Cricket in other Languages
The sport we know as cricket is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for cricket in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for cricket in each of these languages. You will notice that most of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of cricket in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of cricket |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Krieket |
| Albanian | Kriketi |
| Alemannic | Cricket |
| Arabic | كريكت |
| Aragonese | Críquet |
| Armenian | Կրիկետ |
| Assamese | ক্ৰিকেট |
| Asturian | Críquet |
| Azerbaijani | Kriket |
| Bashkir | Крикет |
| Basque | Kriket |
| Bavarian | Cricket |
| Belarusian | Крыкет |
| Belarusian | Крыкет |
| Bengali | ক্রিকেট |
| Bhojpuri | क्रिकेट |
| Bosnian | Kriket |
| Breton | Kriked |
| Bulgarian | Крикет |
| Burmese | ကရစ်ကက် |
| Cantonese | 木球 |
| Catalan | Criquet |
| Chechen | Крикет |
| Chinese | 板球 |
| Croatian | Kriket |
| Czech | Kriket |
| Danish | Cricket |
| Doteli | क्रिकेट |
| Dutch | Cricket |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ |
| Egyptian Arabic | كريكيت |
| English | Cricket |
| Esperanto | Kriketo |
| Estonian | Kriket |
| Extremaduran | Críquet |
| Fiji Hindi | Cricket |
| Finnish | Kriketti |
| French | Cricket |
| Galician | Crícket |
| Georgian | კრიკეტი |
| German | Cricket |
| Greek | Κρίκετ |
| Guianan Creole | Krikèt |
| Gujarati | ક્રિકેટ |
| Hebrew | קריקט |
| Hindi | क्रिकेट |
| Hungarian | Krikett |
| Icelandic | Krikket |
| Ido | Kriketo |
| Ilokano | Kriket |
| Indonesian | Kriket |
| Interlingua | Cricket |
| Irish | Cruicéad |
| Italian | Cricket |
| Jamaican | Krikit |
| Japanese | クリケット |
| Javanese | Kriket |
| Kabiye | Krɩkɛtɩ |
| Kannada | ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ |
| Kazakh | Крикет |
| Korean | 크리켓 |
| Latin | Criccetius lusus |
| Latvian | Krikets |
| Limburgish | Cricket |
| Lithuanian | Kriketas |
| Luxembourgish | Cricket |
| Macedonian | Крикет |
| Maithili | क्रिकेट |
| Malay | Kriket |
| Malayalam | ക്രിക്കറ്റ് |
| Marathi | क्रिकेट |
| Min Nan | Pán-kiû |
| Mingrelian | კრიკეტი |
| Neapolitan | Cricket |
| Nepali | क्रिकेट |
| Newar / Nepal Bhasa | क्रिकेट |
| Norman | Cricket |
| Norwegian | Cricket |
| Norwegian | Cricket |
| Occitan | Criquet |
| Odia | କ୍ରିକେଟ |
| Pashto | کريکټ |
| Persian | کریکت |
| Polish | Krykiet |
| Portuguese | Críquete |
| Quechua | Sirp'i pukllay |
| Romanian | Crichet |
| Russian | Крикет |
| Samoan | Kirikiti |
| Samogitian | Krėkets |
| Sanskrit | क्रिकेट्-क्रीडा |
| Santali | ᱠᱨᱤᱠᱮᱴ |
| Scots | Cricket |
| Scottish Gaelic | Criogaid |
| Serbian | Крикет |
| Serbo-Croatian | Kriket |
| Sicilian | Cricket |
| Sindhi | ڪرڪيٽ |
| Sinhalese | ක්රිකට් |
| Slovak | Kriket |
| Slovene | Kriket |
| Sorani Kurdish | کریکێت |
| Southern Azerbaijani | کریکت |
| Spanish | Críquet |
| Sundanese | Krikét |
| Swahili | Kriketi |
| Swedish | Cricket |
| Tagalog | Kriket |
| Tamil | துடுப்பாட்டம் |
| Telugu | క్రికెట్ |
| Thai | คริกเกต |
| Tulu | ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ |
| Turkish | Kriket |
| Ukrainian | Крикет |
| Urdu | کرکٹ |
| Uzbek | Kriket |
| Vietnamese | Cricket |
| Waray | Kriket |
| Welsh | Criced |
| West Frisian | Krikket |
| Western Punjabi | کرکٹ |
| Wu | 板球 |
| Xhosa | Iqakamba |
| Yiddish | קריקעט |
| Zulu | Ikhilikithi |
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