How to Say Twelve in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say twelve in different languages. This page features translation of the word "twelve" 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 twelve and how to read it.
Saying Twelve in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say twelve | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | dymbëdhjetë | |
| Basque | hamabi | |
| Belarusian | дванаццаць [dvanaccać] | |
| Bosnian | dvanaest | |
| Bulgarian | дванадесет [dvanadeset] | |
| Catalan | dotze | |
| Corsican | dodeci | |
| Croatian | dvanaest | |
| Czech | dvanáct | |
| Danish | tolv | |
| Dutch | twaalf | |
| Estonian | kaksteist | |
| Finnish | kaksitoista | |
| French | Douze | |
| Frisian | tolve | |
| Galician | doce | |
| German | zwölf | |
| Greek | δώδεκα [dódeka] | |
| Hungarian | tizenkét | |
| Icelandic | Tólf | |
| Irish | dáréag | |
| Italian | dodici | |
| Latvian | divpadsmit | |
| Lithuanian | dvylika | |
| Luxembourgish | zwielef | |
| Macedonian | дванаесет [dvanaeset] | |
| Maltese | tnax | |
| Norwegian | tolv | |
| Polish | dwanaście | |
| Portuguese | doze | |
| Romanian | doisprezece | |
| Russian | двенадцать [dvenadtsat'] | |
| Scots Gaelic | dhà-dheug | |
| Serbian | дванаест [dvanaest] | |
| Slovak | dvanásť | |
| Slovenian | dvanajst | |
| Spanish | doce | |
| Swedish | tolv | |
| Tatar | унике | |
| Ukrainian | дванадцять [dvanadtsyatʹ] | |
| Welsh | deuddeg | |
| Yiddish | צוועלף [tsvelf] | |
Saying Twelve in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say twelve | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | տասներկու [tasnerku] | |
| Azerbaijani | on iki | |
| Bengali | বারো [bārō] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 十二 [shí èr] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 十二 [shí èr] | |
| Georgian | თორმეტი [tormet’i] | |
| Gujarati | બાર [bāra] | |
| Hindi | बारह [baarah] | |
| Hmong | kaum ob | |
| Japanese | 12 | |
| Kannada | ಹನ್ನೆರಡು [hanneraḍu] | |
| Kazakh | он екі [on eki] | |
| Khmer | ដប់ពីរ | |
| Korean | 열둘 [yeoldul] | |
| Kyrgyz | он эки [on eki] | |
| Lao | ສິບສອງ [sibsong] | |
| Malayalam | പന്ത്രണ്ട് [panthrandu] | |
| Marathi | बारा [bārā] | |
| Mongolian | арван хоёр [arvan khoyor] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဆယ့်နှစ် [ s y nhait] | |
| Nepali | बाह्र [bāhra] | |
| Odia | ବାର | |
| Pashto | دولس | |
| Punjabi | ਬਾਰਾਂ [bārāṁ] | |
| Sindhi | ٻارهن | |
| Sinhala | දොළොස් [doḷos] | |
| Tajik | дувоздаҳ | |
| Tamil | பன்னிரண்டு [paṉṉiraṇṭu] | |
| Telugu | పన్నెండు [panneṇḍu] | |
| Thai | สิบสอง | |
| Turkish | on iki | |
| Turkmen | on iki | |
| Urdu | بارہ | |
| Uyghur | ئون ئىككى | |
| Uzbek | o'n ikki | |
| Vietnamese | mười hai | |
Saying Twelve in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say twelve | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | اثني عشر [aithnay eashar] | |
| Hebrew | שתיים עשרה | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | duwanzdeh | |
| Persian | دوازده | |
Saying Twelve in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say twelve | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | twaalf | |
| Amharic | አስራ ሁለት [āsira huleti] | |
| Chichewa | khumi ndi awiri | |
| Hausa | goma sha biyu | |
| Igbo | iri na abuo | |
| Kinyarwanda | cumi na kabiri | |
| Sesotho | leshome le metso e mmedi | |
| Shona | gumi nembiri | |
| Somali | laba iyo toban | |
| Swahili | kumi na mbili | |
| Xhosa | Shumi elinambini | |
| Yoruba | mejila | |
| Zulu | ishumi nambili | |
Saying Twelve in Austronesian Languages
| Language | Ways to say twelve | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | dose | |
| Filipino | labindalawa | |
| Hawaiian | ʻumikumālua | |
| Indonesian | dua belas | |
| Javanese | rolas | |
| Malagasy | roa ambin'ny folo | |
| Malay | dua belas | |
| Maori | tekau ma rua | |
| Samoan | sefulu ma le lua | |
| Sundanese | dua belas | |
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"Twelve in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/twelve. Accessed 03 Oct 2023.
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