Span is the width of a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the small finger .

• 1 Span = 0.2286 m
• 1 Span = 9 Inch

In slavic languages analogue of span is pyad (peti, пядь). It is the width from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger.

• 1 Pyad = 0.1778 m
• 1 Pyad = 4 vershok
• 1 Pyad = 7 Inch

In swahili the analogue of span is unguru. It is the width from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger.

• 1 Unguru ~ 0.21 m
• 1 Unguru ~ 6 fungu'lu
• 1 Unguru ~ 8 Inch