Wi-Fi in 210 languages

210 languages

Wi-Fi, the everyday word for wireless local networking. The spelling barely changes from language to language, so the fun is in the sound: English and the early borrowers say "wai-fai", while languages that read the letters w-i-f-i by their own values say "wee-fee" — and Spanish splits, wifi in Spain against wái-fái in Latin America.

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Major languages

English

Wi-Fi

/ˈwaɪfaɪ/

6 readings of the same spelling

Hindi

वाई-फ़ाई

/ʋaːiːfaːiː/

Bengali

ওয়াই-ফাই

/waːifaːi/

Urdu

وائی فائی

/ʋaːiːfaːiː/

Punjabi

ਵਾਈ-ਫ਼ਾਈ

/ʋaːiːfaːiː/

Persian

وای‌فای

/vɒːjfɒːj/

Marathi

वाय-फाय

/ʋaːjfaːj/

Tamil

ஒய்-ஃபை

/ojfaj/

East Asia (2)

Jeju

와이파이

/waipʰai/

Southeast Asia (10)

Lao

ວາຍຟາຍ

/waːj˧˥faːj˧˥/

Burmese

ဝိုင်ဖိုင်

/wàiɴpʰàiɴ/

Mon

ဝဲါဝှာင်

/wɑɪfɑɪ/

Isan

ไวไฟ

/waj˧faj˧/

South Asia (19)

Pashto

وای فای

/waːj faːj/

Dari

وای‌فای

/wɑːjfɑːj/

Gujarati

વાઇફાઇ

/ʋaːɪfaːɪ/

Odia

ୱାଇ-ଫାଇ

/waːipʰaːi/

Angika

वाई-फाई

/ʋaːiːfaːiː/

Santali

ᱣᱟᱭᱯᱷᱟᱭ

/wajpʰaj/

Nepali

वाइ-फाई

/waipʰai/

Newari

वाइफाइ

/waːipʰaːi/

Dotyali

वाइफाइ

/waːipʰaːi/

Sindhi

وائي فائي

/vaːiː faːiː/

Sinhala

වයි-ෆයි

/ʋajifaji/

Middle East & Central Asia (9)

Uyghur

سىمسىز تور

/simsiz tor/

Tajik

вай-фай

/vajfaj/

Europe (36)

Ido

wifio

/ˈwifio/

Africa (16)

Oromo

waayifaayii

/waːjifaːjiː/

North America (5)

Yiddish

ווײַ־פֿײַ

/ˈvaɪfaɪ/

Latin America (7)

Oceania & the Pacific (1)

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