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May the words found here become the seeds of hope and a new way of thinking.


Language Country Word for Peace
Abenaki Native American Okikiamgenoka
Afrikans South Africa Vrede
Akan Ghana Asmomdwoe
Akkadian Mesopotamia Salmu
Alabama Native American Utimokla
Albanian Albania Pake
Algonquin Native American Waki Qiwebis
Amharic Ethiopia Selam
Arabic Saudi Arabia Salam
Aranes Spain Patz
Armenian Armenia Khanaghutyun
Aymara Bolivia /Native American Hacana
Bambara Mali Here
Basque Spain/France Baké
Bemba Zambia Mutenden
Bengali Bangladesh Shanti
Bislama Melanasia (Vanuatu) Pis
Blackfoot Native American Innaaissttiiya
Bosnian Bosnia Spokoj
Bulgarian Bulgaria Mir
Buli Ghana Goom-jigi
Burmese Burma (Myanmar) Nyeinjanyei
Carolinian Micronesia Gunnammwey
Catalan Andorra Spain Pau
Chamono Guam Minaggen
Cherokee Native American Dohivi
Chewa Malawi M’tendere
Chicksaw Native American Nanna Ayya
Chinese (Mandarin) China He ping
Choctaw Native American Achukma
Chontal Mexico/Native American Aylobaha Gafuleya
Comanche Native American Tsumukikiatu
Cree Native American Wetaskiwin
Creole Haiti Lapé
Czech Czechoslovakia Mir
Danish Fred
Dari Persian Afghanistan Sulh
Duala Australia Musango
Dutch Netherlands Vrede
Egyptian Egypt hetep
Ekari Indonesia Muka-Muka
English Peace
Eskimo Greenland Erkigsinek
Esperanto Paco
Estonian Estonia Rahu
Fanagolo South Africa Kutula
Farsi Iran Ashtee
Fijian Fiji Vakaçegu
Finnish Finland Rauha
Fon West Africa (Benin) Fifa
French France Paix
Fula Guinea/Mali/Senegal Jam
Gaelic Ireland Sith
German Germany Frieden
Gikuyu Kenya Thayu
Greek Greece Irini
Guarani Paraguay Nerane'i
Gujarti India Shanti
Halaka Pegdub
Hausa Nigeria Lumana           or
Zaman lafiya
Hawaiian
Hebrew Israel Shalom
Hindi India Shanti
Hopi Native American Sipala
Hungarian Hungary Bekè
Icelandic Iceland Friður
Igbo Nigeria Udo
Ila Zambia Chibanda
Indonesian Indonesia Damai
Inuit Native American Tutkium
Irish Ireland Sióchain
Italian Italy Pace
Japanese Japan Heiwa
Javanese Java Rukun
Kannada India Shanti
Kekchi Guatemala Tuktuquil usilal
Kmher Cambodia, Thailand Soksang
Kinyarwandu Rwanda Amahoro
Klingon Space- the final frontier Rój
Korean Korea Phyongh'wa
Kosati Native American Ilifayka
Kurdish Iraq, Turkey Hasiti
Kusaiean Micronesia Mihs
Lakota Native American Wolakota
Lao Laos Santiphap
Latin Pax
Latvian Latvia Miers
Lingala Zaire Kimia
Lithuanian Lithuania Taika
Luganda Uganda Emirembe
Magindanain Philippenes Kali lintad
Mahican Native American Anachemowegan
Malagasy Madagascar Fandriampahalamana
Malay Thailand Keamanan
Maltese Malta Paci
Manobo Philippines Linew
Maori New Zealand Rangima’aire
Mapundungun Chile Uvchin
Maranao Philippines Diakatra
Marshallese Marshall Islands Aenomman
Mayan Native American Ets'a'an Olal
Mentaiwan Sumatra Perdamiam
Micmac Native American Wôntônkóde
Miskito Mexico (Native American) Kupia Kumi Laka
Mokilese Micronesia Onpek
Mongolian Mongolia Enh taiwan
Mongo-Nkundu Zaire Bóoto
Morse
Mossi Ghana, Burkina Faso Lâfí
Munsterian Ireland/Gaelic dialect Echnahcaton
Navajo Native American K’é
Nepali Nepal Shanti
Nez perce Native American 'Eyewi
Nhengatu Brazil (Native American) Tecócatú
Norwegian Norway Fred
Ntomba Zaire Nye
Nyanja Malawi Mtendere
Otchipwe Native American Bisaniwewin
Otomi Mexico (Native Amercan) Hmetho
Pali India Nirudho
papago/Pima Native American Dodolimdag
Pashto Afghanistan, Pakistan Amniat
Persian Iran Sulh
Phonetic Alphabet Papa Echo Alpha Charlie Echo
Pilipino Philippines Kapayapaan
Pintupi Australia Yatanpa
Polish Poland Pokoj
Ponapean Micronesia Melelilei
Portuguese Portugal Paz
Pushtu Afghanistan Sula
Quecha Mexico (Native American) Qasikay
Rapanui Easter Island Kiba-kiba
Romanian Romania Pace
Romansch Switzerland Pasch
Ruanda Rwanda Nimuhore
Rundi Burundi Amahoro
Russian Russia Mir
Samoan Western Samoa Filemu
Scottish Scotland Fois
Serbo-Croation Mir
Sesotho Lesotho Khotso
Shona Zimbabwe Runyararo
Sinhala Sri Lanka Samaya
Sioux Native American Wo'okeyeh
Siswati Swaziland Kuthula
Slovak Slovak Republic Mier
Somali Somalia Nabada
Spanish Spain Paz
Swahili Kenya, Tanzania Amani
Swedish Sweden Fred
Tagalog Philippines Kapayapaan
Tahitian Tahiti Hau
Tamil India Singapore Samadanam
Tangut China Nei
Thai Thailand Santiphap
Tibetan Tibet Sidi
Tlingit Native American Li-k'ei
Tongan Tonga Melino
Truk Micronesia Kunammwey
Tswana Botswana Khotso
Turkish Turkey Baris
Uighur China Saq
Urdu Pakistan Aman
Vietnamese Vietnam Su Thai Binh
Welsh Wales Heddwich
Wintu Native American Mina
Woleaian Micronesia Gumund
Wolof Senegal Jamma
Yiddish Israel Sholem
Yoruba Nigeria Alafia
Yue China Sai Gaii Oh Ping
Zapotec Mexico (Native American) Laveni
Zulu South Africa Ukuthula


Click here for written accounts from the International Solidarity Movement Oalestinian Witness in 2002.