People in Different Languages
Discover 'People' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
People
Afrikaans mense | ||
Albanian njerëzit | ||
Amharic ሰዎች | ||
Arabic اشخاص | ||
Armenian ժողովուրդ | ||
Assamese লোক | ||
Aymara jaqi | ||
Azerbaijani xalq | ||
Bambara jama | ||
Basque jendea | ||
Belarusian людзей | ||
Bengali মানুষ | ||
Bhojpuri लोग | ||
Bosnian ljudi | ||
Bulgarian хора | ||
Catalan gent | ||
Cebuano mga tawo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 人 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 人 | ||
Corsican ghjente | ||
Croatian narod | ||
Czech lidé | ||
Danish mennesker | ||
Dhivehi މީހުން | ||
Dogri लोक | ||
Dutch mensen | ||
English people | ||
Esperanto homoj | ||
Estonian inimesed | ||
Ewe amewo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mga tao | ||
Finnish ihmiset | ||
French personnes | ||
Frisian folk | ||
Galician xente | ||
Georgian ხალხი | ||
German menschen | ||
Greek ανθρωποι | ||
Guarani yvypóra | ||
Gujarati લોકો | ||
Haitian Creole moun | ||
Hausa mutane | ||
Hawaiian kanaka | ||
Hebrew אֲנָשִׁים | ||
Hindi लोग | ||
Hmong neeg | ||
Hungarian emberek | ||
Icelandic fólk | ||
Igbo ndị mmadụ | ||
Ilocano tattao | ||
Indonesian orang-orang | ||
Irish daoine | ||
Italian persone | ||
Japanese 人 | ||
Javanese wong | ||
Kannada ಜನರು | ||
Kazakh адамдар | ||
Khmer ប្រជាជន | ||
Kinyarwanda abantu | ||
Konkani लोक | ||
Korean 사람들 | ||
Krio pipul dɛn | ||
Kurdish gel | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خەڵک | ||
Kyrgyz адамдар | ||
Lao ຄົນ | ||
Latin populus | ||
Latvian cilvēki | ||
Lingala bato | ||
Lithuanian žmonių | ||
Luganda abantu | ||
Luxembourgish leit | ||
Macedonian луѓе | ||
Maithili लोक | ||
Malagasy people | ||
Malay orang | ||
Malayalam ആളുകൾ | ||
Maltese nies | ||
Maori tangata | ||
Marathi लोक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯤꯌꯥꯝ | ||
Mizo mi | ||
Mongolian хүмүүс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လူ | ||
Nepali मान्छे | ||
Norwegian mennesker | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) anthu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଲୋକମାନେ | ||
Oromo namoota | ||
Pashto خلک | ||
Persian مردم | ||
Polish ludzie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) pessoas | ||
Punjabi ਲੋਕ | ||
Quechua runakuna | ||
Romanian oameni | ||
Russian люди | ||
Samoan tagata | ||
Sanskrit जनाः | ||
Scots Gaelic dhaoine | ||
Sepedi batho | ||
Serbian људи | ||
Sesotho batho | ||
Shona vanhu | ||
Sindhi ماڻهو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මිනිසුන් | ||
Slovak ľudí | ||
Slovenian ljudi | ||
Somali dadka | ||
Spanish personas | ||
Sundanese jelema | ||
Swahili watu | ||
Swedish människor | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mga tao | ||
Tajik мардум | ||
Tamil மக்கள் | ||
Tatar кешеләр | ||
Telugu ప్రజలు | ||
Thai คน | ||
Tigrinya ህዝቢ | ||
Tsonga vanhu | ||
Turkish insanlar | ||
Turkmen adamlar | ||
Twi (Akan) nnipa | ||
Ukrainian люди | ||
Urdu لوگ | ||
Uyghur كىشىلەر | ||
Uzbek odamlar | ||
Vietnamese mọi người | ||
Welsh bobl | ||
Xhosa abantu | ||
Yiddish מענטשן | ||
Yoruba eniyan | ||
Zulu abantu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Dutch "mens" (person), cognate to the English "man" and German "Mensch". |
| Albanian | Albanian is thought to be one of a few languages that uses the same word ('njerëz') for human beings regardless of their sex, age or class (though it can also mean 'male') |
| Amharic | The word "ሰዎች" (people) in Amharic also means "human beings" or "nation." |
| Arabic | The word "اشخاص" also means "personages" or "characters," such as in a play or novel. |
| Armenian | The word "Ժողովուրդ" (people) in Armenian ultimately derives from the Indo-European root *ǵʰen- (“to be born”) and shares a common origin with the words "genus" and "generation". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "Xalq" can also mean "nation" or "tribe" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word “jendea” was derived from “jende”, a plural form of “gizona” which means “man”. |
| Belarusian | The word "людзей" in Belarusian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *ljudьje, which also means "people" in other Slavic languages. |
| Bengali | The word "মানুষ" (manus) has an etymological connection to the Sanskrit word "man" (mind), implying a strong emphasis on the cognitive aspects of human nature. |
| Bosnian | The word 'ljudi' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'ljudije', meaning 'men' or 'human beings'. |
| Bulgarian | "Хора" is an old Bulgarian word for "dance" |
| Catalan | The word "gent" in Catalan can also refer to a specific group of people, such as a tribe or nation. |
| Cebuano | The word "mga tawo" can also refer to a specific group or tribe of people, similar to the English word "folk". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "人" also appears in the word "入" (to enter), which is a pictogram of a person bending down to walk through a doorway. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "人" originally meant "a person with outstretched arms and legs". |
| Corsican | Ghjulia is Corsican for the city of Bastia and comes from the plural of "ghjente", meaning "people". |
| Croatian | The term 'narod' can refer to a nation, people, or a single person, and is cognate with the Russian word 'narod' and the Old Church Slavonic word 'narodŭ'. |
| Czech | The word "lidé" in Czech is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*leudh-", which also gave rise to the English word "people". In addition to its primary meaning as "people", the word "lidé" can also refer to "humans" as opposed to animals, "peasantry", or "laymen" as opposed to clergy. |
| Danish | The Danish word "mennesker" is derived from the Old Norse word "manneskja", which means "person". |
| Dutch | Dutch "mensen" also means "period" when discussing menstruation, from Old Dutch "maent" and Indo-European "men-." |
| Esperanto | In Classical Esperanto, "homoj" could mean "human" or "man" but this usage is obsolete. |
| Estonian | The word "inimesed" in Estonian is derived from the Proto-Finno-Ugric root "*inime-/*inäm-/*inäm-i", which also means "human being". |
| Finnish | The word "ihmiset" is likely derived from the Proto-Uralic word for "human being," *ikmi̮. |
| French | In French, the word "personnes" can also refer to the "dramatis personae" of a play. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "folk" can also refer to "nation" or "tribe". |
| Galician | The word 'xente' has a Celtic origin, and also means "group" in Portuguese and 'gente' in Spanish. |
| Georgian | The term may also refer to a group or class of people sharing common characteristics |
| German | The word "Menschen" likely evolved from the Old High German word "mennisko," itself an adaptation of the Latin "homuncio," meaning "little human being." |
| Greek | Ανθρωποι is derived from Ancient Greek "άνθρωπος" (anthropos), meaning "human being" or "man". |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the word "લોકો" also refers to the plural form of "human being" or "person". |
| Haitian Creole | The word moun in Haitian Creole also means 'person' and originated from French 'mon' meaning 'my'. |
| Hausa | The word "mutane" is also used in Hausa to refer to the common people or the masses. |
| Hawaiian | Kanaka, meaning 'the people' in Hawaiian, has other meanings in various Pacific languages, including 'man' and 'human being'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "אֲנָשִׁים" (anashim) also means "human beings" and is related to the Akkadian word "anāšu" (human being). |
| Hindi | लोग (log) is a polysemic word in Sanskrit with meanings such as 'people' and 'world'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "neeg" also has additional meanings such as "a human being" or "a person". |
| Hungarian | The word ember in Hungarian derives from the Proto-Turkic word *ämär "man, subject, male" (cf. Turkish adam "man") and entered the Finno-Ugric languages at some point as a loanword. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, 'fólk' also meant 'host' or 'army', and may ultimately derive from 'felleg,' which meant 'many' or 'crowd'. |
| Igbo | The word "ndị mmadụ" is derived from the Proto-Benue-Congo root "*-ɗú" meaning "person; human being or beings; people; clan." |
| Indonesian | "Orang-orang" is a reduplication of the word "orang" meaning "person" and is used to emphasize the plurality of a group. |
| Irish | The Irish word "daoine" is derived from the Proto-Celtic *dāni, which also means "tribesmen" or "retainers". |
| Italian | The Italian word "persone" derives from the Etruscan "phersu" and the Latin "persona", meaning "mask". |
| Japanese | In addition to meaning "person," 人 can also refer to a human radical in Chinese characters or serve as a classifier for objects with human characteristics, such as dolls. |
| Javanese | The word 'wong' in Javanese also refers to the concept of a 'person' or an 'individual'. |
| Kannada | The word "ಜನರು" can also refer to "folk", "nation", or "a group of people of a particular kind" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | 'Adamdar' is borrowed from Persian and is cognate with the Arabic plural 'adam' (mankind). |
| Korean | Korean word 사람들 (people) was borrowed from Japanese in the 19th century and used to refer to the public. |
| Kurdish | The word 'gel' can also refer to a group of friends or associates. |
| Kyrgyz | The term "адамдар" in Kyrgyz is derived from the Altaic root "ada-," which signifies "earth" or "world." |
| Lao | The word "ຄົນ" is derived from the same Proto-Austroasiatic word as is "to count" and is used to mean "ones" or "a group of persons." |
| Latin | Populus, meaning 'poplar', referred to a group assembled in the public square to hear announcements. |
| Latvian | The word "cilvēki" may derive from the archaic word "cilts" (tribe, clan) and the suffix "-ēki" (those who belong to). |
| Lithuanian | The word „žmonių“ can also refer to people as a collective group, such as a nation or society. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Leit" is cognate with the German "Leute" and the English "leute". |
| Macedonian | The word "луѓе" also refers to a specific ethnic group in Macedonia known as the "Torbeši" |
| Malagasy | The word "people" in Malagasy also means "ancestors". |
| Malay | The word "orang" in Malay is derived from the Sanskrit word "nara" meaning "person" or "human being" and cognate with English "man". |
| Malayalam | "ആളുകൾ" is also used to refer to a group of individuals who perform a specific task. |
| Maltese | The word "nies" in Maltese is derived from the Sicilian word "gnenti", meaning "people" or "folk". |
| Maori | The word 'tangata' can refer to a specific tribe or people group as well as to humanity in general. |
| Marathi | The word 'लोक' in Marathi shares an etymological root with the word 'लोक' in Sanskrit, both meaning 'worldly realms' or 'planes of existence'. |
| Mongolian | 'Хүмүүс' is the plural form of 'хүн' ('person') and the word is often used as a collective noun to refer to a group of people or individuals. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "လူ" (lu) means "people," "human," and "person" in Burmese. |
| Nepali | The word "मान्छे" can also refer to a "personified being" or a "deity" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "mennesker" is derived from the Old Norse word "mennska", which means "humanity" or "humankind." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "anthu" can also refer to "visitors" in the Nyanja language. |
| Pashto | The word "خلک" can also mean "multitude" or "throng" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "مردم" is derived from the root "مرد" which means "man" and can also be used to refer to humans in general. |
| Polish | The singular form of "ludzie" is "ludzik", meaning "little man" or "human figure". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "pessoas" in Portuguese derives from the Latin "persona," meaning "mask" or "actor," and is also used to refer to a specific individual. |
| Punjabi | In Gurmukhi, "ਲੋਕ" is also used to refer to a "melody" or "folk song". |
| Romanian | The word "oameni" comes from the Latin "homines", meaning "human beings" or "people", and the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₃m̥nós", meaning "man" or "member of a community". In Romanian, the term "oameni" is often pluralized to "oamenilor" when referring to a group of people or individuals. |
| Russian | The word "люди" is related to the Old Russian word "люд," meaning "folk" or "crowd," and is also related to the Sanskrit word "lôkah," meaning "world" or "people." |
| Samoan | Tagata is also the name of the God of Man in Samoan mythology. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'dhaoine' is cognate with the Welsh word 'dyn' and the Breton word 'den', all meaning 'person' or 'people'. |
| Serbian | The word "људи" also has the connotation of "humanity" or "mankind" in a broader sense, emphasizing the collective nature of human beings. |
| Sesotho | The word 'batho' may be cognate with the Bantu root for 'human being' or 'person', but it can also refer to people in general, including non-humans. |
| Shona | "Vanhu" is also the name of several clans, most notably the ruling clan of the Rozvi Empire. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'माणهو' ('people') originates from the Sanskrit word 'मानव' ('human being'), which itself comes from the root 'मन' ('mind') |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "ľudí" is not cognate with "люди" in Russian or Bulgarian although all mean "people". |
| Slovenian | The word 'ljudi' is of Slovene origin and is related to the Slavic root 'ljud', meaning 'people' or 'folk'. |
| Somali | In some Somali contexts, “dadka” can refer to ancestors or kin, rather than simply “people”. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "personas" derives from the Latin "persona", meaning "mask" or "character", as actors typically wore masks during performances. |
| Sundanese | Besides "people", "jelema" can also mean "inhabitant" or "soul" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "watu" derives from Arabic "wa-t" and can also mean "and they"/"and those" depending on context. |
| Swedish | "Människor" literally translates to "human-ish" but was historically used for mankind only. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "mga tao" is also sometimes used as a respectful way to address one person. |
| Tajik | The word "мардум" is derived from the Middle Persian word "mardom", meaning "country, people", which in turn comes from the Old Persian word "martiya", meaning "mortal". |
| Tamil | The word "மக்கள்" can also refer to a community or a group of individuals with shared characteristics or interests. |
| Telugu | The word 'ప్రజలు' in Telugu likely originates from the Prakrit word 'pajala', meaning 'crowd' or 'assembly'. |
| Thai | The Thai word "คน" (people) can also refer to a particular person or an individual. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "insanlar" is plural, and "insan" can refer to a specific human, while also occasionally being used to describe an ideal human. |
| Ukrainian | The word "Люди" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *ljudьe*, which is also the origin of the Russian word "люди" and the Polish word "ludzie". |
| Urdu | The word "لوگ" (log) also means "speech" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "odamlar" is derived from the Persian word "ādam" meaning "human being". |
| Vietnamese | "Mọi người" literally means "everyone and all things." |
| Welsh | The word 'bobl' can also mean 'world' or 'nation', and is related to the Irish word 'pobal'. |
| Xhosa | The word 'abantu' can also refer to the 'living dead' who are said to roam the earth and cause harm to the living. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word מענטשן can also refer to "men" in the generic sense (as in "menschlichkeit", meaning "humanity"). |
| Yoruba | The word "eniyan" has many additional meanings and uses including "humanity", "society", "nation", and "ethnicity". |
| Zulu | "A bantu is one who speaks (ntu), a human (umu ntu)" |
| English | The word "people" is derived from the Latin word "populus" which also means "nation" or "tribe". |