Mother: What do you call in your language?In my language the word is "Maa"?

Question

Please tell the language, what do you call and if possible how do you pronounce. thanks

Maa is word for mother in Hindi
Mata in Punjabi. I think in most of languages it starts with M as thats what normally child says in beginning

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO MENTION THE LANGUAGE! THANKS

Answer 1

Chinese = 媽媽 (ma4 ma5)
Thai = แม่ (mae)
Spanish = Madre
French = Mère
German = Mutter
Danish = Mor
Italian = Madre
Japanese = お母さん　(okaasan)
Vietnamese = Mẹ
Catalan = Mare
Portuguese = Mãe

Answer 2

I speak English so we say mother, mom, ma, mama. As you say, I have found that in most languages the word for mother begins with a "M" because it is the easiest word to say because it only uses the lips whereas 'dad' makes use of the tongue against the teeth.

Answer 3

True, in most languages the word for 'mother' does start with o sound like ma, mum, mom, It. supposedly related to the sound or action of breast feeding.
But there is an Australian Language where Ma (or something like it) means 'father'!

Answer 4

In English: Mom, Mommy, Mother, Ma, Mama
In German: Mutter, Mutti

Answer 5

Local creole: Mi, Yema, Ima or Mama
Arabic: Umi or Mama
French: Maman
Spanish, Madre

Answer 6

mother - English
madre - Spanish
patrino - Esperanto
Mutter - German
mère - French
mor - Norwegian
matro - Ido
madre - Italian
мать - Russian
ina - Tagalog

Answer 7

Motu of Papua New Guinea: sina
Kuanua (same country): tina
Lebanese Arabic: imme
Classical Arabic: ummi, both actually meaning: my mother

Answer 8

Nyukwa

Answer 9

Mami, Ma, Mam or Mamidou when I hug her - Creole - Mauritius

Answer 10

oh this word seems to be rather universal. It;s "mama" in Polish. Can have forms like "matka" (but it's not too affectionate) or mamunia, mamusia (affectionate)