Elementymology & Elements Multidict Multilingual dictionary of the names of chemical elements

by Peter van der Krogt   Introduction Multilingual & Name Origin Periodic Table

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• the flags (1) and the name of the language with the two-letter (2) language codes (ISO 639).
• its form for "periodic table [or: system] of the elements"
• the English name of the language and the countries or regions where it is spoken.

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Indo-European Language Family Germanic Branch
	English (en): Periodic table of the elements Great Britian, United States, Australia and many other counties.
	Deutsch (de): Das Periodensystem der Elemente German: Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
	Lëtzebuergesch (lb): Luxembourgian: Luxemburg.
	Nederlands (nl): Het periodiek systeem van de elementen Dutch: The Netherlands, Belgium (Flanders)
	Afrikaans (af): Periodieke sisteem van elemente Afrikaans or Cape Dutch: South Africa
	Frysk (fy): Tafel elemint Frisian: Friesland (province of the Netherlands)
	Dansk (da): Det periodiske system af grundstoffer Danish: Denmark
	Svensk (sv): Periodiska systemet Swedish: Sweden, parts of Finland
	Norsk (no): Grunnstoffenes periodiske system Norwegian: Norway
	Íslenska (is): Lotakerfi frumefnanna Icelandic: Iceland
	Føroysk (fo): Faroese: Faroe Islands
Italic Branch
	Latin (la)
	Français (fr): Tableau périodique des éléments French: France, Québec
	Español (es): Tabla periodica de los elementos Spanish: Spain, Latin-America (except Brazil)
	Catalana (ca): Taula periòdica dels elements Catalan: Catalonia (NE Spain), Andorra
	Occitana (oc): Provinçal, Occitan or Langue d'oc: SE France.
	Português (pt): Tabela periódica Portuguese: Portugal, Brazil
	Galego (gl): Táboa periódica dos elementos Galician: Galicia (NW Spain).
	Italiano (it): Tavola periodica degli elementi Italian: Italy
	Furlan (fur): Tabele periodiche par furlan Friulian: North-eastern Italy on the Austrian and Slovenian border.
	Român (ro): Tabelul periodic al elementelor Romanian: Romania
	[Moldavian] (mo): Sistemul periodic al elementelor Moldavian: Moldova
	Armãneashte (arm): Aromenian or Macedo-Romanian: Bulgaria, southern Yugoslavia, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Slavic Branch
	Русский (ru): Периодическая система элементов [Periodičeskaja sistema èlementov] Russian: Russia
	Українска (uk): Періодична система елементів [Periodična sistema elementiv] Ukrainian: Ukraine
	[Byelorussian] (by): Перыядычная сістэма хімічных элементаў [Peryjadyčnaja sistèma himičnyh èlementaŭ] Byelorussian: Belarus.
	Polska (pl): Układ okresowy pierwiastków Polish: Poland
	Kaszëbsczi (kas): Cządowi ùstôw pierwińcòw Kashubian: North central Poland
	Čech (cs): Periodická tabulka prvků Czech: Czech Republic
	Slovenský (sk): Tabul'ka chemických prvkov Slovak: Slovakia
	Slovenščina (sl): Periodni sistem elementov Slovenian: Slovenia
	Hrvatska (hr): Periodni sustav elemenata Croatian: Croatia
	Српски (sr): Периодни систем елемената [Periodin sistem na elemenata] Serbian: Serbia
	[Bosnian] (bos): Bosnian: Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Македонски (mk): Периодеи систем иа елементите [Perioden sistem na elementite] Macedonian: Macedonia
	Български (bg): Периодична система на химичните елементи [Periodična sistema na himičnite elementi] Bulgarian: Bulgaria
Baltic Branch
	Lietuviškai (lt): Periodinė cheminių elementų sistema Lithuanian: Lithuania
	Latviski (lv): Periodiskā elementu sistēma Latvian: Latvia
	Sudovian (sud): Sudovian (Yatvingian): West Lithuania (Principality of Jazwingen [Jatwägen]).
Celtic Branch
	Cymraeg (cy): Tabl cyfnodol yr elfennau Welsh: Wales
	Gaeilge na hÉireann (ga): Tábla peiriadach na dúile Irish Gaelic: Ireland
	Gàidhlig na h-Alba (gd): Scottish Gaelic: Scotland (Western Isles Islands Area and Skye & Lochalsh District)
	Gaelg Vanninagh (gv): Manx Gaelic: Isle of Man
	[Cornish] (kw): Tabel a dermynyow elvennow Cornish: Cornwall (England), revived language with about 1,000 speakers.
	Brezhoneg (br): Klasidigezh prantadek an elfennoù Breton: Former Celtic language of Bretagne (France)
Other Branches (Europe)
	[Greek] (el): PeriodikoV pinakaV twn Stoiceiwn thV UlhV [Periodikos pinakas ton stoicheion tes ules] Greek: Greece, Cyprus
	Shqip (sq): Sistemi periodik i elementeve Albanian: Albania
	Հայերէն (hy): Armenian: Armenia
Indo-Iranian Branch
	[Ossetian] (oss): Ossetian: North Ossetia-Alaniya (constituent republic of the Russian Federation) and South Ossetia (part of Georgia, with self-proclaimed independence)
	[Tajik] (tg): Tajik: Tajikistan
The Uralic Language Family
	Suomi (fi): Alkuaineiden Jaksollinen Järjestelmä Finnish: Finland
	Eesti (et): Keemiliste elementide perioodilisussüsteem Estonian: Estonia
	Magyar (hu): Az elemek periódusos rendszere Hungarian: Hungary
	Мокшан (mok): Менделеевинь арафнималувсь [Mendeleevinj arafnimaluvsj] Mokshan, Mokshen: Southwestern Mordovia
The Altaic Language Family
	Türkçe (tr): Periyodik tablodaki elementlerin resimleri Turkish: Turkey
	[Kazakh] (kk): Периодты химиялық элементтер системасы [periodty himijaliq èlementter sistemasy] Kazakh: Kazakhstan
	[Uzbek] (uz): Кимёвий элементлар даврий системаси [kimëvij èlementlar davrij sistemasi] Uzbek: Uzbekistan
	[Mongolian] (mn): Химийн элементүүдийн үелэх систем [Himijn èlementüüdijn üelèh sistem] Mongolian: Mongolia
	한국어 (ko): 주기율표의 원소를 클릭하세요 Korean: North & South Korea
Other Languages (Europe)
	Euskera (eu): Elementuen sistema periodikoa Basque: Navarre and in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country (Comunidad Autónoma Vasca) (N Spain).
	Georgian (ka): ქიმიურ ელემენტთა ჯგუფები [k'imiur elementt'a jgup'ebi] Georgian: Georgia (Caucasus)
East-Asian Languages
	日本語 (jp): 元素の周期表 [genso no shuukihyou] Japanese: Japan
	漢語 [han4yu3] (zh): 化學元素週期表 [hua4 xue2 yuan2 su4 zhou1 ji1 biao3] Chinese: China
	ไทย (th): ตารางธาตุ Thai: Thailand
	Vietnamese (vi): Bảng tuẩn hoàn cán nguyên tố hoá học Vietnamese: Vietnam
Dravidian Language
	தமிழ் (ta): ஆவர்த்தன அட்டவணை [āvarttana aţţavaņai] Tamil: Tamil Nadu state (India) and northern Sri Lanka
The Malayo-Polynesian Family
	Bah. Melayu (ms): Jadual Berkala Unsur Malay: Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei
The Afro-Asiatic Language Family Semitic Branch
	[Arabic] (ar): Arabic: SW Asia, N Africa
	Il-Malti (mt): It-tabella perjodika tal-elementi Maltese: Malta
	Ivrit (he): Hebrew: Israel
The Niger Congo Family
	kiSwahili (sw): Jedwali Radidi ya Elementi Swahili: Kenya and Tanzania
Artifical Languages
	Esperanto (eo): La perioda sistemo de la elementoj
New names
A-E	Atomic Elements (aen): The periodic table of the Atomic Elements Names with a maximum of 8 positions for "use in computer filing systems". 3-letter symbols are "phonetic, computer usable atomic symbols" and usable as "3-letter computer file extensions for the IUPAC chemical filing system" This system is invented by Dr.Hugh Manly, who is the owner of atomic-elements.info.
	(dms) New names given by the students of Team 8D of the Dorseyville Middle School, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2001. Their new element names reflect one of the properties of that particular element. Move your mouse of the name of the element in the window to the left to see the student's name and his or her own explanation of the new name. More information.