Languages
The 7 languages of Roots Earth
Roots Earth has audio stories in 7 languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. Every place in all 133 cities has its audio story, a short introduction and a longer story, in all seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Albanian. No account is needed to listen in any of them.
The app's menus have 28 language options, separate from the seven story languages listed here.
The counts come from the Roots Earth catalogue, read on 31 October 2026.
Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: languages.md
Which 7 languages does Roots Earth have?
The seven in the table, each with its language code and the number of cities it covers.
| Language | Code | Cities with audio at every place | Places with audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | en | 133 | 5,665 |
| German | de | 133 | 5,665 |
| Spanish | es | 133 | 5,665 |
| Italian | it | 133 | 5,665 |
| French | fr | 133 | 5,665 |
| Dutch | nl | 133 | 5,665 |
| Albanian | sq | 133 | 5,665 |
Is every city in every language?
No. Every place in all 133 cities has its audio story, a short introduction and a longer story, in all seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Albanian.
The table gives the current count for each language, and every city page lists that city's available story languages.
Can I listen in Albanian?
Albanian audio stories and written descriptions are available for all 5,665 places in all 133 cities.
Which language codes does Roots Earth use?
The standard BCP 47 codes that browsers and apps use: en for English, de for German, es for Spanish, it for Italian, fr for French, nl for Dutch and sq for Albanian. Albanian is sq.
In full
The full coverage table compares written descriptions and audio, with the counting method explained below.
How complete is each language, in writing and in audio?
A city counts for a language when every one of its places has that language. The written description is the text that goes with a place; the audio story is the recording.
| Language | Code | Cities with audio at every place | Places with audio | Cities with text at every place | Places with text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | en | 133 | 5,665 | 133 | 5,665 |
| German | de | 133 | 5,665 | 133 | 5,665 |
| Spanish | es | 133 | 5,665 | 133 | 5,665 |
| Italian | it | 133 | 5,665 | 133 | 5,665 |
| French | fr | 133 | 5,665 | 133 | 5,665 |
| Dutch | nl | 133 | 5,665 | 133 | 5,665 |
| Albanian | sq | 133 | 5,665 | 133 | 5,665 |
How was this counted?
The counts come from the Roots Earth catalogue snapshot read on 31 October 2026 (2026-10-31T08:21:20.121Z). A place counts for a language when the catalogue holds that language's text for it, and it counts for audio when both its short introduction and its deeper story exist in that language.
Which city has which language is listed city by city on the cities page.
Roots Earth in short
Roots Earth has audio stories about 5,665 places in 133 cities, 25 countries and 6 regions, written by local people.
- No account
- Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection
- Every place in all 133 cities has its audio story, a short introduction and a longer story, in all seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Albanian.
Roots Earth for Android is available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsearth.app. Roots Earth for iOS is available on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6772810517.