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"What is your name?"
in more than 400 languages

Abenaki (Maine USA, Montreal Canada)       Awanigia?
Acateco (San Miguel Acatán Guatemala)      Tzet hab'i?
Achí (Guatemala)                           Wach a bi, yet?
Acholi (Uganda and Sudan)                  Nyingi nga?
Achuar (Ecuador)                           Amesha yatme?
Achuar (Ecuador)                           Amesha yaachitme?
Achuar (Ecuador)                           Yaitiam?
Achuar (Ecuador)                           Naimsha yaita?
Achuar (Ecuador)                           Naimsha yaachi?
Adyghe (Middle East)                       Sid ptsa?
Afrikaans (South Africa)                   Wat is jou naam?
Afrikaans (South Africa)                   Wat is u naam?
Aguacateco (Guatemala)                     Mb'i b'i'u'?
Aguaruna (Peru)                            Amina daagmish yaita?
Ainu [Saru dialect] (Japan)                Erehe mak aye?
[Akan, see Asante and Fante]
Akha (China, Southeast Asia)               Naw-eu tsaw myah a jo-eh ku te?
Akha (Thailand)                            Tsaw miah a djeh coo tay?
Aklanon (Philippines)                      Ano ro ngaean mo?
Aklanon (Philippines)                      Sino ro imong ngaean?
Alabamu (Texas USA)                        Chiholchifama naasooli?
Alangan (Philippines)                      Nakay kamo ngaran?
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Si ju quajnë?
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Si quheni je tutem?
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Si e ke emrin?
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Si e keni emrin?
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia) [informal]  Si të quajnë?
Altai (Russia) [given name]                Seniñ adïñ kem?
Altai (Russia) [given name; polite]        Slerdiñ adïgar kem?
Altai (Russia) [surname]                   Seniñ öbököñ kem?
Altai (Russia) [surname; polite]           Slerdiñ öbököör kem?
Amahuaca (Peru)                            Hau hánu huira mí?
Amarakaeri (Peru)                          Kate o'nen huadik?
Ambulas [Maprik] (Papua New Guinea)        Ména yé yaga?
Amharic (Ethiopia) [to a woman]            Simesh manu?
Amharic (Ethiopia) [to a man]              Sima manu?
Amharic (Ethiopia)                         Sëmëwot man nô?
Amuesha (Peru)                             Eso'tña peso'cheñ?
[Anishinaabe, see Ojibwe]
Anuki (Papua New Guinea)                   Kam waghawagha iyabo?
Apache (Arizona USA)                       Hant'é gonlzéé?
Apiaka (Brazil)                            Antaykytú?
Arabic (Mideast, North Africa) [to man]    Maa 'ismak?
Arabic (Mideast, North Africa) [to woman]  Maa 'ismik?
Arabic (North Africa)                      Wesh esmik?
Arabic (Algeria)                           Wismek?
Arabic (Egypt) [to man]                    Ismak ay?
Arabic (Egypt) [to woman]                  Ismik ay?
Arabic (Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon)        Shu ismak?
Arabic (Kuwait) [to man]                   Sh-ismak?
Arabic (Kuwait) [to woman]                 Sh-ismitch?
Arabic (Libya)                             Shin ismik?
Arabic (Morocco)                           Smeetik?
Arabic (Morocco)                           Smeetik min fadlik?
Arabic (Middle East) [classical Arabic]    Masmuk?
Arabic (Palestinian) [to man]              'Ish ismak?
Arabic (Palestinian) [to woman]            'Ish ismik?
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)                      Wish ismik?
Arabic (Sudan)                             Ismak munu?
Arabic (Yemen)                             Aysh ismak?
Aragonese (Aragon Spain) [informal]        Cómo te clamas?
Aragonese (Aragon Spain) [formal]          Cómo se clama?
Aragonese (Eastern Aragon Spain)[informal] Cómo te dizes?
Aramaic (Maaloula Syria) [to a man]        Mush oosh mah?
Aramaic (Maaloula Syria) [to a woman]      Mush oosh meesh?
Araona (Peru)                              Ai tata tso mi?
Armenian (Armenia, Russia, Middle East)    Inch e anunt?
Armenian [Western] (Armenia) [polite]      Zer anunae inch e?
Armenian [Western] (Armenia)               Ko anunae inch e?
Armenian [Eastern] (Armenia)               Anun't inch e?
Aromunian (Greece, Balkans)                Cumu ti cljeanmã?
Asante (Ghana)                             Yefré wo sén?
Asante (Ghana)                             Wo dí de sén?
Asante (Ghana)                             Wódè sén?
Ashaninka (Peru)                           Tsika pipaitaka?
Ashaninka (Peru)                           Jaoca pipajitari?
Ashéninka Pajonal (Peru)                   Iitaca pivaero?
Assyrian [Eastern Assyrian] (Assyria)      Shimakh mu ileh?
Assyrian [Eastern Assyrian] (Assyria)      Mo ileh shimukh?
Assyrian [Western Assyrian] (Assyria)      Mun ihtau shmokh?
Asturian (Spain)                           Cuálu ye'l so nome?
Asturian (Spain) [informal]                Cuál ye'l to nome?
Asturian (Spain) [informal]                Cómu te llames?
Asturian (Spain) [informal]                Qué nome tienes?
Asturian (Spain) [informal]                Cómu llámisti?
Atayal (Taiwan)                            Ma' lalu' su'?
Atayal (Taiwan)                            Nanu heya ga lalu' su'?
Atayal [Mayrinax] (Taiwan)                 Ima 'ralu' su'?
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              Kunas sutimaj?
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              Kunas sutimaxa?
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              Kunas tatása?
Ayta, Abellen (Philippines)                Hinyay ngalan mo?
Ayta, Mag-Antsi (Philippines)              Hinoy langan mo?
Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan, Iran)             Sizin adınız nədir?
Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan, Iran)             Adınız nədir?
[Azeri, see Azerbaijani]
[Aztec, see Náhuatl]

Badaga (India)                             Ninna hesaru aena?
Bahnar (Vietnam)                           Mat ih bu?
Bajau (Indonesia)                          Sian urun no?
Baka [Tara Baka] (South Sudan)             Ịrịyị́ nɨ náambi?
Bakairi (Brazil)                           Ânguyka izedy?
Bali (Bali)                                Sira pesengen ragane?
Bali [Basa Kasar] (Bali)                   Nyen adane?
Bali [Basa Alus] (Bali)                    Sira wastan jerone?
Bali [Basa Alus] (Bali)                    Sira wastane?
Balochi [Western] (Pakistan)               Tay naam key int?
Balti (India, Pakistan)                    Yari ming takpo chiin?
[Bangla, see Bengali]
Bambara (Mali)                             I togo?
Bambara (Mali)                             I togo be di?
Bangubangu (DR Congo)                      Zina dyobe ni nani?
Baniwa (Brazil)                            Koame pipitana?
Bari (South Sudan)                         Karen kunok a ŋa?
[Basa Sunda, see Sundanese]
Bashkir (Russia)                           Khezzenj isemegez nisek?
Basque (Spain, France)                     Zein da zure izena?
Basque (Spain, France)                     Nola duzu izena?
Bassa (Liberia)                            Xwɛ̀ ní nyɛ́́ɛ̀?  
Batak (Indonesia) [what is your surname?]  Aha do margam?
Batak (Indonesia) [given name]             Ise goar mu?
Baure (Bolivia)                            Piwoyowoyowon?
Bedawiyet (Sudan) [Hadendoa dialect]       Osmok abiedna?
Bedawiyet (Sudan) [Beni Amir dialect]      Man ismaka?
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Yak vas zavút?
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Ya vas zavút?
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Ya vas klichút?
Belorussian (Belarus) [informal]           Ya tsyabye zavút?
Belorussian (Belarus) [informal]           Ya tsyabye klichút?
Bengali (Bangladesh, India)                Apnar nam ki?
Bengali (Bangladesh, India)                Thomar nam ki?
Bikol (Philippines)                        Ano an ngaran mo?
Bikol (Philippines)                        Anong pangaran mo?
Binukid (Philippines)                      Inu sa ngaran nu?
[Bisayan, see Visayan]
Bislama (Vanuatu)                          Wanem nem blong yu?
Bisu (China, Thailand, Myanmar)            Nang ang hméng ma cheu?
Bodo (India)                               Nwngni munga ma?
Bole (Nigeria)                             Súnkó lè?
Bolinao (Philippines)                      Ani ngaran mo?
Bongo (South Sudan)                        Ro ï raa ka yëkï?
Bontoc, Eastern (Philippines)              Ngachan mo?
Bora (Peru)                                Aca muubá dimyéme?
Bororo (Brazil)                            Inoba akiere?
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Kako se zovete?
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)[informal] Kako se zoves?
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Kako ti je ime?
Breton (Brittany France)                   Petra eo da anv?
Breton (Brittany France) [informal]        Pe anv out?
Brigidian (western Ireland)                Chafa ies two anam?
Brigidian (western Ireland)                Chafa ies twos anams?
Brokpake (Bhutan)                          'Ik mɛŋ zi lo?
Bru (Vietnam)                              Ramúh mói ntróu?
Bukusu (Mt. Elgon Kenya)                   Lisina lilioo balinanu?
Bulgarian (Bulgaria)                       Kak se kazvate?
Bulgarian (Bulgaria) [informal]            Kak se kazvash?
Burmese (Myanmar) [by man]                 K'amya nanme belou k'obadhale?
Burmese (Myanmar) [by man]                 K'amya nanme belou k'odhale?
Burmese (Myanmar) [by woman]               Shin nanme belou k'obadhale?
Burmese (Myanmar) [by woman]               Shin nanme belou k'odhale?
Burushashki (Northern Pakistan)            Besan guik bila?
Burushashki (Northern Pakistan)            Guik besan bila?

[Cambodian, see Khmer]
Canichana (Bolivia)                        Yequita enacu?
Cantonese (China)                          Nei giu mut ye meng?
Cantonese (China)                          Lei giu mut ye meng?
Capanahua (Peru)                           Mia min jahua jane quin?
Cashibo (Peru)                             Uisa anë caina 'ain?
Cashinahua (Peru)                          Jadakidi min kenamen?
Cassubian (Northweast Poland)              Jak sa nazewozs?
Cassubian (Northweast Poland)              Jacze je twoje miono?
Catalan (Spain)                            Com es diu?
Catalan (Spain) [informal]                 Com et dius?
Cavineño (Bolivia)                         Aiacanaimi?
Cavineño (Bolivia)                         Ai bacani mique?
[Cebuano, see Visayan]
Chamorro (Guam)                            Hayi na'an-mu?
Chatino (Mexico)                           Ñi ha naa yu?
Chechen (North Caucasus)                   Xha c'e hu ju?
Cherokee (United States)                   Ga-do de-ja-do?
Cherokee (United States)                   Ga to de tsa' to a'?
Cheyenne (United States)                   Nétónêshevéhe?
Cheyenne (United States)                   Nidonshivih?
Chichewa (Malawi)                          Dzina lanu ndani?
Chickasaw (United States)                  Nanta ut chi holhchifo?
[Chinese, see dialects: Cantonese, Hoi San, Mandarin and Taiwanese]
[Chippewa, see Ojibwe]
Chiquitano (Bolivia)                       Ndiri?
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Munonzi ani?
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Munonzani?
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Unonzani?
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Munhu ndíaní?
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Zita renyu ndiani?
Chitonga (Zambia)                          Nduwe ni?
Chitumbuka (North Malawi)                  Zinolinu ndimwenjani?
Chocangacakha (Bhutan)                     Chö ming ci lo?
Choctaw (Oklahoma United States)           Chi hohchifo nanta?
Chontal de Tabasco (Mexico)                Can a c'ába?
Chortí (Guatemala)                         Tuc'a ac'ab'a?
Chuj (Guatemala)                           Tas a b'i?
Chuvash (Russia)                           Sana menle cheneche?
[Circassian, see Adyghe]
Cochimi (Mexico)                           Xmath mixith?
Cocopa (Mexico)                            Lhuma at'y mixi?
Columbia-Wenatchi (United States)          Šwat išc̓q̓ʷnčút?
Comoran (Comoros)                          Dzina laho dheni?
Cornish (Britain)                          Puth yw dha hanow?
Corsican (Corsica)                         Cumu ti chjami?
Cree (North America)                       Tân'sîsîyihkâsoyan?
Cree (North America)                       Tânsi e'sn~ihka'soyan?  
Cree (North America)                       Tânisi e'sin~ihka'soyan? 
Cree (North America)                       Tânisi ki sehkason?
[Creole (Haiti), see Kweyol]
[Creole (Seychelles), see Seselwa]
Croatian (Croatia, Bosnia)                 Kako se zovete?
Croatian (Croatia, Bosnia)[informal]       Kako se zoveš?
Cuicatec [Tepeuxila] (Mexico)              Dá duchídí?
Czech (Czech Republic)                     Jak se jmenujete?
Czech (Czech Republic) [informal]          Jak se jmenuješ?

Dagaare (Ghana, Burkina Faso)              Fo yuori la bong?
Dakota [Sioux] (North America)             Toked eniciyape he?
Dani, Grand Valley Baliem (Papua)          Kar kedage?
Danish (Denmark)                           Hvad hedder du?
Danish (Denmark)                           Hvad er dit navn?
Dari (Afghanistan)                         Naamet chis?
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia) [to elders]   Hit kanke sekau?
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia) [younger]     Ho kanme sekau?
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia) [younger]     Ho kanmu sekau?
[Delaware, see Lenape]
Dhivehi (Maldives)                         Namakee kobaitha?
Dhivehi (Maldives)                         Kaley ge namakee kobaa?
Didinga (South Sudan)                      Haĩ' thaar cugunnĩg nganĩ?
Didinga (South Sudan)                      Kainni nganit ngani?
Dinka [Southeastern] (South Sudan)         Ye yïn cɔl ŋa?  
Dinka [Southwestern] (South Sudan)         Cɔl yï ŋa?
Dinka [Southwestern] (South Sudan)         Cɔl yïn ŋa?
Diola (Senegal, Gabon)                     Karesibu?
Drehu (New Caledonia)                      Dréi la éjé i éö?
Drehu (New Caledonia)                      Drei nyipe?
Dusun (Sabah Malaysia)                     Isai ngaran nu? 
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium)               Hoe heet U?
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium) [informal]    Hoe heet je?
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium)               Hoe heet jij?
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium) [formal]      Wat is uw naam?
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium) [informal]    Wat is je naam?
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium)               Wat is jouw naam?
Dyula (Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali)  I togobé di?
Dzalakha (Bhutan)                          Iku meng dzi lo?
Dzongkha (Bhutan)                          Chhoe ming gachi mo?
Dzongkha (Bhutan)                          Chhoe-gi ming gachi mo?

Edo (Nigeria)                              Vbè ore 'ní rue?
Edolo (Papua New Guinea)                   Ti~je ejnowej?
Egyptian (ancient Egypt)                   Pet er renek?
Ekegusii (Kenya)                           Naki okura kwa?
Emberá (Panama, Colombia)                  Tai vichí trin?
Emberá (Panama, Colombia)                  Kasatrubata?
Emberá Chami (Colombia)                    Bichi tru kaima?
English (America, Australia, UK)           What is your name?
English (America, Australia, UK)           What's your name?
English [Strine dialect] (Australia)       Wutcha nyme?
English [Texan] (Texas United States)      What's yur name?
Erzya (Russia)                             Koda tynk lemenk?
Ese Ejja (Bolivia, Peru)                   Ai bajani ami
[Eskimo, see Inuktitut and Inuttut]
Esperanto (constructed)                    Kiel vi nomig^as?
Ese Ejja (Peru)                            Ai bajani ami?
Esselen (California United States)         Kiakit na mismap?
Esselen (California United States)         Ki'niane'rmi?
Estonian (Estonia)                         Mis teie nimi on?
Estonian (Estonia)                         Mis te nimi on?
Estonian (Estonia)                         Kuidas on te nimi?
Estonian (Estonia) [informal]              Mis sinu nimi on?
Estonian (Estonia) [informal]              Mis su nimi on?
Estonian (Estonia) [informal]              Kuidas on sinu nimi?
[Euskara, see Basque]
Evenki (Russia)                            Он гэрбис?
Ewe (Ghana)                                Nkowode?

Fante (Ghana)                              Yeferew señ?
Faroese (Faroe Islands)                    Hvussu eitur tú?
Farsi [Persian] (Iran)                     Esmeh shoma chist?
Farsi [Persian] (Iran)                     Esmeh chiyah?
Fataluku (East Timor)                      E ne umane?
Fijian (Fiji)                              O eei na yacamu?
Fijian (Fiji)                              O eei na yacamuni?
[Filipino, see Tagalog and Visayan]
Finnish (Finland)                          Mikä Teidän nimenne on?
Finnish (Finland) [informal]               Mikä sun nimi on?
Finnish (Finland) [informal]               Mikä sinun nimesi on?
Finnish (Finland) [informal]               Mikä on nimesi?
French (France, Africa, Asia)              Comment vous appellez-vous?
French (France, Africa, Asia) [informal]   Comment t'appelles tu?
French (France, Africa, Asia)              Quel est votre nom?
French (France, Africa, Asia) [informal]   Quel est ton nom?
French (Canada)                            C'est quoi ton nom?
French (Canada) [in spoken language]       C koi ton nom?
Frisian (Netherlands)                      Hoe hite jo?
Frisian (Netherlands) [informal]           Hoe hjitst do?
Friulian (Italy)                           Ce nòn àstu?
Fulani [Pular] (West Africa)               Ko honu wietada?
Fulani (West Africa)                       Ko honu inneh tei daa?

Ga (Ghana)                                 Te atsɛɔ bo tɛŋŋ?
Gagauz (Moldova)                           Nizha senin adyn?
Galician (Spain) [formal]                  ¿Como se chama?
Galician (Spain) [formal]                  ¿Como se chama vostede?
Galician (Spain) [informal]                ¿Como te chamas?
Galician (Spain)                           ¿Cal é o seu nome?
Gan Chinese (China)                        Nen jiyo sen ma myang dz?
Garifuna (Guatemala)                       Cá san bíri?
Gbaya (South Sudan)                        Dírí î 'bî?
Georgian [Kartuli] (Georgia)               Ra gkviat?
Georgian [Kartuli] (Georgia)               Shen rah kwiah?
German (Central Europe) [formal]           Wie heißen Sie?
German (Central Europe) [informal]         Wie heißt du?
German (Zurich Switz.) [polite] [spoken]   Wie isch ire Name? 
Ghanongga (Solomon Islands)                Ko izei na izonomu?
Gong [Ugong] (Thailand)                    Nàwng hong nyéung a hkéng yang wê?
Gonja (Ghana)                              Fo be kitere?
Greek [Hellenic] (Greece, Cyprus)          Pos sas lene?
Greek [Hellenic] (Greece, Cyprus)          Pos legeste?
Greek [Hellenic] (Greece, Cyprus)[informal]Pos se lene?
[Greenlandic, see Inuttut]
Griko (Salento Italy)                      Pos ku'i?
Guarani (Paraguay)                         Mba'éichapa nde réra?
Guarayo (Bolivia)                          Mara po nde rer?
Gujarati (Gujerat State, India)            TamaaruuN Naam suuN chhe?
Gujarati (Gujerat State, India)            AapnuN naam?
Gumawana (Papua New Guinea)                Yoim mankoyoina?
Gurenne (Northern Ghana)                   Fo yuure yiire la bem?
Gurung (India)                             Kih mee toh ja?
Haitian (Haiti)                            Kouman ou rele?
Hakka (China, Malaysia)                    Ngi hem mai miang?
Hassaniya (Mauritania)                     Ismak?
Hausa (West Africa)                        Me ne ne sunaka?
Hawaiian (Hawaii)                          'O wai kou inoa?
Hebrew (Israel) [male]                     Ma shimcha?
Hebrew (Israel) [female]                   Ma shmech?
[Hellenic, see Greek]
Herero (Namibia)                           Oove une ena roye?
Hindi (India, East Asia, Suriname)         Apka shubh nam kya hai?
Hindi (India, East Asia, Suriname)         Aap ka naam kya hai?
Hindi (India) [honorific]                  Aapka naam kya hai?
Hindi (India) [non-honorific]              Tumhara naam kya hai?
Hiri Motu (Papua New Guinea)               Oi emu ladana be daika?
Hmong Daw (Laos, Thailand)                 Koj lub npe hu li cas?
Hmong Daw (Laos, Thailand)                 Koj hu li cas no?
Hmong Daw (Laos, Thailand) [clan name]     Koj yog xeem dabtsi?
Hmong Daw (Laos, Thailand) [clan name]     Koj hmoob xeem dabtsi?
Hmong Du (Vietnam)                         Caó be hua chan'g?
Hmong (Lao Cai Vietnam)                    Tị lầu kọ lu be hu chà?
Hmong Njua (Laos, Thailand)                Koj lub npe hu le caag?
Hmong (Yunnan China)                       Gaox lol nbet hol lel jans?
Hmong (Yunnan China)                       Gaox lol nbet hol let jangl?
Hmong (Yunnan China)                       Gaox khuat dos zhit?
Hmong (Qiandong China)                     Mongx nangx nbit gol gheix xid?
Hmong (Qiandong China)                     Mongx gol ait deis?
Hmong (Qiandong China)                     Mongx laib nangx bit gol ait deis?
Hmong (Eastern Qiandong China)             Mongx senb ghab nangb?
Hmong (Eastern Qiandong China)             Mongx nbut jid leb?
Hmong (Southern Qiandong China)            Moux seib ghaob nhangb?
Hñähñu (Mexico)                            Te gi ri thuhu?
Hoi San (China)                            Ni ham du mot meng a?
Hokkien (Taiwan)                           Lu mia hammik?
Hokkien (Taiwan)                           Lu kio hammik?
Hokkien (Taiwan)                           Di kio chue sia mi miya?
Hokkien (Taiwan)                           Di sa mi miya?
Hopi (United States)                       Um hin maatsiwa?
Huachapaeri (Peru)                         Wendik yaë? 
Huambisa (Peru)                            Ame naarmesha yaita?
Huastec (Mexico)                           Hant'a bih?
Huastec (Mexico)                           Janto inbī?
Hungarian [Magyar] (Hungary)               Hogy hívnak?
Hungarian [Magyar] (Hungary) [informal]    Hogy hívják?
Hungarian [Magyar] (Hungary) [official]    Mi a neve?
Ibaloi (Philippines)                       Nganto y ngaran mo?
Ibutan (Philippines)                       Ango ngaran mo?
Icelandic (Iceland)                        Hvað heitir þú?
Icetot (Uganda)                            Ndo eda bie?
Ido (international use)                    Quale vu nomesas?
Igbo (Nigeria)                             Gịnị bụ aha gị?
Igbo (Nigeria)                             Áhà gí ò bù gí ní?
[Ik, see Icetot]
Ikpeng (Brazil)                            Onok omro oeret?
Ilokano (Philippines)                      Ania ti nagan mo?
Indonesian (Indonesia, Suriname)           Siapa nama anda?
Indonesian (Indonesia, Suriname)           Siapa nama saudara?
Indonesian (Indonesia, Suriname)           Siapa namamu?
Indonesian (Indonesia) [formal]            Siapa nama anda?
Indonesian (Indonesia) [formal]            Nama saudara siapa?
Indonesian (Indonesia) [informal]          Lu namanyé siapa?
Interlingua (international use)            Qual es vostre nomine?
Inuktitut [Eskimo] (Baffin Island Canada)  Kinauvit?
Inuktitut (Canada)                         Kinavit?
Inuttut [Greenlandic, Eskimo] (Greenland)  Qanoq ateqarpit?

								
Iranun (Malaysia: Sabah)                   Antuna i ngaran ka'?
Iranxe (Brazil)                            Warakuxi?
Irish Gaelic (Ireland)                     Cad is ainm duit?
Irish Gaelic (Ireland) [informal]          Cén t-ainm atá ort?
Italian (Italy)                            Come si chiama?
Italian (Italy) [informal]                 Come ti chiami?
Italian (Como Northern Italy)              Cume te ciamet?
Itbayaten (Batanes Philippines)            Akuh u ngaren mo?
Ivasayen (Batanes Philippines)             Angu ngaran mo?
Ixil (Guatemala)                           Cam ab'i?

Jacalteca (Guatemala)                      Tzet ha b'i?
Japanese (Japan)                           Onamae wa?
Japanese (Japan)                           Onamae wa nan desu ka?
Japanese (Japan)                           Onamae wa nan to iimasu ka?
Japanese (Japan) [familiar]                Anata no onamae wa?
Japanese (Japan) [familiar]                Anata no namae wa nan to iimasu ka?
Jarai (Vietnam)                            Hget anăn ih?
Jarai (Vietnam)                            Anăn ih le? 
Javanese (Indonesia)                       Sinten naminipuri panjenengan?
Javanese (Indonesia)                       Sinten samanipun?
Jebero (Peru)                              Ma'llin a'cha kenmá?
Jèrriais (Jersey)                          Tch'est qu'est vot' nom?
Juruna (Brazil)                            Apane ela?

Kadazan (Sabah Malaysia)                   Isai ngaan nu? 
Kaili, Da'a (Sulawasi Indonesia)           Sema sangamu?
Kaingang (Brazil)                          Ã jiji hëre tî?
Kamaiura (Brazil)                          Maite nerera?
Kanjobal [Q'anjobal] (Guatemala)           Tzet yok a bi'?
Kalmyk (Russia)                            Chini nern yamaran?
Kankanaey (Philippines)                    Sinon nagan mo?
Kannada (India) [honorific]                Nimma hesarenu?
Kannada (India) [non-honorific]            Ninna hesarenu?
Kannada (India)                            Nimma hesaru enu?
Kapampangan (Philippines)                  Nana ka lagiu?
Karagas (Russia)                           Сииң адың қум? 
Karaim (Trakai Lithuania)                  Nie sienin adyj?
Karaja (Brazil)                            Timybo ani?
Karelian (Finland, Russia)                 Kui sinun kučutah?
Karelian (Finland, Russia)                 Mi on teijän nimi?
Karen (Thailand)                           Ner me dee leh?
Karen [Pho] (Myanmar)                      Ná mîn pá thê lèh?
Karen [Sgaw] (Myanmar)                     Ná mi dà lèh?
Kasen (Ghana, Burkina Faso)                Se nmo de yere mo be?
Kashmiri (India)                           Cyon naav kyaa chu?
Kaska (Canada)                             Enzí' dúguyā?
Kaska [Liard dialect] (Canada)             Nezí' dúguyā?
Kawaiisu (California USA)                  Hin neyaganaam?
Kayabi (Brazil)                            Ma'já te enerera?
Kayan [Baram] (Malaysia)                   Kenum aran ka du?
Kazakh (Kazakistan)                        Atëngëz kim?
Kazakh (Kazakistan) [informal]             Atënj kim?
Kekchi (Guatemala)                         Ka ru laa'k'aba?
Kekchi (Guatemala)                         Ani a c'ab'a'?
Keliko (South Sudan and DR Congo)          Imi ru adhiri ya?
Keliko (South Sudan and DR Congo)          Mi ru adhiri?
Kewa, West (Papua New Guinea)              Nena bi aapi ya?
Khakhas (Russia)                           Adyngar kem?
Khakhas (Russia)                           Adyngar kemdir?
Khmer [Cambodian] (Cambodia)               Niak ch'muah ei?
Khowar (India)                             Ta kiagh nam?
Kikamba (Tanzania)                         Wetawa ata?
Kikongo (Congo, Angola)                    Nkumbu aku i nani?
Kimaragang (Malaysia)                      Isay ngaran nu?
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)                       Witwa nde?
Kipsigis (Kenya)                           Kiguurenen ng'o?
Kipsigis (Uganda)                          Kikurenin ng'o?
Kirgiz (Kyrgyzstan)                        Atëngëz kim?
Kiribati (Pacific Is.)                     Antai aram?
Kirundi (Burundi)                          Witwa nde?
Kisanga (Bunkeya Congo-Kinshasa)           Dijina dyobe?
Kiswahili (Southeast Africa)               Jina lako nani?
Kiswahili (Southeast Africa)               Jina lako ni nani?
Kiswahili (Southeast Africa)               Unaitwa nani?
Kiswahili (Southeast Africa)               Unaitwaje?
Kiswahili (Southeast Africa)               Wewe nani?
Kituba (Africa)                            Nkumbu na nge ke nani?
Kituba (Africa)                            Nkumbwange?
Klallam (Washington United States)         Stang ?uch chi nsna?
Koasati (United States)                    Chiholchifok naasooli?
Kok Borok (Bangladesh)                     Nini mung tamo?
Komi-Permyak (Russia)                      Kydz tenö chuöny?
Komi-Permyak (Russia)                      Kydz tenat nim?
Komi-Permyak (Russia)                      Kydz tiyan nim?
Komi-Zyryan (Russia)                       Kydzi tenö chuöny?
Komi-Zyryan (Russia)                       Kytshöm tiyan nim?
Konkani [Konknni] (India) [honorific]      Tumgele naav kasale?
Konkani [Konknni] (India) [non-honorific]  Tugele naav kasale?
Kono (Sierra Leone)                        Itweh?
Korean (Korea)                             Songhami ottoke toeshimnikka?
Korean (Korea)                             Irumum muoshimnikka?
Korean (Korea)                             Irumi muoshimnikka?
Kuikuro-Kalapalo (Brazil)                  Tü eititüi?
Kukatja (Australia)                        Nganangku yini?
Kumam (Uganda)                             Nying in en Ngai?
Kumeyaay (Mexico, USA)                     Xmath mixi?
Kumeyaay (Mexico, USA)                     'Ich wiich mechuuhii?
Kuna (Panama)                              Igi be nuga?
Kupsapiny (Uganda)                         Chekureni ng'o?
Kurdish (Middle East)                      Nav&ecedil; te çiye?
Kurdish (Middle East)                      Nav u pas nav&ecedil; te çiye?
Kuskokwim (USA)                            Nidots'o ni'uzra'?
Kwakiutl (Canada)                          Angwaxtłas?
Kwanyama (Angola, Namibia)                 Tumbola edina loye?
Kwanyama (Angola, Namibia)                 Edina loyo oove lye?
Kwanyama (Anogla, Namibia)                 Oove lye?
Kweyol (Haiti)                             Ki jan pa-w non?
Kweyol (Haiti) [informal]                  Ki jan ou rele?
Kweyol (Haiti)                             Kouman ou rele?
Kweyol (Haiti) [formal]                    Eske ou kapab di mwen ki jan ou rele?

Lacandon (Mexico: Chiapas)                 Baax a k'aaba?
Lacandon (Mexico: Chiapas)                 Bakil a k'aaba?
Ladin (Italy)                              Co es'a inuem?
Lahu (China, Burma, Thailand)              Naw aw ce aw meh a hto ma meh ve le?
Lahu (Thailand)                            Ah to ma meh ve le?
Lakhota [Sioux] (United States)            Tokel eniciyapi ye?
Lakhota [Sioux] (United States) [male]     Taku eniciya pi huwo?
Lakhota [Sioux] (United States) [female]   Taku eniciya pi he?
Lakhota [Sioux] (United States) [male]     Taku iniciyapi hwo?
Lakhota [Sioux] (United States) [female]   Taku iniciyapi he?
Lao (Laos)                                 Jao seu nyang?
[Lappish, see Saami]
Latin (Vatican, ancient Rome)              Quid est nomen tuum?
Latvian (Latvia)                           Ka jus sauc?
Latvian (Latvia) [informal]                Ka tevi sauc?
Latvian (Latvia)                           Ka ir Jusu vards?
Lenape [Delaware] (United States)          Kèku hàch ktëluwènsi?
Lepcha (India, Nepal, Bhutan)              Ádo-sá ábryáng shú gó?
Lingala (Congo, Angola)                    Nkómbó nayó náni?
Lisu (Thailand)                            Nu ami ali nga?
Lisu (Thailand)                            Nu emu ali beh?
Lithuanian (Lithuania)                     Koks Jusu vardas?
Lithuanian (Lithuania)                     Kuo Jus vardu?
Lithuanian (Lithuania) [informal]          Kaip tavo vardas?
Livonian (Latvia)                          Mini um täd nim?
Livonian (Latvia)                          Kui sinda nutāb?
Livonian (Latvia)                          Kui tēḑi nutāb?
Livvi (Russia)                             Kuibo sinuu kučutah?
Livvi (Russia)                             Kuibo sinun nimi on?
Lobi (Burkina Faso)                        Mɔ fɩ ʔyri n do?
Lobi (Burkina Faso)                        Mɔ wũ we fɩ?
Low Saxon (Germany)                        Wo heesst du?
Low Saxon (Germany) [extremely polite]     Wo heet se?

								
Lozi (Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe) Ki mina bo mañi?
Ludian (Russia)                            Mii om teiden nimi?
Luganda (Uganda)                           Erinnya lyo ggwe ani?
Luganda (Uganda)                           Erinnya lyo gw'anni?
Luiseño (California United States)         Hiiqa shu 'otung?
Lun Bawang (Indonesia)                     Aunun nadan muh?
Lunyankole (South Uganda)                  Eizina ryaawe ory'oha?
Lunyoro (West Uganda)                      Noyetwa ota?
Lunyoro (West Uganda)                      Ibara lyaawe niriha?
Luo (Kenya, Tanzania)                      Nyngi ng'a?
Luxemburgish (Luxemburg)                   Wéi heeschs du?

Macaguan (Colombia)                        Kam banekía nawúnan?
Macedonian (Macedonia)                     Kako se vikate?
Macedonian (Macedonia) [informal]          Kako se vikash?
Machiguenga (Peru)                         Ɨtyara pipáita?
[Magyar, see Hungarian]
Maiani (Papua New Guinea: Madang.)         No ninum ya?
Makhuwa (Tanzania and Mozambique)          Nsina nanyo ti pani?
Makhuwa (Tanzania and Mozambique)          Ndzina ninyum panim?
Mala (Papua New Guinea: Madang.)           Nino ninum ao?
Malagasy (Madagascar)                      Iza no anaranao?
Malay (Malaysia, Suriname)                 Siapa nama saudara?
Malay (Malaysia, Suriname) [informal]      Siapa nama anda?
Malay (Malaysia, Suriname) [informal]      Siapakah nama anda?
Malayalam (India) [honorific]              Ningalude peru enthannu?
Malayalam (India) [non-honorofic]          Ninte perentaanu?
Maltese (Malta)                            X'jismek?
Maltese (Malta)                            Inti, x'jismek?
Mam (Guatemala)                            Ti tkal tb'í:ya?
Mam (Guatemala)                            Ti' tey tbi?
Ma Manda (Papua New Guinea)                Wopga net?
Mamanwa (Philippines)                      Sino-say ngaran mo?
Mandarin [Chinese] (China)                 Ni jiao shen me ming zi?
Mandarin [Chinese] (China)                 Ching wen gui hsing?
Mandarin [Chinese] (China) [family name]   Nin gui xing?
Mandinka (West Africa)                     Itoudi?
Mandinka (West Africa)                     Itodun? 
Mandinka (West Africa)                     Itondi?
Mandinka (West Africa)                     Itudung?
Manobo [Dibabawon] (Philippines)           Antaa to ngadan nu?
Manx (Britain)                             Cre'n ennym t'erriu?
Maori (New Zealand)                        Ko wai tou ingoa?
Maori (Cook Islands)                       Ko'ai to'ou ingoa?
Maori (Solomon Islands)                    Ko'ai to'ou ingoa?
Mapudungun (Chile, Argentina)              Iney pingeymi?
Mapun (Philippines)                        Soy awon nu?
Marathi (Maharashtra India)                Aapale naav kaay?
Marathi (Maharashtra India)                Tuze naawa kaay?
Mari (Russia)                              Tendam kuze lümdat?
Mari (Russia)                              Kuze tendan lümda?
Marik (Papua New Guinea: Madang Province)  Oŋ yanaŋ ai?
Marshallese (Marshall Islands)             Etam?
Mashi (Bukavu Congo-Kinshasa)              Izino lyawe wendi?
Mashi (Bukavu Congo-Kinshasa)              Wendi?
Matipuhy (Brazil)                          Tü eititüi?
Matses (Peru)                              Isutsi mibí ne?
[Mayan, see Yucatec] 
Mazahua (Mexico)                           Pje ni chjütsk'e?
[Mbisu, see Bisu]
Mehinako (Brazil)                          Atsánumapai piupünã
Mende (Sierra Leone)                       Bi bua mi?
Miani (Papua New Guinea: Madang.)          No ninum ja?
[Miao, see Hmong]
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Meih heuc haiv nyungc?
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Meih nyei mbuox heuc haiv nyungc?
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand) [clan name]    Meih gueix fingx?
Mien [Yao] (Thailand)                      May bua hyu hyong?
Mien [Dao] (Vietnam)                       May hái do?
Mikmaq (Canada)                            Taluisin kíl?
Milanese [Lombard] (Milan Italy) [formal]  'Me 'l se ciama? 
Milanese [Lombard] (Milan Italy) [inf.]    'Me te se ciamet?
Minangkabau (Sumatra Indonesia) [polite]   Sia namo sanak?
Minangkabau (Sumatra Indonesia) [impolite] Sia namo wa-ang?
Minangkabau (Sumatra Indonesia) [informal] Namonyo sia?
Mingo (North America)                      Të'ë syásö?
Mingo (North America)                      Të'ë nís syásö?
Misima (Papua New Guinea)                  Alam ek?
Miskito (Nicargua, Honduras)               Man ninam dia?
Miwok [Plains Miwok] (California USA)      Hi-it' 'owa-se'ny?
Mixe (Mexico)                              Ti mimshi:?
Mixtec (Alacatlazala Guerrero Mexico)      Ndasá naníkun?
Mixtec (Santa Catarina Estetla Mexico)     Na nani?    
Mixtec (Metlatónoc Guerrero Mexico)        Nidjá nani kùú?
Mixtec (Xicayán Mexico)                    Nizá nani kuú?
Mixtec (Xicayán Mexico)                    Ndia ña'a ku kivi ra?
Mixtec (Huitpec Mexic) [to a man]          Na nani yo'o taa?
Mixtec (Huitpec Mexic) [to a woman]        Na nani yo'o naa?
Mixtec (Huitpec Mexic) [to a child]        Na nani yo'o landa?
Mixtec (San Juan Mixtepec)                 Nixi nani meu?
Mixtec (San Juan Mixtepec)                 Nixi nanini?
Mixtec (San Juan Mixtepec) [informal]      Nixi nanú?
Mixtec (Santa Lucia Monteverde)[formal]    Ndexe nani-ni?
Mixtec (Santa Lucia Monteverde)[informal]  Ndexe nani-lo?
Monegasque (Monaco)                        Cuma se chiami?
Mongolian (Mongolia, Northern China)       Tany ner khen be?  
Mongolian (Mongolia) [full name]           Tany ovog neriyg khen gedeg be?
Monpa [Tawang] (India)                     Ik ming zi lo?
Montagnais (Canada)                        Tan eshinikashuin?
Montagnais (Canada)                        Tan eshinikatikauin?
Mòoré (Burkina Faso) [formal]              Yamb yuurla boe?
Mòoré (Burkina Faso) [informal]            Fo yuurla boe?
Mopá-maya (Guatemala)                      Mac a cab'a' inchech?
Mordvin (Russia)                           Koda ton lemet?
Moru (South Sudan)                         Ävuru miro a'di ya?
Motu (Papua New Guinea)                    Ladamu be daika?
Movima (Peru)                              Ejlejla cooss ehiam?
Mpi (Thailand)                             Ná m mí n ché á?
Munduruku (Brazil)                         Apën ebotep?
Murle (South Sudan)                        Kazi zzar cugun nɛ?
Muskogee (Oklahoma & Florida USA)          Naket cehocefkvte?

Náhuatl (Mexico, El Salvador)              Ken motoka?
Náhuatl (Mexico, El Salvador) [formal]     Kenin motokatzin?
Nama (Namibia)                             Mâti du |on hâ?
Nama (Namibia) [to a man]                  Mâtitsâ |on hâ?
Nama (Namibia) [to a woman]                Mâtis du |on hâ?
Nambikuara (Brazil)                        Waï nasa?
Nanai (Russia)                             Суэ гэрбусу уй?
Nandi (Kenya)                              Kiguurene ng'o?
Nandi (Kenya) [informal]                   Kiguurenín ne?
Nandi (Kenya) [formal]                     Kiguurenók ne?
Narim (South Sudan)                        A thar cĩgũnĩk ngẽnẽ?
Navajo (Southwestern United States)        Haash yinílyé?
Naxi (Yunnan China)                        Ngvl eqzee miq waq?
Ndebele (Southern Africa)                  Ubani ibizo lakho?
Ndebele (Southern Africa)                  Ungubani ibizo lakho?
Ndebele (Southern Africa)                  Ibize lami ngu?
Nenets (Russia)                            Нюмл ӈамге? 
Nenets (Russia)                            Пыдыр нюмл ӈамге?
Nepali (Nepal)                             Tapaiko nam ke ho?
Nigerian Pidgin (Nigeria)                  Na watin bi yur name?
Nimo (Papua New Guinea)                    Nena sida maino?
Nisi (Arunachal Pradesh India)             Nok aminhə hogə?
Nomatsiguenga (Peru)                       Pairo pijita?
Norwegian [Bokmaal] (Norway)               Hva heter du?
Norwegian [Bokmaal] (Norway)               Hva er navnet ditt?
Norwegian [Nynorsk] (Norway)               Kva heiter du?
Norwegian [Sortlandsk] (Sortland Norway)   Ka du heite?
Nuer (Sudan and Ethiopia)                  Cɔal ciötdu idi?
Nyelayu (New Caledonia)                    Iva naaram?

[Occitan, see Provencal]
Odwawa (Canada)                            Aneesh ezhinikazyin?
Ojibwe [Anishinaabe, Chippewa] (N.America) Aaniin ezhinikaazowin?
Ojibwe [Anishinaabe, Chippewa) (N.America) Aaniin ezhinikaazoyin?
Okanagan (United States and Canada)        Swit askʷíst?
Oriya (India, Bangladesh)                  Aapa nanka naam kan?
Ossetian (Georgia)                         Dæ nom kudu?
Ossetian (Georgia)                         Uæ nom kudu?
Oshiwambo (Namibia)                        Oove lye?
Otetela (Lodja Congo-Kinshasa)             Lokombo lake?

Paipai (Southern California USA)           Ka'mamuhshich?
Paipai (Southern California USA)           Kabmamauhshich?
Paipai (Mexico)                            Kabmahmshich myu?
Palawano (Philippines)                     Sinu ngaran mu?
Palenquero (Colombia)                      ¿Kumo asé ñamá uté?
Pangu (Nigeria)                            Mbata shi ruzhaa rundaabi?
Papiamentu (Dutch Antilles, Aruba)         Cuá ta bo nomber?
Parecis (Brazil)                           Zare nealo iso?
Pashto (Afghanistan, Pakistan)             Sta noom tse day?
Pemon (Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana)          Öik adeseik?
Pemon [Taurepan] Venezuela, Brazil)        Anük adesek?
[Penobscot, see Abenaki]
Phorhépecha [Purépecha] (Michoacán Mexico) Najtsï arhinhasïni cha?
Pho Karen (Thailand)                       Ná mîn pá thê lèh?
Pijin (Solomon Islands)                    Hu nao nem blong iu?
Pipil (El Salvador)                        Ken mutukay?
Pocomchí (Guatemala)                       Chi' ab'ih?
[Police Motu, see Hiri Motu]
Polish (Poland)                            Jak sie nazywasz?
Polish (Poland) [to man]                   Jak sie pan nazywa?
Polish (Poland) [to woman]                 Jak sie pani nazywa?
Polish (Poland) [to man; formal]           Jak pan ma na imie?
Polish (Poland) [to woman; formal]         Jak pani ma na imie?
Polish (Poland) [informal]                 Jak masz na imie?
Polish (Poland) [to man; rare]             Jak Pana godnosc?
Polish (Poland) [to woman; rare]           Jak Pani godnosc?
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)              Come se chama?
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)              Como você se chama?
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) [informal]   Como é o teu nome?
Portuguese (Portugal)                      Come é que se chama?
Portuguese (Brazil) [to one man, formal]   Como o senhor se chama?
Portuguese (Brazil) [to one woman, formal] Como a senhora se chama?
Portuguese (Brazil) [to several men]       Como os senhores se chamam?
Portuguese (Brazil) [to several women]     Como as senhoras se chamam?
Portuguese [to men and women together]     Como os senhores se chamam?
Potawatomi (United States)                 Nije ezhnekazyen?
Provencal [Occitan] (France)               Cossí te dison?
Provencal [Occitan] (France) [informal]    Cossí te dises?
[Pular, see Fulani]
Punjabi (India) [formal]                   Tuhaadaa hai naam kee?
Punjabi (India) [formal]                   Tuhaadaa kee naam hai?
Punjabi (India) [formal]                   Jee tuhaadaa naam?
Punjabi (India) [informal]                 Naan e kee teraa?
Punjabi (India) [informal]                 Teraa kee naan e?
Punjabi (India) [informal]                 Tuwada naan kee hai?
[Purépecha, see Phorhépecha]

[Q'anjobal, see Kanjobal]
Quechua Ancash (Anchas Peru)               Imatak jutikika?
Quechua Ayacucho (Ayacucho Peru)           Imam sutiki?
Quechua Cajamarca (Cajamarca Peru)         Imam shutingi?
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru) [formal]     Iman sutiyki?
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru) [formal]     Iman sutiki?
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru)              Imatah sutiykiri?
Quechua Cuzqueño (Cuzco Peru) [informal]   Ima sutiyki?
Quechua Junin (Junin Peru)                 Imam jutiki?
Quechua San Martin (Peru)                  Ima shutitá cangui?
Quiché (Guatemala)                         Jas bi' la?
Quiché (Guatemala)                           Bi'aj?
Quichua (Ecuador)                          Ima shutitaq canqui?
Quichua (Ecuador)                          Ima shutitac cangui?

Rade (Vietnam)                             Mdo anăn ih? 
Rapanui (Easter Island)                    Ko ai to'ou ingoa?
[Raramuri, see Tarahumara]
Ribaktsa (Brazil)                          Amy sa nãro?
Romani (central Europe)                    Sar bušos?
Romani [Sofia Erli] (Bulgaria)             Sar ti to alav?
Romani [Arli] (Macedonia)                  Sar si tiro anav?
Romani [Bugurdzi] (Macedonia)              Sar isi to anav?
Romani [Carpathian] (Czech Republic)       Sar tut vičines?
Romani [Carpathian] (Czech Republic)       Sar tut vičinen?
Romanian (Romania)                         Cum va numiti?
Romanian (Romania)                         Care este numele tau?
Romanian (Romania)                         Cum te cheamã?
Romansch (Swizterland)                     Co has Ti num?
[Runasimi, see Quechua]
Russian (Russia)                           Kak vas zavut?
Russian (Russia) [informal]                Kak tebya zavut?
Rutoro (Uganda) [clan name]                Empako yawe?

Saami [Davvi] (Scandinavia)                Mii du namma lea?
Saami [Inari] (Scandinavia)                Mii tuu nommâ lii?
Saami [Kildin] (Russia)                    Коххт тон нэмм ли?
Saami [Kildin] (Russia)                    Коххт ли тон нэмм?
Saami [Lule]  (Scandinavia)                Mij la duv namma?
Saami [Skolt] (Scandinavia)                Mii tuu nõmm lij?
Saami [Skolt] (Scandinavia)                Ǩii ton leäk?
Saami [South] (Scandinavia)                Guktie dov nomme?
Saami [Ume] (Scandinavia)                  Guktie leäh duv namma?
Saanich (Vancouver Canada)                 Steng ?acha ts ?nsne?
Sakao (Vanuatu) [bad manners to ask]       I mgün hi?
Sakao (Vanuatu) [ask of 3rd person]        Watür âm mügün hi?
Sama (Philippines)                         Siyan on nu?
Samoan (Samoa) [informal]                  'O ai lou igoa?
Samoan (Samoa) [polite]                    'O ai lou suafa?
Samogitian (northwest Lithuania)           Kou tu vārdu? 
Samogitian (northwest Lithuania) [formal]  Kou jūs vārdu esat?
Sanskrit (India)                           Tava naama kim asti?
Sardinian (Italy)                          Comente ti muttis?
Sarnami (Suriname, Holland)                Tor ka naam hai?
Sarnami (Suriname, Holland)                Tohaar ka naam hai?
Scots [Ulster Scots] (Northern Ireland)    Whit wud the cry you?
Scottish Gaelic (Scotland) [formal]        Dé'n t-ainm a th'oirbh?
Scottish Gaelic (Scotland) [informal]      Dé'n t-ainm a th'ort?
Sema (India)                               Ozhe kiu kya?
Sentani (Indonesia)                        Waro nde?
Sepedi [Northern Sotho] (South Africa)     Leina la gago ke mang?
Sepedi [Northern Sotho] (South Africa)     O mang lebits'o lagago?
Serbian (Serbia, Yugoslavia)               Kako se zovete?
Serbian (Serbia, Yugoslavia) [informal]    Kako se zovesh?
Serrere (Senegal, Gambia)                  Nam néhé?
Seselwa [Seychelles Creole] (Seychelles)   Ki manyer ou apele?
Sesotho (Lesotho, South Africa)            Lebitso la hao ke mang?
Sesotho (Lesotho, South Africa) [surname]  Fane ya hao ke mang?
Setswana (South Africa, Botswana)          Leina le gago ke mang?
Setswana (South Africa, Botswana)          O bidewa mang? 
Setswana (South Africa, Botswana)          O mang? 
Shanghai (Shanghai China)                  Non sin sa?
Sgaw Karen (Thailand)                      Ná mi dà lèh?
Shehri (Oman)[to a man]                    Ínšuk?
Shehri (Oman)[to a woman]                  Ínšus?
Shehri (Oman)[to a man]                    Ínέ yǝʻɔr hek?
Shehri (Oman)[to a woman]                  Ínέ yǝʻɔr his?
Shelta (USA, Ireland) [old;no longer used] A linska hoos?
Sherpa [Helambu] (Nepal, Tibet)            Khea ti min chi himba?
Sherpa [Solu] (Nepal, Tibet)               Cheo re min khang hien?
Shi (Congo)                                Izino ryawe wendi?
Shilluk (South Sudan)                      Nyingí á men?
Shina (Central Asia)                       Tei jek nom han?
Shipibo (Peru)                             Miaki jawë janë iki?
Shokleng (South America)                   Ku a yiyi te halike te?
[Shona, see Chishona]
Shor (Russia) [given name]                 Seeñ adïñ kem?
Shor (Russia) [given name; polite]         Silerdiñ attarïñ kem?
Shor (Russia) [surname]                    Seeñ töliñ kem?
Shor (Russia) [surname; polite]            Silerdiñ töleriñ kem?
Shuar (Ecuador, Peru)                      Yáitiam?
Shughni (Tajikistan and Afghanistan)       Twato nom tsayz?
Shuswap [Secwepemc] (Canada)               Sweti7 ke7 skwest?
Siswati [Swazi] (Swaziland)                Ngibani ligama lakho?
[Sioux, see Lakota]
Slovak (Slovakia)                          Ako sa voláte?
Slovak (Slovakia) [informal]               Ako sa voláš?
Slovenian (Slovenia)                       Kako vam je ime?
Slovenian (Slovenia)                       Kako ti je ime?
Slovenian (Slovenia) [informal]            Kako se imenuješ?
Slovenian (Slovenia)                       Kako se pisete?
Somali (Somalia, Ethiopia)                 Magacaa?
Sorbian [Upper Sorbian] (eastern Germany)  Kak rekaš?
[Sotho, see Sesotho and Sepedi]
Spanish (Spain, America)                   ¿Cómo se llama Usted?
Spanish (Spain, America)                   ¿Cuál es su nombre?
Spanish (Spain, America) [informal]        ¿Cómo te llamas?
Spanish (Spain, America) [informal]        ¿Cuál es tu nombre?
Spanish (Spain, America) [last name]       ¿Cuál es su apellido?
Spanish (Spain, America) [last name-inf.]  ¿Cuál es tu apellido?
Sranan (Suriname)                          Fa yu nen de?
Subanen (Philippines)                      Andun ngalan mo? 
Sudovian (Baltic region)                   Kai astei bilêtan?
Sundanese [Basa Sunda] (Indonesia)         Nami anjeun saha?
Sundanese [Basa Sunda] (Indonesia)         Saha nami anjeun?
Suya (Brazil)                              Nhỹntã ngïntira?
Svan (Georgia)                             Mäy jazhkha?
[Swahili, see Kiswahili]
[Swazi, see Siswati]
Swedish (Sweden, Finland)                  Vad heter du?

Tacana (Bolivia)                           Aimi bamine?
Tagalog (Philippines)                      Ano ang pangalan mo?
Tagalog (Philippines)                      Ano ang ngalan mo?
Taiwanese [Chinese] (Taiwan)               Li kio sim-mih mia?
Taiwanese (Taiwan)                         Chnia meng lan gui shee?
Tajik (Tajikstan)                          Nomaton chist?
Talysh (Azerbaijan)                        Iştı nom çiçe?
Talysh (Azerbaijan)                        Şımǝ nom çiçe?
Tamashek (West Africa) [to a man]          Isem ennak?
Tamashek (West Africa) [to a man]          Isem n nek?
Tamashek (West Africa) [to a man]          M'esm nak?
Tamashek (West Africa) [to a woman]        Isem ennam?
Tamashek (West Africa) [to a man]          Isem n nem?
Tamashek (West Africa) [to a woman]        M'esm nam?
Tamil (India)                              Unnaku peyar enna?
Tamil (India)                              Un payar enna?
Tamil (India)                              Unga per ennanga?
Tapirape (Brazil)                          Mã'e tã'e nererã?
Tarahumara [Raramuri] (Mexico) [to man]    Chú miriwé?
Tarahumara [Raramuri] (Mexico) [to woman]  Chú meriwé?
Tashkorghani (Central Asia)                Ta ato nom tsayz?
Tatar (Russia)                             Isemegez nichek?
Tatar (Russia)                             Isemej nichek?
Tatar (Russia) [informal]                  Sinen isemen nichek?
Tay (Vietnam)                              Ten múng le xang ma?
Telugu (India) [formal]                    Mee peru yemiti?
Telugu (India) [informal]                  Nee peru yemiti?
Telugu (India) [formal]                    Mi peru emiti?
Telugu (India) [informal]                  Ni peru emiti?
Tennet (South Sudan)                       Een zara cugunnek ngene? 
Teop (Papua New Guinea)                    E teie a henaman?
Tetum (East Timor) [formal - to elder]     Ita nia naran sa?
Tetum (East Timor) [informal]              O nia naran sa?
Tetum (East Timor)                         Ita nia naran saida?
Tetum (East Timor) [first and last name]   Ita nia naran ho apelido, hanusá?
[Teuso, see Icetot]
Thai (Thailand)                            Khun chêu a-rai?
Thai (Thailand)                            Kun cheo arai?
Thangmi [Thami] (Himalayas)                Nang-ko name hara?
Ticuna (Peru)                              Taxacü nixĩ i cuéga?
Tibetan (Tibet)                            Kayrang gi mingla karay ray?
Ticuna (Brazil)                            Tacü ni'i icuega?
Tigrinya (Ethiopia, Eritrea) [to male]     Men shimka?
Tigrinya (Ethiopia, Eritrea) [to female]   Men shimki?
Tiv (Nigeria)                              Iti you er ana?
Timbisha (California USA)                  Üü hakami nihakantü?
Timbisha (California USA)                  Üü hakami natüpinniahantü?
Timbisha (California USA)                  Hakami naniyahantü üü?
Tlingit (Canada)                           Uásse i-due-ssakt?
Tlingit (Southeastern Alaska)              Aadoo sawe?
Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea)               Husat nem bilong yu?
Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea)               Wanem nem bilong yu?
Tombulu (Indonesia)                        Sei sia ngaranu?
Tongan (Tonga)                             Ko hai ho hingoa?
Tongva (USA)                               Hahkh keem mo toi yam?
Toposa (South Sudan)                       Nyekoni kiro ngae?
Totonac (Veracruz Mexico)                  Tuku wanikan wix?
Trobes Tokples (Trobriand Papua N. Guinea) Yokwa amiyagam?
Trumai (Brazil)                            Helein hi tak yi?
[Tsalagi, see Cherokee]
Tseshaht (British Columbia Canada)         A chuck lah huck?
Tsonga (Southern Africa)                   U mani vito ra wena?
Tulu (India)                               Inkulno pudhaar encha?
Tulu (India)                               Inkulno pudhaar jaadho?
Tulu (India) [honorific]                   Eerena pudarenchina?
Tulu (India) [non-honorific]               Niklena pudarenchina?
Tukang Besi (Indonesia)                    Te ngaa'u te emai?
Tupi [Tembe Tenetehar] (Amazon Brazil)     Ma'ênungar ne-rêr?
Tupi [Tembe Tenetehar] (Amazon Brazil)     Ma'ênungar a'ê ne-rêr?
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)          Isminiz ne?
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)          Isminiz nedir?
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)[informal]Isimin ne?
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)          Senin adinne?
Turkmen (Turkmenistan)                     Sizing adïnïz näme?
Tuscarora (New York USA, Ontario Canada)   Beh-syah-theh?
Tuvan (Russia) [polite]                    Adïñar kïmïl?
Tzotzil (Chiapas Mexico)                   K'usi abi?
Tzotzil (Chiapas Mexico)                   K'usi abi li vo'ote?
Tzotzil (Chiapas Mexico)                   K'asi abi?

Udmurt (Russia)                            Kyzh ie tiliad niimdy?
Udmurt (Russia) [informal]                 Kyzy tynad nimyd?
Ukrainian (Ukraine)                        Yak vy nazyvayetsya?
Ukrainian (Ukraine) [informal]             Yak tebe zvut?
Ulwa (Nicaragua)                           Ayangma ai ka?
Uma (Indonesia)                            Hema hanga' nu?
Urdu (India, Pakistan, Central Asia)       Aap kaa naam kyaa hai?
Ute (Colorado and Utah USA)                Ani ümüí nia?
Utudnon (Philippines: Leyte)               Sino imo ngayan?
Utudnon (Philippines: Leyte)               Sino bay imu pangayan?
Uvean (Vanuatu)                            Ko ai tou higoa?
Uyghur (Central Asia)                      Ismingiz nimä?
Uyghur (Central Asia)                      Etingiz nimä?
Uzbek (Uzbekistan)                         Sizning ismingiz nima?

Valencian (Spain)                          Com et diuen?
Venda (Southern Africa)                    Zina lavho ndinnyi?
Veps (Russia)                              Kut sindai kuctas?
Veps (Russia)                              Mitte teiden nimi om?
Vietnamese (Vietnam) [to man]              Tên ông là gì?
Vietnamese (Vietnam) [to married woman]    Tên bà là gì?
Vietnamese (Vietnam) [to unmarried woman]  Tên cô là gì?
Vietnamese (Vietnam) [to young man]        Tên anh là gì?
Vietnamese (Vietnam) [to young woman]      Tên chị là gì?
Vietnamese (Vietnam) [to child]            Tên em là gì?
Visayan [Cebuano] (Philippines)            Unsay imong ngalan?
Visayan (Philippines)                      Unsa'y imong ngalan?
Visayan (Philippines)                      Kinsa'y ngalan mo?
Visayan (Philippines)                      Unsa'y ngalan nimo?
Võro (southern Estonia)                    Miä su nimi om?
Võro (southern Estonia)                    Kuis ti nimi om?
Võro (southern Estonia)                    Kia sa olõt?
Võro (southern Estonia) [Seto]             Mes su nimi om?
Votic (Russia)                             Kui sinu nimi on?
Votic (Russia)                             Mitá on sinuu nimi?

Wagiman (Australia)                        Baning-nga lawar ngigun?
Waima (Papua New Guinea)                   Atamu tai?
Wakhi (Central Asia)                       Ti nungi chiz?
Wakhi (Central Asia)                       Ti num chiz?
Wakhi [Xikwar] (Central Asia)              Ti nunge chist?
Wali (Northern Ghana)                      E youri la bo?
Welsh (Wales) [formal]                     Beth ydych enw chi?
Welsh (Wales) [informal]                   Beth ydy dy enw di?
Welsh (Wales) [informal]                   Beth yw dy enw?
Welsh (Wales) [who are you?]               Pwy ydych chi?
Wintu (California United States)           Mat yecunas 'iye 'ibewi?
Wolof (West Africa)                        Na nga tudd?
Wolof (West Africa)                        Nda ga tuda?
Wu Chinese (China)                         Nong jyaw sa?

Xavante (Brazil)                           E niha atsitsi?
Xhosa (South Africa)                       Ngubani igama lahko?

Yakan (Philippines)                        Sine ennun?
Yao (South Malawi)                         Mwe linachi?
[Yao [Asia], see Mien]
Yeyi (Botswana)                            Ldina ldwee ndji yani?
Yiddish (Europe)                           Vas is dan numen?
Yiddish (Europe)                           Vi eyst ir?
Yiddish (Europe)                           Vi iz ayer nomen?
Yiddish (Europe) [informal]                Vi heystu?
Yine (Peru)                                Klu giwakyi?
Yora (Peru)                                Min afa adëmën?
Yoruba (Benin, Nigeria) [honorific]        Kí ni orúko yí:?
Yoruba (Benin, Nigeria) [honorific]        Kí ni orúko yín?
Yoruba (Benin, Nigeria) [non-honorific]    Kí ni orúko re?
Yucatec Maya (Southern Mexico)             Bix a k'aaba'?
Yucatec Maya (Yucatan Mexico)              Ba'ax a k'aaba'?
Yugur [Western Yugur] (Gansu China)        Senïñ atqa ni tighik-i?
Yugur [Western Yugur] (China) [surname]    Sen ni sïmïk-i?
Yupik (Alaska USA)                         Git tu zit?

Zande (South Sudan and DR Congo.)          Rimoro nga da?
Zaparo (Peru)                              Tia aichaurakati cha?
Zapotec (Villa Alta Mexico)                Bi lau?
Zapotec (Zoogocho Mexico)                  Bi lio'?
Zapotec (Oaxaca Mexico)                    Tu laa luu?
Zulu (South Africa)                        Ngubani igama lakho?
Zulu (South Africa)                        Ungubani igama lakho?
Zulu (South Africa)                        Ubani igama lakho?

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