It's a small world

How to say "It's a small world" in various languages. This is an idiom you might use when you find connections between people you weren't aware of, e.g. when you discover that someone knows a person that you know, or you see a familiar face in an unexpected place.

Language It's a small world
Afrikaans Die wêreld is klein
Arabic (al'aalam sagheer!) العالم صغير!
Basque Ze txikia den mundua!
Hau bai mundu txikia!
Ze mundu txikia!
Belarusian Свет цесны (Śv′et ćesny)
Bulgarian Светът е малък! (Svetãt e malãk!)
Catalan Qué petit és el món!
Chinese (Mandarin) 這世界真小啊!
[这世界真小啊] (zhè shìjiè zhēn xiăo ā)
Croatian Svijet je mali!
Czech Svět je malý!
Dutch De wereld is zo klein!
De wereld, mijn dorp!
Estonian Maailm on väike!
Finnish Maailma on niin pieni!
Maailma on pieni!
French Le monde est (vraiment) petit
Quel petit monde, hein ?
German Wie klein die Welt doch ist!
Die ganze Welt ist ein Dorf!
Unsere Welt ist ja so klein!
Greek Τί μικρός που είναι ο κόσμος!
(Ti mikros pou ine o kosmos!)
Gujarati સંસાર કેટલુ નાનું છે!
(sansaar ketlu naanu Che!)
Hebrew (zeh olam katan!) עברית: זה עולם קטן!
Hindi संसार कितना छोटा है!
(sansaar kitnaa Chotaa hai!)
Hungarian Ez egy kis/kicsi világ!
Milyen kicsi a világ!
A világ kicsi!
Italian Il mondo è piccolo!
Com'è piccolo il mondo!
Tutto il mondo è paese!
Kapampangan Kalati na ning yatu!
Kurdish (donyayeeki bechuka!) دونياييکي بچوکه!
Lithuanian Pasaulis mažas!
Koks mažas pasaulis!
Macedonian Светот е мал!
Perian (donyaye kuchaki ast!) دنياي کوچکي است!
Polish Świat jest mały
Jaki ten świat mały!
Portuguese O mundo é pequeno!
Russian Мир тесен! (Mir tesen!)
Serbian Свет је мали! (Svet je mali!)
Slovak Svet je malý!
Slovenian Svet je majhen!
Spanish ¡Qué pequeño es el mundo!
¡El mundo es un pañuelo!
Tagalog Mundong maliit!
Daigdig na maliit!
Maliit na daigdig!
Ang kaliitan ng mundo!
Maliit ang daigdig!
Turkish Dünya küçük!
Urdu (duniyaa kitnii Chotii hai!) دنيا كتنى چهوٹى ہے!
Vietnamese Thế giới thật nhỏ bé!
Welsh Mae'r byd yn fach!

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Source: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=34874

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