How to Say Punctuation in Other Languages

Afrikaans: leestekens (lays-te-kens)

Albanian: pikësimi (pee-kuh-see-mee)

Amharic: ምልክቶች (muh-lik-too-chuh)

Arabic: علامات الترقيم (alaamat al-tarqeeym)

Armenian: կետադրություն (ke-ta-druy-tyoon)

Azerbaijani: durğu işarələri (door-goo ee-sha-ra-luh-ree)

Basque: puntuazioa (poon-too-ah-thyo-ah)

Belarusian: пунктуацыя (poonk-too-ah-tsya)

Bengali: বিরাম চিহ্ন (bee-rahm chee-hno)

Bosnian: interpunkcija (een-ter-punk-tsee-ya)

Bulgarian: пунктуация (punk-too-ah-tsi-ya)

Burmese: ဝေါဟာရများ (wa-ha-ya-myah)

Catalan: puntuació (poon-too-ah-see-oh)

Cebuano: mga timaan (mee-ngah tee-ma-an)

Chichewa: zolembera (zo-lehm-beh-rah)

Chinese (Simplified): 标点符号 (byow-dee-ahn foo-how)

Chinese (Traditional): 標點符號 (byow-dee-ahn foo-how)

Corsican: puntegiatura (poon-tay-jah-too-rah)

Croatian: interpunkcija (een-ter-punk-tsee-ya)

Czech: interpunkce (een-ter-punk-tse)

Danish: tegnsætning (tynes-set-ning)

Dutch: interpunctie (een-ter-punk-see)

Esperanto: interpunkcio (een-ter-punk-tsee-oh)

Estonian: kirjavahemärgid (keer-yah-va-he-mar-gid)

Finnish: välimerkit (va-lee-mer-kit)

French: ponctuation (ponk-twa-see-on)

Frisian: ynterpunksje (in-ter-punks-see-uh)

Galician: puntuación (poon-too-ah-syon)

Georgian: პუნქტუაცია (poonk-too-ah-tsi-ya)

German: Interpunktion (in-ter-punk-tsee-own)

Greek: στίξη (steek-see)

Gujarati: છાપ છિહ્ન (chaap chee-hna)

Haitian Creole: ponktiyasyon (pohnk-tee-yah-see-on)

Hausa: alamomin rubutu (ah-lah-moh-meen roo-boo-too)

Hawaiian: kuhikuhi (koo-hee-koo-hee)

Hebrew: פיסוק (pee-sook)

Hindi: विराम चिह्न (vee-rahm chee-hna)

Hmong: cim tsis muaj (see msee moo-eye)

Hungarian: írásjelek (ee-raash-yel-ek)

Icelandic: greinarmerki (gray-nar-mer-kee)

Igbo: akara mkpado (ah-kah-rah m-kpah-doh)

Indonesian: tanda baca (tan-dah bah-cha)

Irish: poncaíocht (poonk-kee-ocht)

Italian: punteggiatura (poon-te-jah-too-rah)

Japanese: 句読点 (koo-toh-ten)

Javanese: tandha wacan (tan-dah wah-can)

Kannada: ವಿರಾಮಚಿಹ್ನೆಗಳು (vee-rah-ma-chee-hnay-galoo)

Kazakh: тыныс белгілері (tih-nis bel-gee-leh-ree)

Khmer: វណ្ណយុត្ត (vahn-yo-tuh)

Korean: 구두점 (koo-doo-jom)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): nişana rêzkerî (nee-sha-na rez-keh-ree)

Kyrgyz: тыныш белгилери (tih-nish bel-gih-leh-ree)

Lao: ໝາຍເຫດ (mai-het)

Latin: interpunctiones (in-ter-punk-tee-oh-nays)

Latvian: pieturzīmes (pyeh-tur-zee-mes)

Lithuanian: skyrybos ženklai (skee-ree-bos zhehn-klai)

Luxembourgish: Interpunktioun (in-ter-punk-tee-own)

Macedonian: интерпункција (in-ter-punk-tsee-ya)

Malagasy: tandindona (tan-deen-doo-na)

Malay: tanda baca (tan-da bah-cha)

Malayalam: ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ (chee-hna-ngal)

Maltese: punteġġjatura (poon-teh-ja-too-rah)

Maori: tohu tuhituhi (toh-hoo too-hee-too-hee)

Marathi: विराम चिन्ह (vee-rahm chin-ha)

Mongolian: цэг таслал (tseg tas-lal)

Nepali: विराम चिह्न (vee-rahm chee-hna)

Norwegian: tegnsetting (tyn-set-ing)

Odia: ବିରାମ ଚିହ୍ନ (bee-rahm chee-hna)

Pashto: علامې (ah-lah-may)

Persian: علائم نقطه گذاری (ah-laa-im noqt-eh-go-zaar-ee)

Polish: interpunkcja (in-ter-punk-tsya)

Portuguese: pontuação (pohn-too-ah-sao)

Punjabi: ਵਿਰਾਮ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ (vee-rahm chee-hna)

Romanian: punctuație (poonk-too-ah-tsee-eh)

Russian: пунктуация (punk-too-ah-tsi-ya)

Samoan: faailoga (fa-ah-ee-loa-ga)

Scots Gaelic: puingeachadh (poong-eh-ah-chuh)

Serbian: интерпункција (in-ter-punk-tsee-ya)

Sesotho: lipontšo (lee-pon-tsho)

Shona: mucherechedzo (moo-cheh-reh-cheh-dzo)

Sindhi: رموز (ra-mooz)

Sinhala: විරාම ලකුණු (vee-rah-ma la-ku-nu)

Slovak: interpunkcia (in-ter-punk-tsya)

Slovenian: ločila (loh-chee-lah)

Somali: calaamadaha (ah-lah-mah-da-hah)

Spanish: puntuación (poon-too-ah-thyon)

Sundanese: tanda baca (tan-da bah-cha)

Swahili: alama ya uakifishaji (ah-lah-ma yah oo-wah-kee-fee-sha-ji)

Swedish: interpunktion (in-ter-punk-see-own)

Tajik: аломатҳои китобат (ah-loh-mah-thoy kee-toh-baht)

Tamil: நிறுத்த குறிகள் (nee-roo-tha koo-ree-gal)

Telugu: విరామ చిహ్నాలు (vee-rah-ma chee-hna-loo)

Thai: เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน (krueng-mai wak-tohn)

Turkish: noktalama (nok-ta-la-ma)

Ukrainian: пунктуація (punk-too-ah-tsi-ya)

Urdu: رموز اوقاف (ra-mooz-e-o-qaf)

Uzbek: tinish belgilari (tee-neesh bel-gee-lah-ree)

Vietnamese: dấu chấm câu (dzo chum kow)

Welsh: atalnodau (ah-tal-no-dye)

Xhosa: iziphumlisi (ee-zee-phoom-lee-see)

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