Persian/Farsi: (asheghetam) used in poetry and songs – (dūset dāram) Urdu: m – (mein ap say muhabat karta hoon) & f – (mein ap say muhabat karti hoon)Ģ2. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka (India), Puducherry (India), Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, MauritiusĢ1. Where it’s spoken: Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat (India) Where it’s spoken: Belgium (Wallonia, Brussels), Canada (particularly Quebec, New Brunswick and Eastern parts of Ontario), France, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, French Caribbean, French Polynesia, various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Where it’s spoken: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry (India) Where it’s spoken: North Korea, South Korea Where it’s spoken: Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore Where it’s spoken: Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Jiangsu (eastern China) Wu (Shanghainese): (ngu eh nóng) Ngu long hushin long lah Where it’s spoken: Austria, Belgium (Eupen-Malmedy), Germany, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, South Tirol (in Italy) A special place in my heart (photo by Mike Corey)ġ3. Between lovers, ‘I love you is’ expressed as ‘Ich liebe dich.’ Next is ‘Ich hab dich lieb’, which is kind of like, ‘I have love for you’ and is used for friends and family. For example, to tell someone you love for them more in an ‘I care for you’ kind of way, you would use ‘Ich habe dich gerne’. The next most spoken language is German, but ‘I love you’ in auf Deutsche has several layers, and can be a lot more specific. Where it’s spoken: Punjab region (India, Pakistan) Japanese: watashi wa, anata o aishiteimasuġ0.
Where it’s spoken: Russia, former Republics of the Soviet Union, Mongoliaĩ. Where it’s spoken: Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), Tripura (India), Assam (India) Where it’s spoken: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor-Leste Where it’s spoken: North Africa, Western Asia (Middle East), East Africa Where it’s spoken: Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Singapore, Philippines
Where it’s spoken: Hispanic America, Spain, United States, Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara, Pacific islands
Where it’s spoken: China, Taiwan, Singapore Here are the languages in order of how many people speak them, how you say ‘I love you,’ and where it is spoken:
So here it is, after hours upon hours of searching and research, this is how to say I love you in different languages – to be exact the 100 most spoken languages in the world! It’s amazing to think that through all of the years, wars, and our existence as human beings – one thing remains, our method of communicating using language and our ability to love.Īs Valentine’s Day quickly approaches, I started to wonder, how do people say ‘I love you’ around the world? I already knew it in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Korean, and English of course, but what about the other languages of the world?
There’s always an expression or a word that doesn’t exist in other languages, or seems special based on the collective mentality of that particular culture. It’s amazing how much you can learn about a culture based on how they express themselves. One of the coolest things about traveling the world is learning a little bit of the local language.