Shannon entropy = -sum pi * ln(pi) = 1.77.
Large map with words shown; see also language locations.
The following table is not complete. It uses only the words that either went into the map on this page (plus Lahnda), or would have done but for irregular or multiple cognate classes. See the IELex page for animal for the full table. Cognate classes in brackets denote loanwords.
| Language | Word | Cognate class |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | kafshë | (C) |
| Assamese | zɒntu | D |
| Balochi | janwar | (D) |
| Belarusian | zyvela | H |
| Bengali | janoar | (D) |
| Bulgarian | zivotno | G |
| Catalan | animal | F |
| Czech | zvíře | H |
| Danish | dyr | A |
| Dutch | dier | A |
| English | animal | (F) |
| French | animal | F |
| Friulian | animâl | F |
| German | Tier | A |
| Greek | zoo | G |
| Gujarati | prani | (F) |
| Hindi | janver | (D) |
| Icelandic | dýr | A |
| Irish | ainmhidh | F |
| Italian | animale | F |
| Kashmiri | janawar | (D) |
| Lahnda | janwer | (D) |
| Latvian | zvērs | H |
| Lithuanian | zveris | H |
| Luxembourgish | déier | A |
| Macedonian | zivotina | H |
| Magadhi | जनावर | (D) |
| Maithili | janbər | (D) |
| Marathi | prani | (F) |
| Nepali | pasu | (K) |
| Norwegian | dyr | A |
| Oriya | ǰɔntu | D |
| Pashto | hajvan | (J) |
| Persian | janvar | D |
| Polish | zwierzę | H |
| Portuguese | animal | F |
| Punjabi | janver | (D) |
| Romanian | animal | F |
| Russian | животное | G |
| Sardinian | animali | F |
| Scottish Gaelic | ainmhidh | F |
| Serbo-Croatian | zivotinja | G |
| Sindhi | ǰanvarū | (D) |
| Slovak | zver | H |
| Slovenian | zivali | G |
| Spanish | animal | F |
| Swedish | djur | A |
| Tajik | condor | D |
| Urdu | جانور | (D) |
| Welsh | anifail | F |
| Zazaki | heywān | (J) |