Afrikaans: begin (bəˈxin)
Albanian: fillim (fee-leem)
Amharic: መጀመሪያ (meh-jeh-meh-ree-ya)
Arabic: بداية (bee-da-ya)
Armenian: սկիզբ (skee-zb)
Azerbaijani: başlanğıc (bash-lan-ghitch)
Basque: hasiera (has-ee-air-rah)
Belarusian: пачатак (pah-cha-tak)
Bengali: শুরু (shoo-roo)
Bosnian: početak (poh-cheh-tak)
Bulgarian: начало (na-cha-lo)
Catalan: començament (ko-men-sa-ment)
Cebuano: sinugdanan (see-noog-da-nan)
Chichewa: chiyambi (chee-yam-bee)
Chinese (Mandarin): 开始 (kai-sher)
Corsican: principiu (pree-nchee-pee-oo)
Croatian: početak (po-cheh-tak)
Czech: začátek (zah-cha-tek)
Danish: begyndelse (beh-gin-delseh)
Dutch: begin (beh-khin)
Esperanto: komenco (koh-men-tso)
Estonian: algus (ahl-goos)
Finnish: alku (ahl-koo)
French: début (day-byoo)
Frisian: begjin (beh-jin)
Galician: comezo (koh-meh-tho)
Georgian: დასაწყისი (dasats’q’isi)
German: Anfang (ahn-fahng)
Greek: αρχή (ar-khee)
Gujarati: શરૂઆત (sharoo-aat)
Haitian Creole: kòmansman (koh-mahnz-mahn)
Hausa: farawa (fah-rah-wah)
Hawaiian: hoʻomaka (ho-oh-mah-kah)
Hebrew: התחלה (hat-cha-lah)
Hindi: शुरुआत (shooroo-aat)
Hmong: pib (peeb)
Hungarian: kezdet (kez-det)
Icelandic: byrjun (beer-yoon)
Igbo: mmalite (mah-lee-teh)
Indonesian: awal (ah-wahl)
Irish: tús (toos)
Italian: inizio (ee-nee-tsee-oh)
Japanese: 始まり (ha-jee-mah-ree)
Javanese: wiwitan (wee-wee-tahn)
Kannada: ಆರಂಭ (aa-rambha)
Kazakh: бастау (bahs-tow)
Khmer: ចាប់ផ្តើម (chab-pdaum)
Kinyarwanda: itangira (ee-tan-geera)
Korean: 시작 (shi-jak)
Kurdish: destpêk (dəs-tpek)
Kyrgyz: башталыш (bash-ta-lish)
Lao: ການເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ (kan lerm ton)
Latin: initium (in-ee-tee-oom)
Latvian: sākums (sah-kooms)
Lithuanian: pradžia (pra-jya)
Luxembourgish: Ufank (oo-fank)
Macedonian: почеток (po-che-tok)
Malagasy: fanombohana (fah-noom-boo-ah-nah)
Malay: permulaan (per-moo-lah-an)
Malayalam: ആരംഭം (aah-rambham)
Maltese: bidu (bee-doo)
Maori: tīmatanga (tee-mah-tah-nga)
Marathi: सुरुवात (soo-roo-vaart)
Mongolian: эхлэл (ekh-lel)
Nepali: सुरुवात (soo-roo-vat)
Norwegian: begynnelse (beh-yin-nel-seh)
Oriya: ଆରମ୍ଭ (aah-ram-bha)
Pashto: پیل (peel)
Persian: شروع (sho-roo)
Polish: początek (po-chon-tek)
Portuguese: começo (koh-meh-soh)
Punjabi: ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ (shooroo-aat)
Romanian: început (in-cheh-poot)
Russian: начало (nah-cha-lo)
Samoan: amataga (ah-mah-tah-ga)
Sanskrit: आरंभ (aa-rambha)
Serbian: почетак (po-che-tak)
Sesotho: qalo (khah-lo)
Shona: kutanga (koo-tah-ngah)
Sindhi: شروعات (sho-roo-at)
Sinhala: ආරම්භය (aah-ram-bhaya)
Slovak: začiatok (za-chee-ah-tok)
Slovenian: začetek (za-che-tek)
Somali: bilow (bee-low)
Spanish: comienzo (koh-mee-en-soh)
Sundanese: mimiti (mee-mee-tee)
Swahili: mwanzo (mwan-zoh)
Swedish: början (boor-yahn)
Tajik: оғоз (oh-ghoz)
Tamil: தொடக்கம் (toh-dah-kam)
Telugu: ప్రారంభం (pra-ram-bham)
Thai: การเริ่มต้น (gaan reerm ton)
Turkish: başlangıç (bash-lan-ghich)
Ukrainian: початок (po-cha-tok)
Urdu: آغاز (aaghaz)
Uzbek: boshlanish (bosh-lah-nish)
Vietnamese: bắt đầu (bat dow)
Welsh: dechrau (deh-khrow)
Xhosa: ukuqala (oo-koo-qa-lah)
Zulu: ukuqala (oo-koo-qah-lah)