How to say "Water = Life" in many languages

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Here is a list of how to say "Water = Life" in many languages

Abaza: dz?= nts-hra
Adyge: ps?= shch?enig'
Albanian: uj?= jet?Aleut: tangaq = anghaghiq
Amharic: weha = Heywat
Arabic: m? = Hay?
Aramaic: mayya = Hayyin 
Armenian: jour = kyang
Azerbaijan: su = h?at
Baluchi: ap = zindagi
Bashkir: h? = yeshe?Basque: ur = bizi
Belarus: vada = zhytstsio
Bengali: jal = jiban
Brahui: dir = sah
Breton: dour = buhez
Bulgarian & Macedonian: voda = zhivot
Burmese: yei = athe'
Catalan: aigua = vida
Cebuano-Ilongo: tubig = kabuhi
Chechen: khi = dakhar
Cherokee: ama = gvhna
Chinese: shui = shengming
Chuvash: sh? = emer
Cornish: dowr = bownans
Eskimo: immerk = inoserk
Estonian: vesi = elu
Even: mu = ini
Fijian: wai = bula
Finnish: vesi = el??Friesian: wetter = libben
Ge`ez: may = Heywat
Georgian: tsqali = sitots-hli
Gothic: wato = libains
Hausa: ruwa = r?uwa (this pair is my favorite of them all!)
Hawaiian: wai = ola
Hindustani: pani = zindagi
Hmong: dej = lub neej
Hopi: paahu = qatsi
Hungarian: v? = ?et
Iban: ai' = idup
Japanese: mizu = seikatsu
Javanese: banyu = hayat
Kalmyk: usn = jirhl
Kannada: niru = jiva
Kashmiri: ab = zu
Kazakh: su = turmis
Ket: ul' = e?e
Khanty: j@ngk = lil@ng (@ = schwa)
Kirghiz: suu = turmush
Konkani: udak = jin
Kurdish: aw = zhi
Lakota: mni = wiconi
Latvian: udens = dzive (u and i with macron)
Lenape (Delaware): mbi = kikewagan
Lithuanian: vanduo = gyvybe
Mahican: mbei = pmausowagan
Malagasy: rano = aina
Malay: air = hidup
Malayalam: veLLam = jivitam 
Manchu: muke = ergen
Manx: ushtey = bea
Maori: wai = ora
Mon: dak = myuim
Mongolian: usun = ami
Mordvin: vel' = eryamo
Mundari: da = jiu
Nahuatl: atl = yolilitzli
Navajo: t?= iin?Nenets: i' = il
Nepali also Gujarati: pani = jivan
Nogay & Kumyk: suw = yashav
Nuku`oru: vai = bula
Old Prussian: unds = giwei
Onondaga: okhnega = gonhekkwi
Oriya: jaRa = jibana
Oromo: bishan = lubu
Panjabi: pani = jindaRi 
Ponape: pihl = mour
Portuguese: agua = vida
Pushto: obeh = zhwand
Romanian: apa = via
Rumantsch: aua = veta
Sakha (Yakut): uu = olokh
Samoan: vai = ola
Sanskrit: jala = jivita
Santal: dak = jion
Savara: d'an = puradan
Senoi: teiu = sinui
Slovenian: voda = Zivljenje (z with haCek)
Somali: biyo = ool
Sumerian: a = zi
Svan: lic = lirde
Swahili: maji = uhai
Syriac: mayo = Hayo
Tahitian: tapape = anave
Tamil: nir = uyir
Tatar: su = yash?
Telugu: niru = batuku
Thai: nam = chiwit
Tibetan: c`u = tso-ba
Tokharian A: w? = shol
Tongan: vai = mo`ui
Turkmen: suw = yashayish
Tuva: sug = t?
Udmurt: vu = ulon
Ukrainian: voda = zhittya
Uzbek
Vietnamese: nu? = D? (a line through the d; u and o have hooks on their upper right)
Visayan: tubig = kinabuhi
Welsh: Dwr=byd
Xhosa: amanzi = ubom
Yoruba: omi = ?y?Yukagir: onde = ezuL (L with a slash)
Zulu: amanzi = ukuzwa

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