Internet laughter in 61 languages

61 languages

How laughter is typed in online chat. Japanese writes www (from 笑 warai “laugh”), Korean ㅋㅋㅋ, Thai 555 (because 5 is read hâ), Spanish jajaja, Brazilian Portuguese kkkk and Arabic ههه. The cell shows the usual written form; the IPA is how it is read aloud.

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Major languages

Hindi

हाहा

/haːhaː/

Urdu

ہا ہا ہا

/haː haː haː/

Korean

ㅋㅋㅋ

/kʰɯkʰɯkʰɯ/

Thai

555

/haː˥˩ haː˥˩ haː˥˩/

Southeast Asia (2)

Lao

555

/haː˧˩ haː˧˩ haː˧˩/

South Asia (2)

Middle East & Central Asia (3)

Europe (17)

Greek

χαχαχα

/xaxaxa/

Africa (8)

North America (1)

Oceania & the Pacific (1)

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