Afghanistan
Pashtu :
Afghan Persian (Dari) : Shatranj
Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) :
30 minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) :
Albania
Albanian (Tosk) : Dackë
Greek : Zatricion (Zatrichion)
Algeria
Arabic : Al-Satranj
French : +checs
Berber dialects :
American Samoa
Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages) :
English : Chess
Andorra
Catalan : Escachs
French : +checs
Castilian : Ajedrez
Angola
Portuguese : Xadrez
Bantu :
Anguilla
English : Chess
Antigua and Barbuda
English : Chess
Argentina
Spanish : Ajedrez
English : Chess
Italian : Scacchi
German : Schach
French : +checs
Armenia
Armenian :
Russian : CHahmaty
Aruba
Dutch : Schaak
Papiamento (a Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English dialect) :
English : Chess
Spanish : Ajedrez
Australia
English : Chess
native languages :
Austria
German : Schach
Azerbaijan
Azeri :
Russian : CHahmaty
Armenian :
The Bahamas
English : Chess
Creole (among Haitian immigrants) :
Bahrain
Arabic : Al-Satranj
English : Chess
Farsi : Shatranj
Urdu : Shatranj
Bangladesh
Bangla :
English : Chess
Barbados
English : Chess
Belarus
Byelorussian :
Russian : CHahmaty
Belgium
Dutch : Schaak
French : +checs
German : Schach
Belize
English : Chess
Spanish : Ajedrez
Maya :
Garifuna (Carib) :
Benin
French : +checs
Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south) :
tribal languages (at least six major ones in north) :
Bermuda
English : Chess
Bhutan
Dzongkha :
Bhotes speak various Tibetan dialects :
Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects :
Bolivia
Spanish : Ajedrez
Quechua :
Aymara :
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian : SHah
Croatian : SHah
Botswana
English : Chess
Setswana :
Brazil
Portuguese :
Spanish : Ajedrez
English : Chess
French : +checs
British Virgin Islands
English : Chess
Brunei
Malay
English : Chess
Chinese : Xiàng-qi
Bulgaria
Bulgarian : CHah
secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown :
Burkina
French : +checs
tribal languages belong to Sudanic family :
Burma
Burmese :
minority ethnic groups have their own languages :
Burundi
Kirundi :
French : +checs
Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Cambodia
Khmer :
French : +checs
Cameroon
24 major African language groups :
English : Chess
French : +checs
Canada
English : Chess
French : +checs
Cape Verde
Portuguese :
Crioulo :
a blend of Portuguese and West African words :
Cayman Islands
English : Chess
Central African Republic
French : +checs
Sangho :
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Hunsa :
Swahili :
Chad
French : +checs
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Sara :
Sango :
Chile
Spanish : Ajedrez
China
Chinese : Xiàng-qi
Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect) :
Yue (Cantonese) :
Wu (Shanghainese) :
Minbei (Fuzhou) :
Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese) :
Xiang :
Gan :
Hakka dialects :
minority languages :
Christmas Island
English : Chess
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
English : Chess
Colombia
Spanish : Ajedrez
Comoros
Arabic : Al-Satranj
French : +checs
Comoran (a blend of Swahili and Arabic) :
Congo
French : +checs
African languages (Lingala and Kikongo are the most widely used) :
Cook Islands
English : Chess
Maori :
Costa Rica
Spanish : Ajedrez
English : Chess
Cote d'Ivoire
French : +checs
60 native dialects Dioula is the most widely spoken :
Croatia
Serbian : SHah
Croatian : SHah
Cuba
Spanish : Ajedrez
Cyprus
Greek : Zatricion (Zatrichion)
Turkish : Satranç
English : Chess
Czech Republic
Czech : CHachy
Slovak : CHachy
Denmark
Danish : Skak
Faroese :
Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect) :
German : Schach
Djibouti
French : +checs
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Somali :
Afar :
Dominica
English : Chess
French patois :
Dominican Republic
Spanish : Ajedrez
Ecuador
Spanish : Ajedrez
Indian languages (especially Quechua) :
Egypt
Arabic : Al-Satranj
El Salvador
Spanish : Ajedrez
Nahua (among some Indians) :
Equatorial Guinea
Spanish : Ajedrez
pidgin English :
Fang :
Bubi :
Ibo :
Eritrea
Tigre and Kunama :
Cushitic dialects :
Tigre :
Nora Bana :
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Estonia
Estonian :
Latvian :
Lithuanian : CHahmaty
Russian : CHahmaty
Ethiopia
Amharic :
Tigrinya :
Orominga :
Guaraginga :
Somali :
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
English : Chess
Faroe Islands
Faroese (derived from Old Norse) :
Danish : Skak
Fiji
English : Chess
Fijian :
Hindustani :
Finland
Finnish : Shakki
Swedish : Schack
small Lapp :
Russian : CHahmaty
France
French : +checs
Provencal :
Breton :
Alsatian :
Corsican :
Catalan : Escachs
Basque :
Flemish : Schaek
French Guiana
French : +checs
French Polynesia
French : +checs
Tahitian :
Gabon
French : +checs
Fang :
Myene :
Bateke :
Bapounou/Eschira :
Bandjabi :
The Gambia
English : Chess
Mandinka :
Wolof :
Fula :
Gaza Strip
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Hebrew : ShaH-mat
English : Chess
Georgia
Armenian :
Azeri :
Georgian :
Russian : CHahmaty
Germany
German : Schach
Ghana
English : Chess
African languages (including Akan, Moshi-Dagomba, Ewe, and Ga)
Gibraltar
English : Chess
Spanish : Ajedrez
Italian : Scacchi
Portuguese :
Russian : CHahmaty
Greece
Greek : Zatricion (Zatrichion)
English : Chess
French : +checs
Greenland
Eskimo dialects :
Danish : Skak
Grenada
English : Chess
French patois :
Guadeloupe
French : +checs
Creole patois :
Guam
English : Chess
Chamorro :
Japanese : Seiyoo Syoogi
Guatemala
Spanish : Ajedrez
Indian language
(18 Indian dialects, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi)
Guernsey
English : Chess
French : +checs
Norman-French dialect :
Guinea
French : +checs
each tribe has its own language :
Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese :
Criolo :
African languages :
Guyana
English : Chess
Amerindian dialects :
Haiti
French : +checs
Creole :
Holy See (Vatican City)
Italian : Scacchi
Latin : Lusus Latrunculorum
Honduras
Spanish : Ajedrez
Indian dialects :
Hong Kong
Chinese : Xiàng-qi
English : Chess
Hungary
Hungarian : Sakk
Iceland
Icelandic : Skák or Tafl
India
English : Chess
Hindi : Shatranj
Bengali : Daba
Telugu :
Marathi : Buddhi-baL
Tamil : Sathurangam
Urdu : Shatranj
Gujarati :
Malayalam :
Kannada :
Oriya :
Punjabi : Shatranj
Assamese :
Kashmiri :
Sindhi :
Sanskrit : Catura-N-ga
Hindustani (a popular variant of Hindu/Urdu) :
Indonesia
Bahasa Indonesia (modified form of Malay) : Catur
English : Chess
Dutch : Schaak
Iran
Persian : Shatranj
Turkic :
Kurdish :
Luri :
Baloch :
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Turkish : Satranç
Iraq
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Kurdish :
Assyrian :
Armenian :
Ireland
Irish (Gaelic) : Ficheall
old Irish (600-900 A.D.) : Fidchel
English : Chess
Israel
Hebrew : ShaH-mat
Arabic : Al-Satranj
English : Chess
Italy
Italian : Scacchi
German : Schach
French : +checs
Slovene :
Jamaica
English : Chess
Creole :
Japan
Japanese : Seiyoo Syoogi
Jersey
English : Chess
French : +checs
Norman-French :
Jordan
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Kazakhstan
Kazakh (Qazaqz) :
Russian : CHahmaty
Kenya
English : Chess
Swahili :
numerous indigenous languages :
Kiribati
English : Chess
Gilbertese :
Korea, North
Korean : Su-yang Jang-gi
Korea, South
Korean : Su-yang Jang-gi
English : Chess
Kuwait
Arabic :
English : Chess
Kyrgyzstan
Kirghiz (Kyrgyz) :
Russian : CHahmaty
Laos
Lao :
French : +checs
English : Chess
Latvia
Lettish :
Lithuanian : CHahmaty
Russian : CHahmaty
Lebanon
Arabic : Al-Satranj
French : +checs
Armenian :
English : Chess
Lesotho
Sesotho (southern Sotho) :
English : Chess
Zulu :
Xhosa :
Liberia
English : Chess
Niger-Congo language :
Libya
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Italian : Scacchi
English : Chess
Liechtenstein
German : Schach
Alemannic dialect :
Lithuania
Lithuanian : CHahmaty
Polish : Szachy
Russian : CHahmaty
Luxembourg
Luxembourgisch :
German : Schach
French : +checs
English : Chess
Macau
Portuguese : Xadrez
Cantonese :
Madagascar
French : +checs
Malagasy :
Malawi
English : Chess
Chichewa :
Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia:
Malay :
English : Chess
Chinese dialects :
Tamil : Sathurangam
Sabah:
English : Chess
Malay :
numerous tribal dialects :
Chinese (Mandarin and Hakka dialects predominate) :
Sarawak :
English : Chess
Malay :
Mandarin :
numerous tribal languages :
Maldives
Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic) :
English : Chess
Mali
French : +checs
Bambara :
numerous African languages :
Malta
Maltese :
English : Chess
Man, Isle of
English : Chess
Manx Gaelic :
Marshall Islands
English : Chess
two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family :
Japanese : Seiyoo Syoogi
Martinique
French : +checs
Creole patois :
Mauritania
Hasaniya Arabic :
Pular :
Soninke :
Wolof :
Mauritius
English : Chess
Creole :
French : +checs
Hindi : Shatranj
Urdu : Shatranj
Hakka :
Bojpoori :
Mayotte
Mahorian (a Swahili dialect) :
French : +checs
Mexico
Spanish : Ajedrez
various Mayan dialects :
Micronesia, Federated States of
English : Chess
Trukese :
Pohnpeian :
Yapese :
Kosrean :
Moldova
Moldovan (virtually the same as the Romanian language) :
Russian : CHahmaty
Gagauz (a Turkish dialect) :
Monaco
French : +checs
English : Chess
Italian : Scacchi
Monegasque :
Mongolia
Khalkha Mongol :
Turkic :
Russian : CHahmaty
Chinese : Xiàng-qi
Montserrat
English : Chess
Morocco
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Berber dialects :
French : +checs
Mozambique
Portuguese : Xadrez
indigenous dialects :
Namibia
English : Chess
Afrikaans : Skaak
German : Schach
indigenous languages :
Nauru
Nauruan (a distinct Pacific Island language) :
English : Chess
Nepal
Nepali : there is not!
20 languages divided into numerous dialects :
Netherlands
Dutch : Schaak
Netherlands Antilles
Dutch : Schaak
Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English) :
English : Chess
Spanish : Ajedrez
New Caledonia
French : +checs
28 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects :
New Zealand
English : Chess
Maori :
Nicaragua
Spanish : Ajedrez
Niger
French : +checs
Hausa :
Djerma :
Nigeria
English : Chess
Hausa :
Yoruba :
Ibo :
Fulani :
Niue
Polynesian closely related to Tongan and Samoan :
English : Chess
Norfolk Island
English : Chess
Norfolk (a mixture of 18th century English and ancient Tahitian) :
Northern Mariana Islands
English : Chess
Chamorro :
Carolinian :
Norway
Norwegian : Sjakk
small Lapp :
Finnish : Shakki
Oman
Arabic : Al-Satranj
English : Chess
Baluchi :
Urdu : Shatranj
Indian dialects :
Pacific Islands (Palau)
English : Chess
Sonsorolese :
Angaur :
Japanese : Seiyoo Syoogi
Tobi :
Palauan :
Pakistan
Urdu : Shatranj
English : Chess
Punjabi : Shatranj
Sindhi :
Pashtu :
Balochi :
Panama
Spanish : Ajedrez
English : Chess
Papua New Guinea
English : Chess
pidgin English :
Motu :
715 indigenous languages :
Paraguay
Spanish : Ajedrez
Guarani :
Peru
Spanish : Ajedrez
Quechua :
Aymara :
Philippines
Pilipino (based on Tagalog) : Sipang Kabayo
English : Chess
Pitcairn Islands
English : Chess
Tahitian/English dialect :
Poland
Polish : Szachy
Portugal
Portuguese : Xadrez
Puerto Rico
Spanish : Ajedrez
English : Chess
Qatar
Arabic : Al-Satranj
English : Chess
Reunion
French : +checs
Creole :
Romania
Romanian : Sah
Hungarian : Sakk
German : Schach
Russia
Russian : CHahmaty
Rwanda
Kinyarwanda :
French : +checs
Kiswahili : Sataranji
Saint Helena
English : Chess
Saint Kitts and Nevis
English : Chess
Saint Lucia
English : Chess
French patois :
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
French : +checs
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
English : Chess
French patois :
San Marino
Italian : Scacchi
Sao Tome and Principe
Portuguese : Xadrez
Saudi Arabia
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Senegal
French : +checs
Wolof :
Pulaar :
Diola :
Mandingo :
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbian : SHah
Croatian : SHah
Albanian :
Seychelles
English : Chess
French : +checs
Creole :
Sierra Leone
English : Chess
Mende :
Temne :
Krio :
Singapore
Chinese : Xiàng-qi
Malay :
Tamil : Sathurangam
English : Chess
Slovakia
Slovak : CHachy
Hungarian : Sakk
Slovenia
Slovenian : SHah
Serbian : SHah
Croatian : SHah
Solomon Islands
Melanesian pidgin :
English : Chess
120 indigenous languages :
Somalia
Somali :
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Italian : Scacchi
English : Chess
South Africa
Afrikaans : Skaak
English : Chess
Ndebele :
Pedi :
Sotho :
Swati :
Tsonga :
Tswana :
Venda :
Xhosa :
Zulu :
Spain
Castilian Spanish : Ajedrez
Catalan : Escachs
Galician :
Basque :
Sri Lanka
Sinhala : there is not!
Tamil : Sathurangam
Sudan
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Nubian :
Ta Bedawie :
diverse dialects of Nilotic :
Nilo-Hamitic :
Sudanic languages :
English : Chess
Suriname
Dutch : Schaak
English : Chess
Sranan Tongo (Surinamese, sometimes called Taki-Taki) :
Hindi Suriname Hindustani (a variant of Bhoqpuri) :
Javanese :
Svalbard
Russian : CHahmaty
Norwegian : Sjakk
Swaziland
English : Chess
siSwati :
Sweden
Swedish : Schack
small Lapp :
Finnish : Shakki
Switzerland
German : Schach
French : +checs
Italian : Scacchi
Romansch :
Syria
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Kurdish :
Armenian :
Aramaic :
Circassian :
French : +checs
Taiwan
Mandarin Chinese :
Taiwanese (Min) :
Hakka dialects :
Tajikistan
Tajik :
Russian : CHahmaty
Tanzania
Swahili :
English : Chess
Thailand
Thai : Mak-kruk
English : Chess
ethnic and regional dialects :
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Macedonian : SHah
Albanian : Dackë
Turkish : Satranç
Serbian : SHah
Croatian : SHah
Togo
French : +checs
Ewe :
Mina :
Dagomba :
Kabye :
Tokelau
Tokelauan (a Polynesian language) :
English : Chess
Tonga
Tongan :
English : Chess
Trinidad and Tobago
English : Chess
Hindi : Shatranj
French : +checs
Spanish : Ajedrez
Tunisia
Arabic : Al-Satranj
French : +checs
Turkey
Turkish : Satranç
Kurdish :
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Turkmenistan
Turkmen :
Russian : CHahmaty
Uzbek :
Turks and Caicos Islands
English : Chess
Tuvalu
Tuvaluan :
English : Chess
Uganda
English : Chess
Luganda :
Swahili :
Bantu languages :
Nilotic languages :
Ukraine
Ukrainian : CHahy
Russian : CHahmaty
Romanian : Sah
Polish : Szachy
Hungarian : Sakk
United Arab Emirates
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Persian : Shatranj
English : Chess
Hindi : Shatranj
Urdu : Shatranj
United Kingdom
English : Chess
Welsh :
Scottish form of Gaelic :
United States
English : Chess
Spanish : Ajedrez
Uruguay
Spanish : Ajedrez
Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix) :
Uzbekistan
Uzbek :
Russian : CHahmaty
Tajik :
Vanuatu
English : Chess
French : +checs
pidgin (known as Bislama or Bichelama) :
Venezuela
Spanish : Ajedrez
Indian dialects :
Vietnam
Vietnamese : Co*\ vua
French : +checs
Chinese : Xiàng-qi
English : Chess
Khmer :
tribal languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) :
Virgin Islands
English : Chess
Spanish : Ajedrez
Creole :
Wallis and Futuna
French : +checs
Wallisian (indigenous Polynesian language) :
West Bank
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Hebrew : ShaH-mat
English : Chess
Western Sahara
Hassaniya Arabic :
Moroccan Arabic :
Western Samoa
Samoan (Polynesian) :
English : Chess
Yemen
Arabic : Al-Satranj
Zaire
French : +checs
Lingala :
Swahili :
Kingwana :
Kikongo :
Tshiluba :
Zambia
English : Chess
about 70 indigenous languages :
Zimbabwe
English : Chess
Shona :
Sindebele :
Esperanto : Sakoj
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