Mistaken For a Man: A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community is a memoir by Kimberly Burnham (she/her) who identifies as a butch lesbian.

       The stories span almost 50 years and countries around the world. Kim poignantly conveys her unique response to people mistaking her for a man in bathrooms, restaurants, stores, parties, synagogues, schools, and other places where gender is sometimes relevant, but often not.

     She occasionally lifts her shirt to correct a mistaken impression but generally struggles with the choice between ignoring people’s comments, hiding or gently or perhaps forcefully correcting people’s mistaken impressions.

       It is a book that looks forward to a post gender society where the configuration of the body underneath the clothing and how one self-identifies doesn’t influence what bathroom you can use, where you can eat or pray, and most importantly where you feel safe and who you love.

      The incidents are recounted in an engaging and thought-provoking way with genuine moments of vulnerability, insight, and wisdom.


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Peace is Paix in French

As in "La guerre fait les larrons, la paix les pend."
(War makes robbers, peace hangs them.),

"Oy, voy, et te tay, si veux vivre en paix."
(Hear, see, and say nothing if you would live in peace.) ​

French - "Paix" (peace), “tranquillité d'esprit” (peace of mind), "Bâton porte paix" (A stick is a peacemaker), "La guerre fait les larrons, la paix les pend." (War makes robbers, peace hangs them.", "Oy, voy, et te tay, si veux vivre en paix." (Hear, see, and say nothing if you would live in peace."  France, Belgium, Canada, Caribbean, West Africa, Polynesia, etc.

Here are five video tours of Paris, France. No passport or language skills needed. 

Paris Tour for 6th -9th Graders [Link].

Buildings and Art: Paris Catacombs Free Virtual Tour from Home [Link]

Buildings and Art: Eiffel Tour  - Tour Eiffel

Buildings and Art: Paris' Sacre Coeur Church in Montmartre Neighborhood [Link]

Art - Petite Galerie [Link].

Palace of Versaille [Link]

Art: The Louvre [Link].

Places: Louvre's Metro Station

Places: Air France Museum[Link].

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Ora—"ǂxãĩ-b" (peace, to be peaceful), "!nó" (to be quiet), "!nō" (to be quiet, silent)—South Africa.
Aari (aiw)—"Laqmi" (peace)—Ethiopia.
Abaluhya—"Omulembe" (peace) —Kenya.
Abar or Mungbam—"Bìmje" (peaceful), "Bimbene" (peaceful)—Cameroon.
Abau—"Liwak marowhway" (peace)—Papua New Guinea.
Abaza—"Māmər" (peace)—Russia (Karachay-Cherkess Republic) and Turkey.
Abellen, Ayta—"Tana" (peace)—Philippines.
Abenaki (alg), Abnaki—"Olakamigenoka" (peace), "Okikiamgenoka", "Kamignokawôgan" (peace), "Wlakamigen" (peace)—Native American, Maine, USA, Montreal, Canada, North America.
Abenaki: Penobscot Abenaki, Aln8ba8dwaw8gan (abe), Eastern Abenaki—"Wlakamigen" (peace), "Čik" (calm, quiet)—North America.
Abkhaz (abk, ab), Abkhazian, Aбхазский, Abxazo, Abxaz, Abkhazian (abk), Apkhazian, Apkhaz, Aԥсуа бызшәа [aṗsua byzšwa], Aԥсшәа [aṗsšwa], Abkhaze, Abjaso, a vulnerable minority language in Europe—"Аҭынчра" [Aṭynčra] (peace)—Caucasus and Georgia (Abkhaz Republic), Turkey (diaspora communities in Turkey), Russian Federation, the Middle East and Western Europe; includes the Ashkharawa dialect officially subsumed under Abaza in the Russian Federation.
Abui (abz)—"Pendamai" (peace), "Amon" (calm), "Moku" (calm), "Rama" (calm), "Dame" (peace)—Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara, Greater Alor, and Timor-Alor-Pantar).
Aceh, Achinese (ace), Acehnese—"Mayget" (peace), "Damien" (peace)—Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Achaemenid Elamite (elx)—"Gu-gu" (peace), "Gugu" (peace)—Elamite Empire, Ancient Near East, Middle East.
Achagua (aca), Achawa, Ajagua, Achugua, and Xagua—"Sáictaque'e" (peace), "Sáictacta" (peace)—Colombia (Eastern Colombia).
Aché (guq)—Krɨ̃ba rõma (peace), "Kra gatu" (calm), "ɨ praru gatu" (calm (of the sea)—Paraguay.
Achuar-shiwiar (acu)—"Angkan pengker nintimratin" (peace)—Peru.
Adyghe (ady), Adygean, Adyghabze, адыгэбзэ, Adygei—"Rупсэху" (peace),  "Rупсэф" (peace), "мамырныгъ" (peace)—North-west Caucasus Russia.
Afar (aa)—"Salaamata" (peace)—Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti.
Afrikaans (afr)—"Vrede" (peace)—South Africa.
Aghul (agx), Агульско-русский словарь, Aghul-ch'al, Agiul Shui. Autonym. агъул, Aġul, агъул чӀал , Ağul ҫ̇al,—"ислахІвел" [Islahwel] (peace), "Islakhivel" (peace), "Sakin" (calm),  "секинвел" [Sekinwel"] (peace), "Sekinvel" (peace), "иджеф прил хороший" (good), "идже прил хороший" (good), "Idzhef" (good)—Russia.
Aghul (Koshan dialect)— "авадушас" [Awadušas] (peace), "Avadushas" (peace), "Idzhed" (good) or "Sakin" (calm)—Southern Dagestan, Russia and Azerbaijan.
Aguaruna—"Ag'kan" (peace), "Epegtuniajum" (peace), "Mijámu" (calm)—Peru (Marañon River area)
Agutaynen (agn)—"Kaoyan" (goodness; well-being; peace)—Philippines.
Ainu (mis)—"アプンノ [Apunno in Katakana] , あぷんの" [Apunno in Hiragana] (peace)—Japan.
Äiwoo (nfl)—"Väkolooli" (make peace), "Meloo" (peaceful), "Wâmeloo" (make peace)—Reef-Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands.
Ajië, Bakla,Beki, Wai, and A’jie—"Ta" (peace)—New Caledonia, Oceania
Ajja, Aja, or Ajagbe—"Fafá" (cold, peaceful, peace, shading), "Ŋcifafa" (peace), "Fɛɛ" (willingly, easily, peacefully),- Benin, a small country in Africa.
Ajyininka Apurucayali—"Kamiitha" (peace)—Peru.
Akan (ak)—"Asmomdwoe" (peace)—West Africa.
Akawaio (ake)—Ereuta (peace), "Tʉusewankamai'" (peace), "Iꞌnɨꞌpanʉkʉ pɨꞌ teꞌsan (make peace)—Guyana (Mazaruni River), Venezuela (Bolivar State), Brazil (Roraima State).
Akkadian (akk)—"Salmu" (peace)—Mesopotamia (extinct).
Akoose (bss)—"Nsaŋ" (peace) or "Ne nsaŋ"—Cameroon
Alabama (nai)—"Ittimokla" (peace), "Utimokla" (peace), "Innaaɬiilka" (peace), "Oolakano" (to be at peace, be friendly, be peaceful)—Native American, North America.
Alamblak (amp)—"Duka mmokfot" (peace, hope, forget, lack of worry, think crazy)—East Sepik, Papua New Guinea.
Albanian (sq)—"Paqe" (peace), "Páqja" (peace)—Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia.
Albanian—"Paqe" (peace), "Páqja" (peace), "Pake" (peace)—Albania, Kosovo.
Alekano, Gahuku (gah)—"Hulu" (peace), "Zou" (peace), "Alémo zou live" (silence, make quiet, make peaceful), "Lipizeko" (peaceful, patient, calm), —Papua New Guinea (Eastern Highlands Province).
Algonquin (alg)—"Wâki Ijiwebis-I" (peace), Waki Qiwebis—North America (Canada Quebec).
Alsatian (gsw)—"Fréda" (peace), "Friede" (peace)—France (Alsace), Switzerland.
Alune (alp) —"Mise"  (peace), "Mise kai lomai" (peace)—Indonesia.
Amanab (amn), Amanab (Naineri)—"Afa sifakalig” (peace)—Papua New Guinea (Sandaun Province).
Ambonese Malay—"Bakubae" (peace or damai), "Dame" (peace)—Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
Amele (aey), Amale, Huar, Jagahala, Haija—"Malol" (peace), "Manin" (peace), "Tanaw-eʔ" (to make peace)—Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Amharic (amh, am), Kuchumba, Amarinya, Amharinya, and Amarigna—"ሰላም" [salām] (peace), "Salam" (peace)—Ethopia, Egypt, Israel.
Ampeeli (Safeyoka dialect)—"Sɨmeho" (peace)—Papua New Guinea.
Ampeeli (Wojokeso dialect)—"Sɨmeho" (peace)—Papua New Guinea.
Ampeeli, Safeyoka, Angan, Ampele, Ambari—"Sɨmeho" (peace)—Papua New Guinea.
Angave (aak), Ankave—"Ayinɨ́ŋɨ́" (peaceful), "Maiwi" (peacefully, unconcerned, innocently, unaware, careless)—Papua New Guinea's Gulf Province.
Anglo Saxon, Old English (ang)—"ᚠᚱᛁᚦ” [Friþ] (peace), “Frið" (peace)—England (extinct).
Antillean Creole—"La Pé" (peace), "Lapé" (peace)—France (French Antilles) or Martinique.
Arabe—"Sala ̄m" (peace)—Africa. 
Arabic:  Arabic (arb)—"سلام [Salām, Salam] (peace), " صلاة من أجل السلام" (peace) “Salaam” (peace), Salam” (peace)—North Africa, Mideast, Central Asia, and liturgical, Maghreb, Near East.                             
Arabic: Gulf Arabic—"Salaam" (peace) —United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah), Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Oman.
Aragonese (an)—"Patz" (peace)—Spain.
Aralle—"Kamasahkeang" (peace)—(Indonesian Tribal Language)
Aramaic, Syriac, Assyrian (arc)—"ܫܠܡܐ [Shlamaa] (peace)—Iraq, Iran, Syria, and liturgical.
Aranda (are), Langrev—"Urnere" (peace)—Lower Southern (Arunta) Australia.
Aranés (oci), Aranese—"Patz" (peace), "La Patz" (peace)—Spain, Europe.
Arapaho (arp), Hinónoʼeitíít—"Neneenii3o'oneihnoo" (I am behaving well, peacefully), "Teneiitooneiht" (calm, quiet, virgin)—Native American
Arawak (arw-000), Araguaco, Arahuaco, Arahuacos, Arawac, Arowak, Arrowukas, Aruak, Aruaqui, Arwuak, Lokono, Lokono Dian (people's talk), Luccumi, an Amerind, Equatorial, Arawakan, Maipuran, Northern, Ta-Arawakan language—"Sare" (well, in Arawak the word well as in live well includes peace and harmony), "Sareken" (better), "Ymadianthi, Omadianthi, Madianthi" (n): companion, buddy, comrade. Sare b-a-li kaky-n b-omadianthi oma. “You must live well (in peace and harmony) with your companions/comrades.” Sare w-a-the ymadianthi oma kaky-n. “Let us live well (in peace and harmony) with our companions)—Suriname (Arawak is spoken by some hundred Arawak people in scattered locations across the north of Suriname), Guyana, Venezuela. Arawak is spoken by a tribe of indigenous peoples primarily located in the Caribbean and northern South America.
Arbëresh, Arbyresh (sq)—"Pakjy" (peace), "Paqe" (peace)—Southern Italy.
Arifama-Miniafia—"Tufuw" (peace)—Papua New Guinea
Armenian (hye, hy) Arménien, Hayeren—"խաղաղություն" [Xaġaġut'yun, Xałałowt‘yown], “Khaghaghoutyoun” (peace), “Khanhaghutyun" (peace), "Khaghaghoutyoun", "Khaghaghutiun", "Ashkharh" (peace), "Han-gč̣im" (lie, rest), "Han-gist" (tranquility), Աղոթք խաղաղության (prayer for peace)—Armenia, Armenian Highlands, Iran, Turkey, Russia, and Azerbaijain.
Arrernte, Eastern (aer)—"Mwarre" (peacable, good)—Alice Springs, Australia.
Assamese (as)—" শান্তি [śānti] (peace), "Sānti", "Shanti", "Ȟ̇ānti", "Nti" or "Xanti" (peace)—India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan
Assyrian (aij, aii), Neo Assyrian or Neo-Aramaic—"Šulmu" (welfare, safety, peace, prosperity)—Iran, North Iraq, Syria, Turkey. Armenia, and Israel.
Assyro-Babylonian—"Šul-mu" (peace)—Ancient Semitic.language.
Asturian: Asturian (ast)—"Paz" (peace)—Spain.
Asturian: Bable (asf)—"Paz"  (peace, peace of mind)—Spain: Princedom of Asturias and Portugal.
Auhelawa—"Nuwadaumwali" (peace, calm heart, peaceful) or "Ebe"—Papua New Guinea.
Avañe'ẽ Guarani, Guaraní Paraguayo—"Py’a guapy" (peace) or "Ɨvɨ-tuporeʔɨ̃" (calm)—Paraguay
Avar (av)—"Рекъел" [Reqel] (peace)—Caucasus.
Avestan (ae)—"Āxšti" (peace)—Iran (extinct).
Avestan—"Axšti" (peace)—Iran (extinct)
Ayautla Mazatec (vmy)—"Kjuaxiu" (peace)—Mexico, Mexican state of Oaxaca, in the town of San Bartolomé Ayautla.
Aymara, Ajmara—"Hacaña" (peace), Qasiki (free; peaceful; tranquil)—Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil.
Ayta Abellen—"Tana" (peace)—Philippines
Azeri (az), Azerbaijani (azj)—"Sülh" (peace, armistice, truce, amicable, orderly),  صولح , "Salh", "Solh" (peace, armistice, truce, amicable, orderly), "Barış", "Архајынлыг", "динҹлик", "дүнја", "сакитлик", "Cүлһ" "Dünya", "Dinçlik" (peace), "Rahatlıq" (peace, calm, boon, quietude, cosiness, convenience, lull, quietness, quiescence, placidity, rest, quiet, comfort, serenity, repose, ease, facilitation, relief, amenity, facility, accommodation, improvement)—Azerbaijan, Russian, Daghestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
Azeri, Azerbaijani (azj) Quote—"Şöhratparastlik qurtaran yerdan da əmin amanliq başlaylr." (Peace begins just where ambition ends.)—Azerbaijan, Russian, Daghestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Azeri or Azerbaijani (azj) Quote—"Sülhü qoruyub saxlamaq onu qazanmaqdan daha asandır." (Better keep peace than make peace.)—Azerbaijan, Russian, Daghestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Babylonian,  a dialect of Akkadian—"šul-mu"—Ancient Semitic language.
Balanese (ban) or Basa Bali—"Damé", "Shanti", "Swasti" or "Rahayu"—Bali.
Balochi (bcc)—"Sala" (peace), "Aman" (peace), حیر/صلح or ایمنی "Muhnt" (a share of stolen property restored to the owner as a peace offering)—Iran and Pakistan.
Bambam—"Kamasannangam penaba" (peace)—Indonesian Tribal Language.
Bambara (bm)—"Here” (peace), “Hèrè” (peace), “Errébé" (peace)—Mali.
Bangi (Bobangi) (bnt)—"NyiEe" (peace), "Nyiee" (peace)—Congo.
Baoulé—"Ahoudjo hé" (peace), "Dyra koa!" (keep calm)—Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.
Barakhinei—"Pû" (peace)—a Conlang.
Bargam, Mugil (mlp)—"Tamaz" (peace, good time, offering, sacrifice)—Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Bari (bfa)—"Fá'rana" (peace) or "Liòngit" (peace) or Yukan (peace, rest)—South Sudan. (Africa).
Basaa (bas)—"SàN" (peace), "Sàn" (peace), "Nsaŋ" (peace)—Cameroon.
Bashkir (ba)—"тыныслыҡ" [Tïnïslïq] (peace), "татыулыҡ" [Tatıwlıq] (peace), ‎‎"тыныс" [Tynys] (peace), "Tınıslıķ" (peace)—Volga, Urals, Central Asia.
Basque (eu)—"Baké" (peace), "Bakea" (peace)—Spain, France.
Batak (btk)—"Pardamean" (peace)—Indonesia.
Bavarian (Bayrisch)—"Fridn" (peace)—Bavaria (Germany).
Belarusian (bel, be), Byelorussian, беларуская—"мир" [Мір, Mir], Пакой [Pakoj] (peace) (peace), "спакой" [Spakój] (peace), "згода" [Zgoda] (peace)—Belarus.
Bemba (bem, byi, bmy, bmb), Chibemba, IciBemba—"Mutende" (peace), "Mutenden" (peace), "Ukwikala mu" (peace), "Tondolo" (silently, calmly)—Northern Zambia, Zaïre, Congo-Kinshasha. Niger-Congo.
Bena-bena, Benabena—"Fulu huseꞌna" (peace), "Fulunaꞌa" (peace), "Fulu hu'ehibe" (slow, unhurried, not in a rush, gentle, peaceful)—Papua New Guinea.
Bengali, Bangla (bn)—"শান্তি" [śānti, Shanti] (peace) "Sānti", "Sainta", "Shanti", "Shaan-ti" (peace), "Abirōdha" or "Abirodha" (harmony, peace, accord, agreement, amity, friendliness)—Bangladesh and India (West Bengal, Tripura and Barak Valley).
Berber—"Thalouith" (peace)—Algeria, Mali, Niger.        
Béti fang—Mvoay  (peace) — Ivory Coast.
Bhojpuri (bho)—"Shānti" (peace), "Sānti" (peace), "Sakoon" (peace)—India (Uttar Pradesh), Mauritius, Nepal.
Bihari (bh)—" শান্তি" [Śānti]—Bangladesh and India.
Biloxi (bil) and Ofo—Toke (calm) or  "Tokerti" (calm, no breeze stirring)—United States (Mississippi Valley).
Binisaya, Cebuano—"Kamingaw" (peace), "Pagdait" (peace)—Philippines.
Bisaya (map)—"Kalinaw" (peace)—Brunei.
Bislama (bis), Melanesian Pidgin English—"Natamata" (peace), "Pis" (peace, piece), "Temat" (peace)—Vanuatu, Melanasia.
Blackfoot (bla), Siksiká—"Innaaissttiiya" (peace), "Innaihtsi'iyi" (peace)—Canada and United States.
Bobo (nic)—"Makonakon" (peace)—Burkina Faso.
Boko (nic)—"Lumana" (peace), Salama" (peace)—Benin, Nigeria.
Bosnian (bs)—"Мир" [Mir] (peace), "Spokoj" (peace)—Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo.
Brahui (dra)—"Âsûdaî" (peace)—Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran.
Breton, Brezhoneg—"Peoc'h" (peace), "Pèc'h" (peace)— France (Bretagne).
Bribri (bzd)—Se̱ne bë̀rë (peace), Se̱rke bë̀rë (peace)—Costa Rica.
Bugis—"Marennui mennang" (peace)—Indonesian Tribal Language.
Bulgarian (bg)—"Мир" [Mir] (peace), “споко́йствие” [Spokójstvie] (peace) —Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania.
Buli (nic)—"Goom-jigi" (peace)—Ghana.
Bulu (bjl)—"Mvo'e" (peace), "évovoé" (calm, tranquil), "Ngbwa" (peace, friendship alliance, friendliness, kindness)—Cameroon and Niger-Congo; Africa.
Burmese (my)—"င္ရိမ္းခ္ယေမ္းရေး" [Nrim-khyam-ye, Nyein Chan Yay] (peace), "Nyeinjanyei" (peace), "Ngrim:hkyam:re" (peace)—Myanmar
Burushaski (bsk), Burū́šaskī Hunza—"Aram" (peace), "Saláamn" (peace), "Sukóonny" (peace) or "Manókuradj" (peaceful, generous, gentle)—Northern Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Cadhinor—"Peos" (peace) —a Conlang of Almea.
Caglăll— "Pasc" [Pash] (peace), "Pasc" [paʃ] (peace)—Conlang by a Chilean programmer.
Cajun French (Acadian, Kreyol Lwiziyen)—"Pé", "Lapé", "Trankil" (peaceful)—Louisiana (USA).
Canis—"Йюρaςςåmmåж” [Joorahssommòhzje] (peace)—Conlang.
Capeverdian Creole—"Paz" (peace), Pas (peace)—Cape Verde Islands.
Caribe (car), Galibi—"Sara'me" (peace), "Panawa" (peace)—Venezuala, Suriname.
Caribe—"Sara'me" (peace) or "Panawa" (peace)—Venezuala, Suriname.
Carolinian (map)—"Gunnammwey" (peace)—Micronesia.
Carolinian—"Gúnnammwey" (peace)—Micronesia.
Catalán (cat, ca), Catalão, Català, Catalan-Valencian-Balear—"Pau" (peace), "Vèncer" (calm), "Calma" (calm), "Assossegat" (peaceful, motionless and calm; placid, easy, easygoing, leisurely, placid , quiet, smooth, still, tranquil, unruffled, not hurried or forced)—Catalonia, the Valencian Region, the Balearic Islands, the Franja (Fringe of Aragon), Andorra, France, Roussillon and Alghero (Sardinia).
Catanese, Catanès—"Paci" (peace)—Conlang (Adarian of Canalia).
Cayuga—"Odriyohsrędaˀǫh" (peace), "Ganig}h[yo" (peaceful)—Ontario, Canada.
Cebuano (ceb)—"Kalinaw" (peace), Kahusayan" (peace)—Philippines.
Cebuano—"Kalinaw", "Kahusayan" (peace)—Philippines (Central part).
Central Atlas Tamazight—"Talwit" (peace)—North Africa.
Central Tarahumara—"We kii'ri" (peace)—Mexico (Chihuahua)..
Cerma—"Kufĩɛŋo" (peace), "Yaafɛ̃lle" (peace)—Burkina Faso.
Chamorro (cha, ch)—"Minaggen" (peace) or "Pås" (peace) or "Påsifiku" (Pacific, peaceful, peaceful state, peace) or "Åplåka" (make peace)—Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Champenois (Aube – Marne – Haute-Marne)—"Tocque mornicault" (peace), "Calme"  (calm, peace),  "Paix" (peace)—France and Belgium.
Chechen (ce)—"Машар" [Maşar, Mashar] (peace)—Chechnya (Caucasus), Russia (Chechen Republic)
Cherokee, Tsalagi (chr)--"ᏙᎯᏱ" [dohiyi] (peace), "Dohiyi" (peace), "Nvwadóhiyada" (peace)—North America, USA (Oklahoma)    
Cheyenne (chy)—"Nanomonsetôtse" (peace), "He'kotâhestôtse" (peace)—USA (Montana, Oklahoma).
Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja (ny), Chi Nyanja —"M'tendere" (peace)—Malawi.
Chicksaw (cic), Chickasaw (nai)--"Nanna Ayya" (peace)--Native American, North America (South Central Oklahoma)
Chiluba, Luba (lbk)—"Ndowe" (peace)—Zaire or Dem. Rep. Congo.
Chin, Zomi—"Nopsakna" (peace)—Myanmar and India.
Chinese: Mandarin Chinese—"Hé píng" / 和平 (peace)—China.
Chinese: Mandarin, Putonghua (zh)—"和平 [Hépíng, Heping" (peace)—China, Taiwan, Singapore.
Chinese: Sichuan Yi (ii)—"ꄮꐽ" [Te-njo] (peace)—China.
Chinese: Wu Chinese (wuu) y˦tɕiu˦ɦo˨ t‘a˨˩dialect (wuu-007) —"t‘a˨˩ bɦeŋ˩ ˨" (peace), tɕ‘yɛ˦˧ ko˦˧(make peace), "tɕaŋ˦˧dɦeŋ˩˩" (calm)—Jiangsu south of Changjiang River, east of Zhenjiang, on Chongming Island, mouth of the Changjiang, and north of the Changjiang in the area around Nantong, Haimen, Qidong, and Qingjiang; Zhejiang Province south to Quzhou, Jinhua, and Wenzhou. Also in United States.
Chinese: Wu Chinese or Shanghainese—"Hhu bin" / 和平 (peace), "Hépíng" (peace) —Shanghai, China.
Chinese: Yue, Cantonese or Jyutping —"Peng on" 和平 or "Peng an" (peace), Wo ping / 和平 (peace)—Canton (Guangdong), Macau, and Hong Kong, China.
Chiquihuitlán Mazate (maq)—"Cjuajeya" (peace)—Mexico.
Chishona/Manyika—"Rugare" (peace)—Africa. 
Choctaw (cho)—"Achukma" (peace), "Nuktanla" (peace), "Yukpa" (peaceable, peaceful), "Na yukpa" (joy, joyful man, pleasure, rejoicing, peace), "Achukma" (peace, good, well)—Native American language.
Chokwe, Cokwe—"Ukulungunga" (peace)--Angola, Congo.
Ch'ol, Tumbalá (cai)—"Ñʌch'chocoya" (peace), "ñʌch'tilels" (peace),  "ñʌch'tʌlel lac pusic'al" (peace)—Chiapas (Mexico).
Chontal, Tequistlatec (nai)—"Aylobaha Gafuleya" (peace)—Mexico.
Choua—"Salam" (peace)—Africa. 
Chuang, Zhuang (zha, za), Vahcuengh, Northern Zhuang—"Bingzan" (peace), "Bingz" (level, even, flat, peace)—Guangxi, China.
Chukchee—"Cumav" (peace) / "Цумав", "Унтэм" / "Untem", or "Amaravkėgyrgyn" / "Aмаравкэвагыргын"—Siberia.
Chukchi (Chukot) (ckt, mis) —"Cumav" (peace), "Цумав" (peace), "Untem" (peace), "Amaravkėgyrgyn" (peace), "Амаравкэвагыргын" [Amaravkevagyrgyn] (peace)—Siberia.
Church Slavonic: Old Church Slavonic (cu)—"Ми́ръ" [mírə] (peace)—Eastern Europe (liturgical).
Chuuk (chk)—"Kunammwey" (peace)—Truk.
Chuukese (chk)—"Kinamwe" (peace)—Micronesia.
Chuvash (chv, Chuv, cv, chuv1255, CJU), Tchouvache, чувашский, Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla, Tënche, a vulnerable Altaic, Turkic, BolgarOghur language—"тӑнӑҫ" [Tănăş] (peace), "тӑнӑҫлӑх" [Tănăşlăh] (peace), "мир" [mir] (peace), "канӑҫлӑх" (peace)—Russia: near the Volga River.
Cimbrian (Tzimbro, Tàuc') —"Bride", "Vride" (peace) —Trentino, Veneto (Italy).
Cokwe—"Ukulungunga" (peace)—Africa. 
Comanche (nai)—"Tsumukikiatu" (peace)—North America.
Comoran—"Amani" or "Salama"—Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
Coptic (cop)—"Ϩιρηνη [Hirīnī]" (peace)—Egypt (extinct) and liturgical.
Cornish (kw)—"Cres" (peace)—Cornwall (extinct).
Corsican (co)—"Pace" (peace), "Paci" (peace)—Corsica (France), France (Corse), Italy (Sardiania).
Corsican (North)—"Pace" (peace)—Corsica (France).
Corsican (South)—"Paci" (peace)—Corsica (France)..
Cree (cr)—"Wetaskiwin" (peace), Wîtaskîwin" (peace, truce, alliance), "Papayatik" (peace)—North America, Canada.  
Cree, Alberta Cree—"Peyahtikeyimowin" (peace, after the war)—Alberta, Canada.
Cree: Plains Cree or Cree (Saulteau First Nation)—"Āstēkēsikāw" (the day is calm after the storm), "Ayiwāstin" (it is a calm day, the wind has died down), "Kāmwātapiwin" (The act of sitting quietly and not moving)—North America.
Creole English: Gullah (Geechee) (cpe)—"Peace" (peace)—Georgia / Sourth Carolina sea islands (USA).
Creole English: Jamaican Creole (Rasta, Jam Dung) (cpe)—"Satta" (peace)—Caribbean.
Creole English: Port Moresby Creole (cpe)—"Gutpela taim" (peace)—Papua New Guinea.
Creole French: Cajun French, Acadian, Kreyol Lwiziyen (frc, cpf)—"Pé" (peace), "Lapé" (peace), "Trankil" (peaceful), "Bon jour" (hello), "soleil" (sun)—Louisiana (USA).
Creole French: Guadeloupe / Martinique Creole (cpf)—"Pé" (peace)—Caribbean.
Creole: Port Moresby Creole—"Gutpela Taim" (peace)—Papua New Guinea.
Cretan, Crétois—"Eiphnh" (peace), ειρήνη or "Irini"—Crete.
Crimean Tatar (crh)—"Sulh" (peace), "Barışıq" (peace) or "Tınçlıq" (peace)—Crimea.
Crio, Crioulo Creole or Portuguese Creole—"Pis" (peace)—Brazil.
Croate, Croatian (hr)—"Mir" (peace rest repose) or "Svijet" (peace) or "Počinak" or "Sklad" or "Sloga" (peace)—Croatia, Bosnie-Herzégovine.
Cuêzi, a Conlang—"Pēu" (peace, "Pu" (peace)—Conlang.
Czech (cs) Čeština or Česky—"Pokoji" (peace), "Klid" (peace), "Mír" (peace)—Czech Republic.
Dagara, Dàgáárè (dga)—"Maaro" (peace)—Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger-Congo; Africa.     
Dakota (dak)—"Wóda khota" (peace time, time of truce) or "Míʾogdasʾisʾe" (calm and shining)—North America.
Danish (da)—"Fred" (peace), "Friður" (peace), "Vrede" (angry)—Denmark, Germany (Southern Schleswig), Greenland, Faroe Islands. 
Dari (ira)—"صلح" [Sulh] (peace)—Afghanistan, Iran.
Dari Persian, Afgan or Farsi—"Sulh" صلح "Ssulh" (peace), "Soola" (peace), "Sulha" (peace), صوله "Sola" (peace), "Sazi" (peacemaking) —Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
Darja (ar)—"عسلامة" [Esslama] (peace)—Algeria.
Darja—"Esslama" (peace)—Algeria.
Dholuo—"Kue" (peace), “Kuo” (peace)— Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania.
Dinka—"Ador" (peace), “Dɔɔr” (peace)—Sudan.
Divehi—"Sulha" (peace)— Maldives.
Divehi, Maldivian (dv)—"ސުޅަ " [Sulha] (peace)—Maldives.
Dogrib (dgr) or Na-dene—"Ts'èwhı̨ ts'ı̨ı̨wǫǫ" (peace), "Nakenahohtsî" (make peace)—Canada: Northwest Territories.
Dolenjsko —"Paks" (peace)—Conlang.
Doolomitian —"Pese" (peace)—Con.
Doriathrin—"Ēd" (feminine name, rest)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Drow—"Gre'as'anto" (peace)—Con.
Dschang or Yemba—"Mbw´né" (peace) —Cameroon.
Dschang, Yemba (bai)—"Mbwɛ´né" (peace)—Cameroon.
Duala - "Musango" (peace) - Cameroon.
Duala (dua)—"Musango" (peace)—Cameroon.
Dungan —"хәпин (həpin)" (peace)—China.
Dutch (Flemish)—"Vrede" (peace), "Rust" (peace), "Peis" (peace, archaic), "vrede met zichzelf" (peace of mind) —Belgium.
Dutch—"Vrede" (peace)", "Rust" (peace), "Peis" (peace, archaic), "Vrede met zichzelf" (peace of mind)—Netherlands, Belgium.
Dutch—"Vrede" (peace), "Rust" (peace), "Peis" (peace, archaic), "vrede met zichzelf" (peace of mind) —Netherlands, Belgium.
Dutch, Flemish (nl)—"Vrede" (peace)—Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname.
Dzongkha (dz)—"གཞི་བདེ" [gzhi-bde] (peace)—Bhutan.
Dzongkha—"Gzhi-bde" (peace)—Bhutan.
Eastern Bolivian Guarani—"Yerovia" (peace)—Eastern Bolivia.
Efik (efi)—"Emem" (peace)—Nigeria.
Egyptian—"Hetep" (peace), "Em hotep nefer weret" (very great peace, hello)—Egypt.
Ekari (ekg), Mee, Ekagi, Kapauku—"Muka-Muka" (peace), "Mukamuka tai" ( to be satisfied, to be happy or content, to make peace), "Kojaa" (slow, quiet, peaceful)—Indonesia.
Elfdalian, Övdalian—"Frið" (peace)—Älvdalen Municipality (Övdaln) in Northern Dalarna in central Sweden.
Emakhuwa—"Murettele" (peace), "Mwiwanana" (peace), "Amaani" (peace)—Mozambique.
Emberá: Mʌ̃a Emberá—"Necai" (peace)—Colombia. 
Emberá: Northern Emberá or Embera del Norte—"Nekai" (peace), "Necai b̶ead̶ida", "Kĩrãipa" (peace), or "Paz" (peace)—Colombia, Panama.
English (eng, en)—"Peace" (peace)—UK, Ireland, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Sub-Saharan Africa, Carribean, South Africa, etc.
English: Middle English (enm)—"Pes, Pise, Pees" (peace)—England (extinct).
Eskimo—"Erkigsnek" (peace)—Native American (Greenland).
Esperanto ( eo)—"Paco" (peace)—Conlang, Constructed Language
Estonian (et)—"Rahu" (peace)—Estonia.
Ethiopian—”Selem” (peace)—Ethiopia.
Etruscan (ett, mis)—"Pas" (peace) or "Pas fenvs a" (peace we bring to)—Italy (extinct).
Éwé, Évé (ee), Gen, and Mina—"Ŋutifafa" (peace), "Fáfá" (peace)—West Africa.
Ewondo—"Foè" (peace)—Cameroon.
Extremaduran—"Pas" (peace)—Western Spain.
Faeroese, Faroean, Faroese—"Fridur" (peace), "Friður" (peace)—Faroe Islands and Denmark.
Fanagolo (crp)—"Kutula" (peace)—South Africa.
Fang —"Mvoghé " (peace)— Gabon.
Faroese, Faeroese (fo)—"Friður" (peace)—Faroe Islands, Denmark.
Farsi, Persian—" ﺢﻟﺻ / Sohl" (peace), “Ashtee” حلص “Sohl”—Iran.
Ferengi —"Kin" (peace)—Conlang.
Fijian (fj)—"Vakaçegu" (peace)—Fiji.
Finnish (fi)—"Rauha" (peace), “Hiljaisuus”, “Mielenrauha” (peace of mind), “Rauhanrukous”—Finland, Sweden, Russia.
Flemish—"Påye" (peace), "Vreij" (peace), "Rust" (peace) or "Vrede" (peace)—Belgium.
Fon (fon)—"Fifâ" (peace), “Fífá” —Benin
Franco-Provençal —Pas (peace), "Patz" (peace)—France.
French (fr), Français —"Paix" (peace)—France, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada (Quebec), Caribbean, West Africa, Polynesia, , Belgium , Switzerland (Romandie), Monaco, Luxembourg.
French—"Paix" (peace), Tranquillité (peace of Mind)—France, Belgium, Canada, Caribbean, West Africa, Polynesia, etc.
French: Old French (fro)—"Pais" (peace)—France.
Friesch—"Fred" (peace), "Fretha", "Frethe", "Fretho", "Freda", "Grid" (peace)—Germany, Netherlands.
Frisian (fy), Frysk (fry), Friesian sherland, Freese, Friesch—"Frede" (peace) or "Fred" (peace), "Frede fan 'e geast" (peace of mind), "Kalm) (calm), "Ienriedigens" (harmony, unanimity), "Fredich", "Freedsum" (peaceful), "freedsum" (peaceloving)—Frisian Islands in the North Sea, Germany, Netherlands
Frisian, Northern (frr), a language of Germany, North Frisian dialects are grouped into two main divisions: mainland and insular. Insular dialects are Sylt Frisian (Söl'ring), Föhr-Amrum Frisian (Fering/Öömrang), Heligolandic Frisian (Halunder).
Frisian: Western Frisian, Frysk, a language of Germany—"Frede" (peace), "Frederjochter" (Justice of the Peace), "Nobelpriis foar de Frede" (Nobel Peace Prize), "Fredich", "Freedsum", "Stil" (peaceful), "Rêst" (peacefulness)—Germany, Netherlands.
Friulian, Frulan (fur)—"Pâs" (peace), "Pac" (peace)—Italy (Friuli) .
Fula, Falani (ff)—"Jam" (peace)—Nigeria, Guinea, Mali, West Africa.
Fulfulde:  Fulfulde—"Jam", Jojja (reconcile, adjust), "Jojjiiji (peace, reconciliations, harmony), "Jojjindidira" (make peace between, meidate), or  "Hoolnaare (safety, peace, state of peacefulness, confidence)—Mali.
Fulfulde: Borgu Fulfulde (fue) or Borgu—"Jam"—Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Central-Eastern Niger spoken in Cameroon. Chad. Nigeria. Sudan.
Fulfulde: Burkina Fulfulde, Burkina, Western Niger —"Jam" (peace)—Burkina Faso and Western Niger.
Fulfulde: Maasina Fulfulde (ffm) or Maasinankoore Fulfulde or Maasina—"Jam"—Mali, Niger, Congo.
Fulfulde: Pulaar Fulfulde or Pulaar—"Jam" (peace)—Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Central-Eastern Niger, Cameroon, Chad, and the Sudan. 
Fulfulde: Pulaar/Pular/Fulani) —Jam   (peace)—West Africa.
Ga—"Hejole " (peace)—Conlang.
Gaelic Scottish, Scots Gaelic, Gàidhlig (gla)—"Sìth" (peace), "Saucht" (reconciled, at ease, in peace, tranquility)—Scotland.
Gaelic-Irish—"Siochain" (peace), “Sith” (peace)—Ireland.
Gafuleya Chontal—"Aylobaha" (peace)—Mexico. 
Galician, Gallegan (gl)—"Paz" (peace)—Spain (Galicia), Portugal.
Ganda (lg), Lug, Ganda—"Mirembe" (peace)—Uganda, Niger, Congo.
Garifuna (cai)—"Darangilaü" (peace)—Honduras, Belize.
Gascon —"Patz" (peace)—Conlang.
Ge'ez (gez)—"ሰላም [Salām, Salam] (peace)—Ethiopia, Eritrea (liturgical).
Gen/Éwé/Mina—Dutifafa  (peace), Ŋutifafa" (peace) —West Africa.
Georgian (ka)—"მშვიდობა" [Mšvidoba] (peace), “სიმშვიდე / Simšvide” (peace), “მშვიდობა / mšvidoba”—Georgia.
German:  German (de)—"Friede" (peace), "Frieden" (peace), "Der Friede" (peace), “Ruhe” “Scheinfriede” (phoney, hollow)—Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy (South Tyrol), Belgium, Luxembourg.
German: Alsatian, Alemannish (gem)—"Fréda" (peace)—France, Switzerland.
German: Bavarian, Bayrisch (gem)—"Fridn" (peace)—Bavaria (Germany).
German: Cimbrian, Tzimbro, Tàuc' (gem)—" Bride, Vride" (peace)—Trentino, Veneto (Italy).
German: Kölsch (gem)—"Fridde" (peace)—Germany.
German: Low German—“Freden”, “Freed”, “Fräden”, “Frääd” (peace) —Germany
German: Mennonite Low German (gem)—"Fräd" (peace)—North/South America, Europe.
German: Middle High German (gmh)—" Vride" (peace)—Central Europe (extinct).
German: Old High German (goh)—"Fridu" (peace)—Central Europe (extinct).
Giha—"Amahoro" (peace) -Western Tanzania. 
Gikuyu—“Thayu” (peace), “Ũhoro” (peace), “Horo” (peace)—Kenya.
Glagolitic Script—"ⰿⰹⱃⱏ" [Mirŭ] (peace)—Eastern Europe. 
Gnomish—"Gwilm" (cessation, peace, peace, quiet, rest, quiet)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Gothic (got)—"Gawairþi" (peace), “Friþu” (peace)—Central Europe (extinct), Eastern Europe, Italy, Gallia Aquitania, Gallia Narbonensis, Hispania, Crimea - Extinct
Greek:  Greek (el)—"Ειρήνη" [iríni] (peace), ησυχία (el) f (isychía), γαλήνη (el) f (galíni), ηρεμία (el) f (iremía), ειρήνη (el) f (eiríni)—Greece, Cyprus.
Greek: Ancient Greek (grc)—"Εἰρήνη {eirḗnē]" (peace), "Eirini" (peace)—Mediterranean (extinct) and liturgical.
Greek: Ancient—εἰρήνη (eiréne)—Ancient Greece
Greek: Modern—"Iríni / ειρήνη / Eirēnē” (peace), “Irene” (peace), “Eiphnh” (peace)—Greece, Cyprus.
Greenlandic, Kalaallisut (kl)—"Irqigsiniq" (peace), "Erĸigsineĸ" (peace), "Eqqissineq" (peace), “Eqqisaqatigiineq” (peace)—Greenland.
Griko (el)—"Filìa" (peace)—Puglia (Italy).
Guadeloupean Creole French (gcf)—"Pe" (peace), "Lapé" (peace), "Nofrap" (calm), "Ou pé komansé dékòlè" (you can start calm or you can calm down now)—Guadeloupe.
Guahibo (guh, cai)—"Diosojavabelia, itsamonaejavabelia ata, barajamatabëcuenexanepanaeya vajataenexa" (peace)—Colombia, Venezuela. 
Guarani (gn)—"Apĭrĭvé, Ñerane'i, Py'aguapy" (peace), Aprvé, Ñerane'i, Py'aguapy, “Moñera'ÿ” (peace)—Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil.
Guiana Creole (Kreyol) (at)—"Lapè" (peace)—Caribbean.
Gujarati (gu)—"શાંતિ [Śānti]" (peace), "Shanti" (peace), "Śānti", "Shāntatā" (peace, calm), શાંતિ—India, Pakistan.
Gullah (Geechee) —"Peace" (peace)—Georgia / South Carolina Sea Islands (USA).
Guyanian Creole—“La pé”—Guyana 
Gwich'in (gwi)—"Tsinehdan" (peace)—Alaska.
Haida—Dláaya (is to be peaceful and calm)—North America (Canada: British Columbia; US: Alaska)
Haiti Creole (Kreyol) (at), Haitian Creole (Kreyol)—"Lapè" (peace) —Caribbean.
Haka—"Remnak" (peace) dai zirziar in um caan; e.g. A great calm followed the storm = Thlichia kha dai zirziar in a ummi caan nih a hun zulh (calm), a dai; e.g. A calm night = A daimi zan—Myanmar
Hakka—和平 (fò-phìn)—China.
Halaka—"Pegdub" (peace)--
Hangaza—"Amahoro" (peace)—Tanzania.
Hausa (hua)—"Lafiya" (peace), Amana (peace), "Zaman lafiya" (peace), "Kwanciyar hankali" (peace), "Hakkure" (peace), "Lùmana" (peace), "Lùmaanàà" (peace), "Salamàà" (peace), "Sálámȁ" (peace), "Natsuwa" (peace)—Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan and Togo.
Hawaiian (haw)—"Maluhia" (peace), "Maluhia" (peace), "Sipala" (peace), Malu (peace), “La’i” (peace)—Hawaii.
Hebrew (heb)—"שלום" [Shalom] (peace), "שלווה \ שַׁלְוָה שלמא‎ , Š(ə)lāmā—Israel and liturgical.
Herero (her, hz), Otjiherero, Ovaherero, Helelo, a Bantu or Bantoid language—"Ohange" (peace), "Oveaotyohange" (those of the period of peace)—Niger-Congo, Namibia (Damaraland and Ovamboland), Botswana (Herero and Mbanderu peoples in Namibia and Botswana), Southern Africa, Africa. The Herero, also known as Ovaherero, are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa. The majority reside in Namibia.
Hiligaynon, Ilongo (hil)—"Paghidait" (peace)—Philippines.
Hindi (hi)—"शांति" [śānti] (peace), "Santi" (peace), “Shantih”, शांति “Śānti”, “Aman” (peace)—India, Nepal, Uganda, Suriname.
Hiri Motu (ho)—"Taim billong sikan" (peace)—Papua New Guinea.
Hmong (hmn)—"Kev tiaj tus" (peace), "Kev sib haum xeeb" (peace)—China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.
Hmong: Green or Blue Miao dialect—"Thaaj yeeb" (peace)—China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.
Hmong: White Hmong—"Thaj yeeb", "Kev sib haum zeeb" (peace)—China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.
Hobyót, Hewbyót, Hobi, or Kalam Rif Weyheybyot—"ʔáfyət" (peace and good health)—Southern Arabia.
Hokkien—“Taipeng” (peace)—China. 
Hopi (nai)—"Sipala" (peace), “Shinumu” (peaceful), “Paasikwa” (peace)—North America
Huautla Mazatec (mau)—"Xi³ nchˀan¹ tjin" (peace)—Mexico.
Hula—"Paghidaet" (peace)
Hungarian (hu)—"Béke" (peace), “Békesség”, “Nyugalom”—Hungary, Romania, Slovakia.
Icelandic:  Icelandic (is)—"Friður" (peace), “Friðartími”, “Grið” (peace)—Iceland
Icelandic: Old Icelandic (is)—"Friðr" (peace), "Fridr" (peace)—Iceland.
Ido (io)—"Paco" (peace)—Nigeria.
Igbo (Ibo, ig), Ibo (ig), Ogam—" Ùdo" (peace), "Udo" (peace), "Udho" (peace), "Ndokwa" (peace)—Nigeria.
Ikinyarwanda—"Amahoro" (peace), "Salama" (peace)—Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Ila (bnt)—"Chibanda" (peace)—Zambia.
Ilocano (ilo)—"Kappia" (peace)—Philippines.
Ilongot—“Paghidait” (peace)
Inabaknon (abx)—"Kamurayaw" (peace)—Philippines.
Indonesian, Bahasa Indonesia (id)—"Kedamaian" (peace), "Damai" (peace), "Perdamaian" (peace), "Ketentraman" (peace), “Ketenangan” (peace)—Indonesia.
Ingush (inh)—"Машар" [Mashar] (peace)—Ingutia (Caucasus).
Interlingua (ia)—"Pace" (peace)—Conlang, Constructed Language.
Interlingue (ie)—"Pace" (peace)—Conlang.
Inuit, Inuktitut (iu)—"ᓴᐃᒻᒪᓯᒪᓂᖅ" [Saimmasimaniq] (peace), “Tutkium” (peace), “Tutkiun” (peace), “Anusdake” (peace), “Eqkisgineq” (peace), "Saimmasimaniq" (peace), ᑐᑦᑭᐳᓐ (tutkiun)—Native American, Canada.
Inupiak, Iñupiaq (ik)—“ᑭᖑᐃᖓᒃ" [Kiñoiñak], "Kiñuiñak" (peace), "Tutqiun" (peace)—Native American, North America, USA (Alaska). 
Irish (ga), Irish Gaelic—"Síocháin" (peace), “Síth” (peace), “Suaimhneas” (peace of mind)—Ireland 
Ishkashmi (ira)—"سلام" [Salām] (peace)—Central Asia.
Ismaîn—“Pe” (peace) --
Italian (it)—"Pace" (peace)—Italy, Switzerland, San Marino.
Itelmen, Itelmenic —ткарвэл (tkarvel)--
Ivatan (phi)—"Saychid" (peace)—Philippines.
Jamaican Creole English, Jamiekan, Jamaican Creole, Rasta, Jam Dung—"Sata" (to tell an individual or group to relax; be at at peace or state of rest), "Satta" (peace) or ":Liv gud wid piipl" (peace)—Jamaica.
Japanese (jap, ja)—"平和 " [Heiwa] (peace), 平和 (へいわ, Heiwa”, 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), 平安 (ja) (へいあん, heian)—Japan
Jarawara (jaa)—"Bara" (live in peace)—Brazil.
Jatibonicu Taino (cai)—"Amikekia" (peace)—Puerto Rico.
Jatvingian, Sudovian—"Sanpak", "Pak" (peace)—Baltic (extinct).
Javanese (jv)—"Rukun" (peace), “Tentram” (peace), “Rahayuning gesang”—Indonesia.
Jawa-Suriname— "Tentrem" (peace)—Indonesian Tribal Language.
Jerma (Niger)—“Baani” (peace)
Joola (Senegal)—“Ku sumay” (peace) 
Judeo: Judeo Persian (jpr), Judaeo-Persian, Bukharic, זאַבּאָניִ יאַהוּדיִהאָייִ בּוּכאָריִ [Zaboni yahudihoyi buxori] (bhh), בּוּכאָריִ [Buxori] (bhh), a Southwestern Iranian language—"Salum" (peace)—Mideast, Central Asia.  
Judeo: Judeo-Arabic (jrb), Arabi, Judéo-arabe, יהודית ערבית, a Semtic language—"Shlama" (peace) "Madi:nat as-sala:m" (the Town of Peace (Jerusalem) instead of "Yeru:šalayim" or "רושלים" in Hebrew (The translator glosses ‮ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם‬‎ (“Jerusalem”) as ‮דַאר אַלסְלַם‬‎ (dār al-salām, “the house of peace”), using a defective spelling (possibly, al-salam)—Middle East, North Africa dialects. Judeo-Arabic are Arabic dialects spoken by Jewish communities in the Arab world.
Judeo: Judeo-Arabic—Shlama—Middle East, North Africa
Judeo: Judeo-Italian, Italkian or Bagitto—"Pača" (peace)—Italy.
Judeo: Judeo-Persian, Bukharic—"Salum"—Mideast, Central Asia.
Judeo: Ladino, Judeo-Spanish (lad)—"פאש" [Pas] (peace)—Turkey, Israel, North Africa.
Kabardian—"Māmərəġă" (мамырыгъэ) (peace) or "Māmər" (мамыр) (peaceful)—Northwest Caucasian and the Eurasia Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria.
Kabyle (kab), Kabylian—"Lahna" (peace), “Laafya”, “Asrad”, “Afra” (tranquility)—Algeria (Kabylie).
Kala Lagaw Ya—"Paaudh" (peace), "Paaudha" (peace)—Western and Central Torres Strait Islands between Papua New Guinea and the mainland of Australian.
Kannada (kn)—"ಶಾಂತಿ" [Shaamti] (peace), ಶಾಂತಿ / Śānti—India.
Kanuri (knc-000, kr), a Saharan language—"Hêr" (the peace), "Kelafia" (peace)—Niger, Nigeria.
Karelian (fiu)—"Rauhu" (peace), Vienosti" (peace)—Russia, Finland.
Karen—“Emo tashi” (peace)—Burma
Karo—"Kemalemen ate" (peace)—Indonesian Tribal Language.
Kashmiri (ks)—"امن" [Amn] (peace)—Kashmir (India, Pakistan).
Kashubian—"Mir" (peace)--
Kazakh (kk)—"Бейбітшілік" [Beybitšilik], [bEjbetSilik] (peace), “Beybiychiyliyk” (peace), “Mir” (peace), “Tınıştıq” (peace)—Kazakhstan.
Kekchi (myn)—"Tuktuquil usilal" (peace)—Guatemala, Belize.
Khmer (km), Kampuchea—"សន្តិភាព" [Santiphap, San Tepheap] (peace), “Santekphep”, “Sontépheab”, សន្តិភាព (san tepheap), ក្រសាន / Krɑsaan, ធ្យាន / Tyien (peace of mind), សន្តិភាព / Sondtipeeup, សន្តិកាល Sɑnteʔ kaal, “Soksang”—Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Kiche—"Utzil" (peace, blessing, goodness)—Guatemala (Momostenango (as well as its dependent Aldeas of Canquixaja, Nimsitu, and Panca) and Totonicapan (and its dependent Aldeas of Nimasak and Cerro de Oro). 
Kikongo—"Kikœndi" (peace), "Luvuvamu" (peace), "Ngêmba" (peace)—Democratic Republic Of The Congo, The Republic Of The Congo, Angola.
Kikuyu, Gikuyu (ki)—"Thayu" (peace), “Thayũ” (peace), “Ũhoro” (peace)—Kenya.
Kildi Sami—"Ajjv" (peace), мырр / “Myrr” —Russian Arctic.
Kim Mun (mji) or Kjimmun—"Kwan ʔpjaŋ"  和平 (peace)—Yanyuan, Qiongzhong County, Hainan, China.
Kimbundu—“Kutululuka”  (peace) —Angola.
Kinyarwanda, Rwanda, Ruanda (rw), Kirundi—"Amahoro" (peace), "Nimuhóre"—Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda.
Kirghiz, Kyrgyz (ky)—"Тынчтык" [Tınçtık] (peace)—Kirghizstan, China.
Kirundi (Burundi)—"Amahoro" (peace)—Burundi and Rwanda
Klingon—“Roj” (peace)—Conlang of Star Trek.
Koasati, Coushatta (nai)—"Ilifayka" (peace)—North America.
Kölsch—"Fridde" (peace)—Germany.
Komi (kpv-001, kv)—"Söglasön olöm" (peace), "Soglasonolom" (peace), "Mir̃" (peace), "Lönʸ" (calm (of the sea), "Lony" (calm), "Yри" or "Мир" (peace) —Russian Arctic.
Kongo (kg)—"Kikœndi" (peace), “Ngemba” (peace)—Congo.
Konkani—“Soukāsāi” (peace), “Shanti” शंति (peace)—India. 
Korean (kor, ko)—"평화 " [Pyonghwa] (peace), "P'yŏng-hwa " (peace), 평화를 위한 기도, 평안 / Pyeong-an, 平安 , Pyeongjeong (peace of mind)—Korea
Koryak—“Aмкавың”, “Amkavyng”, “мир”, “Mir”--
Kosraean (kos)—"Mihs" (peace)—Micronesia.
Kreol—"Pé" (peace)—Africa. 
Kurdish (ku)—"Hasîtî" (peace), "Һашити" [Hasiti], "ھاسیتی" [Hasītī] (peace), "Asti" (peace)—Kurdistan (Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq).
Kwamera (tnk)—"Pis" (peaceful, calm), "Nəmərinuyen" (peace), "Nəmərinuien" (peace), "əmərinu" (peace)—Tanna, Vanuatu.
Kwanyama, Kuanyama (kua, kj), Oshikwanyama (kua)—"Ombili" (peace)—Angola, Namibia.  
Ladin (roa)—"Pêš" (peace), "Pêsc" (peace)—Trentino-Alto Adige (Italy).
Laizo/Falam—"ramnak; daihnak, " (peace), "a reh mi; dai khip khep mi; a thing mi, a ngawi mi" (calm)—Myanmar and India.
Lakalai or Nakanai—"Telela" (peace)—New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Lakota, Dakota (sio)—" Wolakota" (peace)—North America.
Lango (lij), Langi, Leb Lango, Leb Lano, Leb Laŋo, Leb-Lango, Lëblaŋo, Lwo, Lwoo—"Kuc" (peace) "Kuch" (to be quiet, to be at peace), "Kweo" (to make cool, to pacify), "Ayom" (soft, peaceful), "Morembe Ayom" (good greeting), "Buti Ayom" (sleep softly, well)—a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Lango people of Uganda and the Sudan.
Lao (lo)—"ສມຕິພາປ" [Santiphap] (peace)—Laos, Thailand. 
Lari—"Dzûnu" (peace)—Republic Of The Congo
Latin (la)—"Pax" (peace), "Pax Sit" (let peace be)—Rome (extinct) and liturgical.
Latvian (lv)—"Miers" (peace)—Latvia.
Lenakel—"Pis" (peaceful, calm), "Nəməlinuan" (peace) or "əməlinu" (peace)—Tanna, Vanuatu.
Lenape, Delaware (del)—"Achwangundowagan" (peace)—North America.
Ligurian (roa)—"Paxe" (peace)—Italy (Liguria).
Limburgan, Limburgish (li)—"Vreij" (peace)—Belgium.
Lingala (ln)—"Kímía" [Kimia] (peace), “Bobóto" (peace)—Congo, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Republic Of The Congo, Angola, Central African Republic
Lingua Franca (crp)—"Pace" (peace)—Europe, North Africa, Middle East (extinct).
Lithuanian (lt)—"Taika" (peace)—Lithuania.
Lojban (art)—"Panpi" (peace)—Conlang.
Lombard (roa)—"Pas" (peace)—Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino (Italy); Ticino (Switzerland).
Louisiana Creole French (lou) (Bayou Teche)—"Pe" (peace)—Louisiana.
Louisiana Creole French (lou) (Côté Allemand Creole)—"Lape" (peace)—Louisiana.
Louisiana Creole French (lou) (Pointe Coupee Parish)—"Pe" (peace), "Lape" (peace)—Louisiana.
Louisiana Creole French (lou) (Saint Tammany)—"Pè" (peace). "Trankil" (peaceful)—Louisiana.
Louisiana Creole French (lou)—"Pe" (peace), "Lape" (peace), "Pè" (peace), "Trankil" (peaceful)—Louisiana.
Low Saxon—"Vre(D)E" (peace)—Germany (Northern Germany), Netherlands
Lozi (loz)—"Nala" (peace)—Zambia.
Luba-Katanga (lu), Kiluba—"Ndoe" (peace)—Niger, Congo.
Luganda (afa)—"Emirembe" (peace)—Uganda.
Lugbara or Mugandat—"Asindriza" (peace (literally beautiful heart or nice heart), "Angu ndriza" (peace), "Asianzu" (peace, mercy)—Uganda and in the adjoining area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Luxemburgish, Lëtzebuergesch (lb), Luxembourgish—"Fridd" (peace), "Fridden" (peace)—Luxembourg.
Màaya  Yucateco (yua)—"Ets'a'an óolal" (peace, tranquility), "Jéedzel óolal" (peace), "Kinsik" (calm)—Mexico and Belize.
Macedonian (mk)—"Мир" [Mir] (peace)—Macedonia.
Maghrebi—"Salam" (peace)—Africa. 
Magindanoan (phi)—"Kali lintad" (peace)—Philippines.
Malagasy, Malgache (mg)—"Fandriampahalemana" (peace)—Madagascar.
Malay (ms), Bahasa Malaysia—"Keamanan" (peace), "Damai" (peace), "Daman" (peace)—Malaysia and Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore.
Malayalam (ml)—"സമാധാനം" [Samaadhaanam] (peace)—India (Kerala).
Malgache, Malagasy, Maalgasy, Masikoro—"Adana" (peace, slow, peaceful, tranquil; grave and prudent in action), "Fandriampahalemana" (peace), "Salama" (peace), "Mahasalama" or "Fahasambarana" (peace, tranquillity, blessedness), or "Fiadanam-po" (peace)—Madagascar East Africa. 
Maltese (mt)—"Paċi" (peace), "Sliem" (peace)—Malta.
Manding (Mandenkan) —"Kayiroo" (peace)—Africa. 
Mandinka (man)—"Kayiroo" (peace)—Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau.
Manobo (mno)—"Linew" (peace)—Philippines.
Manx (gv)—"Shee" (peace)—Isle of Man.
Maori (mi)—"Rangima'arie" (peace), Nohopuku" (peace), Rongo" (peace)—New Zealand.
Mapundungun (arn)—"Uvchin" "Tügkülen" (peace)—Chile.
Maranao (phi)—"Diakatra" (peace)—Philippines.
Marathi (mr)—"शांतता" [Śāntātā] (peace), "शांती" [Śāntī] (peace)—India.
Marquesan (map), Marquesas, an Austric, Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern, Oceanic, Remote, Central (A:M:C:E:O:C:R:C:E:P:N:E:C:Marquesic) language—"Hau" (peace), "Menino" (calm, without wind, silence (calm sur mer et sur terre; silence), "Manino" (calm, slow (calme; lente, lentement), "Merie" (serene, fine), "Meʔie" (calm, serene), "Hau tree" (Paritium tiliaceum), "ʻĀinahau" (land of the hau tree), "Hakavaʔe" (flatter, appaiser, calmer, caresser; caresse, flatterie)—Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. The Marquesas are located at 9.7812° S, 139.0817° W. The highest point is the peak of Mount Oave on Ua Pou island at 1,230 m above sea level.  
Marshallese (mh)—"Ainemon" (peace)—Marshall Islands.
Masaba, Lumasaba (bnt)—"Koosi" (peace)—Uganda.
Masai, Maasi—"Eseriani" (peace)—Kenya and Tanzania.
Matu—" rhoeprhoi nah, ngaimongnah" (peace), dingcicak, dingrak, hlangihsap tue. (calm)—Myanmar and India.
Mawu (afa)—"Hálá" (peace)—West Africa.
Mayangna, Sumu (sai)—"Prî Lâni" (peace)—Nicaragua.
Mazatec: Jalapa De Díaz Mazatec (maj)—"Kju̱a̱jyu" (peace)—Mexico.
Mažtane—"Pén"—a Conlang of Verdurian. 
Mele, Mele-Fila (mxe)—"word" (peace)—Atara mere, Vanuatu.
Micmac (mic)—"Wôntôkóde" (peace)—North America.
Mingo, Unyææshæötká' (iro)—"Skn'" (peace)—North America.
Miskito (cai)—"Kupia Kumi Laka" (peace)—Nicaragua.
Mohican, Mahican, Mohegan (alg)—"Anachemowegan" (peace)—North America.
Mokilese (map)—"Onpek" (peace)—Micronesia.
Moldavian, Moldavan (mo)—"Паче" [Pace] (peace)—Moldava.
Mongolian (mn)—"Энх тайван" [Ènx tajvan] (peace)—Mongolia.
Mongo-Nkundu (lol)—"Bóoto" (peace)—Congo.
Moré—"Bâanem" (peace)—Burkina Faso
Mossi, Moré (mos)—"Lâfí" (peace)—Burkina Faso.
Muskogee, Creek (mus)—"Ittimokla" (peace)—North America.
Na’vi (Avatar)—"Fpomtokx" (peace) or "Aylrrtok" (peace), "Fpom" (peace)—a Constructed Language or Conlang of the people of Pandora.
Náhuatl, Aztec (nah)—"Tlamatcanemiliztli" (peace), "Mocehuia" (peace)—Mexico, Guatemala.
Nauruan (na)—"Iow" (peace)—Nauru.
Navajo, Navaho (nv)—"K'é" (peace), "Hozo" (peace)—North America.
Ndebele: North Ndebele—"Ukuthula" (peace)—Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
Ndebele: South Ndebele (nr)—"Ukuthula" (peace)—Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
Ndonga, Oshivambo, Oshiwambo, OshiNdonga, Ndonga (Ndo, ng)—"Ombili" (peace), "Eindilo omolwombili" (peace)—Angola, Namibia.
Nepali (ne)—"शान्ति" [Shanti] (peace)—Nepal.
Netwar or Lenakel—"Pis" (peace)—Western Tanna, Vanuatu.
Nez Perce (nez / nai)—"'Eyewi" or "‘Eʔyewi" (peace)—Native American, United States.
Nganasan (mis)—"Cütü" (peace)—Siberia.
Nhengatu (yrl, sai)—"Tecócatú" (peace)—Indigenous language of Brazil.
Noldorin—"Sîdh" (peace), "Sēde" (peace), "Ídh" (rest)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Norse: Old Norse (non), an extinct language—"ᚠᚱᛁᚦᚱ" [Friðr] (peace)—Scandinavia (extinct)
North Tanna (tnn)—"Pis" (peaceful, calm), "Nəməlinuən" (peace) or "əməlinu" (peace)—Tanna, Vanuatu.
Norwegian: Bokmål (nob), Standard Written Norwegian—Fred (peace), "Stillhet" (peace, tranquility, calm), "Ro i sinnet" (peace), "Fredelig" (calm)—Norway.
Norwegian: Bokmål, Norwegian (nob), Standard Written Norwegian—Fred (peace), "Stillhet" (peace, tranquility, calm), "Ro i sinnet" (peace), "Fredelig" (calm)—Norway.
Norwegian: Norwegian (no)—"Fred" (peace)—Norway
Ntomba (bnt)—"Nye" (peace)—Congo.
Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa, or Chinyanja—"M’tendere", "Mtendere" (peace), "Tendele" (peace), "Lonjezana" (be at peace) or "Bata" (calm)—Southern African, Tanzania, and Malawi.
Occitan, Provençal, Languedocian (oc)—"Patz" (peace, "Pas" (peace), "Sarra" (peace)—France, Spain, Italy, Monaco.
Ojibwa, Chippewa (oj)—"Bangan" (peace), "Bisaniwewin" (peace)—North America, Canada (Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba), USA (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota)
Olkola (aus)—"Erray" (peace)—Australia.
Oluta (cai)—"Maxu" (peace)—Nicaragua.
Onandaga (iro)—"Chkenon" (peace)—North America.
Oriya (ori-000, or), Orija—"ଶାନ୍ତି" [Šānti] (peace)—India.
Oromo (om)—"ነገየ" [Nagaya] (peace)—Ethiopia, Kenya.
Oshikwanyama—"Onbili" (peace)—Africa. 
Ossetian: Ossetian (oss-000, os), Ossetic (Osset.), Ossetisch, Ossete, Ossète, Osético, ирон, ирон æвзаг, осетинский (in cyrilic) Ossetic, Digor, Iron, a Scythian language—"æнцад дуг" [Aentsaddug] (peace), ӕнцад [äncad] (heart), "Fidyd" фидыд (peace), "Fidyddzinad" фидыддзинад (peace), "Sabyrdzinad" сабырдзинад (peace), "Sabyr" (calm), "фарн" (peace), "дуне" (peace, world), сабыр (calm (of sea), сабырдзинад (peace, hush, silence), "æncad" (quiet, tranquil, quietly) from "Ham-čyāta" and related to the Armenian root "Hang" (breath, rest), "Hang-e-aw" (to rest), "Hangst-ean" (rest, peace, resting place, grave), "æncad" (quiet, tranquil, quietly) from "Ham-čyāta" and related to the Armenian root "Hang" (breath, rest), "Hang-e-aw" (to rest), "Hangst-ean" (rest, peace, resting place, grave), "Anc̣ayun" (rest), "Sogd. š't `gleeful '; (from the Indo-European root "kʷei̯ǝ-, kʷii̯ē- (*kʷeḫü-es) Note: common Proto Germanic -u- > -ü-, -y-, -i-." (to rest quietly, quiet, peaceful)—Russia (North Ossetia-Alania), Georgia (South Ossetia), Iran, Georgia, Russian Federation. Ossetic is an East Iranian language spoken in Ossetia which is located partly in Russia and Georgia. Ossetian.
Ossriandric—"Eord" (feminine name. rest)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Otomi (oto)—"Hmetho" (peace)—Mexico.
Ottawa, Odawa (oj)—"Nwebin" (peace)—North America.
Palauan (pau)—"Búdech" (peace)—Palau.
Pali (pi)—"Sāma, Santi" (peace)—India.
Pampangan, Kapampangan (pam)—"Kapayapan" (peace)—Philippines.
Pangasinan (pag)—"Kareenan" (peace)—Philippines.
Panjabi, Punjab (pa)—"ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ" [Śānti] (peace)—Pakistan, India.
Papago-Pima (nai)—"Dodolimdag" (peace)—North America.
Papiamentu (pap), Papiamento—"Pas" (peace)—Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao.
Pashto (ps)—"صوله" [Sola] (peace)—Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan.
Patois de la forêt de Clairvaux—"Pai" (peace)—France. 
Paumarí (sai)—"Va'i jaha" (peace)—Brazil.
Persian, Farsi (fa)—"صلح" [solh] (peace)—Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan.
Piedmontese (roa)—"Pás" (peace)—Piedmont (Italy).
Pintupi-Luritja (aus)—"Yatanpa" (peace)—Australia.
Polish (pl)—"Pokój" (peace)—Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
Ponapean (map)—"Melelilei" (peace)—Micronesia.
Portuguese (pt), Português —"Paz" (peace)—Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé And Príncipe.
Potawatomi (alg)—"E'tokmite'k" (peace)—North America.
Powhatan (alg)—"Cohqwaivwh" (peace)—North America
Prussian: Old Prussian (bat)—"Pakajan" (peace)—Baltic (extinct).
Quechua - Bolivian Aymara Quechua—"Hacaña" (peace), "Sumañkañataki" (peace), "Suma" (delicious, good, savoury, tasty)—Bolivia.
Quechua (qu)—"Anka Kay" (peace), "Qasikay" (peace), "Aligu" (peace), "Sonqo Tiaykuy" (peace)—Peru.
Raeto-Romance, Romansch ( rm)—"Pasch" (peace)—Switzerland.
Rakash—"Rawr" (peace)—Conlang.
Rapanui (rap)—" Kiba-kiba" (peace), "Pava" (peace)—Chile.
Romagnolo , Emiliano (roa)—"Pès" (peace), "Pas" (peace), "Pèsa" (peace)—Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy (Italy), San Marino.
Romani—"Patcha" (peace)—Romania, Europe
Romanian (ro)—"Pace" (peace)—Romania, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine.
Romansh—"Pasch" (peace)—Switzerland (Grisons)
Romany, Gypsy, Tsigane (rom)—"Smirom" (peace)—Europe, South America, etc.
Rotuman (map)—"Huag Totoka" (peace)—Fiji.
Roviana (map)—"Magogoso" (peace)—Solomon Islands.
Rundi, Kirundi, Urundi (rn)—"Amahoro" (peace)—Burundi.
Russian (ru)—"Мир" [Mir] (peace)—Russia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Central Asia.
Russian: Cyrillic Russian—"мир" / "Mir" (peace), "спокојство", "спокој" (peace of mind), "миръ", "mirŭ" (peace)—Russia and Eastern Europe and Asia.
Sa'a (map)—"Däilama" (peace)—Solomon Islands.
Saint Lucian Creole (Kweýol̀) French (acf)—"Lapé" (peace, quiet, calm, stillness, silence) or "Milyé" (peace, truce, cessation of fighting) or "Wipo" (rest) or "Bay wipo" (to leave in peace, to leave alone)—Carribean.
Sami: Kildi Sami (se)—"А̄ййв" [Ājjv] (peace)—Russian Arctic.
Sami: Northern Sami (se)—"Ráfi" (peace)—Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia.
Samoan (sm)—"Filemū" (peace), "To'a" (peace)—Samoa.
San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec (maa), Tecóatl Mazatec, Eloxochitlán Mazatec, Northern Highland Mazatec—"'Nchán" (peace)—San Jerónimo, Mexico.
Sängö, Sango (sg)—”Siriri” (peace), “Sôngô " (peace)—Central African Republic.
Sanskrit (sa)—"शान्तिः" [Śāntiḥ, Śānti] (peace)—India (extinct, liturgical).
Sara—" ‘Godo" (peace)—Africa.  
Sardinian: Barbaricino (sc)—"Pache" (peace)—Italy (Sardinia).
Sardinian: Campidanese (sc)—"Paxi" (peace)—Italy (Sardinia).
Sardinian: Logudurese (sc)—"Paghe" (peace)—Italy (Sardinia).
Saxon: Old Saxon (nds)—"Friðu" (peace)—Saxony (extinct).
Scots (sco)—"Pace" (peace)—Scotland.
Scottish Gaelic (gd)—"Sìth" (peace)—Uk (Scotland).
Serbian (sr)—"Мир" [Mir] (peace), "Bèzbednȏst" [bězbednôːst] (peace, security) or безбедност or "Mir" (peace) or "Spokoj" (peace)—Serbia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro.
Seri (nai)—"Miisax ihom siijoz" (peace)—Mexico.
Sesotho—"Khotso" (peace)—Africa. 
Setswana Kagiso" (peace)—Africa. 
Shona (sn), Chishon, Chishona or Manyika—"Runyaro" (peace), "Runyararo" (peace), "Dendemaro" (peace)—Zimbabwe
Sicilian (roa)—"Paci" (peace)—Sicily (Italy).
Sindhi (sd)—"शांति" [Śanti, Shanty] (peace), "شانت" [Śanti] (peace)—Pakistan (Sindh), India.
Sinhalese (si)—"සාමය" [Samaya, Saameya, Shanti] (peace)—Sri Lanka.
Siouan, Sioux (sio)—"Wo'okeyeh" (peace)—North America.
Sioux—"Wo’okeyeh" (peace)—Native American, North America.
Slovak (sk)—"Mier" (peace)—Slovak Republic, Slovakia.
Slovene (sl)—"Mir" (peace)—Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia.
Sobota—"Paks" (peace)—Slovenia
Somali (so)—"Nabáda" (peace), “Nabadda" (peace), "Nabad" (peace), “Ma nahad baa” (is there peace), “Nabadda maanka” (peace of mind)—Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia.
Sorbian: Upper Sorbian, Wendish (wen)—"Pokój" (peace, calmness)—Germany.
Sotho: Southern Sotho (Sesotho, Sesuthu (st)—"Kgotso, Khotso" (peace)—South Africa.
Spanish (es)—"Paz" (peace)—Spain, North/South America, Carribean, Hispanic America, Equatorial Guinea.
Spanish: Español—"Paz" (peace)—Africa. 
Sudovian, Jatvingian (bat)—"Sanpakā, Pakā" (peace)—Baltic (extinct).
Sundanese (su)—"Karapihan" (peace), "Karapihan pikiran" (peace of mind), "Karapihan dunya" (world peace), "Tengtrem hate" (peace), "Karapihan jeung cinta" (peace and love)—Indonesia.
Swahili (sw)—"Amani" (peace), "Salama" (peace)—East Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Kenya, Uganda.
Swahili, Kiswahili—Amani  (peace)—Tanzania, Kenya, Congo.
Swati, Siswati (ss)—"Kuthála" (peace)—Swaziland.
Swedish (sv)—"Fred" (peace)—Sweden, Finland.
Ta'agra, Tamriel, Elsweyr, Khajiit, The Elder Scrolls—"Santi" (peace), "Santi'i" (peaceful)—Conlang (Bethesda Softworks).
Tagalog, Pilipino (tl)—"Kapayapáan" [Kapayapaan] (peace), "Katahimikan" (peace), "Mabuhay" (peace)—Philippines.
Tahitian (ty)—"Hau" (peace)—Tahiti, France (Society Islands).
Tajik (tg)—"Ашти" [Āšti], "Сулх" [Sulh] (peace)—Tajikistan, Afghanistan.
Tamazight—"Talwit " (peace)—Africa. 
Tamil (ta)—"அமைதி" [Amaithi] (peace), "Samaadaanam" (peace), "Amaïdi" (peace)—India, Tamil, Sri Lanka.
Tanna: South West Tanna (nwi)—"Pis" (peaceful, calm), "Nəmərinuyen" (peace) or "əmərinu" (peace)—Tanna, Vanuatu.
Tarahumara (tac)—"We kii'ri" (peace)—Mexico (Chihuahua).
Tarawan (map)—"Rô" (peace)—Micronesia.
Tatar (tt)—"Тынычлык" [Tınıçlık] (peace)—Russia.
Tchiluba—"Bupole" (peace)—Africa. 
Tedim—"daih na lungnopna, lungmuanna, kilemna" (peace),  "dai, huihpi guahpi dai, theng, kamdeuh" (calm)—Myanmar and India.
Telerin—"Erde" (peace, rest)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Telugu (te)—"శాంతి" [Śānti] (peace)—India.
Thai (th)—"สันติภาพ" [Santipap] (peace), "สันติภาพ" [Santiphaap] (peace)—Thailand.
Tibetan (bo)—"ཞི་བདེ" [zhi-bde] (peace)—Tibet.
Tigrinya, Tigrigna (ti)—"ሰላም" [Salām] (peace), “Salem" (peace)—Eritrea.
Tlingit (tli)—"Li-k'ei" (peace)—North America.
Tolkien: Middle Primitive Elvish—"Ezdē" (root. rest, rest, repose, to rest, repose) in —Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Tolkien: Middle Telerin—"Erde" (feminine name, rest)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Tolkien: Old Noldorin—"Ide" (feminine name. rest) —Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Tolkien: Primitive Elvish—"Sed" (root. rest, rest, repose)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Tolkien: Qenya—"Ruin" (peace)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Tolkien: Sindarin—"Sîdh" (peace), "îdh" (peace, tranquillity, rest, repose), "Ēd" (rest), "Dor" (rest), "Send" (rest), "Senn" (rest), or "Post" (pause, halt, rest, respite)—Constructed language conceived by Tolkien.
Tonga (to)—"Malino" (peace), "Melino" (peace)—Tonga.
Toraja-Sa'dan (sda)—"Kamarampasan" (peace)—highland region of Southern Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Tswana, Setswana (tn)—"Khotso" (peace), "Kagiso" (peace)—Botswana.
Turkish (tr)—"Barış" (peace)—Turkey, Cyprus, Greece.
Turkmen (tk)—"Парахатчылык" [Parahatçylyk] (peace)—Turkmenistan, Afghanistan.
Twi (tw)—"Asomdwee" (peace)—West Africa.
Udmurt—"Tupasa Ulon" (peace)—Russia (Udmurtia)
Uighur, Uygur (ug)—"تىنچلىق" [tinçlik] (peace)—China, Central Asia.
Ukrainian (ukr)—"Мир" [Mir, Myr] (peace)—Ukraine.
Umbundu—"Ombembwa" (peace)—Africa. 
Urdu (ur)—"صلح" [sulh, sulah], "امن" [amn] (peace), "Salaam" (peace)—Pakistan, India, Central Asia.
Uzbek (uz)—"Тинглик" [tinçlik] (peace)—Uzbekistan, Central Asia, China.
Vaha—"Pis" (peaceful, calm), "Nəməlinuyen" (peace) or "əməlinu" (peace)—Tanna, Vanuatu.
Valencian (ca)—"Pau" (peace)—Spain.
Venda (ve)—"Mulalo" (peace)—South Africa.
Veneto, Venetian (roa)—"Pase" (peace)—Veneto, Venezia Giulia (Italy).
Veps, Vepsä (fiu)—"Venošti" (peace)—Russia, Finland.
Verdurian—"Pé"—a Conlang of Almea.
Vietnamese (vi)—"Hòa Bình, 和平 [hoà bình] (peace)—Viet Nam.
Vili—"N'sike" (peace)—Republic Of The Congo, Gabon
Volapük (vo)—"Püd" (peace)—Conlang.

Wagiman (aus)—"Nyimbur-ma" (peace)—Australia.
Walloon ("Betchfessîs" Spelling) (wa)—"Påye" (peace)—Belgium.
Wantoat—"Iniwikake" (tell someone something in an attempt to make peace), "Gekäke" (be calm)—Papua New Guinea.
Warlpiri (aus)—"Iawa-nyinami" (peace)—Australia.
Welsh (cy)—"Heddwch, Tangnefedd" (peace)—Uk (Wales).
Whitesands (tnp)—"Pis" (peaceful, calm), "Nəməlinuyen" (peace, calm), "Nəməlinuiən" (peace), or "əməlinu" (peaceful, calm)—Tanna, Vanuatu.
Wintu (nai)—"Mina" (peace), "ʔelew-be-m λikuṕurmina" (peace, literally no fighting each other now)—Native American, United States (Northern California).
Woleaian (map)—"Gumund" (peace)—Micronesia.
Wolof (wo)—"Jàmm" (peace), “Jaama" (peace)—West Africa, Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania.
Wyandot, Huron (iro)—"Scan-o-nie" (peace)—North America.
Xhosa (xh)—"Uxolo" (peace)—South Africa, Botswana.
Xitsonga, Tsonga (tso, ts)—"Kurhula" (peace), "Ku rhula" (peace)—South Africa.
Yiddish (yi)—"שלום" [Sholim, Sholem], "פרידן" [fridn] (peace)—Israel, USA, Russia, Central, Eastern And Western Europe, Israel, North America
Yoruba (yo)—"Alaáfía" [Alaafia] (peace, sound health or well-being), "Ìrèlè" (peace), "Itunu" (peace of mind), "Ifaiya" (alignment, as being aligned with one's destiny or ultimate purpose in life), "Ifaiya bale" (peace, the practice of peaceful volition and absolute non-violence)—Nigeria, Benin, Togo (West Africa).
Yucatec Maya (yua), Màaya - Yucateco or Yucateco —"Jets' óolal", "Jéedzel óolal" (peace), "Ets'a'an óolal" (tranquility, quiet, harmony; peace)—Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize.
Yuki (yuk)—"K'ic (be quiet), "K'ic-a" (be quiet)—Northern California, US.
Yuki (yuk), Coast Yuki—'Keham telt" (calm with no breakers and no wind)—Northern California, US.
Yuki (yuk), Huititno’m dialect—"K’iha" (to quiet a child)—Northern California, US.

Yup’ik, Yupi (ypk)—"Kiñuiñak" (peace), "илакулъык'" [Ilakuljyq] (peace), "Nepaitnaq" (peacefulness)—Alaska USA, Siberia Russia.
Yup’ik, Yupik, Central Siberian (ess), Yuit, Siberian Yupiks or Yuits—"илакулъык'" [Ilakuljyq] (peace), "Qinuite" (to be at peace), "Quunir" (to be calm)—United States (Alaska), Russia (Siberia). Siberian Yupiks Yuits (Russian Siberia) илакулъык
Yup’ik, Yupik, Central Yupik (esu)—"uitanqegcineq" (peace)—Central Alaska, Yukon River, Nelson Island, Kuskokwim River, and Bristol Bay areas. Yup’ik, Yupik, Central Yupik (Alaska) Uitanqegcineq
Yu'pik (ypk)—"Kiñuiñak" (peace)—Alaska, Canada. Yu'pik (Canada) Kiñuiñak
Yurok (yur) or Algic—"Ti'gaw" (to be at peace), "Tjgaw" (to settle a dispute), "Tergerw" (be at peace, speak, settle a dispute), "Saawogeenah" (feel cool, feel peaceful), "Saawogeenepek" (I feel cool, I am peaceful), "Sa-woginep" (peaceful)—along the Klamath River in Del Norte and Humboldt counties, Northwestern California, US.. Yurok Algic (California) Ti'gaw
Yuwaalaraay (kld), Yuwalraay—"Binaal bunma-li" (calm), "Gayn" (calm), "Gaynma-li" (calm)—South-West Queensland, Australian Aboriginal people of New South Wales. Yuwaalaraay Yuwalraay (Australia)
Zapotec (zap)—"Layeni" (peace), Binlo" (peace)—Mexico.. Zapotec (Mexico) Layeni Binlo.
Zoque: San Miguel Chimalapa Soke (cai)—"Mosojej" (peace)—Mexico. Zoque San Miguel Chimalapa Soke (Mexico) Mosojej
​Zulu (zul), isiZulu—"Ukuthula" (peace, silence, quiet, calm; tranquility, placid, lull), "Thula" (be quiet; be silent; be still; be peaceful; be tranquil, shut up), "Thulani" (peace), "Uxolo" (peace, harmony, forgiveness, tranquility), "Isithangami" (peace), "Ekuthuleni" (place of peace), "Ubucwantalala", "Nokuthula" (mother of peace) "Cwánta" (calm, peace, quietness, clearness, sprea)—Southern Africa. ​Zulu IsiZulu isiNdebele (South Africa) Ukuthula, Uxolo

A Thing to Calm

In Ponape or Pohnpeian, a language of Micronesia
"Meleilei" defines peace broadly including
peaceful, easygoing, unenthusiastic
slow moving, passive, and lethargic
I wonder what unenthusiastic peace feels like
it is peace but no one is excited

"Mweimau" is another word for peace
good times or times of peace
while "Popohl" means peace, tranquility and joy 

"Mol" is calm and "Mole'ti" is become calm),
and there is a thing "Menmola" 
meaning a thing to calm or guide with a crook
I imagine a sheep being guided calmly 

Many Shades of Warlpiri Peace

"Iawa-nyinami" is peace in Warlpiri, a language of Australia
"Ngulanya jantukulaju" means peaceful, non-combative, placid, mild-mannered
while "Ngurrju" means good 
"Jantukula" is peaceful, useless, unproductive, dull, stupid, not bright, unskilled
as if the value of peace is confused with useless
"Awa-Nyinami" is peace
"Kalururru" is peaceful, motionless, still, slowly, quietly
featuring the movement of peace
"Kapa-kapa" is peaceful, hindrance, well-behaved
featuring the behavior of peace
 "Kapa-kapa-puru" (during a time of hindrance), 
"Miyalu ngapa-piya" (peaceful), 
"Pululu" is peaceful, patiently featuring the character of peace
as in "Pululu karla ngirrily-nyina tiyiki" (he's waiting patiently for the tea), 
"Rarralypa" is peaceful, easy, free, happy, peaceful, OK, satisfied, content, smooth
featuring the texture and feeling of peace
"Wangkajarla Japangardiji Nampijinpa-kuju" (let's be good and just sit here not fighting)
"Walyka" is peaceful, cold, fresh, cool featuring the temperature of peace

"Yaru" (peaceful, 1 full, covered with water, 2 light in weight, shallow, close to the surface, 3 free, easy, relaxed, peaceful), 
"Pukurlpa" (peace, joyful, friendly, peaceable, generous, happy, content, satisfied, well fed, happily), 
"Pukurl-pukurlpa" (loving, kind, proud of, happy for, contented, friendly, peaceful, pleased), 
"Kalypa" (peaceful, calm after a fight), 

Safety, Dreams and Peace of Mind (Originally published on SpokaneFavs)

How good we feel when we wake up is correlated with how well we sleep and the contents of our dreams. How well we sleep and dream is related to our peace of mind and level of anxiety. Recent research put it this way, “Waking mental well-being is assumed to be tightly linked to sleep and the affective content of dreams. Healthy participants completed a well-being questionnaire, followed by a three-week daily dream diary and ratings of dream affect [positive or negative]. Multilevel analyses showed that peace of mind was related to positive dream affect, whereas symptoms of anxiety were related to negative dream affect. We propose that whereas anxiety may reflect affect dysregulation [imbalance] in waking and dreaming, peace of mind reflects enhanced affect regulation in both states of consciousness. Finally, our study shows that peace of mind complements existing conceptualizations and measures of well-being.” (Sikka, P., H. Pesonen, et al. (2018). "Peace of mind and anxiety in the waking state are related to the affective content of dreams." Sci Rep 8(1): 12762. [Full Text] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-30721-1.pdf  
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This idea of a correlation between sleep, well being and peace is reflected in several languages including Lango, a Southern Luo dialect spoken by the Lango people of Uganda and the Sudan. Here are some words for peace in Lango: "Kuc" (peace) "Kuch" (to be quiet, to be at peace), "Kweo" (to make cool, to pacify), "Ayom" (soft, peaceful), "Morembe Ayom" (greeting), and "Buti Ayom" (sleep softly, well).

Sleep Peacefully

In the Lango language of Uganda and Sudan
“ayom” means soft and peaceful
"buti ayom" is to sleep softly and well
“morembe ayom" is a greeting 
a wish of peace for the morning
of well being after sleeping softly

Another Lango word "kuc" means peace
"kuch" is to be quiet
to be at peace
both words correlating peace and quiet
may we each experience “ayom” and “kuc”
peace, sleep and well being

In Bambara another language of Africa sleep and peace are correlated more directly in a common morning greeting. "Hèrè " and "Errébé" mean peace in this language of Mali.

Sleep Peaceful Good Morning

In Bambara, the language of Mali in West Africa
the way you say good morning
"Hèrè sira wa?"  
means did you sleep in peace
often the answer is 
"hèrè dogon" or peace only

Similar in the Dyula of West Africa
did you sleep in peace?
is "hèrè sirawa?"
and peace only is "hèrè dron"

Try this. Each morning for a few days, wake up and say to yourself out loud or to another person, "Good morning Peace!" in English or another language. In your mind and with your words, frame your day as one with peaceful relationships intertwines with inner peace.
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A common northern Somali greeting is “Ma nahad baa” or “is there peace.” In Somali spoken in Somalia, Djibouti, and Ethiopia, the word for peace is “Nabáda.” “Nabadda maanka” is peace of mind. 

Found Poetry

The following poem is what is called a found poem, meaning the words were found in an essay or some other form of writing then teased out to create a poem. The order of the words can be changes in the process and sometimes the whole meaning of the essay can be different in the poem. Sometimes a found poem distills the words already written on a page, up to their essence. This is also what is known as a Persona poem or a poem written by a poet but from another person’s point of view. Trying literally to walk in another person’s words or trying to share another’s point of view while inhabiting their own body and experience. 

Mohamed Maine Seed

The proud son of Somali immigrants
traversed oceans and continents to escape
brutal civil war 
seeking the American dream
for themselves and their children
enduring hardships
discrimination, poverty and violence
struggling to understand
who I am
where do I belong
we were too Somali
too Muslim
Black
Foreign
the American Dream out of reach
but incredible friends and mentors
pushed me to think otherwise
I have a place in this country
with good people
including diversity 
and the freedom to be who you are
in a better place

I hope one day to welcome
the schoolgirl from Syria
the young entrepreneur from Iraq
the old poet from Somalia

where we have a Somali proverb 
when we see injustice
“Dhiiga kuma dhaqaaqo?” 
“Does your blood not move?”

I am moved. Capturing a similar dream for all Africa, Nelson Mandela said, “I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
May we all find peace as we sleep, dream, and in all our waking hours with the help of words from our own native tongue and the African languages of Lango, Bambara, and Somalia.


Sleep Peaceful Good Morning

In Bambara, the language of Mali in West Africa
the way you say good morning
"Hèrè sira wa?"  
means did you sleep in peace
often the answer is 
"hèrè dogon" or peace only

Similar in the Dyula of West Africa
did you sleep in peace?
is "hèrè sirawa?"
and peace only is "hèrè dron"

Exercise
Each morning for a few days wake up and say to yourself or out loud or to another person, "Good morning Peace!" in English or another language. In your mind and with your words, frame your day as one with peaceful relationships and inner peace. 

Originally posted on SpokaneFavs:  Safety, Dreams and Peace of Mind ... How good we feel when we wake up is correlated with how well we sleep and the contents of our dreams. https://spokanefavs.com/safety-dreams-and-peace-of-mind/

Leave Taking in Omotic Languages

Taking leave 
expressing a desire for peace
"Səro" in Dime spoken in Ethiopia

"Səro ʔaz"
peace spend day
or have a peaceful day

"Səro ʔozt"
peace spend night
have a peaceful night

In other Omotic language 
such as Wolayta "sáro péʔ" 
means good day or have a nice day
while "sáro ʔ ak’á" means good night 
or have a nice evening 

But among the Yungur speaking people of Nigeria "səro" means insult

Excerpt from 25 Years of Peace with 10,000 Languages from Around the World by Kimberly Burnham https://amzn.to/3Q2W9D2

Laqmi Peace and Wellbeing in Aari, a South Omotic Language

​Aari word for peace "Laqmi" 
also means wellbeing, good and to be good
written "Laqaˈmi" means peace and to be good
or sometimes written "Laɣa-mi" is to be good
from the root "Laqam" 
used in a greeting "Laqimiu?" is how are you?
with "Laqimi'" the reply of wellbeing
in the southwest spur of the highlands 
and adjacent lowlands of South Omo
a region of Ethiopia

Excerpt from 25 Years of Peace with 10,000 Languages from Around the World by Kimberly Burnham https://amzn.to/3Q2W9D2

Two Different Komo's

Peace in Komo is "Bɔjɛjɛ" (peace)
​and ሰላማዊ" [Diga] (peace)
very different words both mean peace in Komo
but Komo is the name of two different languages

"Bɔjɛjɛ" Komo has the language code kmw
is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa

ሰላማዊ" [Diga] Komo with a language code xom
is spoken northern Africa, Ethiopia and South Sudan

Two different languages distinguished
by a language code
both endangered languages

Except from 25 Years of Peace with 10,000 Languages from Around the World by Kimberly Burnham https://amzn.to/3Q2W9D2
 

Doorways to Peace

In Basketo, a language of Ethiopia
"ሳሮ" [saro] is a greeting meaning
hello, how are you?, peace be with you
and "ሳሮ" [saro] is a word to describe knocking on the door

Translated into Amharic "ሳሮ" [saro]
is "ሰላምታ መስጠትና መቀበል"
hello, how are you?
peace be with you
and "ቤቶች ደጆች"
knocking on door

Another Basketo word for peace starts like equal
"ዌልፌን" (in Amharic እኩል equal)
"ዌይካ" (in Amharic ሰላም is peace or good

Yet another word for peace is a homonym for a small shield
with synonyms of happiness, peace, good and fine
"ዎይካ" (in Amharic ለገጥ የሚትያዝ የጋሻ አይነት small shield)
"ዎይካ" (in Amharic ደስታ happiness
and ሳላም፥ ደህና peace, good, fine 

​Excerpt from 25 Years of Peace with 10,000 Languages from Around the World by Kimberly Burnham https://amzn.to/3Q2W9D2

Kaili Ledo Peace Desire

In Kaili Ledo spoken in Indonesia
desire and concern
or lack of feelings
are juxtaposed with peace and calm

"Naino rara" is to crave and desire greatly
to be moved or touched by life
or beautiful music
to strongly want something
a relationship
a connection
and "naino rara" also means to feel at home and peaceful
as if when we reach our goals
motivated by a strong desire
we develop inner peace
and a sense of relationship to place

"Natinda rara" also means calm and at ease
but unlike "naino rara" it has a dark side
meaning doesn't care about or is unmoved
hard-hearted and unconcerned
and yet satisfied
as if one can be unconcerned 
about the feelings of others
and still find ease

What it also says 
we don't often know the inner desires 
and motivations of another person
perhaps is it out of fear or lack or worry
that one seems not to care about fellow human beings
while another achieves greatness  
and contributes to world peace

The Indonesian Peace Cure

"Nompakabelo" means to make peace
but also to cure or to fix
in Kaili Ledo spoken in Sulawesi
an Indonesian peace cure
find the peace
cure and fix

Stealth Peace

"Shizuka" quiet
in Japanese unhurried
also peaceful, calm

Japanese—"Heiwa" (peace) 平和, "Wa" / 和 (わ) + "Hei" 平, (へい), "Wahei" (peace), "Washoku" Japanese cuisine ("Wa" (peace, harmony, "Shoku" (food, cuisine), "Yasui" (cheap, inexpensive, calm, peaceful, quiet), "Shizuka" (quiet, unhurried, silent, peaceful, calm)—Japan, Brazil.

Is Cheap Calm?

"Yasui" Japanese 
calm, peace, quiet but also
cheap, inexpensive

Visit Tokyo this summer.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Hiroshima Day commemorates 6 August 1945, the day when an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed a few days later by another dropped on the city of Nagasaki.

They catch on my tongue, roll around in my cheeks, cause my skin to turn green or orange as I desperately try to blend in with the answers to difficult questions. Common questions send me into hiding or delay in an effort to figure out how long I have for the answer, how much I should say, gauging the situations, the environment, the person asking the questions. Easy questions like, "Where are you from?", "Okay, where were you born?" ,

"Where did you go to school?", "Where do your parents live?" Straightforward questions are unbearable tricky for me. The answers, the intersection point between my straight laced Mormon past and my activist lesbian present.

I was born in Provo, Utah, where my parents have returned to live. I graduated with a BSc. in Zoology from Brigham Young University (BYU), so simple cocktail party questions once answered, usually lead to, "Are you Mormon?"

I am, five generations back and yes, there were polygamists but then Prop 8 destroyed what was left of my relationship with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter--day Saints (Mormons), the part of the relationship that wasn't already difficult because I kiss a woman, while still at a Mormon university.

So, sometimes it is embarrassing, in the circles I run in to admit to being a Mormon, especially with Mitt Romney, running for president of the United States. Simple questions, "Where did you go to school?" send me into a chameleon panic of does this person really want to know all the details or how can I answer truthfully without giving way too much information.
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It is the same way I feel when someone finds out I speak Japanese, which I learned as a Mormon missionary, although I later returned to Japan to teach English with my girlfriend. There are lots of intersections in my life, certainly between the religion of my childhood and my sexual orientation but lots of others as well. What I have learned from navigating these canyons, like the red rock of Southern Utah, is that the part of my life that I want to hide also connect me to amazing communities, if I can just keep the self hatred at bay. If I can be comfortable in my own unique skin and share myself openly and honestly, and unapologetically, there are ways in which I can connect with anyone, not because we are the same but because we are unique but have some over lapping edges.