why? (adv.)

Afrikaans: hoekom?

Arabic: limadha a ? = لماذا ا?

Bengali:  Kēna = কেন?

Cebuano: ngano man?

Chichewa: bwanji?

Chinese: wei shemuh ? = 为什么? literally wei 为 = for, shemuh 什么 = what 

Danish: hvorfor?

Dutch: waarom?

Esperanto: kial?

Estonian: miks?

Filipino: bakit?

French: Pourquoi?

German: Warum?

Greek: Giatí ? = Γιατί?

Hawaiian: no ke aha mai ?

Hindi: kyon ? = क्यों ?

Hmong: vim li cas?

Indonesian: kenapa?

Italian: perché ?

Japanese: Dōshite? = どうして ？

Javanese: ngopo?

Korean: wae ? = 왜 ?

Lao:  nyonjang ? = ຍ້ອນຫຍັງ ?

Latin: Quare ?

Macedonian: zošto? = зошто?

Malay: kenapa?

Maori: he aha ai?

Myanmar: a bhaalkyount ? = အဘယ်ကြောင့် ?

Norwegian: Hvorfor ?

Portuguese: porque ?

Russian: Pochemu ? = Почему ??

Samoan: Aisea?

Spanish: por qué?

Thai: Thảmị = ทำไม?

Turkish: neden ?

Ukrainian: chomu = чому?

Uzbek: nima uchun?

Vietnamese: tại sao?

Welsh: pam?

Xhosa: ngoba?

Yiddish: farvas ? = פארוואס?

Zulu: ngani?