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languages, and counting!
Last update: November 12, 2022
| Click on a column title to sort the column alphabetically. | In brown: phonetical transcription. |
| LANGUAGE | COUNTRY | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|---|
| AFRIKAANS | South Africa | asseblief |
| ALBANIAN | Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia | lutem / ju lutem |
| ARABIC | Maghreb, Near East | من فضلك (min faDlik) |
| ARMENIAN | Armenia, Armenian Highlands | khentrem |
| ASTURIAN | Spain (Asturias) | si fai'l favor |
| BASQUE | Spain, France | mesedez (South) / faborez (South) / otoi (North) |
| BELARUSIAN | Belarus | kali laska |
| BENGALI | Bangladesh, India | onugraha kore |
| BOSNIAN | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo | molim / molim vas |
| BRETON | France (Bretagne) | mar plij |
| BULGARIAN | Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania | моля (molya) |
| CATALAN | Spain (Catalonia, Balearic Islands, Valencia), Andorra, France | sisplau |
| CORNISH | UK (Cornwall) | mar pleg |
| CORSICAN | France (Corse), Italy (Sardiania) | per piacè |
| CROATIAN | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | molim |
| CZECH | Czech Republic | prosím |
| DANISH | Denmark, Germany (Southern Schleswig), Greenland, Faroe Islands | vær venlig og + vb. / vær så venlig at + vb. |
| DUTCH | Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname | alstublieft (formal) / alsjeblieft (informal) |
| ENGLISH | UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa | please |
| ESPERANTO | [constructed language] | bon vole |
| ESTONIAN | Estonia | palun |
| FINNISH | Finland, Sweden | ole hyvä (sing.) / olkaa hyvä (plur. or formal) |
| FRENCH | France, Canada (Quebec), Belgium (Wallonia), Switzerland (Romandie), Monaco, Luxembourg | s'il te plaît (sing. or informal) / s'il vous plaît (plur. or formal) |
| FRISIAN | Netherlands, Germany | asjebleaft |
| GALICIAN | Spain (Galicia) | se fai o favor / por favor |
| GEORGIAN | Georgia | თუ შეიძლება (too sheh-eedz-leh-bah) |
| GERMAN | Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy (South Tyrol), Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg | bitte |
| GREEK | Greece, Cyprus | παρακαλώ (parakalò) |
| GUJARATI | India (Gujarat) | kripyaa |
| HAITIAN CREOLE | Haiti | souple |
| HAWAIIAN | USA (Hawaii) | 'olu'olu |
| HEBREW | Israel | בְּבַקָּשָׁה (bevaqasha) |
| HINDI | India | kripyaa |
| HUNGARIAN | Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia | kérem (plur. or formal) / legyen szíves (plur. or formal) / kérlek (sing.) / légy szíves (sing.) |
| INDONESIAN | Indonesia | tolong |
| IRISH GAELIC | Ireland | más é do thoil é / le do thoil |
| ITALIAN | Italy, San Marino, Switzerland | per favore / per piacere / ti prego |
| JAPANESE | Japan | 下さい (kudasai) |
| KHMER | Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam | sohm |
| KIKONGO | Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Angola | lemvo ya nge (singular) / lemvo ya beno (plural) |
| KOREAN | Korea, North Korea | -seyo / butakhamnida |
| LARI | Republic of the Congo | m'lêmvo'aku (singular) / m'lêmvo'eno (plural) |
| LATIN | Roman Kingdom - extinct | amabo te / te amabo |
| LATVIAN | Latvia | ludzu |
| LINGALA | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Central African Republic | limbisa ngaï (sing.) / bolimbisa ngaï (plur.) |
| LITHUANIAN | Lithuania | prašau |
| LUGANDA | Uganda | mwattu |
| LUXEMBOURGISH | Luxembourg | waan ech glift / wanneschglift |
| MACEDONIAN | Macedonia | молам (molam) / ве молам (ve molam) |
| MALAY | Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore | tolong |
| MALAYALAM | India (Kerala) | dayavayi |
| MALTESE | Malta | jekk jogħġbok |
| MARATHI | India (Maharashtra, Goa) | कृपा करून (krupaya) |
| MONGOLIAN | Mongolia | Гуйж байна (guij baina) |
| NORWEGIAN | Norway | vær så snill |
| OCCITAN | France, Spain, Italy, Monaco | te prègui (informal) / vos prègui (formal) |
| PASHTO | Afghanistan, Pakistan | lotfan / meher bani |
| PERSIAN (FARSI) | Iran | khalesh mikonam / lotfan |
| POLISH | Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia | proszę |
| PORTUGUESE | Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe | por favor |
| PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN) | Brazil | por favor / faça favor (sing.) / façam favor (plur.) |
| QUECHUA | Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina | allichu |
| ROMANIAN | Romania, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine | vă rog (formal) / te rog (informal) |
| ROMANSH | Switzerland (Grisons) | per plaschair |
| ROMANI | Romania, Europe | čumidav tu |
| RUSSIAN | Russia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Central Asia | пожалуйста (pozhaluista) |
| SAMOAN | Samoan Islands | fa'amolemole |
| SANSKRIT | India - extinct | कृपया |
| SARDINIAN | Italy (Sardinia) | pro praghère |
| SCOTTISH GAELIC | UK (Scotland) | mas e do thoil e (informal) / mas e bhur toil e (formal or plural) |
| SERBIAN | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro | molim / molim te |
| SICILIAN | Italy (Sicily) | ppi fauri |
| SLOVAK | Slovakia | prosím |
| SLOVENE | Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia | prosim |
| SPANISH | Spain, Hispanic America, Equatorial Guinea | por favor |
| SWEDISH | Sweden, Finland | var snäll och / tack |
| TAGALOG | Philippines | pakisuyo |
| TAJIK | Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | Лутфан (loot-fan) Илтимос (il-ti-mos) / форидан (foridan) |
| THAI | Thailand | ขอ (kroh) / โปรด (borot - formal) / กรุณา (garoona - formal) |
| TOK PISIN | Papua New Guinea | plis |
| TURKISH | Turkey, Cyprus, Greece | lütfen |
| TURKMEN | Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan | ÿaranmak |
| UKRAINIAN | Ukraine | Будь ласка (bud'laska) |
| VIETNAMESE | Vietnam | làm ơn / mời + verb |
| WELSH | UK (Wales) | os gwelwch yn dda |
| YIDDISH | Central, Eastern and Western Europe, Israel, North America | bite |
| ZULU | South Africa | siza |
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