Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/No-in-all-languages

Hello, my name is Vincent, and as a language enthusiast, I've always been fascinated by the simple, yet profound word "no" in various languages. How do cultures across the globe express negation? In this exploration, we delve into the phonetic and linguistic nuances of saying "no" around the world.

All Languages

Language	No	IPA Pronunciation	Transliteration
Afrikaans	geen		geen
Albanian	jo		jo
Amharic	አይ		ayi
Arabic	لا	la	la
Armenian	ոչ		voch
Azerbaijani	yox		yox
Basque	no		no
Belarusian	няма		nyama
Bengali	না		na
Bosnian	ne		ne
Bulgarian	не		ne
Catalan	no		no
Cebuano	dili		dili
Chichewa	palibe		palibe
Chinese Simplified	没有	méiyǒu	meiyou
Chinese Traditional	沒有	méiyǒu	meiyou
Corsican	Innò		innò
Croatian	Ne		ne
Czech	Ne		ne
Danish	ingen		ingen
Dutch	Nee		nee
Esperanto	neniu		neniu
Estonian	ei		ei
Filipino	hindi		hindi
Finnish	ei		ei
French	non		non
Frisian	Nee		nee
Galician	non		non
Georgian	არ		ar
German	Nein		nein
Greek	όχι	óchi	óchi
Gujarati	કોઈ		koi
Haitian Creole	pa gen okenn		pa gen okenn
Hausa	babu		babu
Hawaiian	aʻole		a'ole
Hebrew	לא		lo
Hindi	नहीं	nahīn	nahīn
Hmong	tsis muaj		tsis muaj
Hungarian	nem		nem
Icelandic	Nr		nr
Igbo	dịghị		dighi
Indonesian	tidak		tidak
Irish	no		no
Italian	no		no
Japanese	いいえ	ii e	iie
Javanese	ora		ora
Kannada	ಯಾವುದೇ		yavude
Kazakh	жоқ		joq
Khmer	គ្មាន		kmean
Kinyarwanda	oya		oya
Korean	아니	ani	ani
Kurdish (Kurmanji)	na		na
Kyrgyz	жок		jok
Lao	ບໍ່ມີ		baw mi
Latin	nihil		nihil
Latvian	Nē		ne
Lithuanian	ne		ne
Luxembourgish	Nee		nee
Macedonian	нема		nema
Malagasy	tsy misy		tsy misy
Malay	tidak		tidak
Malayalam	ഇല്ല		illa
Maltese	ebda		ebda
Maori	kahore		kahore
Marathi	नाही		nahi
Mongolian	ямар ч		yamar ch
Myanmar (Burmese)	အဘယ်သူမျှမ		abethumyama
Nepali	कुनै		kunai
Norwegian	Nei		nei
Odia	ନା		na
Pashto	نه		na
Persian	خیر		kheir
Polish	Nie		nie
Portuguese	não		não
Punjabi	ਨਹੀਂ		nahīn
Romanian	Nu		nu
Russian	нет	net	net
Samoan	leai		leai
Scots Gaelic	Chan eil		chan eil
Serbian	не	ne	ne
Sesotho	ha ho na		ha ho na
Shona	Aihwa		aihwa
Sindhi	نه		na
Sinhala	නැත		neth
Slovak	žiadny		ziadny
Slovenian	no		no
Somali	no		no
Spanish	no		no
Sundanese	henteu		henteu
Swahili	Hapana		hapana
Swedish	Nej		nej
Tajik	нест		nest
Tamil	இல்லை		illai
Tatar	юк		yuk
Telugu	ఏ		e
Thai	ไม่		mai
Turkish	yok hayır		yok hayır
Turkmen	ýok		yok
Ukrainian	немає	nemaye	nemaye
Urdu	نہیں	nahīn	nahīn
Uyghur	ياق		yaq
Uzbek	yo'q		yo'q
Vietnamese	Không		không
Welsh	dim		dim
Xhosa	hayi		hayi
Yiddish	קיין		keyn
Yoruba	ko si		ko si
Zulu	kungekho		kungekho

"No" and Variants

Language	No	IPA Pronunciation	Transliteration
Basque	no		no
Catalan	no		no
Corsican	Innò		innò
Italian	no		no
Slovenian	no		no
Somali	no		no
Spanish	no		no

"Ne" and Variants

Language	No	IPA Pronunciation	Transliteration
Bosnian	ne		ne
Bulgarian	не		ne
Croatian	Ne		ne
Czech	Ne		ne
Lithuanian	ne		ne
Macedonian	нема		nema
Serbian	не		ne

Unique Expressions

Language	No	IPA Pronunciation	Transliteration
Amharic	አይ		ayi
Arabic	لا	la	la
Armenian	ոչ		voch
Azerbaijani	yox		yox
Georgian	არ		ar
Greek	όχι	óchi	óchi
Japanese	いいえ	ii e	iie
Korean	아니	ani	ani

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