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The Humble Potato

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Note: full disclaimer. The sorting on this page reflects absolutely nothing in reality, it is an arbitrary way to collect languages. I could've done it by language family, but there are a LOT of those.

Potatoes Around the World

North America

English - potato

Spanish - papa

ASL

Central America

Spanish - papa

Portuguese - batata

Nahuatl - camohtli

Nicaraguan Sign Language

South America

Spanish - papa

Portuguese - batata

Piraha

North Africa

Setswana - tapole or potata

French - pomme de terre

Arabic - (albatatis) البطاطس

Amharic - ድንች (dnichi)

Tigrinya -

Yoruba - ọdunkun

South Africa

Swahili - viazi

Sesotho - tapole

Afrikaans - aartappel

isiNdebele - igwili

Western Europe

Spanish - papa

French - pomme de terre

German - kartoffel

Italian - patata

Portuguese - batata

Swedish - potatis

Finnish - peruna

Basque - patata

Greek - πατάτα (patáta)

Eastern Europe

Hungarian - burgonya

Russian - картофель (kartofel)

Croatian - krumpir

Slovenian - krompir

Albanian - patate

Bulgarian - картофи (kartofi)

Romanian - cartof

Ukrainian - картопля (kartoplya)

Middle East

Arabic - (albatatis) البطاطس

Hebrew - (ta•pu•ach a•da•ma) תפוח אדמה

Persian - (sib zamini) سیب زمینی

Turkish - patates

Kurdish - kartol

Akkadian

Syriac

Central Asia

Mandarin Chinese - tǔdòu

Mongolian - төмс (töms)

Urdu - آلو

Hindustani - aloo

East Asia

Japanese - poteto

Thai - มันฝรั่ง (Mạnf̄ràng)

Vietnamese - khoai tây

Korean - 감자 (gamja)

Oceania

Tagalog - patatas

Australia

Meriam Mir

Gumatj

Gumbaynggirr

Western Desert language

Kala Lagaw Ya

Pitjantjatjara

Dhanggati

Australian Sign Language

Antartica

Antartican: Dried potato, Canned potato, консервированный картофель