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In Albanian, by Leli: Dhe, Toke
This language is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro.
In (dialectal) Arabic, by Nadja: Ard, Tra:b, Torba
This language is spoken in the Arab world.
In Ateso (or Teso), by Apuda Ignatius Loyola : Akwap
This language is spoken in the north east of Uganda and the west of Kenya.
In Basque (Euskara), by Pierre: Lur
This language is spoken in the Basque country (France, Spain).
In Batanga, by Georges Medy: Vae
This language is spoken in Cameroon.
In Breton (Brezhoneg), by Corinne and Sten: Douar
This language is spoken in Brittany (Breizh), North-West of France.
In Burushaski, by Piar Karim: Birddi
This language is spoken in the North of Pakistan, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region and Srinagar.
Note: it is a language isolate
In Catalan, by David: Terra
This language is spoken in Spain (Catalonia, Valencian Community, Balearic Islands), France (Pyrénnées Orientales), Andorra, Italy (Sardinia).
In Chukchi, by Charles Weinstein: Nutenut, Nutesqyn
This language is spoken in Chukotka (Russia)
Note: “nutenut”: land, country ; “nutesqyn”: ground.
In Cornish, by James Hawken: An Norvys
This language is spoken in Cornwall (United-Kingdom).
In Haitian Creole (Kreyol Ayisyen), by Silvio: La Te’
This language is spoken in Haiti, and numerous countries by the haitian diaspora.
In Esperanto, by Pierre Soubourou and Mirejo: Tero, Grundo, Tergrundo
This language is spoken in the whole world.
In Fala, by Eusebio Martín: Terra
This language is spoken in the North of Extremadura, Spain.
In French, by Michel: Terre
In Fula (Pulaar, Fulfulde), by Déme: Leydi
This language is spoken in Cameroon, in the Centrafrican Republic, in Chad, Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Bissau Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo and Benin.Note: “leydi” can also mean country.
Note: plural: “leydeele”.
In German, by Dominique de Broca: Erde
This language is spoken in Germany, Belgium, Austria, eastern Switzerland.
In Greek, by Nicolas: Gί (Γή)
This language is spoken in Greece.
In (Paraguayan) Guarani, by Cynthia: Yvy
This language is spoken in Paraguay.
In Inuktitut, by Qupanuaq: Nuna
This Inuit language is spoken in the Canadian Arctic.
Notes: The ‘u’ is pronounced as in English.
The planet Earth is called “Nunarjuaq” (“the earth giant”).
The name of the Canadian Inuit territory Nunavut means “our earth”.
The root “nuna-” is also used in other variants of the Inuit language in Alaska and Greenland.
In Italian, by Valérie Rey: Terra
This language is spoken in Italy.
In Japanese, by Alan Kervern: Tsuchi (土地)
This language is spoken in Japan.
Note: Tsuchi (土地) means “ground”
In Jèrriais, by Tony Scott Warren: Tèrre
This language is spoken in Jersey, Channel Islands.
In Kaqchikel, by Gelber : Ulew
This language is spoken in Comalapa, in the Altiplano region, Guatemala.
Pronounciation: /ulef/
In Kongo (Kikongo), by Flora Terra: Ntoto, Mavo
This language is spoken in DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville and Angola.
In Libinza, by Constant Bopima M. Bokoto: Nzombi, Mabelé, Mokisi
This language is spoken in DR Congo.
In Luxembourgish (Letzebuergesch), by Linda: Ärd, Buedem
This language is spoken in Luxembourg.
In Malagasy, by Rasoloniaina Brigitte: Tany
This language is spoken in Madagascar.
Note: “tanindrazana” is composed of “tany” (land) and “razana” (ancestor). It is the malagasy term for “homeland”.
In Mapuche (Mapudungun), by Alejandra Vergara: Mapu
This language is spoken in southern Chili and Argentina (Araucania).
Note: means earth, ground, country, homeland, region, territory.
In (Yucatec) Maya, by Lucely Cab Ku: Yóok’olkaab, Lu’um
This language is spoken in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Note: “Yóok’olkaab” or “Yookolcab”: Earth, world ; “Lu’um” or “Luum”: earth, dust, ground.
In (classical) nahuatl, by Romane and Tomek : tlalli
Nahuatl is spoken in Mexico.
Note : “tlalli” means “earth” in the sense of “planet”.
In Norwegian (Bokmål), by Dominique Colonia: Jord
This language is spoken in Norway.
In Occitan, by Teiric: Tèrra
This language is spoken in the South of France, the Aran Valley (Spain) and the Valleys of South Piedmont (Italy).
In Otomi (Hñähñu), by Adriana: Ximhai
This language is spoken in the Mezquital valley, State of Hidalgo, Mexico.
Note: pronounce /’shimhai/
In Picard, by Jean-Marie Braillon: Thière
This language is spoken in France and Belgium.
In Popti’ (Jakaltek), by Colette Grinevald : Tx’otx’ tx’otx’
This language is spoken in Guatemala.
Note: Popti’ nouns are accompanied by classfiers. We cannot speak of the land / earth without using its classifier, which in this case is the same word (a case of “repeater”). Here the word is written with the official Mayan spelling, where tx is a “retroflex consonant”. The apostrophy indicates that the consonant is glottalized. We also call these sounds ejectives, they make a “pop” sound. The result is little difficult to pronounce, but a very good example of Popti’. Classifier, plus retroflexes, plus glottalization! Enjoy!
In Portuguese, by Regina Giglio: Terra
This language is spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozamibique, Timor.
In Quechua, by Gloria Caceres: Allpa, Hallpa
This language is spoken in the Andes (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador).
Note: one could translate “earth” as “mamapacha”, but this term refers to the planet Earth.
In Spanish, by Michel: Tierra
In (Andalusian) Spanish, by Juan Arjona Leyva: Tjerra
This language is spoken in Andalusia (Spain).
In Tasawaq, by Sidibé Alimata: Ganda
This language is spoken in Niger. Dialect of Songhay.
In Tlapanec (Mi’phaa), by Ana Line: Jubba’, Xuájin, Mbayí’
This language is spoken in Tlacoapa, and Gro (miNuín), Mexico.
Note : ( ‘ ) is for the glottal stop. Jubba’ (inorganic matter), xuájin (the place where one was born, the patry), mbayí’ (the ground)
In Toki pona, by Pieter Jansegers : ma
This language is spoken on Internet since 2001.
Note: “ma” also means “country”, “region”, “ground”.
In Tuareg (Tamasheq, Tamahaq), by Ibrahim: Akal, Amadhal
This language is spoken in Algeria, Mali, Niger, Lybia, Burkina Faso.
In Urdu, by Tomek : Zamin
Urdu is spoken in Pakistan and in the northern part of India.
In Vietnamese, by Tran: Dât
This language is spoken in Vietnam.
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