In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “Number 1” is expressed in different languages around the world, from the most commonly spoken languages to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “number 1” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Një | Pronunciation: Nyuh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – واحد (Wahid) | Pronunciation: Wah-hid
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Մեկ (Mek) | Pronunciation: Mek
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Bir | Pronunciation: Beer
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Bat | Pronunciation: Baht
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Адзін (Adzin) | Pronunciation: Ad-zeen
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – এক (Ek) | Pronunciation: Ek
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Jedan | Pronunciation: Yeh-dahn
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Един (Edin) | Pronunciation: Eh-deen
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Un | Pronunciation: Oon
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Jedna | Pronunciation: Yed-na
- Danish (🇩🇰) – En | Pronunciation: En
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Eén | Pronunciation: Ayn
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – One | Pronunciation: Wuhn
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Üks | Pronunciation: Uhks
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – یک (Yek) | Pronunciation: Yek
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Yksi | Pronunciation: Ook-see
- French (🇫🇷) – Un | Pronunciation: Uh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ერთი (Erti) | Pronunciation: Er-tee
- German (🇩🇪) – Eins | Pronunciation: Ayns
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ένα (Éna) | Pronunciation: Eh-na
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אחד (Echad) | Pronunciation: Eh-chad
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – एक (Ek) | Pronunciation: Ek
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Egy | Pronunciation: Edge
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Einn | Pronunciation: Ayn
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Satu | Pronunciation: Sah-too
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Aon | Pronunciation: Ay-n
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Uno | Pronunciation: Oo-no
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 一 (Ichi) | Pronunciation: Ee-chee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Бір (Bir) | Pronunciation: Beer
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – មួយ (Muoy) | Pronunciation: Moo-ay
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 하나 (Hana) | Pronunciation: Ha-na
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Yek | Pronunciation: Yek
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Бир (Bir) | Pronunciation: Beer
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຫນຶ່ງ (Nueng) | Pronunciation: Nueng
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Viens | Pronunciation: Vyens
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Vienas | Pronunciation: Vyeh-nahs
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Eent | Pronunciation: Eent
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Еден (Eden) | Pronunciation: Eh-den
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Satu | Pronunciation: Sah-too
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Wieħed | Pronunciation: Wee-hed
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 一 (Yī) | Pronunciation: Yee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – एक (Ek) | Pronunciation: Ek
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Нэг (Neg) | Pronunciation: Neg
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – एक (Ek) | Pronunciation: Ek
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – En | Pronunciation: En
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – یو (Yaw) | Pronunciation: Yaw
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Jeden | Pronunciation: Yeh-den
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Um | Pronunciation: Oom
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Unu | Pronunciation: Oo-noo
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Один (Odin) | Pronunciation: Ah-deen
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Један (Jedan) | Pronunciation: Yeh-dahn
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – එක (Eka) | Pronunciation: Eh-ka
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Jeden | Pronunciation: Yeh-den
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Ena | Pronunciation: Eh-na
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Mid | Pronunciation: Mid
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Uno | Pronunciation: Oo-no
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Moja | Pronunciation: Moh-jah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Ett | Pronunciation: Ett
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Яке (Yake) | Pronunciation: Yah-keh
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஒன்று (Ondru) | Pronunciation: On-dru
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఒకటి (Okaṭi) | Pronunciation: Oh-kah-tee
- Thai (🇹🇭) – หนึ่ง (Nung) | Pronunciation: Nueng
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Bir | Pronunciation: Beer
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Один (Odin) | Pronunciation: Oh-deen
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – ایک (Ek) | Pronunciation: Ek
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Bir | Pronunciation: Beer
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Một | Pronunciation: Moht
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Un | Pronunciation: Een
- Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Ọkan | Pronunciation: Oh-kan