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Yes and No In the Top 20 World Languages

Match how YES and NO are written in Wikipedia's list of the top 20 languages by total number of speakers. ONLY consider the top 20 languages on the Wikipedia list. The REGION Hint is only to show the region/s where each language is MOSTLY spoken not necessarily the only region where it is spoken. Good luck!
https://www.englishcentres.co.uk/blog/learn-how-to-say-yes-and-no-in-50-different-languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers
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Rank
Region
+
-
Language
1
North America/Western Europe/South Asia
Yes
No
English
2
East Asia
Shì
Mandarin
3
South Asia
Haan
Nahin
Hindi
4
Latin America/Western Europe
Si
No
Spanish
5
Western Africa/Western Europe
Oui
Non
French
6
Middle East/North Africa
Na'am
La’
Arabic
7
South Asia
Hām̐
Bengali
8
Eastern Europe
Da
Net
Russian
9
South America/Western Europe
Sim
Não
Portuguese
10
Southeast Asia
Iya nih
Tidak
Indonesian
11
South Asia
Dschii haan
Nahin
Urdu
12
Western Europe
Ja
Nein
German
13
East Asia
Hai
Īe
Japanese
14
East Africa
Ndio
Hapana/La
Swahili
15
South Asia
Hōya
Nāhī
Marathi
16
South Asia
Avunu
Ē
Telugu
17
South Asia
Hāṁ
Nahīṁ
Western Punjabi / Punjabi / Lahnda
18
East Asia
zǐ e
Fé zǐ e
Wu Chinese / Shanghainese / Wu
19
South Asia
Ām
Illai
Tamil
20
Eastern Europe/Western Asia
Evet
Yok hayır
Turkish
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4 Comments
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Level 70
Aug 1, 2019
Méiyǒu means "without"/"don't have" in Mandarin. No should be "Bù" or "Bùshi" instead.
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Level 45
Aug 1, 2019
I did some more research and did not see the words you have for Mandarin. I did find the following:

zhèng què. Yes.

正确。

cuò wù. No.

错误。

https://www.transparent.com/learn-mandarin-chinese/phrases.html

If you speak Mandarin, what do you think of the above translations of YES and NO? Thank you!

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Level 70
Aug 2, 2019
Well there are many ways to say yes and no. Your translation above mean "correct" and "wrong". The simplest word for yes is shi 是 and no is bu 不
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Level 45
Aug 2, 2019
Thanks! I made the change.