Coffee in 592 languages

592 languages

Coffee — the drink brewed from roasted coffee beans. The everyday word for the beverage: not the plant, not the unroasted bean, not a café or coffee house, and not the colour.

Major languages

English

coffee

/ˈkɒfi/

4 readings of the same spelling

Chinese

咖啡

/kʰä˥ feɪ̯˥/

2 different spellings

咖啡

/kaː˧ fɛː˥/

Cantonese

/kʰa˥˧ fi˥˧/

Shanghai Wu Ningbo Wu

/ka˦˦ pi˦˦/

Taiwanese

/ka˦ fi˦/

Hakka Chinese

/kʰa˥ fei˥/

Northeastern Mandarin

/kia˧˧ hui˧˧/

Teochew

/ka˥˥ pi˥˥/

Eastern Min

/kʰɑ˦˦ fi˦˦/

Suzhou Wu

/ka˧˧ fe˥˥/

Taishanese

/ka˨˦ pi˨˦/

Taiwanese Hakka

/ka˥˧ pi˥˧/

Hailu Hakka

/kʰa˦˦ fei˦˦/

Kunming Mandarin

/kʰa˥˥ fi˥˥/

Nanning Yue

/ka˧˧ pe˥˥˦/

Philippine Hokkien

/ko˦˦ pi˦˦/

Xiamen Hokkien

/ko˦˦ pʰi˦˦/

Zhangzhou Hokkien

/ka˧˧ fɛ˥˥/

Zhongshan Yue

кофе

/kʰɔ˦fiə˨˦/

Dungan

Hindi

कॉफ़ी

/kɔːfiː/

Urdu

کافی

/kaːfiː/

Telugu

కాఫీ

/kaːpʰiː/

Tamil

காபி

/kaːbi/

East Asia (16)

Hmong

kas fes

/ka˨˩ fe˨˩/

Tai Lue

ᦆᦱᧈᦵᦝᧀᧈ

/xaː˧ fɤj˧/

Jeju

커피

/kʰʌpʰi/

Southeast Asia (42)

Khmer

កាហ្វេ

/kaː feː/

Lao

ກາເຟ

/kaː˩˧ feː˧˥/

Burmese

ကော်ဖီ

/kɔ̀pʰì/

Shan

ၵႃႇၽီႇ

/kaː˩ pʰiː˩/

Wa

kha: feue:

/kʰa fɤi/

Mon

ကာဖဳ

/kapʰi/

Thai

กาแฟ

/kaː˧ fɛː˧/

2 readings of the same spelling

/kaː˧ fɛː˧/

Thai

/kaː˧ fɛː˥/

Northern Thai

South Asia (24)

Dari

قهوه

/qahˈwa/

Odia

କଫି

/kɔpʰi/

Tulu

ಕಾಪಿ

/kaːpi/

Middle East & Central Asia (45)

Kumyk

къагьва

/qahva/

Laz

კავე

/kʼave/

Europe (111)

Manx

caffee

/ˈkafiː/

Catalan

cafè

/kəˈfɛ/

2 different spellings

cafè

/kəˈfɛ/

Catalan

café

/kaˈfe/

Valencian

Ido

kafeo

/kaˈfeo/

Africa (99)

Fon

kafée

/kafée/

Dii

kàfée

/kafeː/

Ga

kɔfi

/kɔfi/

Luo

kahawa

/kahawa/

Mano

káfé

/ka˥fe˥/

Igbo

kọfị

/kɔfɪ/

Zulu

ikhofi

/iˈkʰofi/

North America (68)

Cree

ᐱᐦᑲᐦᑌᐚᐳᕀ

/pihkahteːwaːpoj/

Ojibwe

makade-mashkikiwaaboo

/makade maʃkikiwaːboː/

Blackfoot

niitáʼpaisiksikimi

/niːtáʔpaisiksikimi/

Haida

g̱ángkʼan

/ɢáŋkʼan/

Lakota

wakȟályapi

/wakˣáljapi/

Cheyenne

moʼȯhtávėhohpe

/moʔohtávehohpe/

Arapaho

wooʼteenoowuʼ

/woːʔteːnoːwuʔ/

Dakota

pežuta sapa

/peʒuta sapa/

Osage

mąhkása

/mãhkása/

Latin America (24)

Hup

kapé

/kapé/

Oceania & the Pacific (28)

Siberia & North Asia (6)

Ancient & historical (2)

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