Twelve languages, each writing its own name
Country names in their own language: endonyms, exonyms and every name in its native script.
Endonym Atlas records country names in their own language, what countries call themselves, next to a romanisation and an English gloss, together with districts, languages, weekdays, months and numbers.
- Days of the week in Spanish
- Numbers in Japanese
- Subdivisions of Kazakhstan
- IPA chart
- Country codes
- Flags of the world
How to read the wheelEach language writes its own name on the rim; the one under the red marker is set large in the centre.
- baseline
- x-height
- cap height
español · Spanish, Latin script. Today, Thursday, is jueves.
Today, in fourteen languages
Thursday, 22 October 2026
U+6728 · 木曜日, the wood day
Each line follows the reader's calendar and turns over at midnight.
- ESSpanishjueves, 22 de octubre
- FRFrenchjeudi 22 octobre
- DEGermanDonnerstag, 22. Oktober
- ITItaliangiovedì 22 ottobre
- TRTurkish22 Ekim Perşembe
- RURussianчетверг, 22 октября
- ELGreekΠέμπτη 22 Οκτωβρίου
- KAGeorgianხუთშაბათი, 22 ოქტომბერი
- ARArabicالخميس، 22 أكتوبر
- HEHebrewיום חמישי, 22 באוקטובר
- HIHindiगुरुवार, 22 अक्टूबर
- ZHChinese10月22日星期四
- JAJapanese10月22日木曜日
- KOKorean10월 22일 목요일
Country names in their own language: codes, flags and native script
Type a country, an ISO code or a native name; the card shows the three ISO 3166-1 codes, the flag and the country name in its own language, written in its native script.
Every flag is drawn to its own ratio.
- alpha-2
- GR
- alpha-3
- GRC
- numeric
- 300
Endonyms and exonyms: countries and their subdivisions
Country names in their own language are endonyms; an exonym is the name other languages use. Each country page gives the endonym first, in native script, then the exonyms in up to two hundred languages, and lists its provinces, regions and districts in the local language, romanised and in English, with the administrative centre and the ISO 3166-2 code.
When a region is split or renamed, the present-day entry comes first and the earlier state stays beside it with the year. The sample is Kazakhstan, reorganised in 2022. Former states keep their own lists, such as the provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
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Europe
- Deutschland
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Asia
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Africa
- ኢትዮጵያ
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- Nigeria
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Americas
- Brasil
- México
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- Perú
Oceania
- Aotearoa
- Australia
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Words by language: days, months, numbers, greetings
Every language keeps the same vocabulary: days, months, numbers to a thousand and everyday greetings, each with a romanisation. Greetings note formality: здравствуйте is not привет. Today is marked in each week.
Monday across twelve languages
| Language | Native form | Romanisation | Script |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | lunes | lunes | Latin |
| Russian | понедельник | ponedelnik | Cyrillic |
| Kazakh | дүйсенбі | düisenbı | Cyrillic |
| Greek | Δευτέρα | Deftéra | Greek |
| Armenian | երկուշաբթի | yerkushabti | Armenian |
| Georgian | ორშაბათი | orshabati | Georgian |
| Arabic | الاثنين | al-ithnayn | Arabic |
| Hebrew | יום שני | yom sheni | Hebrew |
| Hindi | सोमवार | somvār | Devanagari |
| Amharic | ሰኞ | säñño | Ge'ez |
| Japanese | 月曜日 | getsuyōbi | Kanji |
| Korean | 월요일 | woryoil | Hangul |
Language beside language
Two languages side by side on shared baselines, with a romanisation under every word in a non-Latin script. The address keeps the pair, so a comparison can be linked or cited.
Spanish beside Russian · the seven days, Monday first.
Link to this pairgeonames.de/?a=es&b=ru&t=days
Languages, grouped by family
Languages are arranged by family. Each language page gives its own name, its ISO 639 code, the countries where it is official, its scripts and its word lists.
- Romanceespañol, français, italiano, română
- GermanicDeutsch, Nederlands, svenska
- Balto-Slavicрусский, polski, lietuvių
- CelticGaeilge, Cymraeg, brezhoneg
- Indicहिन्दी, नेपाली, मराठी
- Iranianفارسی, پښتو
- TurkicTürkçe, қазақ тілі, oʻzbekcha
- Mongolicмонгол хэл
- UralicNenets, Selkup, Nganasan
- Finno-Ugricsuomi, magyar, eesti
- Semitic and Africanالعربية, עברית, አማርኛ, Kiswahili
- DravidianTamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam
- East Asian中文, 日本語, 한국어
- Americanrunasimi, avañeʼẽ, Nahuatl
- Caucasianქართული, Chechen, Abkhaz
- ConstructedEsperanto, Interlingua
Writing systems and the IPA chart
Each alphabet page lists every letter in order with its name, sound and standard romanisation. Arabic adds its positional forms; Ge'ez keeps its grid of vowel orders.
The International Phonetic Alphabet
The IPA chart describes every consonant, vowel and diacritic. Three neighbouring fricatives:
- ɕ
- voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
- ʃ
- voiceless postalveolar fricative
- ʒ
- voiced postalveolar fricative
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The first sentence of Article 1, among the most translated sentences in existence, in five scripts. The full collection names the source of each translation.
- English
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
- Arabic
يولد جميع الناس أحرارًا متساوين في الكرامة والحقوق.
- Hebrew
כל בני האדם נולדו בני חורין ושווים בערכם ובזכויותיהם.
- Japanese
すべての人間は、生まれながらにして自由であり、かつ、尊厳と権利とについて平等である。
- Georgian
ყველა ადამიანი იბადება თავისუფალი და თანასწორი თავისი ღირსებითა და უფლებებით.
Download the subdivision tables
The subdivision tables come as UTF-8 CSV files, one row per unit: local name, romanisation, English name, ISO 3166-2 code, capital and date of change.
- All countries, one fileCSV · UTF-8
- KazakhstanCSV · Kazakh, Russian, English
- ISO 3166-1 codes with native namesCSV · UTF-8
- Historical units with dates of changeCSV · UTF-8
Sources, named under every table: the ISO 3166 standard and each country's national statistical office.
Recently checked
- All countriesFirst-level subdivisions compared with ISO 3166-2
- VietnamProvinces after the 2025 merger and the 2026 city resolutions
- AlgeriaThe 69 wilayas under Law 26-06 of April 2026
- CzechiaShort name in ISO 3166-1 since 17 May 2016
- Language tagsEvery tag checked against the IANA subtag registry
Frequently asked questions
What do countries call themselves in their native language?
Most countries in their native language carry a name unrelated to the English one: Germany is Deutschland, Finland is Suomi, Albania is Shqipëria and Japan is 日本 (Nihon). These endonyms, what countries call themselves, lead every country page, followed by the exonyms other languages use. The full list collects country names in their own language for all 196 countries in their native language and script, with a romanisation next to each.
Which romanisation system does Endonym Atlas use?
Each language uses the system its government or standards body has adopted, such as Revised Romanization for Korean.
Can the pages be cited on Wikipedia?
Yes. Every page carries a stable address, its sources and the date of the last check.
What is the difference between alpha-2, alpha-3 and numeric codes?
All three come from ISO 3166-1: alpha-2 (GR) for internet domains, alpha-3 (GRC) for passports and statistics, and numeric (300) for United Nations statistics, independent of any alphabet.
Why do some names appear in two local scripts?
Some countries use more than one official script or language, as Kazakhstan does with Kazakh and Russian or Serbia with Cyrillic and Latin. Both forms are given.
What do I need to see every script correctly?
A current browser. The pages load fonts for every script shown, so no empty boxes appear.
