Jennifer's Language Pages - Greetings in more than 3000 languages

 

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"My name is..."
in more than 475 languages


Abenaki (Maine USA, Canada)                ...nia.
Acateco (San Miguel Acatan Guatemala)      Hain...
Achuar (Ecuador)                           Wiyait jai...
Acholi (Uganda and Sudan)                  Nyinga en aye...
Acholi (Uganda and Sudan)                  An gilwongo nia...
Achuar (Ecuador)                           ...itjai.
Adyghe (NW Caucasus)                       Sa...
Afrikaans (southern Africa)                My naam is...
Ainu [Saru dialect] (Japan)                Kurehe anakne...ne.
[Akan, see Asante and Fante]
Akha (China, Southeast Asia)               ...leh ku-eu meh.
Akha (Thailand)                            ...leh co uh ma.
Aklanon (Philippines)                      Ro ngaean ko si...
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Unë quhem...
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Mua më quajnë...
Altai (Russia) [given name]                Meniñ adïm...
Altai (Russia) [surname]                   Meniñ öbököm...
Amahuaca (Peru)                            ...mu únu...
Ambulas [Maprik] (Papua New Guinea)        Wuna yé...
Amharic (Ethiopia, Israel, Egypt)          Sime...no.
Amharic (Ethiopia, Israel, Egypt)          Simae...now.
Amis (Taiwan)                              Ci...hananay kako.
Amuzgo (Mexico)                            Ja jndyuya...
[Anishinaabe, see Ojibwe]
Apache (Arizona USA)                       ...gonszee.
Arabic (Middle East, Northern Africa)      'Ismi...
Arabic [Algerian] (Algeria)                Wasemni...
Aragonese (Aragon Spain)                   Me clamo...
Aragonese (Eastern Aragon Spain)           Me digo...
Arapaho (Oklahoma USA)                     Neneeninoo...
Arapaho (Oklahoma USA)                     Nenee'eesi'inoo
Armenian [Eastern] (Armenia)               Anun's...e.
Armenian [Eastern] (Armenia)               Im anunn...e.
Asante (Ghana)                             Yefré me...
Asante (Ghana)                             Me dí de...
Asante (Ghana)                             Mede...
Ashaninka (Peru)                           Nobairo...
Assyrian [Eastern Assyrian] (Assyria)      Shimmee...eeleh.
Assyrian [Western Assyrian] (Assyria)      Shem...ithau.
Asturian (Spain)                           Llámome...
Asturian (Spain)                           El mio nome ye...
Atayal (Taiwan)                            ...lalu' mu.
Atayal (Taiwan)                            ...heya ga lalu' mu'.
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              Sutixax ...wa.
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              Sutijara ...wa.
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              Nayan sutijaj...
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              ...satáwa.
Ayta, Abellen (Philippines)                Hiyay ngalan ko...
Ayta, Mag-antsi (Philippines)              Langan koy...
Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan, Iran)             Mənim adım...
[Aztec, see Náhuatl]

Bahnar (Vietnam)                           Mat inh...
Baka [Tara Baka] (South Sudan)             rịmá...
Bali [Basa Kasar] (Indonesia)              Adan tiang madan...
Bali [Basa Kasar] (Indonesia)              Adan tiang...
Bali [Basa Kasar] (Indonesia)              Tiang...
Bali [Basa Alus] (Indonesia)               Adan titiange madan...
Bali [Basa Alus] (Indonesia)               Adan titiange...
Balochi [Western] (Pakistan)               Mani naam int...
Balti (India, Pakistan)                    Nge ming takpo...yin.
Bambara (Mali) [given name]                Ni togo... 
Bambara (Mali) [given name]                N togo...
Bambara (Mali) [given name]                N togo ye...
Bambara (Mali) [family name]               Ni jamu...
[Bangla, see Bengali]
Bari (South Sudan)                         Karen kuwe a...
[Basa Sunda, see Sundanese]
Basque (Spain, France)                     Nire izena...da.
Bassa (Liberia)                            Ní nyɛ́́ mɔ...
Bats (Georgia)                             Sokh tse...
Baure (Bolivia)                            Niwoyow...
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Mianié zavút'...
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Mianié klichut'...
Bengali (Bangladesh, India)                Amar nam...
Bikol (Philippines)                        An ngaran ko...
Bislama (Vanuatu)                          Nem blong mi...
Bisu (China, Thailand, Myanmar)            Ga hméng...
Bole (Nigeria)                             Súnnó...
Bolinao (Philippines)                      Say ngaran ko...
Bongo (South Sudan)                        Ro ma naka...
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Zovem se...
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Ime mi je...
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Moje je ime...
Breton (Brittany France)                   ...eo ma anv.
Brigidian (western Ireland)                Mwo anam ies...
Bukusu (Mt. Elgon Kenya)                   Lisina liange bali...
Bulgarian (Bulgaria)                       Kazvam se...
Burmese (Myanmar) [said by men]            Cano nanme...lou k'obade.
Burmese (Myanmar) [said by men]            Cano lou k'obade...
Burmese (Myanmar) [said by women]          Cana nanme...lou k'obade.
Burmese (Myanmar) [said by women]          Cana lou k'obade...
Burushashki (Northern Pakistan)            Jaa eik...bila.
[Byelorussian, see Belorussian]

[Cambodian, see Khmer]
Cantonese [Chinese] (China)                Ngo gow mang hai...
Cantonese [Chinese] (China)                Ngo giu jo...
Cantonese [Chinese] (China)                Ngo kiu tso...
Cantonese [Chinese] (China) [family name]  Ngo sing...   
Cassubian (Northweast Poland)              Moje miono je...
Cassubian (Northweast Poland)              Naze'wóm sa...
Catalan (Spain)                            Em dic...
Cavineño (Bolivia)                         ...bacani ique.
Cham (Vietnam.)                            Angan halin...
Chamicuro (Peru)                           Ujsi...
Chamorro (Guam)                            Na'an-hu si...
Cherokee [Tsalagi] (United States)         ...da-wa-do.
Cherokee [Tsalagi] (United States)         ...da wa to:a.
Cheyenne (United States)                   ...náheshevéhe.
Chichewa (Malawi)                          Dzina langa ndi...
Chickasaw (United States)                  Sa holhchifo ut...
Chinyanja (Zambia, Malawi)                 Dzina langa ndine ma...
Chinyanja (Zambia, Malawi)                 Ndìnè...
[Chippewa, see Ojibwe]
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Zita rangu ndi...
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Zita rangu i... 
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Lebits'o laka ke...
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Ndinonzi...
Chitonga (Zambia)                          Ndime...
Chitumbuka (North Malawi)                  Zinalane ndine...
Chocangacakha (Bhutan)                     Ngay ming...yin la.
Choctaw (Oklahoma United States)           Sa hohchifo ut...
[Chinese, see Cantonese, Hoi San, and Mandarin]
Chontal de Tabasco (Mexico)                Ix...cä c'aba' no'on.
[Circassian, see Adyghe]
Chocholtec (Mexico)                        Da diá...
Chuave (Papua New Guinea: Simbu Province)  Na kanam...
Cochimi (Mexico)                           Ñaapa...with ñixith.
Cocopa (Mexico)                            ...at'y ñaxim.
Columbia-Wenatchi (United States)          Išc̓q̓ʷnčút...
Comanche (United States)                   Nu nahnia tsa...
Comoran (Comoros)                          Dzina langu...
Cora (Mexico)                              Ya'nuj nya antyagua....
Cree (North America)                       ...ntisn~ihka'son.
Cree (North America)                       ...nitisin~ihk'ason.
Cree (North America)                       ...nit'sîyihkâson. 
Croatian (Croatia, Bosnia)                 Zovem se...
Croatian (Croatia, Bosnia)                 Ime mi je...
Cuicatec [Tepeuxila] (Mexico)              Duchí huú...
Czech (Czech Republic)                     Jmenuji se...

Dagaare (Ghana, Burkina Faso)              N yuori la...
Dakota (United States, Canada)             ...emakiyapi do.
Dani, Grand Valley Baliem (Papua)          An netage...
Dani, Western (Papua New Guinea)           An nedage...
Danish (Denmark)                           Jeg hedder...
Danish (Denmark)                           Mit navn er...
Dari (Afghanistan)                         Naame maa...as.
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia)               Au kanke...
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia)               Au kanku...
[Delaware, see Lenape]
Dhivehi (Maldives)                         Aharenge namakee...
Dhivehi (Maldives)                         Magey namakee...
Didinga (South Sudan)                      Haĩ'thaar cĩgannĩg...
Dinka [Southeastern] (South Sudan)         Ɣɛn ye cɔɔl...  
Dinka [Southwestern] (South Sudan)         Riɛnkiɛ acɔl...
Drehu (New Caledonia)                      Ame ni tre...
Dusun (Sabah Malaysia)                     Ngaran ku nopo n'ga ihh...
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium)               Ik heet...
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium)               Mijn naam is...
Dzongkha (Bhutan)                          Ngi ming...ing.
Dzongkha (Bhutan)                          Nyi-gi ming...ing.

Ekegusii (Kenya)                           Korokura kwa...
Eleme (Nigeria)                            Abee rã kora...
Emberá (Panama, Colombia)                  Mü trin...
English (America, Australia, UK)           My name is...
English [Strine dialect] (Australia)       Maw nyme is...
English [Texan] (Texas United States)      I'm...
English [old English] (old Britain)        Min nama is...
Erzya (Russia)                             Mon' lemem...
[Eskimo, see Inuktitut and Inuttut]
Esperanto (international use)              Mi nomig^as ...
Estonian (Estonia)                         Mu nimi on...
Estonian (Estonia)                         Minu nimi on...
[Euskara, see Basque]
Evenki (Russia)                            Минӈи гэрбив...
Evenki (Russia)                            Би гэрбив...
Ewe (Ghana)                                Nkninye...

Fante (Ghana)                              Yefere me...
Faroese (Faroe Islands)                    Eg eiti...
Farsi (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan)      Esm e man...eh.
Farsi (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan)      Nom e ma...ast.
Fataluku (East Timor)                      A ne...
[Filipino, see Tagalog]
Fijian (Fiji)                              O yau o...
Fijian (Fiji)                              Na yacaqu o...
Finnish (Finland)                          Minun nimeni on...
Finnish (Finland)                          Mun nimeni on...
Finnish (Finland)                          Nimeni on...
Finnish (Helsinki Finland)                 Mun nimi on...
Finnish (Espoo Finland)                    Mie oun...
Fon (Benin, Togo)                          U no nyi...
French (France, Africa, Asia)              Je m'appelle...
French (France, Africa, Asia)              Mon nom est...
Fulani [Pular] (West Africa)               Mido wieta...
Fulani (West Africa)                       Ko...njeyaa mi.

Ga (Ghana)                                 Atsɛɔ mi...
Galician (Spain)                           Chámome...
Gallo (France)                             J'ae non...
Gan Chinese (China)                        Ngo jiyo...
Gbaya (South Sudan)                        Dírí mâ nî...
Georgian [Kartuli] (Georgia, former USSR)  Mem...kvia.
Georgian [Kartuli] (Georgia, former USSR)  ...mkvia.
Georgian [Kartuli] (Georgia, former USSR)  Chemi sakhelia...
German (Central Europe)                    Ich heiße...
German (Central Europe)                    Mein Name ist...
German (Central Europe)                    Ich bin...
German (Central Europe) [informal]         Ich bin der...
German (Zurich Switzerland) [surname]      Min Name isch...
German (Zurich Switzer.) [1st name female] Ich bi d'...
German (Zurich Switzer.) [first name male] Ich bi dae...
Ghanongga (Solomon Islands)                N'izonoqu ara...
Gong [Ugong] (Thailand)                    Ngá nyéung...
Gonja (Ghana)                              Ma be kitere ela...
Greek [Hellenic] (Greece, Cyprus)          Me lene...
Greek [Hellenic] (Greece, Cyprus)          To onoma mou ine...
Greek [Hellenic] (Greece, Cyprus)          Onomazome...
Griko (Salento Italy)                      Evo' ku'o...
Guarani (Paraguay)                         Che réra...
Gujarati (Gujarat State, India)            MaruuN naam...chhe.
Gumawana (Papua New Guinea)                Yau yoigu...
Gunwinggu (Australia)                      Ngaye...nga-ngeyyo.
Gurenne (Northern Ghana)                   M yuure yiire la...
Gurung (India)                             Nge me...go.
Haitian (Haiti)                            Mwen rele...
Hakka (China, Malaysia)                    Nga miang he...
Hassaniya (Mauritania)                     Ismi...
Hausa (West Africa)                        Sunana...
Hausa (West Africa)                        Sunansa...
Hawaiian (Hawaii)                          'O...ko'u inoa.
Hebrew (Israel)                            Shmi...
[Hellenic, see Greek]
Herero (Namibia)                           Ena randje owami...
Hindi (India, East Asia)                   Mera naam...hai.
Hiri Motu (Papua New Guinea)               Lau egu ladana be...
Hmong (Laos, Thailand)                     Kuv lub npe hu ua...
Hmong (Lao Cai Vietnam)                    Cux luz bêt hu uô... 
Hmong (Yunnan China)                       God lob nbet hot uat...
Hmong (Qiandong China)                     Wil gol ait...
Hmong (Qiandong China)                     Wil laib nangx bit gol ait...
Hmong [Southern Qiandong] (China)          Wel nbut...
Hmong [Eastern] (China)                    Vel mbut...               
Hñähñu (Mexico)                            Nugi dra...
Hoi San (China)                            Ngoi ham du...
Hokkien (Taiwan)                           Wa-eh mia si...
Hokkien (Taiwan)                           Gwa eh miya si..
Hokkien (Taiwan)                           Gua kio chue...
Hopi (North America)                       Nu'...yan maatsiwa.
Huachipaeri (Peru)                         Ndo'edn wandik....
Huaorani (Ecuador)                         Bookoo amomo...
Huaorani (Ecuador)                         Boto...
Huasteco (Mexico)                          Naná inbī...
Hungarian [Magyar] (Hungary)               ...nak hívnak.
Hungarian [Magyar] (Hungary)               ...nek hívnak.
Hungarian [Magyar] (Hungary)               ...vagyok.
Hungarian (Hungary)[ans. to offical ques.] A nevem...

Icelandic (Iceland)                        Ég heiti...
Icetot (Uganda)                            Eda ncie...
Igbo (Nigeria)                             Aha m bu...
[Ik, see Icetot]
Ilokano (Philippines)                      Iti naganco ket...
Ilokano (Philippines)                      ...ti nagan ko.
Ilokano (Philippines)                      Siac ni...
Indonesian (Indonesia) [most common]       Nama saya...
Indonesian (Indonesia) [very formal]       Nama saya adalah...
Indonesian (Indonesia) [informal]          Nama gua...
Ingrian (Russia)                           Miun nimi ono...
[Inupiaq, see Inuktitut]
Inuktitut [Eskimo] (Baffin Island Canada)  ...ujunga.
Inuktitut [Eskimo] (Western Nunavut Can.)  ...guyuga
Inuktitut [Eskimo] (Canada)                Uvanga...
Inuktitut [Eskimo] (Canada)                Uvanga atiga...
Inuttut [Greenlandic, Eskimo] (Greenland)  ...mik ateqarpunga.
Inuttut (Greenland)                        Uanga ateqarpunga...
Irish Gaelic (Ireland)                     Is mise...
Irish Gaelic (Ireland)                     ...is ainm dom.
Italian (Italy)                            Mi chiamo...
Italian (Como Northern Italy)              Me ciame...
Itbayaten (Batanes Philippines)            Nu ngaran ko am...
Iwaidja (Australia)                        Ngabi....

Japanese (Japan)                           Watashi no namae wa...
Japanese (Japan)                           Watakushi wa...desu.
Japanese (Japan) [humble]                  ...to moushimasu.
Japanese (Japan) [by male, informal]       Boku wa...da.
Japanese (Japan) [by male, very informal]  Ore wa...da.
Japanese (Japan) [by female, informal]     Watashi wa...desu.
Japanese (Japan) [by female, informal]     Atashi wa...wa.
Jarai (Vietnam)                            Anăn kâo...
Jarai (Vietnam)                            Anăn kâo nŏ...
Javanese (Indonesia)                       Nami kula...
Jebero (Peru)                              Llinlliwek i'na....
Jebero (Peru)                              Kua llillnwek....
Jèrriais (Jersey)                          Man nom est...

Kadazan (Sabah Malaysia)                   Ngaan ku nopo n'ga ihh...
Kaili, Da'a (Sulawesi Indonesia)           Sangaku...
Kanienkehaka [Mohawk] (United States)      ...yonkyats.
Kanienkehaka [Mohawk] (United States)      ...ne ni:on'kiats.
Kanjobal [Q'anjob'al] (Guatemala)          In b'i chi yiq...
Kankanaey (Philippines)                    San nagan ko et...
Kannada (India)                            Nanna hesaru...
Kannada (India)                            Nanna hesaru...antha.
Kaonde (Zambia)                            Jizhina jami ne...
Kapampangan (Philippines)                  Ing lagiu ku...
Kapampangan (Philippines)                  Aku i...
Karelian (Russia)                          Minum nimi on...
Karelian (Russia)                          Miun nimeni on...
Karelian (Russia) [Northern]               Milma kučutah...
Karelian (Russia) [Southern]               Milmä kučutah...
Karen (Thailand)                           Yer me may...
Kashmiri (India and Pakistan)              Me chu naao...
Kasen (Ghana, Burkina Faso)                Amo yere mo...
Kaska (Canada)                             Eszí'...gúyē.
Kaska [Liard dialect]                      Sezí'...gúyē.
Kaurna (Southern Australia)                Ngai narri...
Kawaiisu (California USA)                  Nüü neyagüd...
Kayan [Baram] (Malaysia)                   ...aran kui.
Kazakh (Kazakhstan)                        Менің атым...
Kekchi (Guatemala)                         Link'aba aj...
Keliko (South Sudan and DR Congo)          Ama ru...ri.
Keliko (South Sudan and DR Congo)          Ma ru...ri.
Kewa, West (Papua New Guinea)              Nina bi...
Khakas (Russia)                            Adym...
Khmer [Cambodian] (Cambodia)               Kh'nyohm ch'muah...
Khowar (India)                             Ma nam...
Kikongo (Congo, Angola)                    Nkumbu ame i...
Kimaragang (Malaysia)                      Ngaran ku nopo nga i...
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)                       Nitwa...
Kiribati (Pacific Is.)                     Arau bon...
Kirundi (Burundi)                          Nitwa...
Kisanga (Bunkeya Congo-Kinshasa)           Dijina dyami y...
Kiswahili (Southeast Africa)               Jina langu ni...
Kiswahili (Southeast Africa)               Naitwa...
Kituba (Africa)                            Nkumbu na mu ke...
Kituba (Africa)                            Nkumbwamu...
Koasati (United States)                    Chaholchifok...
Kok Borok (Bangladesh)                     Ani mung...
Komi-Permyak (Russia)                      Menö shuöny...
Komi-Zyryan (Russia)                       Menam nim...
Komi-Zyryan (Russia)                       Menö shuöny...
Konkani [Konknni] (India)                  Megele naav....mhonu.
Konkani [Konknni] (India)                  Megele naav...
Kono (Sierra Leone)                        Ntomu....
Korean (Korea) [polite]                    Je irumum...imnida.
Korean (Korea)                             Nae irumun...imnida.
Korean (Korea)                             Nanun...imnida. 
Krio (Sierra Leone)                        Na mi name...
Krioulu (Cape Verde)                       Nha nomi e...
Kukatja (Australia)                        Ngayukutju yini...
Kukatja (Australia)                        Yinitju ngayuku...
Kumam (Uganda)                             Nying ango en...
Kumbainggar (Australia)                    Nganyundi bijaarr...
Kumeyaay (Mexico)                          Ñaapa...ñixi.
Kumeyaay (Mesa Grande USA)                 ...wii nyechuuhii.
Kwakiutl (Canada)                          He'man dłigami...
Kwakiutl (Canada)                          Nugwa'am...
Kuna (Panama)                              An nuga...
Kurdish [Kurmanji]                         Navey min...
Kuskokwim (USA)                            Si'uzra' ine...
Kusunda (Nepal)                            Tsi gidzi....
Kwanyama (Angola, Namibia)                 Aame...
[Kweyol, see Creole]
Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan)                        Менин атым...
Lacandon (Mexico: Chiapas)                 In k'aaba...
Lahu (China, Burma, Thailand)              ...meh ve.
Lahu (Thailand)                            ...meh vay you.
Lakhota [Sioux](United States) [by female] ...emaciyapi ye.
Lakhota [Sioux] (United States) [by male]        ...emaciyapi yelo.
Lakhota (North America) [by male]          Emachiyanpilo...
Lakhota (North America) [by female]        Emachiyanpiye...
Lakhota (North America) [by male]          Caje imaciya pelo...
Lakhota (North America) [by female]        Caje imaciya i...
Lakhota (North America)                    ...miye.
Lao (Laos)                                 Khawy seu...
[Lappish, see Sami]
Latin (ancient Rome, Vatican)              Meum nomen...est.
Latvian (Latvian)                          Mani sauc...
Lenape [Delaware] (United States)          ...dëluwènsi.
Lepcha (India, Nepal, Bhutan)              Kasu-sá ábryáng...go.
Lingala (Congo, Angola)                    Nkómbó na ngáí...
Lisu (Thailand)                            Ngua mi...nga.
Lisu (Thailand)                            Wah ee mu...
Lithuanian (Lithuania)                     Mano vardas yra...
Livonian (Livonia)                         Min nim um...
Livvi (Russia)                             Minuu kučutah...
Livvi (Russia)                             Minun nimi on...
Low Saxon (Germany)                        Ick heet...
Lobi (Burkina Faso)                        ...mĩ do.
Lobi (Burkina Faso)                        ...wũ we mɩ.
Lozi (Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe) Kina...
Ludian (Russia)                            Minun nimi om...
Ludian (Russia)                            Miä olen...
Luganda (Uganda)                           Erinnya lyange nze...
Luganda (Uganda)                           Errinya lyange, nze...
Lun Bawang (Indonesia)                     Nadan kuh i...
Lunyankole (Mbarara South Uganda)          Eizina ryangye ndi...
Lunyoro (West Uganda)                      Ibara lyange niryo... 
Lunyoro (West Uganda)                      Ninyetwa...
Luo (Kenya, Tanzania)                      Nyinga en...
Luritja (Australia)                        Ngayuku ini...
Luritja (Australia)                        Ngayulu yini...

Macaguan (Colombia)                        Kan tawún...
Macedonian (Macedonia)                     Jas se vikam...
Macedonian (Macedonia)                     Moeto ime e...
Maiani (Papua New Guinea: Madang.)         Yo yinum...
Machiguenga (Peru)                         Nopáita...
[Magyar, see Hungarian]
Mala (Papua New Guinea: Madang.)           Eno inum...
Malagasy (Madagascar)                      ...no anarako.
Malay (Malaysia, Brunei)                   Nama saya...
Malayalam (India)                          Ente peru...
Maltese (Malta)                            Jisimni...
Maltese (Malta)                            Jien jisimni...
Maltese (Malta)                            Jiena jisimni...
Mam (Guatemala)                            Wéya nbi...
Mambila (Nigeria)                          Yili mò né...ma.
Mamwanwa (Philippines)                     Si...ya ngaran o.
Mandarin [Chinese] (China)                 Wo shi...
Mandarin [Chinese] [family name] (China)   Wo xing...
Mandarin [Chinese] [family name] (China)   Wo du ming d'zi...
Mandarin [Chinese] [given name] (China)    Wo jiao...
Mandinka (West Africa)                     Ntoo mu...leti.
Manobo [Dibabawon] (Philippines)           To ngadan ku si...
Manx (Britain)                             Ta mee ...
Manx (Britain)                             S'mee...
Manx (Britain)                             Ta...yn ennym orrym.
Maori (New Zealand, Cook Islands)          Ko...toku ingoa.
Mapudungun (Chilie, Argentina)             Inchi...pigen.
Marathi (Maharashtra India)                Maaze naawa...
Mari [Hill Mari] (Russia)                  Min'...ulam.
Mari [Meadow Mari] (Russia)                Myi...ulam.
Mari [Meadow Mari[ (Russia)                Myiyn lümem...
Marshalles (Marshall Islands)              Eta in...
Mashi (Bukavu Congo-Kinshasa)              Nie...
Maung (Australia)                          Ngapi...
[Mayan, see Akateka, Kanjobal, Tzotzil and Yucatec Maya]]
Mazahua (Mexico)                           Ni chujüzgô...
Mazatec (Mexico)                           Kuixi j'áínna...
[Mbisu, see Bisu]
Mende (Sierra Leone)                       Nya ley...
Miani (Papua New Guinea: Madang.)          Jo jinum...
[Miao, see Hmong]
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Yie heuc...
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Yie nyei mbuox heuc...
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Yie...
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand) [clan name]    Yie fingx...
Mien [Yao] (Thailand)                      Ah nyee bua hiew...ah.
Mikmaq (Canada)                            Nín teluisi...
Milanese [Lombard] (Milan Italy)           Me ciami ...
Minangkabau (Sumatra Indonesia) [polite]   Namo ambo... 
Minangkabau (Sumatra Indonesia) [informal] Namo awak...
Minangkabau (Sumatra Indonesia) [impolite] Namo aden...
Mingo (North America)                      ...kyásö.
Mingo (North America)                      ...ní' kyásö.
Misima (Papua New Guinea)                  Alau...
Mixe (Mexico)                              Ëts nxëëw...
Mixtec (Santa Catarina Estetla Mexico)     Nani yu'u...
Mixtec (Huitepec Mexico)                   Me naniin....
Mixtec (San Juan Mixtepec Mexico)          Mee nai...
[Mohawk, see Kanienkehaka]
Mon (Burma)                                'Ua manùm yamu'...
Mongolian (Mongolia, Northern China)       Minii ner...
Mongolian (Mongolia) [full name]           Minii ovog ner...
Mòoré (Burkina Faso)                       Mam yuurla...
Moru (South Sudan)                         Ävuru maro...
Motu (Papua New Guinea)                    Ladagu na...
Mpi (Thailand)                             Nga m mí...
Murle (South Sudan)                        Kazi zaar cigun nɛ...
Muskogee (Oklahoma & Florida USA)          ...cvhocefkvt os.

Náhuatl [Aztec] (Mexico, El Salvador)      Nehuatl notoka...
Náhuatl [Aztec] (Mexico, El Salvador)      Notoka...
Nanai (Russia)                             Ми гэрбуи...
Nama (Namibia)                             Ti |ons ge a...
Nar Phu (Nepal)                            Ŋêe mîn....
Narim (South Sudan)                        Athĩ thar cĩganĩk...
Navajo (United States)                     ...yinishyé.
Naxi (Yunnan China)                        Nge...miq.
Ndebele (South Africa)                     Ibizo lami ngu...
Ndebele (South Africa)                     Elami igama ngingu...
Nenets (Russia)                            Мань нюм...
Nepali (Nepal)                             Mero nam...ho.
Newari (Nepal, India)                      Jigu naan...khaw.
Ngambay (Chad)                             Ri-m tò...
Nigerian Pidgin (Nigeria)                  My name na...
Nimo (Papua New Guinea)                    Ena sida...
Norwegian [Bokmaal] (Norway)               Jeg heter...
Norwegian [Bokmaal] (Norway)               Mitt navn er...
Norwegian [Nynorsk] (Norway)               Eg heiter...
Norwegian [Sortlandsk] (Sortland Norway)   &Aelig;g heite...
Norwegian [Sortlandsk] (Sortland Norway)   &Aelig; heite...
Nuer (Sudan and Ethiopia)                  Cïötdä cɔalɛ...

Ojibwe [Anishinaabe, Chippewa] (N.America) ...nindizhinikaaz.
Okanagan (United States and Canada)        Iskʷíst...
Ona (Argentina)                            ...yoín ya.
Oriya (India, Bangladesh)                  Mo naam...
Oshiwambo (Namibia)                        Aame...
Ossetian (Georgia)                         Mæ nom u khuyny...
Otetela (Lodja Congo-Kinshasa)             Lokombo lami...

Paipai (Mexico)                            Ñe...ik ñrhiich.
Paipai (Mexico)                            Ñe...ik ñirrich.
Palauan (Palau)                            A ngklek a...
Palawano (Philippines)                     Ingaran ku si...
Palenquero (Colombia)                      Me ñamo...
Pangu (Nigeria)                            Ruzhaa runiimi ruta rushi...
Papiamentu (Dutch Antilles, Aruba)         Mi nomber ta...
Pashto (Afghanistan, Pakistan)             Zema num...day.
Pemon [Taurepan] (Venezuela, Brazil)       Yesek mörö...
Pho Karen (Thailand)                       Yá mîn mwéh...lâw.
Phorhépecha [Purépecha] (Michoacán México) Ji arhinhasïna...
[Pidgin, see Nigerian Pidgin  and Tok Pisin]
Pijin (Solomon Islands)                    Nem blong mi...
Pipil (El Salvador)                        Nutukay...
Pipil (El Salvador)                        Naha nutukay...
Pitjantjatjara (Australia)                 Ngayulu...
Pitjantjatjara (Australia)                 Ngayuku ini...
[Police Motu, see Hiri Motu]
Polish (Poland) [full name]                Nazywam sie...
Polish (Poland) [given name]               Mam na imie...
Portuguese (Portugal)                      Chamo-me...
Portuguese (Portugal)                      Meu nome é...
Potawatomi (United States)                 ...ndezhnekas.
[Pular, see Fulani]
Punjabi (India)                            Mayra naan...hai.
Punjabi (India)                            Mera na...hai.
[Purépecha, see Phorhépecha]

[Q'anjob'al, see Kanjobal]
Quechua Ayacuchano (Ayacucho Peru)         ...mi sutiy.
Quechua Ayacuchano (Ayacucho Peru)         ...sutiy.
Quechua Ayacuchano (Ayacucho Peru)         Sutikuni...
Quechua Ancashino (Anchash Peru)           Noqam shutini...
Quechua Cochabambino (Cochabamba Bolivia)  ...mi sutiy.
Quechua Cuzqueño [if name ends w/consonant]...mi sutiy.
Quechua Cuzqueño [if name ends w/vowel]    ...n sutiy.
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru)              ...chan sutiyqa.
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru)              Sutiymi....
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru)              Sutiyqa....
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru)              Ñoqaqpaga ...n.
Quichua (Ecuador)                          Ñucaca...shutimi cani.
Quichua (Ecuador)                          Ñucaca...mi cani.

Rade (Vietnam)                             Anăn kâo...
Rapanui (Easter Island)                    To'oku ingoa ko...
[Raramuri, see Tarahumara]
Romani [Arli] (Macedonia)                  Mo anav si...
Romani [Bugurdzi] (Macedonia)              Mo anav isi...
Romani [Gurbeti Vlax] (Bosnia)             Mrno anav si...
Romanian (Romania)                         Ma numesc...
Romanian (Romania)                         Numele meu este...
Romansch (Switzerland)                     Jau hai num...
[Runasimi, see Quechua]
Russian (Russia)                           Menya zavut...

Saami [Davvi] (Scandinavia)                Mu namma lea...
Saami [Davvi] (Scandinavia)                Mun lean...
Saami [Inari] (Scandinavia)                Muu nommâ lii...



Saami [Inari] (Scandinavia)                Mun lam...
Saami [Kildin] (Russia)                    Мунн нэмм лӣ...
Saami [Lule]  (Scandinavia)                Muv namma i...
Saami [Lule]  (Scandinavia)                Mån lav...
Saami [Skolt] (Scandinavia)                Muu nõmm lij...
Saami [Skolt] (Scandinavia)                Mon leäm...
Saami [South] (Scandinavia)                Mov nomme...
Saami [South] (Scandinavia)                Manne leam...
Saami [Ume] (Scandinavia)                  Muv namma leäh...
Salt Yui (Papua New Guinea)                Na hana...
Sakao (Vanuatu) [bad manners to tell name] Aség mügün...
Samoan (Samoa)                             'O lo'u igoa 'o...
Samoan (Samoa)                             'o a'u o...
Samogitian (northwest Lithuania)           Mona vārds īr...
Sardinian (Sardinia)                       Eo mi naro...
Sarnami (Suriname, Holland)                Hamaar naam ... hai.
Scots [Ulster Scots] (Northern Ireland)    A cry masel...
Scottish Gaelic (Scotland)                 'S mise...
Scottish Gaelic (Scotland)                 'Se...an t-ainm a th'orm-sa.
Sentani (Indonesia)                        Raro...
Sepedi [Northern Sotho] (South Africa)     Leina la ka ke...
Sepedi [Northern Sotho] (South Africa)     Lebits'o laka ke...
Serbian (Serbia, Yugoslavia)               Zovem se...
Seselwa [Seychelles Creole] (Seychelles)   Mon apel...
Sesotho (Lesotho, South Africa)            Lebitso la ka ke...
Sesotho (Lesotho, South Africa) [surname]  Fane ya ka ke...
Setswana (Botswana, South Africa)          Leina la me ke...
Sgaw Karen (Thailand)                      Yá mi mè...law.
Shelta (USA, Ireland) [old;no longer used] Mweelsha's linska is...
Sherpa [Helambu] (Nepal, Tibet)            Nga ti min...himba.
Sherpa [Solu] (Nepal, Tibet)               Nge min...hien.
Shilluk (South Sudan)                      Nyinga ba...
Shimasiwa (Comoros)                        Mi opara...
Shina (Central Asia)                       Mei nom...han.
Shingazidja (Comoros)                      Mi...
Shokleng (South America)                   Eñ yiyi ha wu..ke te.
[Shona, see Chishona]
Shor (Russia) [given name]                 Meeñ adïm...
Shor (Russia) [surname]                    Meeñ tölim...
Shuar (Ecuador, Peru)                      Wiña naárka...aiti.
Shuar (Ecuador, Peru)                      ...aitjai
Shuar (Ecuador, Peru)                      Wikia...aitjai.
Shuar (Ecuador, Peru)                      Wikia...jai.
Shughni (Tajikistan and Afghanistan)       Nu nom...
[Sioux, see Lakota]
Siswati [Swazi] (South Africa)             Ligama lami ngu...
Slovak (Slovakia)                          Volám sa...
Slovenian (Slovenia)                       Jaz sem...
Slovenian (Slovenia)                       Ime mi je...
Slovenian (Slovenia)                       Pisem se..
Somali (Somalia, Ethiopia)                 Magacaygu waa...
Somali (Somalia, Ethiopia)                 Maga aniga...
Somali (Somalia, Ethiopia)                 ...ba la i yiraahdaa.
[Sotho, see Sepedi and Sesotho)
Spanish (Spain, America)                   Me llamo...
Spanish (Spain, America)                   Mi nombre es...
Spanish (Spain, America) [family name]     Mi apellido es...
Subanen, Central (Philippines)             Ngalan ku si...
Sudovian [Jatvingian] (Baltic region)      Majas emenis ast... 
Sundanese [Basa Sunda] (Indonesia)         Nami abdi...
Sundanese [Basa Sunda] (Indonesia)         Nami kuring...
Svan (Georgia)                             Mi mazhkha...
[Swahili, see Kiswahili]
[Swazi, see Siswati]
Swedish (Sweden, Finland)                  Jag heter...
Swedish (Sweden, Finland)                  Mitt namn är...

Tagalog (Philippines)                      Ang pangalan ko ay...
Tagalog (Philippines)                      Ako si...
Tagalog (Philippines)                      Ako ay si...
Tagalog (Philippines)                      Ang ngalan ko ay...
Tajik (Tajikistan)                         Esm e man...eh.
Talysh (Azerbaijan)                        Çımı nom...
Tamashek (West Africa)                     Isemnin...
Tamil (India)                              En peyar...
Tamil (India)                              En peyar...irukiradu.
Tarahumara  [Raramuri] (Mexico)            Nijé koriwé...
Tarahumara  [Raramuri] (Mexico)            Nejé rewei...
Tatar (Russia)                             Minem ismen...
Telugu (India)                             Naa peru...
Tennet (South Sudan)                       Een zara cigannek.... 
Teop (Papua New Guinea)                    A henanaa e...
Tetum (East Timor)                         Hau nia naran...
Tetum (East Timor)                         Ha'u nia naran...
[Teuso, see Icetot]
Thai (Thailand) [said by men]              Phom chêu...
Thai (Thailand) [said by women]            Dii-chan chêu...
Thai (Thailand)                            Chan cheo...
Thangmi [Thami] (Himalayas)                Gai-go name...tha-du.
Tibetan (Tibet)                            Ngay mingla...ray.
Tibetan (Tibet)                            Ngah...yin.
Tigrinya (Ethiopia, Eritrea)               Shimey...iyu.
Timbisha (California USA)                  Nüü...nihakantü.
Timbisha (California USA)                  Nüü...natüpinnianna.
Timbisha (California USA)                  Nüü sümmi naniyahanna...
Timbisha (California USA)                  Nüü sümmi natüpinniahantü...
Tiv (Nigeria)                              Iti yam er...
Tlingit (Southeastern Alaska)              Yandakin...naxatsitee.
Tojolabal (Mexico)                         Ja ke'ni jb'i'il'....
Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea)               Nem bilong me...
Tongan (Tonga Pacific Islands)             Ko...au.
Toposa (South Sudan)                       Enyaritae nyekiro kanga...
Totonac (Veracruz Mexico)                  Kin takuwini...
Totonac (Veracruz Mexico)                  Kiwanikan...
Triqui (Mexico)                            Ñunj gu'naj...
Triqui [Copala] (Mexico)                   Un' cu'naj...
[Tsalagi, see Cherokee]
Tseshaht (British Columbia Canada)         Uutlamah...
Tsonga (Southern Africa)                   Vito ra mina i...
Tukang Besi (Indonesia) [by male]          Te ngaasu te La...
Tukang Besi (Indonesia) [by female]        Te ngaasu te Wa...
Tulu (India)                               Yenna pudar...
Tulu (India)                               Yenna pudaru...pandda.
Tupi [Tembe Tenetehar] (Amazon Brazil)     He-rêr...
Tupi [Tembe Tenetehar] (Amazon Brazil)     He-rêr a'ê...
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)          Benim adim...
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)          Adim...
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)          Ismim...
Tuvan (Russia)                             Meeñ adïm...
Tzeltal (Chiapas Mexico)                   Jbihil ha'...
Tzotzil (Chiapas Mexico)                   ...jbi.
Tzotzil (Chiapas Mexico)                   Li jbie...
Tzptzil (Chiapas Mexico)                   Li vu'une ja jbi....

Udmurt (Russia)                            Mynam niimy...
Ukrainian (Ukraine)                        Mene zavut...
Ukrainian (Ukraine) [informal]             Ya nazyvayusia...
Ulwa (Nicaragua)                           Yang ayangki âka...
Uma (Indonesia)                            Hanga' ku...
Urdu (Pakistan, India)                     Mera nam...hai.
Ute (Colorado and Utah USA)                Nünai nia...
Uvean (Vanuatu)                            Ko au ko...
Uyghur (Central Asia)                      Mening ismim...

Valencian (Spain)                          El meu nom es...
Valencian (Spain)                          A mi me diuen...
Venda (South Africa)                       Zina langa ndi...
Venda (South Africa)                       Ndi...
Veps (Russia)                              Minun nimi om...
Vietnamese (Vietnam)                       Tên tôi là
Vietnamese (Vietnam)                       Toi...
Visayan [Cebuano] (Philippines)            Ako si...
Vod (Russia)                               Minuu nimi on...
Vod (Russia)                               Miä õlõn...
Vod (Russia)                               Miä õõn...
Võru (Estonia)                             Mina olõ...
Võro (southern Estonia)                    Mu nimi om...

Wakhi (Central Asia)                       Zhu num...
Wakhi [Xikwar] (Central Asia)              Zhu nungi...
Wakhi [Xikwar] (Central Asia)              Jhu nunge...
Wali (Northern Ghana)                      N youri la...
Warumungu (Australia)                      Ajjinyi ngini wini...
Welsh (Wales)                              ...ydw i.
Welsh (Wales)                              ...ydy f'enw i.
Wintu (California USA)                     Neto-yet...
Wolof (West Africa)                        Maangi tudd...
Wu Chinese (China)                         Ngu ja...

Xhosa (South Africa)                       Igama lami wu...

Yao (South Malawi)                         Une linaliangu...
[Yao (Asia), see Mien]
Yeyi (Botswana)                            Me ndji...
Yine (Peru)                                ...giwakno. 
Yora (Peru)                                Ëfë adë...
Yoruba (Benin, Niger)                      Orúkoò mi ni...
Yoruba (Benin, Niger)                      Èmi ni...
Yucatec Maya (Mexico)                      In k'aaba'e...
Yucatec Maya (Mexico)                      ...in k'aaba'.
Yugur [Western Yugur] (Gansu China)        Menïñ atqa...tighik.
Yugur [Western Yugur] (China) [surname]    Men...sïmïk.
Yupik (Alaska USA)                         Wingaa...

Zande (South Sudan and DR Congo.)          Rimore nga...
Zaparo (Peru)                              Ku aichauraka ikicha...
Zapotec (Mexico)                           Nea liáh...
Zulu (South Africa)                        Igama lami ngu...
Zulu (South Africa)                        Igama lami ngingu...
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