Different languages have different names for the word light. This is as a result of certain beliefs in a community or its originality.
Take a look at how light in other languages is described or called.
- Afrikaans - Lig
- Basque - Argia
- Blaze: Fire representing the blaze of a sun
- Catalan - llum
- Corsican - Luce
- Cebuano - Kahayag
- Chichewa - Kuwala
- Dutch - Licht
- Filipino - Liwanag
- French - Lumière
- Galician - Luz
- German - Licht
- Hausa - Haske
- Hawaiian - Kukui
- Irish - Solas
- Italian - Leggero
- Indonesian - Cahaya
- Javanese - Cahya
- Kinyarwanda - Urumuri
- Maltese - Dawl
- Malagasy - Fahazavana
- Malay - Cahaya
- Maori - Marama
- Norwegian - Lett
- Polish - Lekki
- Portuguese - Luz
- Samoan - Malamalama
- Slovak - Svetlo
- Spanish - Luz
- Sesotho - Khanya
- Shona - Chiedza
- Swahili - Mwanga
- Sundanese - Cahaya
- Swedish - Ijus
- Welsh - Golau
- Xhosa - Ukukhanya
- Yoruba - Ina
- Zulu - Ukukhanya
