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The English dictionary describes love as deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
Here 'I love you' as defined in relationships between people, with translations from many different languages and dialects.
Afrikaans - Ek is lief vir jou
Albanian - te dua
Alentejano (Portugal) - Gosto De Ti, Porra!
Alsacien (Elsass) - Ich hoan dich gear
Amharic (Aethio.) - Afekrishalehou
Arabic - Ana Ahebak / Ana Bahibak
Armenian - yes kez shat em siroom
Assamese - Moi tomak bhal pau
Assyr - Az tha hijthmekem
Bahasa Malayu (Malaysia) - Saya cinta mu
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bangla - Ami tomakay bala basi
Bangladeschi - Ami tomake walobashi
Basque - Nere maitea
Batak - Holong rohangku di ho
Bavarian - tuI mog di
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi
Berber - Lakh tirikh
Bicol - Namumutan ta ka
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bolivian Quechua - Qanta munani
Bosnian - Ja te volim (formally) or volim-te Turkish seni seviyorum
Bulgarian - As te obicham
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Burmese - chit pa de
Cambodian (to the female) - bon saleng oun
Cambodian (to the male) - oun saleng bon
Canadian French - Je t'adore ("I love you")
Canadian French - Je t'aime ("I like you")
Catalan - T'estim (mallorcan)
Cebuano - Gihigugma ko ikaw
Chamoru (or Chamorro) - Hu guaiya hao
Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Chickasaw - Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)
Chinese - Ngo oi ney a (Cantonese)
Chinese - Wuo ai nee (Mandarin)
Corsican - Ti tengu cara (to female)
Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te (used in common speech)
Czech - Miluji Te
Danish - Jeg elsker dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
Dutch - Jeg elsker dig
Ecuador Quechua - Canda munani
English - I love thee (used only in Christian context)
English - I love you
Eskimo - Nagligivaget
Esperanto - Mi amas vim
Estonian - Ma armastan sind / Mina armastan sind (formal)
Ethiopia - afekereshe alhu
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Tora dost daram
Filipino - Mahal ka ta
Finnish (Minä) rakastan sinua
Flemish (Ghent) - 'k'ou van ui
French (formal) - Je vous aime
Friesian - Ik hald fan dei
Gaelic - Tá mé i ngrá leat
Galician - Querote (or) Amote
Georgian - Miquar shen
German - Ich liebe Dich
Ghanaian - Me dor wo
Greek - agapo se
Greek - S'agapo
Greenlandic - Asavakit
Gronings - Ik hol van die
Gujarati - oo tane prem karu chu
Hausa - Ina sonki
Hawaiian - Aloha au ia`oe
Hebrew - Ani ohevet ota
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Main tumsey pyaar karta hoon / Maine Pyar Kiya
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hokkien - Wa ai lu
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic - Eg elska thig
Ilocano - Ay ayating ka
Indi - Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)
Inuit - Negligevapse
Iranian - Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
Irish - taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo/Ti voglio bene
Japanese - Anata wa, dai suki desu
Javanese (formal) - Kulo tresno marang panjenengan
Javanese (informal) - aku terno kowe
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kenya (Kalenjin) - Achamin
Kenya (Kiswahili) - Ninakupenda
Kikongo - Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - SA LANG HAE / Na No Sa Lan Hei
Kurdish - Khoshtm Auyt
Laos - Chanrackkun
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es mîlu Tevi
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lingala - Nalingi yo
Lithuanian - As Myliu Tave
Lojban - mi do prami
Luo - Aheri
Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gäer
Macedonian - Jas Te Sakam
Madrid - lingo Me molas, tronca
Maiese - Wa wa
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Saya cinta mu
Maltese - Inhobbok hafna
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Ndebele - Niyakutanda
Nigeria (Hausa) - Ina sonki
Nigeria (Yoruba langauge) - Mo fe ran re
Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg
Osetian - Aez dae warzyn
Pakistan (Urdu) - May tum say pyar karta hun
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Tora Doost Darem
Pig Latin - I-yea Ove-lea Ou-yea
Polish - Kocham Cie
Portuguese (Brazilian) - Eu te amo
Punjabi - me tumse pyar ker ta hu'
Quenya - Tye-mela'ne
Romanian - Te ador (stronger)
Romanian - Te iubesc
Russian - Ya tyebya lyublyu
Samoan - Ou te alofa outou
Sanskrit - tvayi snihyaami
Scottish Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbo-Croatian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Shona - Ndinokuda
Sign language - Spread hand out so no fingers are touching. Bring in middle & ring fingers and touch then to the palm of your hand.
