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PEACE IN EVERY LANGUAGE
MAY 1, 2013Peace comes in every language. The following are some of the ways of saying peace.
| Afrikaans | vrede |
| Algonquin | Waki Qiwebis |
| Armenian | Khanaghutyun |
| Basque | Bak |
| Belorussian | pakoj |
| Bengali | shAnti |
| Bosnian | Spokoj |
| Breton | peoc’h |
| Burmese | Nyeinjanyei |
| Catalan | Pau |
| Cheyenne | nanomonsetôtse |
| Chinese |  |
| Comanche | Tsumukikiatu |
| Cree | Wetaskiwin |
| Creole | Lap |
| Croatian | mir |
| Czech | mir |
| Danish | fred |
| Dari | Sulh |
| Dutch | vrede |
| Egyptian | Hetep |
| English | peace |
| Esperanto | paco |
| Estonian | rahu |
| Farsi | Solh |
| Fijian | Vakaegu |
| Finnish | Rauha |
| French | paix |
| Fon (West Africa (Benin)) | Fifa |
| Fresian | fred |
| Gaelic | sochaint (Scottish),
sochin (Irish) |
| German | der friede |
| Greek | Irini |
| Guarani | py’guapy |
| Hawaiian | malu |
| Hebrew |  |
| Hindi | Shanti |
| Hmong | kev sib haum xeeb |
| Hungarian | béke |
| Icelandic | Friur |
| Indonesian | damai |
| Inuit | Tutkium |
| Italian | pace |
| Japanese | Heiwa |
| Javanese | Rukun |
| Khmer | Soksang |
| Klingon | Rj |
| Korean | Peoning Hwa |
| Kurdish | Hasiti |
| Lakota | Wolakota |
| Lao | Santiphap |
| Latin | pax |
| Lithuainian | taika |
| Maltese | paci |
| Maori | rongo |
| Mayan | Etsaan Olal |
| Mongolian | Enh Taiwain |
| Nahuatl | tlamatcanemiliztli |
| Norwegian | fred |
| Polish | pokoj |
| Portugese | paz |
| Quenya | sérë |
| Romanian | pace |
| Romansch | pasch |
| Sioux | Wookeyeh |
| Spanish | paz |
| Swahili | Amani |
| Swedish | fred |
| Tagalog | kapayapaan |
| Tamil | Amaithi |
| Thai | Santiphap |
| Tibetan | Sidi |
| Turkish | Baris |
| Urdu | amn; salaam |
| Vietnamese | Hoa Binh |
| Welsh | Heddwch |
| Yiddish | Sholem |
| Yoruba | Alaafia |
| Xosha | uxolo |
| Zapotec | Layeni |
| Zulu | Ukuthula |
If you have any additions or corrections – please let us know!
Content from The Peace Centre – Breaking the Cycle of Violence Through Circles of Peace
- Written by MAY 1, 2013
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