How many languages has the Harry Potter series been translated into?

Answer 1

Harry Potter has been translated into 67 other languages. However, there are two translations into Portuguese and Chinese making the total 69. To this you must also add English.

In total the Harry Potter books can be read in 70 languages.

It should be noted that the English and American English versions are not counted separately and that some languages do not have the full seven books translated.

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Answer 2

The Harry Potter series has been translated into seventy languages.

Afrikaans- South Africa

Albanian- Albania

Arabic- Arab

World Armenian- Armenia

Asturian- Spain (Asturias)

Basque- Spain (Basque Country)

Bengali- India, Bangladesh

Bosnian- Bosnia and Herzegovina

Breton- France (Brittany)

Bulgarian- Bulgaria

Catalan- Andorra and Spain (Balearic Island, Catalonia)

Chinese- China

Croatian- Croatia

Czech- Czech Republic

Danish- Denmark

Dutch- Belgium, Netherlands, and Suriname

English- The United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and the United States

Estonian- Estonia

Faroese- Faroe Islands

Finnish- Finland

French- Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Luxembourg

West Frisian- Netherlands (Friesland)

Galician- Spain (Galicia)

Georgian- Georgia

German- Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg

Low German- Germany

Modern Greek- Greece

Ancient Greek- Greece

Greenlandic- Greenland

Gujarati- India (Gujarat)

Hebrew- Israel

Hindu- India

Hungarian- Hungary

Icelandic- Iceland

Indonesian- Indonesia

Irish- Ireland and the United Kingdom

Italian- Italy, San Marino, and Switzerland

Japanese- Japan

Khmer- Cambodia

Korean- South Korea

LatinLatvian- Latvia

Lithuanian-Lithuania

Luxembourgish- Luxembourg

Macedonian- Republic of Macedonia

Marathi- India

Bahasa Malaysia- Malaysia

Malayalam- India (Kerala)

Mongolian- Mongolia

Nepali- Nepal

Norwegian- Norway

Occitan- France (Occitania)

Persian- Iran

Polish- Poland

Portuguese- Brazil and Portugal

Romanian- Romania and Moldova

Russian- Russia

Serbian- Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sinhala- Sri Lanka

Slovak- Slovakia

Slovene- Slovenia

Spanish- Spain and Latin America

Swedish- Sweden and Finland

Thai- Thailand

Tibetan- China (Tibet Autonomous Region)

Turkish- Turkey

Ukrainian- Ukraine

Urdu- Pakistan

Vietnamese- Vietnam

Welsh- United Kingdom (Wales)

Answer 3

1. In April 2011 worldwide sales of Harry Potter books were estimated to be about 450 million copies, and the books have been translated from the original English into at least 67 other languages.

Answer 4

Harry Potter can only speak one language, English.

During the series it was discovered that he could speak and understand Parseltounge, the language of snakes. However, he could only do this because part of Lord Voldemort's soul was inside him and that was one of Voldemort's abilities. Once that Horcrux was destroyed, Harry could not longer communicate with snakes.

Answer 5

Through most of the books Harry can speak two languages: English and Parsletongue. The latter he can only speak if he directs his speech at a snake. He loses the ability near the end of Deathly Hallows.

Answer 6

The Harry Potter series has been translated into 70 distinct languages, it was also published in English and American English.

Not all books in the series were translated, some translations never made it past the first few books.

Answer 7

It has has been translated into 65 languages from the original which was, of course, written in English.

Answer 8

As of 2013, according to TIME's "Harry Potter By The Numbers," it has been translated into 73 foreign languages.

Answer 9

73!