Note The spelling of some languages are “Romanized” for ease of pronunciation (including Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Japanese). Also, almost all the nations from which these languages spring are believed to still have at least minimal wolf populations.
| Abenaki | môlsem pl môlsemok |
| Ahtna | tikaani |
| Albanian | ujk / vjuk |
| Algonquin | mahigan |
| Apache | ba’cho, ba’uchaahi, ma’cho |
| Arabic | dib |
| Armenian | gayl |
| Asturiano | llobu, lloba |
| Athabascan | teekon |
| Bulgarian | walk |
| Catalonian (Spain) | Llop |
| Central India | nekra, bighana, hurar |
| Chechen | bworz |
| Cherokee | wahy’a |
| Chemehuevi | tivaci |
| Cheyenne | ho’nene; maiyun |
| Chinese | yitiao lang |
| Chinook | lelou, leloo |
| Chipewyan | segolia , nuniye |
| Choctaw | nashoba |
| Cree | Mahigan |
| Croation | vuk |
| Czech | vlk |
| Danish | ulv |
| Dogrip | nodi |
| Dutch | Wolf |
| English | Gray Wolf |
| Estonian | Hunt |
| Euskera | ostoa |
| Fabla | llop |
| Farsi | gorg |
| French | loup |
| Finnish | susi |
| German | wulf |
| Georgian | mgeli |
| Gitano (Gypsy) | orú |
| Greek | liekos/ lyk |
| Greenland-Inuit | amarog |
| Havasupai | hatagwila |
| Hawaiian | ‘ilio hae |
| Hebrew | Ze’ev |
| Hindi | hundar bheriya |
| Hopi | kweeuu |
| Hualapai/Walapai | hatkwil |
| Hungarian | farkas |
| Inuktitut | singarti |
| Inupiat | amaguk |
| Italian | lupo |
| Iranian | Gorg |
| Japanese | ookami |
| Kanarese | thola, vraka |
| Kiliwa | mlti’ tay / mlti’ pelas msaap |
| Kiowa | uy kuy |
| Korean | iri / neuk dae |
| Lakota | shunkaha |
| Lakota tanka | suuk manitu |
| Latin | lupus |
| Latvian | vilks |
| Lenape | mohegan, te-me |
| Lithuanian | vilkas |
| Malayalam | chennaya |
| Malaysia (Bahasa Melayu / Malay) | serigala |
| Marathi | landga |
| Maricopa | xatkuly |
| Mohave; | hatekulye |
| Mohawk | mahiingan |
| Mongolian | tchono |
| Montenigrin | volk |
| Navajo | ma’iitsoh |
| Nepali | Bvaso |
| Nootka | lokwa’ |
| Norwegian | ulv/ ulven |
| Nahuatl | cuetlachtli / nexcoyotl |
| Ojibwe | Maengun |
| Otomí | gamiñ’o |
| Pashtu | scheermach, leeva |
| Pawnee | skiri’ ki |
| Polish | wilk |
| Portuguese | lobo |
| Purhépecha (Tarasco) | jiuatsï |
| Quechua | atuc / intutu / lubu |
| Romanian | lup |
| Russian | volk/ wolk |
| Seminole | o-ba-ho-she |
| Seneka | kyiyu |
| Serb | vuk |
| Shawnee | m-weowa |
| Shoshone | beya ish |
| Sioux | tala |
| Slovakian | vlk (obyca iny) |
| Slovenian | volk |
| South Slavey | digah |
| Swedish | ulv / varg |
| Spanish | lobo |
| Tarahumara | naríbochi / naríwari |
| Tamil | onai |
| Telegu | Thodelu |
| Tibetan | bhangi |
| Turkish | kurt (modern) or böri (ancient/traditional) |
| Urdu | bheria |
| Ute | sinapu |
| Welsh | blaidd |
| Yaqui | kwewu |
| Zapoteco Cajono | bez beco’ |
Please send us the word for “wolf” in your language if it does not appear in the above list.
Thank you!
Wolf Song of Alaska
wolfsong@wildwolves.org