House in 1161 languages

1161 languages

House / dwelling — the natural everyday word for one's residence; in some varieties this surfaces as a locative compound (e.g. "in-the-house") that has lexicalized as "house/home".

Major languages

English

house

/haʊs/

11 readings of the same spelling

Chinese

房子

/fɑŋ˧˥ tsɨ/

9 different spellings

房子

/faŋ˨˩ tsɨ/

Sichuan Mandarin

/faŋ˦˥ tsɨ/

Tianjin Mandarin

/vɑ̃˨˨˧ tsɿ˥˩/

Suzhou Wu

/faŋ˥˧ tsɨ/

Lanyin Mandarin

/faŋ˨˩ tsɿ˥/

Chongqing Mandarin

/væ̃˨˩˧ tsɿ˥˧/

Hangzhou Wu

/fᴀ̃˧˩ tsɿ/

Kunming Mandarin

/xuo˦˦ tsəʔ˦/

Lüliang Jin

/fɑŋ˩˧ tsɿ/

Nanjing Mandarin

屋里

/oʔ˥ li/

Shanghai Wu

/u˨˩˧ ni/

Wuhan Mandarin

/oʔ˥˥ li/

Ningbo Wu

/u˨˨ ti˧˧/

Hengyang Xiang

/oʔ˥ li˨˩˨/

Jiaxing Wu

/oʔ˦ li˥˧˥/

Jinhua Wu

家

/tɕia˩/

Jin

厝

/tsʰu˩˩/

Taiwanese

/tsʰu˨˩˧/

Teochew

/tsʰuɔ˨˩˧/

Eastern Min

/tsʰiɔ˧˧/

Northern Min

/siu˧˥/

Hainanese

/tsʰɔu˦˨/

Pu-Xian Min

фонзы

/fɑŋ˨˦tsɹ̩˦/

Dungan

屋头

/u˨˩ tʰəu˨˩/

Chengdu Mandarin

室

/*s.ti[t]/

Old Chinese

房

/fɑ̃˧˩/

Xinzhou Jin

Urdu

گھر

/ɡʱəɾ/

Tamil

வீடு

/ʋiːɖu/

East Asia (61)

Yi

ꑳ

/ʑi˧˧/

Hani

laqhyul

/la˧˩xø˥˥/

Sui

ɣaan2

/ɣaːn˧˩/

Mulam

ɣa:n2

/ɣaːn˩˨˩/

Udege

ӡугди

/dʒuɡdi/

Tao

vahay

/vahaj/

Tày

rườn

/rɨən˧˨/

Southeast Asia (90)

Mru

khim

/kʲɪm/

Khmer

ផ្ទះ

/pʰtĕəh/

Nusu

iɔ35kɑʴ35

/iɔ˧˥kɑ˞˧˥/

Adi

oekum

/oekum/

Lao

ເຮືອນ

/hɯːan˧˥/

Shan

ႁိူၼ်း

/hɤn˥/

Wa

nyiex

/ɲiɛʔ/

Mon

သ္ၚိ

/hɔeʔ/

Pa'O

လမ်း

/lam˥˧/

Isan

เฮือน

/hɯan˥/

South Asia (76)

Dari

خانه

/xɑːna/

Odia

ଘର

/ɡʱɔɾɔ/

Tulu

ಇಲ್ಲ್

/ill/

Ho

owaʼ

/owaʔ/

Sora

suʼuŋ

/suʔuŋ/

Lhomi

ཁྱིམ་

/kʰim˥/

Balti

ཁང་པ

/kʰaŋpa/

Middle East & Central Asia (82)

Udi

кӏойи

/kʼoji/

Blin

ሊጝን

/liŋən/

Svan

კოჯ

/kʼodʒ/

Lak

къатта

/qʰːatːa/

Tsez

гъуӏткӏу

/ʁˤutkʼu/

Andi

хъоро

/qʼoro/

Laz

ოხორი

/oxori/

Europe (128)

Catalan

casa

/kazə/

2 readings of the same spelling

/kazə/

Catalan

/ˈkaza/

Valencian

Norman

maîson

/mɛːzɔ̃/

2 different spellings

maîson

/mɛːzɔ̃/

Norman

maisaon

/mɛˈzɔ̃/

Guernésiais

Ido

domo

/ˈdomo/

Africa (172)

Dan

kɔ́

/kɔ́/

Ga

shia

/ʃia/

Tarifit

ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ

/θadːaɾt/

Yao

nyumba

/ɲumba/

Fur

tòŋ

/tòŋ/

Asu

nyumba

/ɲumba/

Rwa

numba

/numba/

Bemba

ingʼanda

/iŋːanda/

North America (105)

Cree

ᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ

/waːskahikan/

Mohawk

kanónhsaʼ

/kanṹhsaʔ/

Cayuga

ganǫ́hsaʼ

/ɡanṍhsaʔ/

Latin America (63)

Hup

mɔ̌j

/mɔ̌j/

Oceania & the Pacific (68)

Tiwi

kurrampali

/kuɾampali/

Siberia & North Asia (24)

Tuvan

бажың

/baʒɯŋ/

Ket

куьсь

/kusʲ/

Ancient & historical (121)

Luwian

16–8cBCE

𔔙𔐤𔖪

/ˈparnantsa/

Avestan

15–5cBCE

𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀

/nmaːna/

Sanskrit

15cBCE–21cCE

गृहम्

/ɡr̩ham/

Aramaic

10cBCE–13cCE

ܒܝܬܐ

/bajtaː/

Sabaean

10cBCE–6cCE

𐩨𐩺𐩩

/bajt/

Punic

8cBCE–6cCE

𐤁𐤕

/beːt/

Latin

7cBCE–6cCE

domus

/ˈdomus/

Oscan

6cBCE–1cCE

trííbúm

/triːbom/

Pali

5–1cBCE

घर

/ɡʱara/

Sogdian

4cBCE–11cCE

kṯʾk

/kaθaːk/

Ge'ez

1–10c

ቤት

/beːt/

Gothic

3–8c

𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌽

/rɑzn/

Khotanese

5–10c

𑀩𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀳

/bjaːha/

Yugh

18–20c

хус

/xus/

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