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Why in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say why in different languages. This page features translation of the word "why" 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 why and how to read it.
Saying Why in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say why | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | pse | |
| Basque | zergatik | |
| Belarusian | чаму [čamu] | |
| Bosnian | zašto | |
| Bulgarian | защо [zashto] | |
| Catalan | Per què | |
| Corsican | perchè | |
| Croatian | zašto | |
| Czech | proč | |
| Danish | hvorfor | |
| Dutch | waarom | |
| Estonian | miks | |
| Finnish | miksi | |
| French | Pourquoi | |
| Frisian | Wêrom | |
| Galician | por que | |
| German | Warum | |
| Greek | Γιατί [Giatí] | |
| Hungarian | miért | |
| Icelandic | Hvers vegna | |
| Irish | cén fáth | |
| Italian | perché | |
| Latvian | kāpēc | |
| Lithuanian | kodėl | |
| Luxembourgish | firwat | |
| Macedonian | зошто [zošto] | |
| Maltese | għaliex | |
| Norwegian | Hvorfor | |
| Polish | Dlaczego | |
| Portuguese | por que | |
| Romanian | De ce | |
| Russian | почему [pochemu] | |
| Scots Gaelic | Carson | |
| Serbian | зашто [zašto] | |
| Slovak | prečo | |
| Slovenian | zakaj | |
| Spanish | por qué | |
| Swedish | Varför | |
| Tatar | нигә | |
| Ukrainian | чому [chomu] | |
| Welsh | pam | |
| Yiddish | פארוואס [farvas] |
Saying Why in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say why | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | ինչու [inch’u] | |
| Azerbaijani | niyə | |
| Bengali | কেন [kēna] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 为什么 [wèishéme] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 為什麼 [wèishéme] | |
| Georgian | რატომ [rat’om] | |
| Gujarati | શા માટે [śā māṭē] | |
| Hindi | क्यों [kyon] | |
| Hmong | vim li cas | |
| Japanese | なぜ | |
| Kannada | ಏಕೆ [ēke] | |
| Kazakh | неге [nege] | |
| Khmer | ហេតុអ្វី | |
| Korean | 왜 [wae] | |
| Kyrgyz | неге [nege] | |
| Lao | ເປັນຫຍັງ [penjang] | |
| Malayalam | എന്തുകൊണ്ട് [enthukondu] | |
| Marathi | का [kā] | |
| Mongolian | яагаад [yaagaad] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အဘယ်ကြောင့် [ a bhaalkyount] | |
| Nepali | किन [kina] | |
| Odia | କାହିଁକି? | |
| Pashto | ولې | |
| Punjabi | ਕਿਉਂ [ki'uṁ] | |
| Sindhi | ڇو | |
| Sinhala | ඇයි [æyi] | |
| Tajik | чаро | |
| Tamil | ஏன் [ēṉ] | |
| Telugu | ఎందుకు [enduku] | |
| Thai | ทำไม | |
| Turkish | Neden | |
| Turkmen | Näme üçin | |
| Urdu | کیوں | |
| Uyghur | نېمىشقا | |
| Uzbek | nima uchun | |
| Vietnamese | tại sao | |
Saying Why in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say why | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | لماذا [limadha] | |
| Hebrew | למה | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | çima | |
| Persian | چرا | |
Saying Why in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say why | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | hoekom | |
| Amharic | ለምን [lemini] | |
| Chichewa | chifukwa | |
| Hausa | me yasa | |
| Igbo | ihe kpatara ya | |
| Kinyarwanda | kubera iki | |
| Sesotho | hobaneng | |
| Shona | sei | |
| Somali | sababta | |
| Swahili | kwa nini | |
| Xhosa | ngoba | |
| Yoruba | kilode | |
| Zulu | ngani | |
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