In our globalized world, the question “Where are you from?” is a gateway to understanding someone’s background and cultural identity. Just as “yes” varies across languages, so does the way we inquire about one’s origin. Let’s delve into how to ask this question in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Nga jeni? | Pronunciation: Nga ye-nee
- Amharic (🇪🇹) – ከወንድሮስ ነህ? (Kewendiros neh) | Pronunciation: Ke-wen-di-ros neh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – من أين أنت؟ (Min ayna anta) | Pronunciation: Meen ayn-an anta
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Որտե՞ղ եք։ (Vortegh ek) | Pronunciation: Vortegh ek
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Haradan gəlirsən? | Pronunciation: Hah-rah-dahn geh-leer-sen
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Nongoa zaude? | Pronunciation: Non-goa zau-deh
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Звіндзе вы? (Zvindze vi) | Pronunciation: Zvin-dze vi
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – আপনি কোথা থেকে এসেছেন? (Apani kotha theke aschen) | Pronunciation: A-pa-ni ko-tha the-ke as-chen
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Odakle si? | Pronunciation: O-da-kle see
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – От къде сте? (Ot kade ste) | Pronunciation: Ot ka-de ste
- Burmese (🇲🇲) – မှန်မှာလား။ (Hma na ma la) | Pronunciation: Ma na ma la
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – D’on ets? | Pronunciation: D’on ets
- Chinese (Mandarin) (🇨🇳) – 你是哪国人？(Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén) | Pronunciation: Nee shi na guo ren
- Croatian (🇭🇷) – Odakle si? | Pronunciation: O-da-kle see
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Odkud jste? | Pronunciation: Od-kood yste
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Hvor er du fra? | Pronunciation: Vohr air doo fra
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Waar kom je vandaan? | Pronunciation: Vahr kom yuh vahn-daan
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kust sa pärit oled? | Pronunciation: Koost sa pa-rit o-led
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Mistä olet kotoisin? | Pronunciation: Mista olet ko-to-ee-sin
- French (🇫🇷) – D’où viens-tu? | Pronunciation: Doo vee-ahn too
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – საიდუმლო ხარ? (Saidumlo khar) | Pronunciation: Sai-dum-lo khar
- German (🇩🇪) – Woher kommst du? | Pronunciation: Vo-her komst doo
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Από πού είστε; (Apo pou eiste) | Pronunciation: Apo pou ee-steh
- Gujarati (🇮🇳) – તમે ક્યાંથી છો? (Tame kyathi cho) | Pronunciation: Ta-may kyaa-n-thee cho
- Hausa (🇳🇬) – Me zaki? | Pronunciation: May zah-kee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – מאין אתה? (Me’ayin atah) | Pronunciation: May-in ah-tah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – आप कहाँ से हैं? (Aap kahan se hain) | Pronunciation: Aap ka-han seh hai-n
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Honnan jöttél? | Pronunciation: Hon-nan yo-tel
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hvar ert þú frá? | Pronunciation: Kvar air-thu fra
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Dari mana kamu? | Pronunciation: Dah-ree ma-na ka-mu
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Di dove sei? | Pronunciation: Dee doh-veh say
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – どこから来ましたか？(Doko kara kimashita ka) | Pronunciation: Do-ko ka-ra kee-ma-shee-ta ka
- Kannada (🇮🇳) – ನೀವು ಎಲಿಂದ ಬಂದಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu ēliṁda bandiddīri) | Pronunciation: Nee-vu el-lin-da ban-di-d-dee-ree
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Қайдансыз? (Qaydansız) | Pronunciation: Kai-dan-syz
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – តើអ្នកណា? (Te anak neak) | Pronunciation: Teh a-nak nee
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 어디에서 왔어요? (Eodiseo wass-eoyo) | Pronunciation: Uh-di-suh wa-sseo-yo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – لە کوێ ئەی؟ (Le kuwey ye) | Pronunciation: Le ku-wey ye
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Эмнеге келдиңиз? (Emnege keldingiz) | Pronunciation: Em-ne-ge kel-ding-iz
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ທ່ານເມື່ອງຈາກເມືອງເຕັມເຈົ້າ? (Thān mụ̄ang chāk mụ̄ang tēm chǣo) | Pronunciation: Thaang muuang chak muuang tem cheow
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – No kurienes jūs esat? | Pronunciation: No ku-ri-en-nes yoos es-at
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Iš kur jūs? | Pronunciation: Eesh koor yoos
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Wou kommstu hier? | Pronunciation: Wou kom-stu hee-er
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Од каде сте? (Od kade ste) | Pronunciation: Od ka-de ste
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Dari mana kamu? | Pronunciation: Dah-ree ma-na ka-mu
- Malayalam (🇮🇳) – നീങ്ങള് എവിടെയിരിക്കുന്നു? (Nīṅṅaḷ ēviṭeyirikkunnu) | Pronunciation: Nee-ngal evi-dey-rikk-un-nu
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Minn fejn int? | Pronunciation: Minn fayn int
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – तू कुठे आहेस? (Tu kuthe ahes) | Pronunciation: Too koo-the a-hes
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Хаанаас ирсэн вэ? (Khaanaas irsen ve) | Pronunciation: Khaa-naas eer-sen veh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – कहाँ बाट आएका हुनुहुन्छ? (Kahaan baata aayeka hunuchha) | Pronunciation: Ka-han ba-taa aay-ka hun-u-hun-cha
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Hvor er du fra? | Pronunciation: Vohr air doo fra
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – تاسې کوم یې؟ (Tase kum yay) | Pronunciation: Taa-say kum yay
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – اهل کجایید؟ (Ahl kojaayid) | Pronunciation: Ahl ko-ja-yid
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Skąd jesteś? | Pronunciation: Skoond yes-tesh
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – De onde você é? | Pronunciation: Dje on-deh vo-seh eh
- Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿੱਥੋਂ ਹੋ? (Tusi kithon ho) | Pronunciation: Too-sin ki-tho-han ho
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – De unde ești? | Pronunciation: De un-de eshti
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Откуда вы? (Otkuda vi) | Pronunciation: Ot-ku-da vi
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Одакле си? (Odakle si) | Pronunciation: O-da-kle see
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ඔබ කොහෙද? (Oba koheda) | Pronunciation: O-ba ko-hedha
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Odkiaľ si? | Pronunciation: Odkyahl see
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Od kod si? | Pronunciation: Od kod see
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Maxaa ka soo baxa? | Pronunciation: Ma-haa ka so ba-ha
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – ¿De dónde eres? | Pronunciation: De don-deh eh-res
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Umetoka wapi? | Pronunciation: Oo-me-to-ka wa-pee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Var kommer du ifrån? | Pronunciation: Vahr kom-mer doo eef-ron
- Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Taga saan ka? | Pronunciation: Ta-ga sa-an ka
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – உங்கள் எங்கேயிருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Uṅkaḷ eṅkēyirukkiṟīrkaḷ) | Pronunciation: Ung-kal en-gay-ee-ru-ki-ree-er-kal
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – మీరు ఎలా ఉన్నారు? (Mīru elā unnāru) | Pronunciation: Mee-ru e-la un-naa-ru
- Thai (🇹🇭) – คุณมาจากที่ไหน? (Khun ma jak thi nai) | Pronunciation: Khun ma jak thi nai
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Nerelisiniz? | Pronunciation: Ne-re-li-si-niz