Identity is a crucial concept that defines who we are and our sense of self. The word for “identity” can vary significantly across languages and cultures. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “identity” is expressed in 70 different languages from around the world.
Here is a list of how to say “identity” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Identitet | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tet
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – هوية (Hawiya) | Pronunciation: Ha-wee-ya
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ինքնություն (Ink’nut’yun) | Pronunciation: Ink-noo-tyoon
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Şəxsiyyət | Pronunciation: Sha-khsiy-yat
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Nortasuna | Pronunciation: Nor-ta-su-na
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Ідэнтычнасць (Identychnasts’) | Pronunciation: I-den-ty-ch-nasts
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – পরিচয় (Parichoy) | Pronunciation: Pori-choi
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Identitet | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tet
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Идентичност (Identichnost) | Pronunciation: I-den-tich-nost
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Identitat | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tat
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Identita | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-ta
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Identitet | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tet
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Identiteit | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tate
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Identity | Pronunciation: Eye-den-ti-tee
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Identiteet | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-teet
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – هویت (Hoviat) | Pronunciation: Ho-vee-yat
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Identiteetti | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-teet-ti
- French (🇫🇷) – Identité | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – იდენტობა (Identoba) | Pronunciation: I-den-to-ba
- German (🇩🇪) – Identität | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tate
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ταυτότητα (Taytótita) | Pronunciation: Taf-to-ti-ta
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – זהות (Zehut) | Pronunciation: Ze-hut
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – पहचान (Pehchaan) | Pronunciation: Peh-chaan
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Identitás | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-tash
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Sjálfsmynd | Pronunciation: Shyow-lfs-mind
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Identitas | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-tas
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Féiniúlacht | Pronunciation: Fay-nyoo-lakht
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Identità | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-ta
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 身元 (Mimoto) | Pronunciation: Mee-mo-to
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жеке басы (Zheke basy) | Pronunciation: Zhe-ke ba-sy
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – អត្តសញ្ញាណ (Attasanhnhan) | Pronunciation: At-ta-sanh-nhan
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 정체성 (Jeong-chesong) | Pronunciation: Jong-che-song
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Nasname | Pronunciation: Nas-na-me
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Идентификация (Identifikatsiya) | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-fi-ka-tsi-ya
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ອັດຕະລັກສະພາບ (Attalak Saphap) | Pronunciation: At-ta-lak sa-phap
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Identitāte | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-ta-te
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Tapatybė | Pronunciation: Ta-pa-ty-be
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Identitéit | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-tate
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Идентичност (Identichnost) | Pronunciation: I-den-tich-nost
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Identiti | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-tee
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Identità | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-ta
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 身份 (Shēnfèn) | Pronunciation: Shen-fen
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – ओळख (Olakh) | Pronunciation: O-lakh
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Таних тэмдэг (Tanikh temdeg) | Pronunciation: Ta-nikh tem-deg
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – पहिचान (Pahichan) | Pronunciation: Pa-hi-chan
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Identitet | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tet
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – پېژندنه (Pezhandana) | Pronunciation: Pe-zhan-da-na
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Tożsamość | Pronunciation: To-zsa-moshch
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Identidade | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-da-de
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Identitate | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-ta-te
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Идентичность (Identichnost’) | Pronunciation: I-den-tich-nost
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Идентитет (Identitet) | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tet
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – හැඳුනුම්පත (Handunumpatha) | Pronunciation: Han-du-num-pa-tha
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Identita | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-ta
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Identiteta | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-te-ta
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Aqoonsi | Pronunciation: Ah-qoon-si
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Identidad | Pronunciation: Ee-den-ti-dad
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Utambulisho | Pronunciation: Oo-ta-mboo-li-sho
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Identitet | Pronunciation: Ee-den-tee-tet
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ҳувият (Huviyat) | Pronunciation: Hu-vi-yat
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – அடையாளம் (Aṭaiyāḷam) | Pronunciation: A-da-ya-lam
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – గుర్తింపు (Gurthinpu) | Pronunciation: Gur-thin-pu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – เอกลักษณ์ (Ekalak) | Pronunciation: A-ka-lak
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Kimlik | Pronunciation: Keem-lik
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Ідентичність (Identychnist’) | Pronunciation: I-den-tich-nist
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – شناخت (Shanakht) | Pronunciation: Sha-nakht
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Shaxsiyat | Pronunciation: Shakhs-i-yat
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Danh tính | Pronunciation: Danh Tinh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Hunaniaeth | Pronunciation: Hi-na-nyeth
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ubunikazi | Pronunciation: Oo-bu-nee-ka-zi
