralic
Nogai	оьтпек	ötpek	Turkic
Võro	leib		Uralic
Tabasaran	уьл	u̱l	Nakh-Daghestanian
Sikkimese	ཁུར	khur	Sino-Tibetan
Faroese	breyð		Indo-European
Komi-Permyak	нянь	ńań	Uralic
Scottish Gaelic	aran		Indo-European
Southern Altai	ӧтпӧк	ötpök	Turkic
Sanskrit	रोटी	roṭī	Indo-European
Argobba	ዳቦ	dabo	Afro-Asiatic
Dungan	мәмә	məmə	Sino-Tibetan
Romansh	paun		Indo-European
Plains Cree	ᐱᓷᐦᑲᓯᑲᐣ	piswehkasikan	Algic
Aukan	beele		Indo-European
Ladin	pan		Indo-European
Hawaiian	palaoa		Austronesian
North Saami	láibi		Uralic
Central Yupik	avukaq		Eskimo-Aleut
Svan	დია̈რ	diär	Kartvelian
Upper Sorbian	chlěb		Indo-European
Cherokee	ᎦᏚ	gadu	Iroquoian
Yagnobi	нун	nun	Indo-European
Northern Frisian	Bruar		Indo-European
Niuean	fua falaoa		Austronesian
Aragonese	pan		Indo-European
Lower Sorbian	klěb		Indo-European
Megleno-Romanian	poini		Indo-European
Rapanui	haraoa		Austronesian
Bats	მაჲჴი̆	mayqĭ	Nakh-Daghestanian
Dakota	aǧúyapi		Siouan
Lakota	aǧúyapi		Siouan
Nihali	सोक्र	sokra	Isolates
Mòcheno	proat		Indo-European
Manx	arran		Indo-European
Uaçá Creole French	djipẽ		Indo-European
Interlingua	pan		Artificial Language
Veps	leib		Uralic
Hunzib	баба	baba	Nakh-Daghestanian
Istriot	pan		Indo-European
Khinalug	баба	baba	Nakh-Daghestanian
Korlai Portuguese	pãw		Indo-European
Lule Sami	láibbe		Uralic
Cornish	bara		Indo-European
Southern Sami	laejpie		Uralic
Kildin Saami	ле̄ййп	l’eejjp	Uralic
Pacific Gulf Yupik	kelipaq		Eskimo-Aleut
Skolt Sami	leiˊbb		Uralic
Wampanoag	petukqunneg		Algic
Inari Sami	leibi		Uralic
Budukh	фу	fu	Nakh-Daghestanian
Amur Nivkh	леп	lep	Nivkh
Ingrian	leipä		Uralic
Ume Saami	laajpee		Uralic
Chickasaw	paska		Muskogean
Wymysorys	brūt		Indo-European
Votic	leipe		Uralic
Pite Saami	lajjbe		Uralic
Manchu	ᡝᡶᡝᠨ	efen	Tungusic
Ainu	パン	pan	Ainu
Akkadian	𒃻		Afro-Asiatic
Northern Altai	этпек	etpek	Turkic
Ambonese Malay	roti		Austronesian
Gilit Mesopotamian Arabic	صمّون	ṣammūn	Afro-Asiatic
Aramaic	לחמא	lakhmā	Afro-Asiatic
Western Balochi	نان	nán	Indo-European
Big Nambas	p'ret		Austronesian
Cemuhî	pwaloa		Austronesian
Central Atlas Tamazight	ⴰⵖⵔⵓⵎ	aɣrum	Afro-Asiatic
Coptic	ⲟⲉⲓⲕ	oeik	Afro-Asiatic
Dalmatian	pun		Indo-European
Old French	pain		Indo-European
Old Frisian	brād		Indo-European
Saterland Frisian	Brood		Indo-European
Pular	mburu		Atlantic-Congo
Gothic	𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃	hlaifs	Indo-European
Ancient Greek	ἄρτος	ártos	Indo-European
Kalaallisut	iffiaq		Eskimo-Aleut
Mbyá Guaraní	mbojape		Tupian
Hebrew	לֶחֶם	lékhem	Afro-Asiatic
Hittite	𒉒	NÍNDA	Indo-European
Hmong Daw	mov ci		Hmong-Mien
Inuktitut	ᕿᖂᔭᖅ	qiqooyaq	Eskimo-Aleut
Old Irish	arán		Indo-European
Javanese	roti		Austronesian
Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo)	dimpa		Atlantic-Congo
South-Central Koongo	dimpa		Atlantic-Congo
Latin	panis		Indo-European
Lenakel	fəro		Austronesian
Low German	Brod		Indo-European
Bukusu	kumkate		Atlantic-Congo
Cuneiform Luwian	𒉒	NÍNDA	Indo-European
Moselle Franconian	Brout		Indo-European
Malagasy	mofo		Austronesian
Malay	roti		Austronesian
Middle English	bred		Indo-European
Mongo	limpa		Atlantic-Congo
Munsee	ăpwáan		Algic
Classical Nahuatl	tlaxcalli		Uto-Aztecan
Tundra Nenets	нянь		Uralic
Ojibwa	bakwezhigan		Algic
Church Slavic	хлѣбъ	xlěbŭ	Indo-European
Old Russian	хлѣбъ	xlěbŭ	Indo-European
Old English	hlāf		Indo-European
Old Norse	brauð		Indo-European
Old Saxon	hlēf		Indo-European
Osage	𐓷𐓘𐓲𐓶́𐓟		Siouan
Iron Ossetian	дзул	ʒul	Indo-European
Pahlavi	𐭭𐭠𐭭		Indo-European
Phrygian	βεκος		Indo-European
Polabian	sťaibä		Indo-European
Eastern Panjabi	ਰੋਟੀ	roṭī	Indo-European
Western Panjabi	روٹی		Indo-European
Campidanese Sardinian	pani		Indo-European
Sumerian	𒉒	NÍNDA	Isolates
Tagalog	tinapay		Austronesian
Muslim Tat	nun		Indo-European
Tokharian B	kanti		Indo-European
Tutelo	waksakpai		Siouan
Ugaritic	𐎍𐎈𐎎	lḥm	Afro-Asiatic
Ulithian	fl’owwa		Austronesian
Woiwurrung-Thagungwurrung	noorong		Pama-Nyungan
Xârâcùù	pêê		Austronesian
Yiddish	ברויט	broyt	Indo-European
Zarma	buru		Songhay
Dimli	non		Indo-European