Yes and No in many languages

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How to say yes and no in many different languages, with recordings for some of them.

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Language Yes No
Adyghe Ары Хьау
Afrikaans Ja Nee
Aklan Huo Indi
Albanian (Gheg) Po Jo
Albanian (Tosk) Po Jo
Altay Эйе (Eje) Јок (Ĵok)
Arabic
(Egyptian)
('aywa) أيوه
(na'am) نعم
(la') لأ
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(ah) أه (la) لا
Asturian Non
Atikamekw Ehe Nama
Balinese Aa, ᬳᬳᭂ (inf)
Nggih, ᬗ᭄ᬕᬶ᭪ (frm)
Inggih, ᬳᬶᬗ᭄ᬕᬶ᭪ (frm)
Sing, ᬲᬶᬂ (inf)
Ten (frm)
Bambara Awɔ Ayi
Basque Bai Ez
Bavarian Na
Belarusian Так (Tak) Не (Ne)
Bhojpuri हाँ (haan) ना (naa)
Bikol Iyo
Iyo tabì (frm)
Dai
Dai tabì (frm)
Blaan Ae Nang
Bosnian Da Ne
Breton Ya Nann
Bulgarian Да (Da) Не (Ne)
Cape Verdean Creole Sin Nau
Capiznon Huo Indi
Catalan No
Cebuano Oo Wala
Central Dusun Ohoo Amu
Au
Chechen ХIаъ (Haə) ХIан-хIа (Han-ha)
Chichewa Ee
Eya
Inde
Iyayi
Ayi
Chipewyan ʔę́n ʔį́lé
Cimbrian Ja Nìet
Na
Coastal Kadazan Oh Au
A’a
Cornish Ya Na
Croatian Da Ne
Cuyonon E'en Beken
Czech Ano Ne
Danish Ja Nej
Dari (Bale) بله (Ne) نه
Duala Ee Kɛm
Dutch Ja Nee
Efik In Ínín
Elfdalian Ja Näj
Estonian Jah Ei
Ewe E Ao
Extremaduran No
Faroese Ja Nei
Fijian Io Sega
Finnish Kyllä Ei
Flemish (West) Joat
French Oui
Ouias (yeah)
Non
Frisian (West) Ja Nee
Frisian (Saterland) Jee Noa
Friulian No
Galician Si Non
Georgian დიახ (diakh) - frm
კი (k’i)
ჰო (ho) - inf
ხო (kho) - inf
არა (ara)
German Ja Nein
Greek (Modern) Ναι (Nai) Όχι (Ochi)
Guaraní Hêe Nahániri
Haitian Creole Wi Non
Hausa Eh A'a
Hawaiian ʻAe ʻAʻole
Hebrew (ken) כן (loh) לא
Hmong (White) Yog (it is) Tsis
Tsis yog (it isn't)
Hopi Owi, 'wi (m)
Oo'o, 'wiya (f)
Shíí
Qa'é
Moo’
Hungarian Igen Nem
Icelandic Nei
Italian No
Kabyle Ih Xaṭi
Kalmyk Ээ (Ee)
Тиим (Tiim)
Уга (Uga)
Kalmyk Ээ (Ee)
Тиим (Tiim)
Уга (Uga)
Kashmiri Aa Na
Kashubian Jo Nié
Khoekhoe (Nama) Î. Hî-î.
Kiribati E eng Tiaki
Koasati Ai inko̱
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Balé (frm)
Belé (frm)
Eré (frm)
Aré (frm)
Na
Latvian
Lingala Ee Te
Lithuanian Taip
Jo
Ne
Livvi-Karelian Da Ei
Macedonian Да (Da) Не (Ne)
Magahi हाँ /hãː/ नयँ /nəẽ/
Malagasy Eny Tsia
Malay Ya Tidak
Tak (inf)
Maltese Iva Le
Manx (Gaelic) No exact equivalent No exact equivalent
Māori Āe Kāo
Ehē
Marshallese Aet Jab
Muscogee (Creek / Seminole) Ehę
Enka
Monks
Monko
Hekos
Hekust
Nepali हो (ho)
हजुर (hajura)
होइन (hoina)
नाइँ (nāĩ)
Northern Sotho Ee Aowa
Norwegian Ja Nei
Oʼodham Hauʼu Piaʼa
Oshiwambo Ee Ahawe
Polish Tak Nie
Portuguese Sim Não
Romanian Da Nu
Russian Да (Da) Нет (Nyet)
Rusyn Айно (Ajino) Ньит (N’yt)
Samoan I
'Ioe
Leai
Sanskrit भवतु (bhavatu)
आम् (ām)
अस्तु (astu)
नैव किल (naiva kila)
न (na)
Scots Ay(e) Naw
Scottish Gaelic No exact equivalent No exact equivalent
Serbian Да (Da) Не (Ne)
Serrano Werre' Now
Qay
Sicilian No
Slovak Áno Nie
Slovenian Da Ne
Sorbian (Lower) Jo
Sorbian (Upper) Haj
Spanish No
Tajik Ҳa (Ḩa)
Бале (Bale)
Не (Ne)
Tetum Sin Lae
Tok Pisin Yesa Nogat
Swedish Ja Nej
Tahitian E Aita
E'ita
Turkish Evet Hayır
Twi Aane Daabi
Udmurt Бен (Ben) Ӧвӧл (Ovol)
Ukrainian Так (Tak) Ні (Ni)
Uyghur (Hä'ä) ھەئە (Yaq) ياق
Uzbek Ha Yo'q
Venetian Si No
Veps Ka Ei
Walloon Oyi Non
Wappo ’í’ih Hí’i
Wayuu Aa Nnojo
Welsh No exact equivalent No exact equivalent
Westrobothnian Joh Ae
Xhosa Ewe Hayi
Yoruba Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni (That's how it is) Bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́ (That's not how it is)
Rárá (It is not)
Irọ́ (It is not (the case))
Zulu Yebo Cha

Auxiliary and constructed languages

Language Yes No
Esperanto Jes Ne
Interlingua Si No
Lojban go'i na go'i

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