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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Translations of useful phrases in many languages</title> <meta name="description" content="A collection of phrases in many different languages that will help you to get started speaking those languages." />  <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-WB7PSHBG');</script>  <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.omniglot.com/images/logos/omniglot_thumbnail.jpg" /> <meta property="og:type" content="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Omniglot-100430558332117/posts/" /> <link href="/styles/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="https://the.gatekeeperconsent.com/cmp.min.js" data-cfasync="false"></script> <script async src="//www.ezojs.com/ezoic/sa.min.js"></script> <script> window.ezstandalone = window.ezstandalone || {}; ezstandalone.cmd = ezstandalone.cmd || []; </script><link href="../../styles/navigation.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script> // DOM ready $(function() { // Create the dropdown base $("<select />").appendTo("nav"); // Create default option "Select a letter" $("<option />", { "selected": "selected", "value" : "", "text" : "Select a letter" }).appendTo("nav select"); // Populate dropdown with menu items $("nav a").each(function() { var el = $(this); $("<option />", { "value" : el.attr("href"), "text" : el.text() }).appendTo("nav select"); }); // To make dropdown actually work // To make more unobtrusive: http://css-tricks.com/4064-unobtrusive-page-changer/ $("nav select").change(function() { window.location = $(this).find("option:selected").val(); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="header">  <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WB7PSHBG" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>  <p><a href="/index.htm"><img src="/images/logos/header_omniglot.png" width="600" height="70" alt="Omniglot - the online encyclopedia of writing systems & languages" /></a></p> <ul> <li><a href="/index.htm">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/index.htm">Alphabets</a></li> <li><a href="/conscripts/index.htm">Constructed scripts</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/languages.htm">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/language/phrases/phraseindex.htm">Phrases</a></li> <li><a href="/language/numbers/index.htm">Numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/language/ml.htm">Multilingual Pages</a></li> <li><a href="/search.htm">Search</a></li> <li><a href="/news/index.htm">News</a></li> <li><a href="/about.htm">About</a></li> <li><a href="/contact.htm">Contact</a></li> </ul></div> <div id="bodybox"> <span style="text-align:center;"><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-162"></div> <script> ezstandalone.cmd.push(function() { ezstandalone.showAds(162); }); </script></span><div id="body"> <h1>Useful phrases in many languages</h1> <p><img src="../../images/home/hello.jpg" width="100" height="100" alt="Hello in several languages" class="rightfloat" /> A collection of useful phrases suitable for a variety of situations in 407 languages with sound files for some of them. </p> <p>The main index includes natural languages, and language used or intended to be used as International Auxiliary Languages. Phrases in <a href="#conlangs">constructed languages</a> can be found at the bottom of the page. </p> <p>Can you provide phrases in other languages? You might find <a href="../../charts/phrases_template.xls">this template</a> (Excel) helpful. </p> <hr /> <a id="lang"></a> <h2>Index of phrases by language</h2> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="#a">A</a></li> <li><a href="#b">B</a></li> <li><a href="#c">C</a></li> <li><a href="#d">D</a></li> <li><a href="#e">E</a></li> <li><a href="#f">F</a></li> <li><a href="#g">G</a></li> <li><a href="#h">H</a></li> <li><a href="#i">I</a></li> <li><a href="#j">J</a></li> <li><a href="#k">K</a></li> <li><a href="#l">L</a></li> <li><a href="#m">M</a></li> <li><a href="#n">N</a></li> <li><a href="#o">O</a></li> <li><a href="#p">P</a></li> <li><a href="#q">Q</a></li> <li><a href="#r">R</a></li> <li><a href="#s">S</a></li> <li><a href="#t">T</a></li> <li><a href="#u">U</a></li> <li><a href="#v">V</a></li> <li><a href="#w">W</a></li> <li><a href="#x">X</a></li> <li><a href="#y">Y</a></li> <li><a href="#z">Z</a></li> </ul> </nav><hr /> <a id="latest"></a> <div class="info"><script src="//rss.bloople.net/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.omniglot.com%2Frss%2Fphrases.xml&limit=5&showtitle=false&type=js"></script> </div> <hr /> <p><a href="/language/phrases/phraseindex.htm">Index by phrase</a> | <a href="/language/phrases/index.htm">Index by language</a> | <a href="/language/phrases/langfam.htm">Index by language family</a> | <a href="/language/phrases/phrasefinder.php">Multilingual Phrase Finder</a> | <a href="/language/phrases/useful.htm">Silly phrases</a></p> <p><a href="#conlangs">Phrases in constructed languages (conlangs)</a> </p> <hr /> <div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-171"></div> <script> ezstandalone.cmd.push(function() { ezstandalone.showAds(171); }); </script><div id="list2"> <ol> <li><p><a id="a"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/abkhaz.htm">Abkhaz</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/acholi.htm">Acholi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/adyghe.htm">Adyghe</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/afrikaans.php">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/aklan.htm">Aklan</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/albanian-gheg.htm">Albanian (Gheg)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/albanian.php">Albanian (Tosk)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/aleut.php">Aleut</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/alsatian.php">Alsatian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/altay.htm">Altay</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/norst.htm">American Norwegian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/amharic.php">Amharic</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/arabic_egyptian.php">Arabic (Egyptian)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/arabic_lebanese.php">Arabic (Lebanese)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/arabic.php">Arabic (Modern Standard)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/arabic_moroccan.php">Arabic (Moroccan)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/aragonese.php">Aragonese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/aramaic.htm">Aramaic</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/aranese.htm">Aranese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/arapaho.htm">Arapaho</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/armenian.php">Armenian (Eastern)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/westernarmenian.htm">Armenian (Western)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/aromanian.htm">Aromanian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/assamese.php">Assamese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/assyrian.htm">Assyrian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/asturian.php">Asturian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/atikamekw.htm">Atikamekw</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/aymara.htm">Aymara</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/azeri.php">Azerbaijani</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="b"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/balinese.htm">Balinese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bambara.htm">Bambara</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bamum.htm">Bamum</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/banjar.htm">Banjar</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bashkir.htm">Bashkir</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/basque.php">Basque</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bassa.htm">Bassa</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/batsbi.htm">Batsbi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bavarian.php">Bavarian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/belarusian.php">Belarusian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bemba.htm">Bemba</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bengali.php">Bengali</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/betedaloa.htm">Bete (Daloa)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bhojpuri.php">Bhojpuri</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/biatah.htm">Biatah</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bikol.htm">Bikol</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bislama.htm">Bislama</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/blaan.htm">Blaan</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bosnian.php">Bosnian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/breton.php">Breton</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/bulgarian.php">Bulgarian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/burmese.php">Burmese</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="c"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/capeverdeancreole.htm">Cape Verdean Creole</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/capiznon.htm">Capiznon</a>. <a href="/language/phrases/catalan.php">Catalan</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cebuano.php">Cebuano</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chabacano2.htm">Chabacano de Cavite</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chabacano.php">Chabacano de Zamboanga</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chamorro.php">Chamorro (Guam dialect)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chamorro_nm.php">Chamorro (North Marianas dialect)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chechen.php">Chechen</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cherokee.php">Cherokee</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cheyenne.htm">Cheyenne</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chichewa.htm">Chichewa</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cantonese.php">Chinese (Cantonese)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hakka.php">Chinese (Hakka)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mandarin.php">Chinese (Mandarin)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/shanghainese.php">Chinese (Shanghainese)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/taiwanese.php">Chinese (Taiwanese)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/teochew.htm">Chinese (Teochew)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chipewyan.htm">Chipewyan</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/choctaw.htm">Choctaw</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chokwe.htm">Chokwe</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chuukese.htm">Chuukese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/chuvash.htm">Chuvash</a> , <a href="/language/phrases/cimbrian.htm">Cimbrian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/comanche.htm">Comanche</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cornish.php">Cornish</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/corsican.php">Corsican</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cree.htm">Cree (Plains)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/croatian.php">Croatian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cumbric.htm">Cumbric</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/cuyonon.htm">Cuyonon</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/czech.php">Czech</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="d"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/dangme.htm">Dangme</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/danish.php">Danish</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/dari.htm">Dari</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/dholuo.htm">Dholuo</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/dogri.htm">Dogri</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/duala.htm">Duala</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/centraldusun.htm">Dusun (Central)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/dutch.php">Dutch</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/dzongkha.htm">Dzongkha</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="e"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/efik.htm">Efik</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/elfdalian.htm">Elfdalian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/english-br.htm">English (British)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/erzya.htm">Erzya</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/esperanto.php">Esperanto</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/estonian.php">Estonian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/ewe.php">Ewe</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/extremaduran.htm">Extremaduran</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="f"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/faroese.php">Faroese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/fijian.php">Fijian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/finnish.php">Finnish</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/westflemish.htm">Flemish (West)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/folkspraak.htm">Folkspraak</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/french.php">French</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/frisiannorth.php">Frisian (North - Bökingharde)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/syltfrisian.htm">Frisian (North - Sylt)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/saterlandfrisian.htm" title="Seeltersk">Frisian (Saterland)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/frisianwest.php">Frisian (West)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/friulian.php">Friulian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/fula.htm">Fula</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="g"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/galician.php">Galician</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/galo.htm">Galo</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/gallo.htm">Gallo</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/garhwali.htm">Garhwali</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/garifuna.htm">Garifuna</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/gascon.php">Gascon</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/georgian.php">Georgian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/german.php">German</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/gothic.htm">Gothic</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/greek_anc.php">Greek (Ancient)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/greek.php">Greek (Modern)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/greenlandic.php">Greenlandic</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/guarani.htm">Guaraní</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/guernesiais.htm">Guernésiais</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/gujarati.php">Gujarati</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="h"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/haitiancreole.php">Haitian Creole</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hausa.php">Hausa</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hawaiian.php">Hawaiian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hebrew.php">Hebrew</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/herero.htm">Herero</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hiligaynon.htm">Hiligaynon</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hillmiri.htm">Hill Miri</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hindi.php">Hindi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/whitehmong.htm">Hmong (White)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/hungarian.php">Hungarian</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="i"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/iban.php">Iban</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/ibinda.htm">Ibinda</a>. <a href="/language/phrases/icelandic.php">Icelandic</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/ido.htm">Ido</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/igbo.php">Igbo</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/ilocano.php">Ilocano</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/indonesian.php">Indonesian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/interlingua.htm">Interlingua</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/inuktitut.php">Inuktitut</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/inupiaq.php">Iñupiaq</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/irish.php">Irish (Gaelic)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/italian.php">Italian</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="j"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/jamaican.htm">Jamaican</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/japanese.php">Japanese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/javanese.php">Javanese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/jenesch.php">Jenesch</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/jerriais.php">Jèrriais</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="k"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/kabiye.htm">Kabiye</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kabyle.htm">Kabyle</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/coastalkadazan.htm">Kadazan (Coastal)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kalmyk.htm">Kalmyk</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kam.htm">Kam</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kannada.php">Kannada</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kaqchikel.htm">Kaqchikel</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/karuk.htm">Karuk</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kashmiri.htm">Kashmiri</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kashubian.htm">Kashubian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kazakh.php">Kazakh</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/khmer.php">Khmer</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/khoekhoe.htm">Khoekhoe (Nama)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kichwa.htm">Kichwa</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kikuyu.htm">Kikuyu</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kinyarwanda.php">Kinyarwanda</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kiribati.htm">Kiribati</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kokborok.htm">Kokborok</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/korean.php">Korean</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kumyk.htm">Kumyk</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kurdish-kurmanji.php" title="Kurmancî">Kurdish (Kurmanji)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kurdish.php">Kurdish (Sorani)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kven.htm">Kven</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/kyrgyz.php">Kyrgyz</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="l"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/ladino.htm">Ladino</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lakota.php">Lakota (Sioux)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lao.php">Lao</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/latin.php">Latin</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/latvian.php">Latvian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/laz.htm">Laz</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lezgi.htm">Lezgi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/limburgish.htm">Limburgish</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lingala.htm">Lingala</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lfn.php">Lingua Franca Nova</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lithuanian.php">Lithuanian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/livonian.htm">Livonian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/livvikarelian.htm">Livvi-Karelian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/loma.htm">Loma</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lowsaxon.php">Low Saxon</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/lozi.htm">Lozi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/luganda.htm">Luganda</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/luxembourgish.php">Luxembourgish</a></p> </li> <li><p><a id="m"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/macedonian.php">Macedonian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/magahi.htm">Magahi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/maithili.php">Maithili</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/malagasy.htm">Malagasy</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/malay.php">Malay</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/malayalam.php">Malayalam</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/maldivian.php">Maldivian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/maltese.php">Maltese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mam.php">Mam</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/manipuri.htm">Manipuri</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/manx.php">Manx</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/maori.php">Māori</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/marathi.php">Marathi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/marshallese.htm">Marshallese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mauritiancreole.htm">Mauritian Creole</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/yucatec-maya.php">Maya (Yucatec)</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mazandarani.htm">Mazandarani</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mikmaq.htm">Míkmaq</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mini.htm">Mini</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mirandese.htm">Mirandese</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mising.htm">Mising</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/moksha.htm">Moksha</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/monegasque.htm">Monégasque</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mongolian.php">Mongolian</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mossi.htm">Mossi</a>, <a href="/language/phrases/mozarabic.htm">Mozarabic</a> <a href="/language/phrases/creek.htm">Muscogee (Creek-Seminole)</a>, </p> </li> <li><p><a id="n"></a> <a href="/language/phrases/nahuatl.php" 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