Examples by language family Mama and papa

1 examples language family

1.1 afro-asiatic languages
1.2 austroasiatic languages
1.3 austronesian languages
1.4 constructed languages
1.5 dravidian languages
1.6 finno-ugric languages
1.7 indo-european languages
1.8 kartvelian languages
1.9 language isolates
1.10 mayan languages
1.11 niger-congo languages
1.12 sino-tibetan languages
1.13 tai-kadai languages
1.14 turkic languages

examples language family

mama , papa in different languages:

afro-asiatic languages

aramaic: imma
hebrew: imma
dialectal arabic/maltese أم mama

austroasiatic languages

khmer has different words indicate different levels of respect. include intimate ម៉ាក់ (mak/meak) , ប៉ា (pa), general ម៉ែ (mai/me) , ពុក (puk), , formal ម្ដាយ (madaay) , ឪពុក (ovpuk).
vietnamese, mẹ mother , bố father. má , ba or cha respectively in southern vietnamese.

austronesian languages

tagalog, mothers can called ina, , fathers ama. 2 other words same in common use, nanay , tatay, came nahuatl way of spanish. owing contact spanish , english, mamá, papá, ma(m(i)), , dad [dʌd] or dádi used.
malay, mother called emak (mak) or ibu, father called bapa or ayah.

constructed languages

esperanto: panjo / paĉjo
lojban: patfu father/ mamta mother

dravidian languages

dravidian languages, tamil, kannada, malayalam, , tulu, have words amma , appa.

though amma , appa used in tulu, not tulu words used due influence of kannada. actual words mother in tulu appe pronounced ipa: [ape] , word father in tulu amme pronounced ipa: [amæ]. note usage of these words @ odds usage pattern in other languages (similar georgian in sense).
in telugu, thalli , thandri used mother , father in formal telugu. amma , naanna used mother , father informal way. nayana used father in informal telugu in rayalaseema region of andhra pradesh , telangana of india.
in malayalam, amma used mother. hindus use achan (അച്ഛൻ) father , christians use appan . appan used matriarchal hindu castes denote mother s husband may or may not biological father. word achan transformed malayalam equivalent of sanskrit arya sir/master (arya - ajja -> ayya). achan gained universal acceptance word father among hindus during 20th century. however, families , communities use appa etc. @ least within circles. malayalee christian communities use different set of words father such chaachchan (ചാച്ചൻ), appachan (അപ്പച്ചൻ) etc. muslim communities use vaappa (വാപ്പ), vaappachchi (വാപ്പച്ചി), uppa (ഉപ്പ) etc.
in tamil, thaai , thanthai original tamil words mother , father; amma , appa common words mother , father respectively, used addressing them (called vili words).
in kannada language, thaai mother , thande father used. address them kannadigas use amma or avva or abbe mother , appa or anna father.

finno-ugric languages

estonian ema
in hungarian, uralic language unrelated indo-european languages, apa means father , anya means mother, tends use open vowels such [ɑ] , [ɐ]. formal usage, these words applied, both mama , papa used well, in informal speech. family internal addressing, apu , anyu (variants of apa , anya, respectively) used.
finnish emä (note: use of emä considered archaic in meaning mother of child . modern word äiti derived gothic aiþei .)

indo-european languages

albanian nena/nëna / mama
assamese has ma , aai mother , deuta , pitai father .
bengali, words maa ( মা ) , baba ( বাবা ) used mother , father .
bulgarian мама (mama)
catalan mamà / mama
croatian mama
czech máma , táta
dutch mama / mam
english mam (regional british) /mum (standard br.eng) /mom (us) / mama / momma , dad / dada / daddy
faroese mamma
french maman
galician nai / mai
german mama
(modern) greek μάνα, μαμά (mana, mama)
hindi has word mātā formal word mother , though shorter informal term ma more common. due english borrowings, words mamma , pappa common.
icelandic mamma; pabbi
irish mam
italian mamma , papà
konkani language, words amma or aayi mother , baba or aan father used.
lithuanian mama
lombard mader
maithili language has word mami , papa refer mother , father respectively borrowed english , popular in mithila federal state of nepal , bihar state of india.
nepali language has word ama refer mother , ba father.
norwegian mamma
odia bapa used father , maa or bou mother.
old indo-aryan (sanskrit): mātṛ / ambā
persian madar مادر formal word mother, whereas ممان or maman informal word mother. pedar پدر formal word father whereas baba or بابا informal word father.
polish mama , tata
portuguese mãe / mamã / mamãe (only in brazil)
romanian mama / mamă
russian мама (mama) in russian papa, deda , baba mean father , grandfather , grandmother respectively, though last 2 can represent baby-talk (baba slang word woman , , folk word married woman child born). in popular speech tata , tyatya dad used until 20th century.
serbian мама / mama
sinhalese, word mother mawa ( meniyande ) , father piya ( piyanande ). use of amma mother , thaththaa father due influence of other languages. in areas of sri lanka, particularly in central province, sinhalese use word appachchi father.
slovene mama / ata, tata
spanish mama / mamá
swedish mamma , pappa
swiss german mami, mame in dialect graubünden , mamma in dialects canton of bern
ukrainian мама (mamа)
urdu words mother maa/mɑ̃ː ماں, madar مادر or walida والدہ formally , ammi امی, mama مما informally, whereas father baap باپ (not used salutation), pedar پدر or walid والد formally , baba بابا or abba ابّا or abbu ابّو informally.
urdu mother , father translated maan, baap.in daily life amman, abba used while addressing them. mama/baba, ammi/abbo used.
welsh mam tad (mutates dad)

kartvelian languages

georgian notable having similar words backwards compared other languages: father in georgian მამა (mama), while mother pronounced დედა (deda). პაპა papa stands grandfather .

language isolates

basque ama
japanese, 父 (chichi) , 母 (haha) father , mother respectively. basic words not combine honorifics *papa (modern japanese /h/ derives bilabial fricative [ɸ]) in turn older *p.) japanese has borrowed informal mama , papa along native terms.
korean, 엄마 (eomma) [ʌmma] , 아빠 (appa) mom , dad in informal language, derived formal words, 아버지 (abeoji) , 어머니 (eomeoni) father , mother. korean considered language isolate no living relatives, authorities differ.
kutenai, language isolate of southeastern british columbia, uses word ma.
sumerian: 𒀀𒈠 / ama

mayan languages

ch ol: ña
tzotzil: me
tzeltal: me

niger-congo languages

igbo: mama / nne / nma
yoruba: mama / momo / iya
zulu: mama , baba

sino-tibetan languages

burmese, မိခင် (mi khin) , ဖခင် (pha khin) words mother , father respectively. however, parents referred children မေမေ (may may) , ဖေဖေ (phay phay) — mom , dad.
mandarin chinese, 父親 (fùqīn) , 母親 (mǔqīn) father , mother respectively. however, parents referred children 爸爸 (bàba) , 媽媽 (māma) — dad , mom . , in informal language, use bà , mā short. (note: f sound pronounced bilabially (as p or b) in older , other forms of chinese, fu related common father word pa.)
tibetan uses amma mother , appa father.

tai-kadai languages

thai, mother แม่ [mɛ̂ː] , father พ่อ [pʰɔ̂ː]. mama , papa used in thai.

turkic languages

uyghur, central asian turkic language, uses ana or apa mother, , ata father.




^ mama on map
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