“Light” is an essential and universal concept, representing brightness, hope, and energy in cultures worldwide. Here is a list of how to say “light” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Dritë | Pronunciation: Dree-tuh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – ضوء (Daw’) | Pronunciation: Dah-oo
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Լույս (Lus) | Pronunciation: Loo-ees
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – İşıq | Pronunciation: Ish-ik
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Argia | Pronunciation: Ar-gee-ah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Святло (Sviatlo) | Pronunciation: Sviat-lo
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – আলো (Alo) | Pronunciation: Ah-lo
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Svjetlo | Pronunciation: Svyet-lo
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Светлина (Svetlina) | Pronunciation: Svet-lee-na
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Llum | Pronunciation: Lyoom
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Světlo | Pronunciation: Svye-tlo
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Lys | Pronunciation: Lyoos
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Licht | Pronunciation: Liht
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Light | Pronunciation: Lite
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Valgus | Pronunciation: Vahl-goos
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – نور (Noor) | Pronunciation: Noor
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Valo | Pronunciation: Vah-lo
- French (🇫🇷) – Lumière | Pronunciation: Loo-myair
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – სინათლე (Sinatle) | Pronunciation: See-naht-leh
- German (🇩🇪) – Licht | Pronunciation: Liht
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Φως (Fos) | Pronunciation: Fohs
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אור (Or) | Pronunciation: Or
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – प्रकाश (Prakash) | Pronunciation: Prah-kash
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Fény | Pronunciation: Feyn
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Ljós | Pronunciation: Lyos
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Cahaya | Pronunciation: Cha-hah-yah
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Solas | Pronunciation: Soh-lahs
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Luce | Pronunciation: Loo-cheh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 光 (Hikari) | Pronunciation: Hee-kah-ree
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жарық (Zharyk) | Pronunciation: Zha-ryk
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ពន្លឺ (Ponleur) | Pronunciation: Pon-luh
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 빛 (Bich) | Pronunciation: Bich
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Roni | Pronunciation: Ro-nee
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жарык (Jaryk) | Pronunciation: Jah-ryk
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ແສງ (Saeng) | Pronunciation: Saeng
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Gaisma | Pronunciation: Gai-smah
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Šviesa | Pronunciation: Shvye-sah
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Liicht | Pronunciation: Leekt
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Светлина (Svetlina) | Pronunciation: Svet-lee-na
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Cahaya | Pronunciation: Cha-ha-ya
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Dawl | Pronunciation: Dawl
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 光 (Guāng) | Pronunciation: Gwahng
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – प्रकाश (Prakash) | Pronunciation: Prah-kash
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Гэрэл (Gerel) | Pronunciation: Geh-rel
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – प्रकाश (Prakash) | Pronunciation: Prah-kash
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Lys | Pronunciation: Lyoos
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – رڼا (Rana) | Pronunciation: Rah-na
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – نور (Noor) | Pronunciation: Noor
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Światło | Pronunciation: Shvyat-wo
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Luz | Pronunciation: Looz
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Lumină | Pronunciation: Loo-mee-nuh
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Свет (Svet) | Pronunciation: Svet
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Светло (Svetlo) | Pronunciation: Svet-lo
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ආලෝකය (Alokaya) | Pronunciation: Ah-lo-ka-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Svetlo | Pronunciation: Svet-lo
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Svetloba | Pronunciation: Svet-lo-ba
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Iftiin | Pronunciation: If-teen
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Luz | Pronunciation: Looz
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Nuru | Pronunciation: Noo-roo
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Ljus | Pronunciation: Yoos
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Равшанӣ (Ravshani) | Pronunciation: Rav-sha-nee
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஒளி (Oli) | Pronunciation: Oh-lee
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – వెలుగు (Velugu) | Pronunciation: Veh-loo-goo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – แสงสว่าง (Saeng Sa-wang) | Pronunciation: Saeng Sa-wang
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Işık | Pronunciation: Ish-ik
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Світло (Svitlo) | Pronunciation: Svit-lo
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – روشنی (Roshni) | Pronunciation: Rosh-nee
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yorug’lik | Pronunciation: Yo-roog-leek
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Ánh sáng | Pronunciation: Anh-sang
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Goleuni | Pronunciation: Go-lay-nee