This map, originally published by preply in 2022 and updated in 2023, represents the different ways of expressing laughter on the Internet, in different languages and regions of the world.
The map covers multiple languages, although the illustration also shows the variations of each language in different regions of the world. This is a summary of the 28 most relevant languages shown on the map (with some alternatives not shown):
- Thai: “55555”.
- Portuguese: “kkkkk”, “rsrsrs” or “rarara”.
- Turkish: “hahaha”, “ahahah”, “jsjsjsjs”, “weqeqwqewqew” or “dksajdksajdoşad” (any random sequence of letters).
- Malay: “Ha3Ha3Ha3” or “Ha3”.
- English: “haha”, “hehe”, “hihi” or “LOL”.
- French: “héhé”, ”hihi”, “hoho”, “MDR”, “PTDR”, “XPTDR” or “mouhaha”.
- Mandarin Chinese: “23333”, “哈哈” or “呵呵呵呵”.
- Hindi: “haha”, “hehe” or “EK number”.
- Bengali: “মজাই মজা”.
- Urdu: “ہا” or «ههههه، هاهاها‘.
- Spanish: “hahaha”, “hehehe” or “hihihi”.
- Arabic: “هههههههههه”.
- Ukrainian: “ахахахах” or “азаза”.
- Russian: “lol”, “axaxaxa”, “бггггг”, “ггггг”, “ололo” or “гггггг”.
- Indonesian: “wkwk”, “wkwkwk”, “wakaka” or “xixi”.
- German: “haha”, “LOL”, “*grins*” or “*lach*”.
- Japanese: “www”.
- Korean: “k-k-k-k-k-k”, “ㅋㅋㅋ” or “ㅎㅎㅎ”.
- Vietnamese: “hihihi”, “khà khà khà”, “hê hê”, “hì hì” or “hô hô”.
- Persian: “Khkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkhkh.
- Italian: “ahahah” or “eheheh”.
- Polish: “Heheszki” or “haha”.
- Norwegian: “Høhøhø”.
- Danish: “Hæhæhæ”.
- Swedish: “*asg*”.
- Greek: “lol”, “haha”, “hehe”, “hihi”, “buhaha”, “ha0ha0ha0” or “hoho”.
- Lithuanian: “Cha Cha Cha”.
- Estonian: “IRW”.
Sources
Español 
English (UK)