I am the king of the chickens

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I am the king of the chickens/hens in many languages

How to say 'I am the king of the chickens/hens' in many languages. At the Polyglot Gathering in Berlin in 2016, this phrase appeared on a whiteboard. It was written by Martin Lelarge, who is obessed with chickens, imitates them, and calls himself 'the king of the chickens'. He decided, as a joke, to draw a chicken on the whiteboard and to write the phrase in the languages he knows. Other people wrote it in other languages.

The photo shows the whiteboard where the translations were written (click on it to see a larger version).

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Language I am the king of the chickens/hens
Afrikaans Ek is die koning van die hoenders
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
('inna malak alddijaj) انا ملك الدجاج
Basque Oiloen erregea naiz
Belarusian Я курыны кароль (Ja kuryny karoĺ)
Breton Emaon ar roue an yer
Catalan Sóc el rei dels pollastres
Central Dusun Yoku nopo nga raja do manuk
Chinese
(Cantonese)
我係雞嘅王 (ngóh haih gāi ge wòhng)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
我是鸡的王 [我是雞的王] (Wǒ shì jī de wáng)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
我是雞的王 (góa sī bó ĕ ŏng)
Coastal Kadazan Izou nopo nga laja do manuk
Cornish Myghtern an yer ov vy
Croatian Ja sam kralj kokoši
Czech Jsem král kuřat
Dutch Ik ben de koning van de kippen
Estonian Olen kanade kuningas
Finnish Olen kanojen kuningas
French Je suis le roi des poules
German Ich bin der König der Hennen
Georgian მე ქათმების მეფე ვარ
(Me katmebis mepe var)
Gothic 𐌹𐌼 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌴
(Im thiudans hanane)
Hebrew אני המלך של התרנגולות
Hungarian A tyúkok királya vagyok
Hunsrik Ч sɛn’dэ ceeniч fωn’э hiŋklэ
Icelandic Ég er konungur hænanna
Ég er konungur hænsnanna
Iloko Siak ti ari kadagiti manmanok
Irish (Gaelic) Is rí na gcearca mé
Italian Sono il re delle galline
Japanese 私は鶏の国王です
(watashi wa niwatori no kokuō desu)
Laz მა მაფა ქოთუმეფეშ ვორე
(Ma mapa kotumepeş vore)
Malay Saya raja ayam
Akulah raja segala ayam
Manx (Gaelic) She mish ree ny kiarkyn
Mish ree ny hein
Mirandese You sou l rei de las pitas
Norwegian Jeg er kongen av kyllingene (Bokmål)
Eg er kongen av kjuklingane (Nynorsk)
Polish Jestem królem kur
Portuguese Eu sou o rei das galinhas
Rajasthani Hoon' murgiyaan' go raja hun'
Russian Я король кур (Ya korol' kur)
Scottish Gaelic 'S e mise rìgh nan cearcan
Scots Ah am the croun o the chickens
Slovak Som kráľ sliepok
Spanish Soy el rey de los pollos
Sranan Mi de a kownu fu a den fowru
Swahili Mimi ni mfalme wa kuku
Swedish Jag är hönsens konung
Jag är konungen av hönsen
Tagalog Ako ang hari ng mga manok
Terengganu Malay Ambelah Ghaje ayang
Turkish Ben tavukların kralıyım
Värmlandic Jé ä shôkklingans kong
Jé ä höneras kong
Jé ä hönsas kong
Welsh Brenin y ffowls dw i
Brenin yr ieir dw i
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Mi estas la reĝo de la kokinoj
Ido Me es la rejulo dil hani
Interlingua Io esse le rege de le pullos
Quenya Nán aran porokeon
Toki Pona mi jan lawa pi waso tomo
Volapük Binob reg gokas

Translations by Simon Ager, Igor Kusin, Jerson Partible, John K Auðunarson Vatterholm, Tyler Castaldo, Victoria Hernandez, Edith Gruber, Matthieu Desplantes, Adriano Steffler, Yogesh Solanki, Philip Newton, Amir Syafiq, Gareth MacColla, Timo Kalmu, Vaughn Oosthuizen, Charlie Aasen, Hugo Forss, Fábio Pereira, Ethan Hunt

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