How to say “we” around the world
4,945 languages · 214 in their own spelling
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 | 我们 | wǒmen | Sino-Tibetan |
| English | we | Indo-European | |
| Spanish | nosotros | Indo-European | |
| Hindi | हम | ham | Indo-European |
| Arabic | نَحْنُ | naḥnu | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bengali | আমরা | amra | Indo-European |
| Indonesian | kita | Austronesian | |
| Portuguese | nós | Indo-European | |
| French | nous | Indo-European | |
| Russian | мы | my | Indo-European |
| Japanese | 私たち | watashitachi | Japonic |
| Swahili | sisi | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Turkish | biz | Turkic | |
| Wu Chinese | 阿拉 | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Korean | 우리 | uri | Koreanic |
| German | wir | Indo-European | |
| Vietnamese | chúng tôi | Austroasiatic | |
| Tamil | நாங்கள் | nāṅkaḷ | Dravidian |
| Cantonese | 我哋 | ngo⁵ dei⁶ | Sino-Tibetan |
| Urdu | ہَم | ham | Indo-European |
| Italian | noi | Indo-European | |
| Egyptian Arabic | احنا | ʔíḥna | Afro-Asiatic |
| Western Farsi | مَا | mā | Indo-European |
| Hakka Chinese | 𠊎兜 | ngài-têu | Sino-Tibetan |
| Jinyu Chinese | 我们 | ghe² me | Sino-Tibetan |
| Levantine Arabic | نحنا | niḥna | Afro-Asiatic |
| Hausa | múu | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Kannada | ನಾವು | nāvu | Dravidian |
| Polish | my | Indo-European | |
| Yoruba | a | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Xiang Chinese | 我们 | ngo³ men | Sino-Tibetan |
| Burmese | ကျုပ်တို့ | kyuptui. | Sino-Tibetan |
| Igbo | ànyị | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Ukrainian | ми | my | Indo-European |
| Uzbek | biz | Turkic | |
| Sindhi | اسين | āsẽ | Indo-European |
| Romanian | noi | Indo-European | |
| Dutch | wij | Indo-European | |
| Gan Chinese | 我个俚 | ngo³ go li | Sino-Tibetan |
| Amharic | እኛ | ʾəña | Afro-Asiatic |
| Thai | เรา | rao | Tai-Kadai |
| Lingala | biso | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian | ми̑ | Indo-European | |
| Khmer | យើង | yəəng | Austroasiatic |
| Somali | innaga | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Turkmen | biz | Turkic | |
| Nepali | हामी | hāmī | Indo-European |
| Assamese | আমি | ami | Indo-European |
| Sinhala | අපි | api | Indo-European |
| Greek | εμείς | emeís | Indo-European |
| Kurdish | em | Indo-European | |
| Tajik | мо | mo | Indo-European |
| Kazakh | біз | biz | Turkic |
| Hungarian | mi | Uralic | |
| Zulu | thina | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Nyanja | ife | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Tunisian Arabic | أَحْنَا | ʔaḥnā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Akan | yɛn | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Southern Pashto | موږ | muẓ̌ | Indo-European |
| Czech | my | Indo-European | |
| Uighur | بىز | biz | Turkic |
| Afrikaans | ons | Indo-European | |
| Min Dong Chinese | 我各儂 | nguāi-gáuk-nè̤ng | Sino-Tibetan |
| Haitian | nou | Indo-European | |
| Swedish | vi | Indo-European | |
| Azerbaijani | biz | Turkic | |
| Bulgarian | ни́е | níe | Indo-European |
| Belarusian | мы | my | Indo-European |
| Tigrinya | ንሕና | nəḥna | Afro-Asiatic |
| Neapolitan | nuje | Indo-European | |
| Kikuyu | ithuĩ | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Danish | vi | Indo-European | |
| Slovak | my | Indo-European | |
| Wolaytta | nu | Ta-Ne-Omotic | |
| Finnish | me | Uralic | |
| Lao | ພວກເຮົາ | phūak hao | Tai-Kadai |
| Norwegian | vi | Indo-European | |
| Tatar | без | bez | Turkic |
| Catalan | nosaltres | Indo-European | |
| Sicilian | nuàutri | Indo-European | |
| Kirghiz | биз | biz | Turkic |
| Swiss German | mir | Indo-European | |
| Armenian | մենք | menkʻ | Indo-European |
| Bambara | an | Mande | |
| Lithuanian | mes | Indo-European | |
| Lombard | nun | Indo-European | |
| Georgian | ჩვენ | čven | Kartvelian |
| Mazanderani | اما | amâ | Indo-European |
| Albanian | ne | Indo-European | |
| Mongolian | бид | bid | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Efik | nnyin | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Chadian Arabic | أنحن | ʔanīna | Afro-Asiatic |
| Galician | nós | Indo-European | |
| Slovenian | mí | Indo-European | |
| Esperanto | ni | Artificial Language | |
| Macedonian | ние | nie | Indo-European |
| Piedmontese | noi | Indo-European | |
| Venetian | noaltri | Indo-European | |
| Sidamo | ninke | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Afar | nanu | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Bini | mà | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Igala | à | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Latvian | mēs | Indo-European | |
| Emilian | nó | Indo-European | |
| Estonian | meie | Uralic | |
| Bashkir | беҙ | beð | Turkic |
| Tibetan | ང་ཐསོ | nga thso | Sino-Tibetan |
| Beja | hinin | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Bakhtiari | ایما | imâ | Indo-European |
| Kabuverdianu | anos | Indo-European | |
| Mon | ပိုဲ | poi | Austroasiatic |
| Western Frisian | wy | Indo-European | |
| Kalmyk | бид | bid | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Talysh | əmə | Indo-European | |
| Basque | gu | Isolates | |
| Chuvash | эпир | ep̬ir | Turkic |
| Welsh | ni | Indo-European | |
| Lü | ᦣᧁ | haw | Tai-Kadai |
| Rusyn | мы | mŷ | Indo-European |
| Morisyen | nou | Indo-European | |
| Réunion Creole French | nou | Indo-European | |
| Walloon | nos | Indo-European | |
| Occitan | nos | Indo-European | |
| Asturian | nosotros | Indo-European | |
| Yakut | биһиги | bihigi | Turkic |
| Kumyk | биз | biz | Turkic |
| Sranan Tongo | wi | Indo-European | |
| Papiamento | nos | Indo-European | |
| Icelandic | við | Indo-European | |
| Friulian | nô | Indo-European | |
| Guianese Creole French | nou | Indo-European | |
| Tuvinian | бис | bis | Turkic |
| Zeelandic | oôns | Indo-European | |
| Buriat | бидэ | bide | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Extremaduran | nusotrus | Indo-European | |
| Abkhaz | ҳара | ḥara | Abkhaz-Adyge |
| Navajo | nihí du | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Irish | muid | Indo-European | |
| Ladino | mozotros | Indo-European | |
| Aromanian | noi | Indo-European | |
| Kashubian | më | Indo-European | |
| Breton | ni | Indo-European | |
| Mwani | ofwe | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Zou | ei | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Scottish Gaelic | sinn | Indo-European | |
| Southern Altai | бис | bis | Turkic |
| Burushaski | mî | Isolates | |
| Ternate | ngomi | North Halmahera | |
| Dungan | вәму | vəmu | Sino-Tibetan |
| Romansh | nus | Indo-European | |
| Gurani | ئێمە | ême | Indo-European |
| North Saami | moai du | Uralic | |
| Evenki | бу | bu | Tungusic |
| Yagnobi | мох | mox | Indo-European |
| Louisiana Creole | nou | Indo-European | |
| Aragonese | nusatros | Indo-European | |
| Nheengatu | yandé | Tupian | |
| Udi | йан | jan | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Hopi | itam | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Lower Sorbian | my | Indo-European | |
| Even | бу | ʙu | Tungusic |
| Chukchi | моргынан | morgynan | Chukotko-Kamchatkan |
| Jejueo | 우리 | uri | Koreanic |
| Mòcheno | biar | Indo-European | |
| Manx | mayd | Indo-European | |
| Interlingua | nos | Artificial Language | |
| Nanai | буэ | bue | Tungusic |
| Pipil | tejemet | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Istriot | nu | Indo-European | |
| Tlingit | uháan | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Taos Northern Tiwa | ną | Kiowa-Tanoan | |
| Southern Sami | mijjieh | Uralic | |
| Narrinyeri | ngurn | Pama-Nyungan | |
| Abinomn | awp | Isolates | |
| Ingrian | möö | Uralic | |
| Dyirbal | ŋaliɖi | Pama-Nyungan | |
| Chamicuro | a'ti | Arawakan | |
| Abom | neː | Anim | |
| Aghwan | 𐔷𐔰𐕎 | žan | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Alviri-Vidari | جیمه | jime | Indo-European |
| Aramaic | אֲנַחְנָא | ʾănaḥnā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Classical-Middle Armenian | մեք | mekʻ | Indo-European |
| Avestan | 𐬬𐬁 du | vā | Indo-European |
| Bobangi | biso | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Falam Chin | kanmah | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Tedim Chin | ei | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Min Bei Chinese | 我人 | uòi-nêng | Sino-Tibetan |
| Dalmatian | nu | Indo-European | |
| Old French | nos | Indo-European | |
| Ancient Greek | νώ | nṓ | Indo-European |
| Hebrew | אֲנַחְנוּ | anákhnu | Afro-Asiatic |
| Hittite | 𒌑𒂊𒌍 | Indo-European | |
| Old Irish | sní | Indo-European | |
| Izon | wó | Ijoid | |
| Latin | nōs | Indo-European | |
| Livonian | mēg | Uralic | |
| Low German | wi | Indo-European | |
| Middle English | we | Indo-European | |
| Classical Nahuatl | tehhuān | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Church Slavic | вѣ du | vě | Indo-European |
| Old Russian | мꙑ | my | Indo-European |
| Old English | wit du | Indo-European | |
| Oromo | nuyi | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Iron Ossetian | мах | max | Indo-European |
| Sardinian | nois | Indo-European | |
| Muslim Tat | umu | Indo-European | |
| Tokharian B | wene du | Indo-European | |
| Tooro | itwe | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Wolof | nun | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Yámana | xan | Isolates | |
| Yiddish | מיר | mir | Indo-European |
| Zande | ani | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Dimli | ma | Indo-European | |
| East Taa | īh | Tuu |