How to Say Tongue in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say tongue in different languages. This page features translation of the word "tongue" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce tongue and how to read it.
Saying Tongue in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say tongue | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gjuha | |
| Basque | mihia | |
| Belarusian | мова [mova] | |
| Bosnian | jezik | |
| Bulgarian | език [ezik] | |
| Catalan | llengua | |
| Corsican | lingua | |
| Croatian | jezik | |
| Czech | jazyk | |
| Danish | tunge | |
| Dutch | tong | |
| Estonian | keel | |
| Finnish | kieli | |
| French | langue | |
| Frisian | tonge | |
| Galician | lingua | |
| German | Zunge | |
| Greek | γλώσσα [glóssa] | |
| Hungarian | nyelv | |
| Icelandic | tungu | |
| Irish | teanga | |
| Italian | lingua | |
| Latvian | mēle | |
| Lithuanian | liežuvis | |
| Luxembourgish | Zong | |
| Macedonian | јазикот [jazikot] | |
| Maltese | ilsien | |
| Norwegian | tunge | |
| Polish | język | |
| Portuguese | língua | |
| Romanian | limbă | |
| Russian | язык [yazyk] | |
| Scots Gaelic | teangaidh | |
| Serbian | језик [jezik] | |
| Slovak | jazyk | |
| Slovenian | jezik | |
| Spanish | lengua | |
| Swedish | tunga | |
| Tatar | тел | |
| Ukrainian | язик [yazyk] | |
| Welsh | tafod | |
| Yiddish | צונג [tsung] | |
Saying Tongue in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say tongue | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | լեզու [lezu] | |
| Azerbaijani | dil | |
| Bengali | জিহ্বা [jihbā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 舌头 [shétou] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 舌頭 [shétou] | |
| Georgian | ენა [ena] | |
| Gujarati | જીભ [jībha] | |
| Hindi | जीभ [jeebh] | |
| Hmong | nplaig | |
| Japanese | 舌 | |
| Kannada | ನಾಲಿಗೆ [nālige] | |
| Kazakh | тіл [til] | |
| Khmer | អណ្តាត | |
| Korean | 혀 [hyeo] | |
| Kyrgyz | тил [til] | |
| Lao | ລີ້ນ [lin] | |
| Malayalam | നാവ് [naavu] | |
| Marathi | जीभ [jībha] | |
| Mongolian | хэл [khel] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | လျှာ [shar] | |
| Nepali | जिब्रो [jibrō] | |
| Odia | ଜିଭ | |
| Pashto | ژبه | |
| Punjabi | ਜੀਭ [jībha] | |
| Sindhi | زبان | |
| Sinhala | දිව [diva] | |
| Tajik | забон | |
| Tamil | நாக்கு [nākku] | |
| Telugu | నాలుక [nāluka] | |
| Thai | ลิ้น | |
| Turkish | dil | |
| Turkmen | dil | |
| Urdu | زبان | |
| Uyghur | تىل | |
| Uzbek | til | |
| Vietnamese | Lưỡi | |
Saying Tongue in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say tongue | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | لسان [lisan] | |
| Hebrew | לָשׁוֹן | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | ziman | |
| Persian | زبان | |
Saying Tongue in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say tongue | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | tong | |
| Amharic | አንደበት [ānidebeti] | |
| Chichewa | lilime | |
| Hausa | harshe | |
| Igbo | ire | |
| Kinyarwanda | ururimi | |
| Sesotho | leleme | |
| Shona | rurimi | |
| Somali | carrabka | |
| Swahili | ulimi | |
| Xhosa | ulwimi | |
| Yoruba | ahọn | |
| Zulu | ulimi | |
Cite this Entry
"Tongue in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/tongue. Accessed 19 Sep 2023.
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