No matter where you travel, youre bound to find beauty. Perhaps the landscapes are beautiful, or maybe the people. You might even travel somewhere that has the most beautiful food youve ever seen. In any case, being able to say beautiful will help you express your awe to locals, which is a wonderful way to connect and show your gratitude.

　　A language barrier doesnt have to stop you from communicating with locals. Learning just a few phrases, like how to say thank you or hello or even I love you, makes a huge difference. Even if you say it poorly or with a thick accent, a genuine attempt to speak the local language is a sign of respect anywhere you go.

　　For the times that you just need to say how lovely and incredible something is, here is how to say beautiful in 100 of the worlds most spoken languages (note pairs of words are in the order of masculine/feminine):

　　1. Mandarin: měilì de

　　Where it’s spoken:China, Taiwan,Singapore

　　2. Spanish: bonito/bonita, hermoso/hermosa, bello/bella (all mean beautiful)

　　Where it’s spoken: Hispanic America, Spain,United States, Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara, Pacific Islands

　　3. English: beautiful

　　Where it’s spoken: Australia,Canada, India,Ireland,New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Singapore,United Kingdom, United States

　　4. Hindi: sundar

　　Where it’s spoken: India, Nepal, Fiji

　　5. Arabic: jamíl/jamíla (gamíl/gamíla in Egypt)

　　Where it’s spoken: North Africa, Western Asia (Middle East), East Africa

　　6. Portuguese: bonito/bonita, lindo/linda, belo/bela

　　Where it’s spoken: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde,Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Timor-Leste

　　7. Bengali: sundara

　　Where it’s spoken: Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), Tripura (India), Assam (India)

　　8. Russian: krasivyy (m), krasivaya (f), krasivoye (n)

　　Where it’s spoken: Russia, former republics of the Soviet Union, Mongolia

　　Imagine seeing this scene in Japan and being able to express, beautiful 9. Japanese: kireina

　　Where it’s spoken:Japan

　　10. Punjabi: sudara

　　Where it’s spoken: Punjab region (India, Pakistan)

　　11. German: schön

　　Where it’s spoken: Germany, Austria, Belgium (Eupen-Malmedy),Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, South Tirol (in Italy)

　　12. Javanese: ayu

　　Where it’s spoken: Java (Indonesia)

　　13. Wu (Shanghainese): měilì de

　　Where it’s spoken: Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Jiangsu (eastern China)

　　14. Malay/Indonesian: cantik (chantik)

　　Where it’s spoken:Brunei, Indonesia,Malaysia, Singapore

　　South Koreas beauty 15. Korean: aleumdaun

　　Where it’s spoken: North Korea, South Korea

　　16. Telugu: andamaina

　　Where it’s spoken: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry (India)

　　17. Vietnamese: xinh đẹp (sing dep)

　　Where it’s spoken:Vietnam

　　18. French: beau/belle

　　Where it’s spoken: Belgium (Wallonia, Brussels),Canada(particularly Quebec, New Brunswick and eastern parts of Ontario), France, Switzerland, Francophone Africa, French Caribbean,French Polynesia, various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

　　19. Marathi: sundara

　　Where it’s spoken: Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat (India)

　　20. Tamil: aḻaku

　　Where its spoken: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka (India), Puducherry (India),Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius

　　21. Urdu: khoobsurat

　　Where it’s spoken: India, Pakistan

　　22. Persian/Farsi: qasheng, khoshgel (for people)

　　Where it’s spoken: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan

　　23. Turkish: güzel

　　Where it’s spoken: Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria

　　24. Cantonese: laang

　　Where it’s spoken: Guangdong (Canton), southern Guangxi (southern China), Hong Kong, Macau

　　25. Italian: bello/bella, bellissimo/bellissima (very beautiful)

　　Where it’s spoken:Italy,Switzerland, San Marino

　　Beautiful Thailand 26. Thai: s̄wy (shuway)

　　Where it’s spoken:Thailand

　　27. Gujarati: sundara

　　Where it’s spoken: Gujarat (India)

　　28. Basque: eder

　　Where it’s spoken: Northern Spain, southwestern France

　　29. Minnan hua: hǎo kàn

　　Where it’s spoken: Fujian, eastern part of Guandong (southeastern China), Hainan (southern China), Taiwan, Malaysia

　　30. Polish: piękny

　　Where it’s spoken: Poland, Germany, Belarus, western Ukraine, Lithuania

　　31. Pashto: aaghli

　　Where it’s spoken: Afghanistan, Pakistan

　　32. Kannada: sundara

　　Where it’s spoken: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra (India)

　　33. Malayalam: manēāharaṁ (manóharam)

　　Where it’s spoken: Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mahé (India)

　　Carefree days in Indonesia 34. Sundanese: geulis (ghelís)

　　Where it’s spoken: Java (Indonesia)

　　35. Chamorro: bunitu/bunita

　　Where it’s spoken: mainly on Guam and in the Mariana Islands

　　36. Hausa: kyau

　　Where it’s spoken: Nigeria

　　37. Burmese: lhasaw a sainn

　　Where it’s spoken:Myanmar

　　38. Oriya: sundar

　　Where it’s spoken: Odisha (India)

　　39. Armenian: geghets’ik (gheretsík)

　　Where it’s spoken: Armenia, Georgia, Russia

　　40. Ukrainian: harnyy

　　Where it’s spoken: Ukraine

　　41. Bhojpuri: nik

　　Where it’s spoken: Bihar (India)

　　42. Tagalog: maganda

　　Where it’s spoken: Manila and northern Philippines

　　43. Yoruba: lẹwa

　　Where it’s spoken: Nigeria, Benin, Togo

　　44. Maithili: lōga

　　Where it’s spoken: Bihar (India)

　　45. Sindhi: surkẖu

　　Where it’s spoken: Sindh (Pakistan and neighboring areas in India)

　　46. Swahili: mrembo

　　Where it’s spoken: Kenya,Tanzania,Uganda

　　Swahili is the most widely spoken language in Africa with about 100 million speakers, and is the national language of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

　　Swahili is said to have originated from Arabic, among other languages. It’s possible the language came from interactions between Arabs and East Africans back in the day.

　　47. Uzbek: gozal

　　Where it’s spoken: Uzbekistan

　　48. Amharic: k’onijo

　　Where it’s spoken: Ethiopia

　　49. Fula: wooɗude

　　Where it’s spoken: West and Central Africa, from Senegal to Sudan

　　50. Igbo: mara mma

　　Where it’s spoken: Nigeria

　　51. Oromo: bareedduu

　　Where it’s spoken: Ethiopia, Kenya

　　52. Romanian: frumos

　　Where it’s spoken: Romania, Moldova

　　53. Azerbaijani: gözəl

　　Where it’s spoken: Azerbaijan, northern Iran

　　54. Manipuri/Meitei: maithili

　　Where it’s spoken: Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma

　　A fisherman in Vilanculos, Mozambique 55. Chichewa: wokongola

　　Where it’s spoken: Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique

　　56. Cebuano: gwapa

　　Where it’s spoken: Central and southern Philippines

　　57. Dutch: mooi

　　Where it’s spoken: Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders, Brussels), Suriname

　　58. Kurdish: bedew

　　Where it’s spoken: Kurdistan (northern Iraq, parts of Iran, Turkey, and Syria)

　　59. Serbo-Croatian: lijep

　　Where it’s spoken: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro

　　60. Malagasy: tsara tarehy

　　Where it’s spoken: Madagascar

　　61. Nepali: sundara

　　Where it’s spoken: Nepal and neighboring areas, Sikkim (India)

　　62. Saraiki: swہݨa, sjawl

　　Where it’s spoken: Sindh (Pakistan)

　　63. Santali: ɑɖi nɑpɑi

　　Where it’s spoken: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan

　　64. Khmer: srasa saat (srasaat)

　　Where it’s spoken:Cambodia

　　65. Sinhalese: lassanayi

　　Where it’s spoken: Sri Lanka

　　66. Bambara: cɛɲi

　　Where it’s spoken: Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana

　　67. Assamese: dhunia

　　Assam (India)

　　68. Madurese: bagus

　　Where it’s spoken: Madura, Java (Indonesia)

　　69. Somali: qurux badan

　　Where it’s spoken: Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen

　　70. Magahi:

　　Where it’s spoken: Bihar (India)

　　71. Dogri:

　　Where it’s spoken: Kashmir Jamu (india)

　　72. Marwari:

　　Where it’s spoken: Rajasthan (India and Pakistan)

　　73. Hungarian: szép (sayp)

　　Where it’s spoken: Hungary and neighboring areas

　　74. Chewa: wokongola

　　Where it’s spoken: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

　　75. Kinyarwanda: umunyaburanga

　　Where it’s spoken: Rwanda

　　76. Greek: panemorfi

　　Where it’s spoken:Greece, Cyprus

　　77. Akan/Twi: feh feh

　　Where it’s spoken: Ghana, Ivory Coast

　　78. Khasi: babha briew

　　Where it’s spoken: Meghalaya (India)

　　79. Kazakh: ädemi

　　Where it’s spoken: Kazakhstan

　　80. Tswana: -ntle

　　Where it’s spoken:Botswana

　　81. Hebrew: yafé/yafá

　　Where it’s spoken: Israel

　　82. Zulu: babazekayo

　　Where it’s spoken: South Africa

　　83. Czech: krásná

　　Where it’s spoken: Czech Republic

　　84. Kinyarwanda: umunyaburanga

　　Where it’s spoken: Rwanda

　　85. Konkani: sōbīta

　　Where it’s spoken: Goa (india)

　　86. Haitian Creole: bèl

　　Where it’s spoken: Haiti

　　87. Afrikaans: pragtige (prakhtikhe)

　　Where it’s spoken: South Africa

　　88. Ilokano: napintas

　　Where it’s spoken: Northern Luzon (Philippines)

　　89. Quechua: sumaq

　　Where it’s spoken:Peru, Bolivia

　　90. Kirundi: uri mwiza

　　Where it’s spoken: Burundi, Uganda

　　91. Swedish: skön (hwern or shern)

　　Where it’s spoken: Sweden,Finland

　　92. Hmong: zoo nkauj

　　Where it’s spoken:Laosand neighboring areas

　　93. Shona: runako

　　Where it’s spoken: Zimbabwe, northwestern Mozambique

　　94. Hiligaynon: tahúm

　　Where it’s spoken: Western Visayas (Philippines)

　　95. Uyghur: chirailuq

　　Where it’s spoken: Xinjiang (western China)

　　96. Balochi: a-mul-l

　　Where it’s spoken: Balochistan (Pakistan and Iran)

　　97. Belarusian: pryhožy

　　Where it’s spoken: Belarus

　　98. Maori:ataahua

　　Where it’s spoken: New Zealand

　　99. Xhosa: entle

　　Where it’s spoken: South Africa, southern Mozambique

　　100. Konkani: sōbīta

　　Where it’s spoken: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra (India)

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　　Letting locals know that you think their country is beautiful is not only a great way to break the ice but a generous act of respect and kindness.

　　Do you speak one of the worlds 100 most spoken languages and have feedback or corrections on the list above? Or a key phrase you think we should know? Let us know!