How to Say Quotation Marks in Other Languages

Afrikaans – aanhalingstekens (aan-hah-ling-ste-kens)

Albanian – thonjëzat (thohn-yuh-zat)

Amharic – እንግዳ እንቅስቃሴዎች (en-gid-ah en-kis-sik-ah-se-woch)

Arabic – علامات الاقتباس (a-la-mat al-iq-ti-bas)

Armenian – չակերտներ (cha-kerd-ner)

Azerbaijani – dırnaqarası işarələri (durn-a-ka-ra-suh i-sha-re-luh-ri)

Basque – aipu-marka (ai-pu mar-ka)

Belarusian – двукоссе (dvu-kos-se)

Bengali – উদ্ধৃতি চিহ্ন (ud-dhri-ti chih-nuh)

Bosnian – navodnici (nah-vod-nit-si)

Bulgarian – кавички (ka-vich-ki)

Catalan – cometes (ko-me-tes)

Cebuano – mga kinutlo (muh-ngah kee-noo-tloh)

Chichewa – zilembo zoganiza (zi-lem-bo zo-ga-ni-za)

Chinese (Mandarin) – 引号 (yǐn hào)

Corsican – virgulette (veer-goo-let)

Croatian – navodnici (na-vod-ni-tsi)

Czech – uvozovky (oo-voh-zov-kee)

Danish – anførselstegn (an-fur-sels-tayn)

Dutch – aanhalingstekens (aan-hah-ling-stay-kens)

Esperanto – citiloj (tsi-tee-loy)

Estonian – jutumärgid (yu-tu-mair-gid)

Finnish – lainausmerkit (la-ee-nows-mer-kit)

French – guillemets (ghee-yuh-may)

Galician – comiñas (ko-meen-yas)

Georgian – ციტატების ნიშნები (tsi-tah-teh-bis nish-nebi)

German – Anführungszeichen (an-fu-rungs-tsai-hen)

Greek – εισαγωγικά (eis-ah-go-gee-kah)

Gujarati – ઉદ્ધરણચિહ્નો (udh-ha-ra-nu-chee-no)

Haitian Creole – mak sitasyon (mak see-ta-syon)

Hausa – alamomin magana (ah-lah-moh-min mah-ga-na)

Hebrew – מרכאות (mer-kah-ot)

Hindi – उद्धरण चिह्न (udh-dha-raṇ chihn)

Hmong – cim qhia lus (chim-kyah-loos)

Hungarian – idézőjelek (ee-day-zo-yeh-lek)

Icelandic – gæsalappir (gyah-sah-lap-peer)

Igbo – akara ngosi (ah-kah-rah n-go-si)

Indonesian – tanda kutip (tahn-dah koo-teep)

Irish – comharthaí athfhriotail (ko-ar-hee ath-hree-o-tal)

Italian – virgolette (veer-go-let-teh)

Japanese – 引用符号 (in-yo-fu-gou)

Javanese – tandha kutip (tahn-dha koo-tip)

Kannada – ಉದ್ಧರಣ ಚಿಹ್ನೆಗಳು (ud-dha-raṇa chih-nhe-ga-lu)

Kazakh – тырнақша (tyrn-aq-sha)

Khmer – លេខកំណត់សិទ្ធិ (lek kom-not set-ti)

Kinyarwanda – ibimenyetso by’amagambo (ee-bee-men-ye-tso bya-ma-gam-bo)

Korean – 따옴표 (tta-om-pyo)

Kurdish (Kurmanji) – nîşanên qebûlkirinê (nee-sha-nen ke-bool-kee-ree-nay)

Kyrgyz – тырмакча (tyr-mak-cha)

Lao – ໝາຍຄໍາເວົ້າ (mai kam-wao)

Latin – notarum dictionis (no-tah-rum deek-ti-oh-nis)

Latvian – pēdiņas (peh-dee-njas)

Lithuanian – kabutės (kah-boo-tehs)

Luxembourgish – Zitater (zee-tah-ter)

Macedonian – наводници (nah-vod-ni-tsi)

Malagasy – teny nalaina (teh-nee nah-lah-ee-nah)

Malay – tanda petikan (tahn-dah peh-tee-kahn)

Malayalam – ഉദ്ധരണ ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ (ud-dha-raṇa chih-na-ngal)

Maltese – virgoletti (veer-go-letti)

Maori – tohu tārua (to-hoo ta-roo-ah)

Marathi – उद्धरण चिन्हे (ud-dha-raṇ chihn-he)

Mongolian – ишлэл тэмдэг (ish-lel tem-deg)

Myanmar (Burmese) – မေးခွန်းအမှတ်အသားများ (may-khun-a-mhut-a-tha-mya)

Nepali – उद्धरण चिन्ह (uddha-raṇ chihn)

Norwegian – anførselstegn (an-fur-sels-taygn)

Odia – ଉଦ୍ଧୃତ ସୂଚକ (udh-dhri-ta soo-cha-k)

Pashto – د نقل قول نښې (da naq-l-e qol ne-khai)

Persian – گیومه (gee-yoo-meh)

Polish – cudzysłów (tsoo-dzi-swuv)

Portuguese – aspas (ash-pas)

Punjabi – ਉਧਰਨ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (udh-raṇ chihn)

Romanian – ghilimele (gee-lee-meh-le)

Russian – кавычки (ka-vych-kee)

Samoan – fa’aili (fa-ah-ee-lee)

Serbian – наводници (nah-vod-ni-tsi)

Sesotho – matshwaonyana (ma-ts-wah-oh-nyah-nah)

Shona – mazano (ma-za-no)

Sindhi – حوالن جي نشانيون (ha-wa-lan ji nisha-niyoon)

Sinhala – උද්ධරණ ලකුණු (ud-dha-ra-na la-ku-nu)

Slovak – úvodzovky (oo-vod-zov-kee)

Slovenian – narekovaji (nah-reh-ko-va-yee)

Somali – calaamadaha oraahda (ka-la-ma-da-ha o-raa-da)

Spanish – comillas (ko-mee-yas)

Sundanese – tanda petik (tahn-dah peh-teek)

Swahili – alama za nukuu (ah-lah-ma za noo-koo)

Swedish – citattecken (see-tat-tecken)

Tajik – нохунак (no-kho-nak)

Tamil – மேற்கோள் குறிகள் (meer-koal koo-ri-gal)

Tatar – тырнакша (tyr-nak-sha)

Telugu – ఉద్దరణ చిహ్నాలు (udd-dha-raṇa chihnalu)

Thai – เครื่องหมายอัญประกาศ (kreuang-mai any-prak-at)

Turkish – tırnak işareti (tur-nak ee-sha-re-tee)

Turkmen – petik belgilermesi (peh-tik bel-gee-lair-meh-see)

Ukrainian – лапки (lap-kee)

Urdu – حوالہ نشانی (hawala nishani)

Uyghur – قوش نىشانلار (qush nishan-lar)

Uzbek – iqtibos belgisi (iq-ti-bos bel-gee-see)

Vietnamese – dấu ngoặc kép (zow ngo-ah-kehp)

Welsh – dyfynodau (duh-vin-oh-dai)

Yoruba – ami ìfọwọ́sí (ah-mee eef-oh-wah-see)

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