How to say “two” around the world

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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	二	èr	Sino-Tibetan
English	two		Indo-European
Spanish	dos		Indo-European
Hindi	दो	do	Indo-European
Arabic	اِثْنَانِ	iṯnāni	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	দুই	dui	Indo-European
Indonesian	dua		Austronesian
Portuguese	dois		Indo-European
French	deux		Indo-European
Russian	два	dva	Indo-European
Japanese	二	ni	Japonic
Marathi	दोन	don	Indo-European
Swahili	mbili		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	iki		Turkic
Telugu	రెండు	reṇḍu	Dravidian
Wu Chinese	两		Sino-Tibetan
Korean	둘	dul	Koreanic
German	zwei		Indo-European
Vietnamese	hai		Austroasiatic
Tamil	இரண்டு	iraṇṭu	Dravidian
Cantonese	二	ji⁶	Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	دو	do	Indo-European
Italian	due		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	اتنين	itnēn	Afro-Asiatic
Gujarati	બે	be	Indo-European
Western Farsi	دُو	dū	Indo-European
Min Nan Chinese	二	jī	Sino-Tibetan
Hakka Chinese	二	ngi	Sino-Tibetan
Nigerian Pidgin	tu		Indo-European
Hausa	biyu		Afro-Asiatic
Kannada	ಎರಡು	eraḍu	Dravidian
Polish	dwa		Indo-European
Yoruba	èjì		Atlantic-Congo
Malayalam	രണ്ടു	raṇṭu	Dravidian
Odia	ଦୁଇ	dui	Indo-European
Burmese	နှစ်	hnac	Sino-Tibetan
Moroccan Arabic	جوج	jūj	Afro-Asiatic
Igbo	àbụ̀ọ		Atlantic-Congo
Ukrainian	два	dva	Indo-European
Uzbek	ikki		Turkic
Sindhi	ٻَه	ba	Indo-European
Romanian	doi		Indo-European
Dutch	twee		Indo-European
Gan Chinese	二	eo⁵	Sino-Tibetan
Amharic	ሁለት	hulät	Afro-Asiatic
Thai	สอง	sɔ̌ɔng	Tai-Kadai
Lingala	míbalé		Atlantic-Congo
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	два̑		Indo-European
Khmer	ពីរ	pii	Austroasiatic
Somali	laba		Afro-Asiatic
Turkmen	iki		Turkic
Cebuano	duha		Austronesian
Nepali	दुई	duī	Indo-European
Assamese	দুই	dui	Indo-European
Sinhala	දෙක	deka	Indo-European
Greek	δύο	dýo	Indo-European
Kurdish	du		Indo-European
Hijazi Arabic	اثنين	itnēn	Afro-Asiatic
Tajik	ду	du	Indo-European
Kazakh	екі	eki	Turkic
Hungarian	kettő		Uralic
Zulu	bili		Atlantic-Congo
Nyanja	wiri		Atlantic-Congo
Tunisian Arabic	ثنِين	ṯnīn	Afro-Asiatic
Akan	abien		Atlantic-Congo
Southern Pashto	دوه	dwa	Indo-European
Czech	dva		Indo-European
Uighur	ئىككى	ikki	Turkic
Afrikaans	twee		Indo-European
Min Dong Chinese	二	nê	Sino-Tibetan
Haitian	de		Indo-European
Kanuri	indi		Saharan
Swedish	två		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	iki		Turkic
Iloko	dua		Austronesian
Bulgarian	два	dva	Indo-European
Hiligaynon	duha		Austronesian
Xhosa	bini		Atlantic-Congo
Tachelhit	sin		Afro-Asiatic
Belarusian	два	dva	Indo-European
Tigrinya	ክልተ	kəltä	Afro-Asiatic
Neapolitan	dùie		Indo-European
Central Kurdish	دوو	dû	Indo-European
Santali	ᱵᱟᱨ	bar	Austroasiatic
Tumbuka	wili		Atlantic-Congo
Northern Thai	ᩈᩬᨦ		Tai-Kadai
Danish	to		Indo-European
Slovak	dvaja		Indo-European
Minangkabau	duo		Austronesian
Finnish	kaksi		Uralic
Lao	ສອງ	sǭng	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	to		Indo-European
Tatar	ике	ike	Turkic
Buginese	dua		Austronesian
Catalan	dos		Indo-European
Guarani	mokõi		Tupian
Sicilian	dui		Indo-European
Kirghiz	эки	eki	Turkic
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao	lf		Hmong-Mien
Armenian	երկու	erku	Indo-European
Balinese	dadua		Austronesian
S'gaw Karen	ခံ	khee	Sino-Tibetan
Lithuanian	du		Indo-European
Tok Pisin	tupela		Indo-European
Lombard	du		Indo-European
Georgian	ორი	ori	Kartvelian
Acehnese	duwa		Austronesian
Waray	duha		Austronesian
Albanian	dy		Indo-European
Shan	သွင်	sǎung	Tai-Kadai
Mongolian	хоёр	xojor	Mongolic-Khitan
Gilaki	دو	do	Indo-European
Bikol	duwa		Austronesian
Galician	dous		Indo-European
Pampanga	addua		Austronesian
Slovenian	dvá		Indo-European
Iban	dua		Austronesian
Swati	bili		Atlantic-Congo
Esperanto	du		Artificial Language
Kʼicheʼ	kieb		Mayan
Macedonian	два	dva	Indo-European
Sichuan Yi	ꑍ	nyip	Sino-Tibetan
Piedmontese	doi		Indo-European
Venetian	do		Indo-European
Zhuang	ngeih		Tai-Kadai
Brahui	iraŧ		Dravidian
Rohingya	dui		Indo-European
Sidamo	lame		Afro-Asiatic
Afar	nammáy		Afro-Asiatic
Kabardian	тӏу	tʷʼu	Abkhaz-Adyge
Igala	èjì		Atlantic-Congo
Makasar	ruwa		Austronesian
Latvian	divi		Indo-European
Quechua	iskay		Quechuan
Scots	twa		Indo-European
Chechen	шиъ	šiʔ	Nakh-Daghestanian
Emilian	dû		Indo-European
Estonian	kaks		Uralic
Bashkir	ике	ike	Turkic
Tibetan	གཉིས	gnyis	Sino-Tibetan
Muong	hàl		Austroasiatic
Maguindanao	duwa		Austronesian
Romagnol	du		Indo-European
Tausug	duwa		Austronesian
Urhobo	ívẹ		Atlantic-Congo
Soninke	fíllò		Mande
Kinaray-a	darwa		Austronesian
Central Okinawan	二	ni	Japonic
Isekiri	meji		Atlantic-Congo
Kabuverdianu	dos		Indo-European
Mon	ၜါ	ba	Austroasiatic
Western Frisian	twa		Indo-European
Frafra	yi		Atlantic-Congo
Tigre	ክልኦት	kəlʾot	Afro-Asiatic
Kalmyk	хойр	xoyr	Mongolic-Khitan
Maranao	dowa		Austronesian
Avar	кӏиго	kʼigo	Nakh-Daghestanian
Talysh	dı		Indo-European
Tai Dam	ꪎꪮꪉ		Tai-Kadai
Basque	bi		Isolates
Ga	enyɔ̃		Atlantic-Congo
Chuvash	иккӗ	ikkĕ	Turkic
Welsh	dau		Indo-European
Yucatec Maya	kaʼa		Mayan
Hlai	hlaus		Tai-Kadai
Kok Borok	nwi		Sino-Tibetan
Lü	ᦉᦸᧂ	ṡoang	Tai-Kadai
Tai Nüa	ᥔᥩᥒᥴ	sóang	Tai-Kadai
Lezghian	кьвед	q̇ved	Nakh-Daghestanian
Rusyn	два	dva	Indo-European
Morisyen	de		Indo-European
Réunion Creole French	dé		Indo-European
Walloon	deus		Indo-European
Adyghe	тӏу	tʷʼu	Abkhaz-Adyge
Maltese	tnejn		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	eki		Turkic
Occitan	dos		Indo-European
Vlax Romani	dui		Indo-European
Ligurian	dui		Indo-European
Mizo	pahnih		Sino-Tibetan
Mari	кокыт	kokyt	Uralic
Tetum	rua		Austronesian
Asturian	dos		Indo-European
Yakut	икки	ikki	Turkic
Kumyk	эки	eki	Turkic
Bassa	sɔ̃́		Kru
Samoan	lua		Austronesian
Sranan Tongo	tu		Indo-European
Fijian	rua		Austronesian
Dhivehi	ދޭ	dē	Indo-European
Papiamento	dos		Indo-European
Icelandic	tveir		Indo-European
Ngazidja Comorian	-ili		Atlantic-Congo
Karachay-Balkar	эки	eki	Turkic
Naxi	ni		Sino-Tibetan
Friulian	doi		Indo-European
Mapuche	epu		Araucanian
Tuvinian	ийи	iyi	Turkic
Aari	qaskén		South Omotic
Beria	suwi		Saharan
Saho	lamma		Afro-Asiatic
Udmurt	кык	kyk	Uralic
Nama	ǀgam		Khoe-Kwadi
Dzongkha	གཉིས	gnyis	Sino-Tibetan
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	ܬܪܹܝ	trēy	Afro-Asiatic
Enga	lapo		Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Zeelandic	tweê		Indo-European
Buriat	хоёр	xojor	Mongolic-Khitan
Māori	rua		Austronesian
Extremaduran	dos		Indo-European
Abkhaz	ҩба	jʷba	Abkhaz-Adyge
Garifuna	biñá		Arawakan
Tonga (Tonga Islands)	ua		Austronesian
Central Dusun	duo		Austronesian
Hiri Motu	rua		Pidgin
Navajo	naaki		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Talaandig-Binukid	daduwa		Austronesian
Komi	кык	kyk	Uralic
Lak	кӏива	kʼiwa	Nakh-Daghestanian
Corsican	dui		Indo-European
Solu-Khumbu Sherpa	གཉིས	gnyis	Sino-Tibetan
Pennsylvania German	zwee		Indo-European
Irish	dó		Indo-European
Western Highland Purepecha	tsimani		Tarascan
Aromanian	doi		Indo-European
Yakan	duwe		Austronesian
Kashubian	dwa		Indo-European
Breton	daou		Indo-European
Tai Laing	ꩬွꩼင်		Tai-Kadai
Erzya	кавто	kavto	Uralic
Võro	katś		Uralic
Tabasaran	кьюб	q̇jub	Nakh-Daghestanian
Asháninka	apite		Arawakan
Sikkimese	ཉི	nyi	Sino-Tibetan
Faroese	tveir		Indo-European
Tahitian	piti		Austronesian
Rawang	ní		Sino-Tibetan
Marshallese	ruo		Austronesian
Zou	ni		Sino-Tibetan
Scottish Gaelic	dà		Indo-European
Southern Altai	эки	eki	Turkic
Burushaski	التݸ		Isolates
Chuukese	ru		Austronesian
Sanskrit	द्वि	dvi	Indo-European
Abaza	гӏвба	ʻʷba	Abkhaz-Adyge
Argobba	ኼት	xete	Afro-Asiatic
Khakas	ікі	ìkì	Turkic
Ternate	romdidi		North Halmahera
Dungan	эр	er	Sino-Tibetan
Romansh	dus		Indo-European
Ashkun	dū		Indo-European
Motu	rua		Austronesian
Chepang	नीस्	nis	Sino-Tibetan
Karelian	kaksi		Uralic
Plains Cree	nîso		Algic
Higaonon	daduwa		Austronesian
Ladin	doi		Indo-European
Hawaiian	lua		Austronesian
North Saami	guokte		Uralic
Kajtak	чӏвел	č̣vel	Nakh-Daghestanian
Pijin	tu		Indo-European
Wakhi	bu		Indo-European
Andi	чӏегу	čʼegu	Nakh-Daghestanian
Rarotongan	rua		Austronesian
Central Yupik	malruk		Eskimo-Aleut
Evenki	дюр	ʒur	Tungusic
Western Bukidnon Manobo	dezuwa		Austronesian
Mirandese	dous		Indo-European
Tohono O'odham	go꞉k		Uto-Aztecan
Leh Ladakhi	གཉིས	gnyis	Sino-Tibetan
Western Apache	nakih		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Upper Sorbian	dwaj		Indo-European
Tuvalu	lua		Austronesian
Cherokee	ᏔᎵ	tali	Iroquoian
Awa-Cuaiquer	paas		Barbacoan
Yagnobi	ду	du	Indo-European
Innu-aimun	nishᵘ		Algic
Bislama	tu		Indo-European
Northern Frisian	twäär		Indo-European
Louisiana Creole	dé		Indo-European
Niuean	ua		Austronesian
Kalo Finnish Romani	dui		Indo-European
Semai	due		Austroasiatic
Zuni	kwili		Isolates
Nauru	aro		Austronesian
Aragonese	dos		Indo-European
Mi'kmaw	dabu		Algic
Nheengatu	mukũi		Tupian
Udi	пӏаъ	ṗa̱	Nakh-Daghestanian
Hopi	lööyöʼ		Uto-Aztecan
Lower Sorbian	dwa		Indo-European
North Marquesan	úa		Austronesian
Even	дөр	dör	Tungusic
Chukchi	ӈирэӄ	ṇirėq	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Siksiká	ist		Algic
Jejueo	둘	dul	Koreanic
Megleno-Romanian	doi		Indo-European
Rapanui	rua		Austronesian
Dolgan	икки	ikki	Turkic
Mrassu Shor-Tutal	ийги	iygi	Turkic
Lakota	núŋpa		Siouan
Mòcheno	zboa		Indo-European
Manx	daa		Indo-European
Interlingua	duo		Artificial Language
Nanai	дюэр	ʒuer	Tungusic
Veps	kaksʹ		Uralic
Pipil	ume		Uto-Aztecan
Istriot	dui		Indo-European
Istro-Romanian	doi		Indo-European
Khinalug	кӏу	ḳu	Nakh-Daghestanian
Northern Mansi	китыг	kityg	Uralic
Archi	къвеӏ	qʷʼẹ	Nakh-Daghestanian
Tlingit	déix̱		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Hadza	konxa		Isolates
Taos Northern Tiwa	wíʼiną		Kiowa-Tanoan
Cornish	dew		Indo-European
Southern Sami	göökte		Uralic
Pacific Gulf Yupik	mal'uk		Eskimo-Aleut
Skolt Sami	kue´htt		Uralic
Inari Sami	kyehti		Uralic

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