| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /tɔŋ/ |
| Hyphenation | tong |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | tongen |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| tongetje | tongetjes |
| Afrikaans | tong |
|---|---|
| Albanian | gjuhë |
| Catalan | llengua |
| Czech | jazyk; řeč |
| Danish | tunge |
| English | tongue |
| English (Old English) | tunge |
| Esperanto | lango |
| Faeroese | tunga |
| Finnish | kieli |
| French | langue |
| German | Zunge |
| Greek | γλώσσα |
| Hawaiian | alelo |
| Hungarian | nyelv |
| Icelandic | tunga |
| Italian | lingua |
| Kabylian | iles |
| Latin | lingua |
| Luxemburgish | Zong |
| Malay | lidah |
| Norwegian | tunge |
| Papiamento | lenga |
| Polish | język |
| Portuguese | língua |
| Russian | язык |
| Saterland Frisian | Tunge |
| Scots | tongue |
| Scottish Gaelic | teanga |
| Spanish | lengua |
| Sranan | tongo |
| Swahili | ulimi |
| Swedish | tunga |
| Tagalog | dilà |
| Thai | ลิ้น |
| Welsh | tafod |
| West Frisian | tonge |
| Yiddish | צונג |