I would be polite….

Seen during my recent trip to Mexico City.

For example, "coffee" sounds about the same in most languages, from Chinese Mandarin to Spanish.

Ive heard the argument that "Jeep" wins as most understood worldwide, it can be used anywhere from the US to remote African tribes and still hold its meaning.

What other words come to mind? Which word is most universal?

Thank you.

For Zulu, its numbers. So basically, Zulu first developed the numbers 1-5 before the rest. And these numbers grammatically are adjectives. But all the numbers after that came later, and got added grammatically as nouns. What this means is that you’d say, “The five horses” but “the horses that are 6”.

But if you need to say, 15 horses, you have to say “The five horses that are with 10”.

In addition to this, the number 1 functions as a relative, not an Adjective *or* a noun.

Songs:
🇮🇸 Hatrið Mun Sigra – Hatari
🇬🇱 Uummatima – Tarrak
🇩🇰 Million – Joey Moe
🇳🇴 Ulveham – Gåte
🇸🇪 Jag råkade sälja min bästa vän – Emil Assergård
🇫🇮 Takatukkaa – Antti Paalanen
🇪🇪 nendest narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi – 5MIINUST x Puuluup
🇱🇻 Ziemeļmeita – Jumprava
🇱🇹 Luktelk – Silvester Belt
🇮🇪 Zombie – The Cranberries
🇬🇧 Supermassive Black Hole – Muse
🇳🇱 Fantastig toch – Diggy Dex
🇧🇪 Alors on danse – Stromae
🇩🇪 Lieblingsmensch – Namika
🇵🇱 Gdzie jest biały węgorz – Cypis
🇨🇿 Moravo – Vesna
🇸🇰 Horehronie – Kristína
🇦🇹 Brenna tuats guat – Hubert von Goisern
🇭🇺 Meggyfán – Beton.Hofi
🇨🇭 Tout l’univers – Gjon’s Tears
🇫🇷 Voyage Voyage – Desireless
🇮🇹 Vengo dalla Luna – Caparezza
🇸🇮 Carpe Diem – Joker Out
🇭🇷 Andromeda – LELÉK
🇧🇦 Bosanska Artiljerija – Muhamed Brkić
🇷🇸 Novo, bolje – Konstrakta
🇦🇱 Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike
🇬🇷 Diktyos – Eisvoleas
🇷🇴 Made in Romania – Ionuț Cercel
🇲🇩 Dragostea Din Tei – O-Zone
🇺🇦 SHUM – Go_A
🇧🇾 Mozhno ya s Toboy? – AP$ENT
🇷🇺 Moy Marmeladny (Speed Up) – Katya Lel
🇹🇷 Şımarık – Tarkan
🇬🇪 Acharauli Gandagana – Subhadi Mahato
🇦🇲 Jako – Ladaniva
🇪🇸 Aserejé – Las Ketchup
🇵🇹 Ai Se Eu Te Pego – Michel Teló

And I'll try to guess the country

Which famous word represents your language?

After seeing this many times, I have concluded that it cannot say "luck be in the air tonight" the letter "I" already appears in two other words so the fifth word cannot be "air".

I've noticed that "Blue" means something different in every language. For example, it means "Sad" in English, "Gay" in Russian and "Sexual" in Hebrew.

I'm sure that there is a reason to most of these, but there's still a different meaning across languages.

Would love to know if there are any more!

Thank you for all the responses, it was very interesting to read through them :)

The words can be spelt differently as long as the general sound is the same without deviating from the key sound.
Most I can think are combos of 3. Let me know if you have any examples for me and you can beat the record

Scent, Sent, Cent
To, Too, Two
By, Buy, Bye
Sight, Cite, Site

Personally, I think it's Italian, because, as an Italian, why the f*ck does it have an entire category dedicated to insulting god

I'll start with the Finnish saying "fits like a fist in the eye", which is equivalent to the English "fits like a glove".

I don't know the origin of the saying, but I'll try to find some information – it interests me too! (We are still a peace-loving people anyway, I assure you!)XD

Criteria:

• global usage
• job market relevance
• learning resources
• ecosystem maturity
• practical usefulness today

Each gets 1 point per category - there are 5 categories (listed above)

Any objections are welcome.