The term “birth” marks the beginning of life and is a momentous event celebrated across various cultures. Here is how to say “birth” in 70 different languages, reflecting the linguistic diversity across the globe:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Lindje | Pronunciation: Lin-dje
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – ولادة (Wiladah) | Pronunciation: Wi-la-dah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – ծնունդ (Tsnund) | Pronunciation: Tz-nund
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Doğum | Pronunciation: Doh-ghum
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Jaiotza | Pronunciation: Hai-ot-za
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Нараджэнне (Naradzhenne) | Pronunciation: Na-ra-jen-ye
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – জন্ম (Jonmo) | Pronunciation: Jon-mo
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Rođenje | Pronunciation: Rod-jen-je
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Раждане (Razhdane) | Pronunciation: Razh-da-ne
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Naixement | Pronunciation: Nay-she-ment
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Narození | Pronunciation: Na-ro-ze-nee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Fødsel | Pronunciation: Fuh-dsel
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Geboorte | Pronunciation: Geh-boor-te
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Birth | Pronunciation: Birth
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Sünd | Pronunciation: Sund
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – تولد (Tavalod) | Pronunciation: Ta-va-lod
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Syntymä | Pronunciation: Seen-tü-mä
- French (🇫🇷) – Naissance | Pronunciation: Nay-saunce
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – დაბადება (Dabadeba) | Pronunciation: Da-ba-de-ba
- German (🇩🇪) – Geburt | Pronunciation: Geh-boort
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Γέννηση (Gennisi) | Pronunciation: Yen-nee-see
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לידה (Leeda) | Pronunciation: Lee-dah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – जन्म (Janm) | Pronunciation: Janm
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Születés | Pronunciation: Sue-leh-tesh
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Fæðing | Pronunciation: Fai-ding
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Kelahiran | Pronunciation: Ke-la-hee-ran
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Breith | Pronunciation: Breh
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Nascita | Pronunciation: Nas-chee-ta
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 出産 (Shussan) | Pronunciation: Shu-ssan
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Туу (Tu) | Pronunciation: Too
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – កំណើត (Kamnaet) | Pronunciation: Kam-naet
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 출생 (Chulsaeng) | Pronunciation: Chul-saeng
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Lêdan | Pronunciation: Ley-dan
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Төрөлгөн (Törolgön) | Pronunciation: To-rol-gon
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ການເກີດ (Kan Kerd) | Pronunciation: Kan Kerd
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Dzimšana | Pronunciation: Dzim-sha-na
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Gimimas | Pronunciation: Gi-mi-mas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gebuert | Pronunciation: Geh-buert
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Раѓање (Radjanje) | Pronunciation: Ra-djan-je
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Kelahiran | Pronunciation: Ke-la-hee-ran
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Twelid | Pronunciation: T-we-lid
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 出生 (Chūshēng) | Pronunciation: Choo-shung
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – जन्म (Janma) | Pronunciation: Jan-ma
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Төрсөн (Törsön) | Pronunciation: Tur-sun
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – जन्म (Janma) | Pronunciation: Jan-ma
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Fødsel | Pronunciation: Fuh-dsel
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زېږون (Zezhwoon) | Pronunciation: Ze-zhwoon
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – تولد (Tavalod) | Pronunciation: Ta-va-lod
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Narodziny | Pronunciation: Na-rod-zi-ny
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Nascimento | Pronunciation: Nas-si-men-to
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Naștere | Pronunciation: Na-sh-te-re
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Рождение (Rozhdenie) | Pronunciation: Rozh-de-ni-ye
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Рођење (Rodjenje) | Pronunciation: Rod-jen-je
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – උපත (Upatha) | Pronunciation: U-pa-tha
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Narodenie | Pronunciation: Na-ro-de-nie
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Rojstvo | Pronunciation: Roy-stvo
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Dhalasho | Pronunciation: Dha-la-sho
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Nacimiento | Pronunciation: Na-si-mien-to
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kuzaliwa | Pronunciation: Koo-za-lee-wa
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Födelse | Pronunciation: Fur-del-se
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Таваллуд (Tavallud) | Pronunciation: Ta-val-lud
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பிறப்பு (Pirappu) | Pronunciation: Pee-rap-poo
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – జననం (Jananam) | Pronunciation: Ja-na-nam
- Thai (🇹🇭) – การเกิด (Kan koet) | Pronunciation: Kan kerd
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Doğum | Pronunciation: Doh-um
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Народження (Narodzhennya) | Pronunciation: Na-rod-zhen-ya
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – پیدائش (Paidaish) | Pronunciation: Pai-dai-sh
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tug’ilish | Pronunciation: Too-gi-lish
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Sự sinh | Pronunciation: Soo sinh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Geni | Pronunciation: Geh-nee