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The <b>Standby High-Readiness Brigade (SHIRBRIG)</b> is the standing
military force of the [[United Nations]].  Its permanent headquarters is in
[[Copenhagen]] in [[Denmark]].  It was declared ready for operations on
[[January 1]], [[2000]], and deployed to the [[Horn of Africa]] in November
[[2000]] to form the core of the UN Mission in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Eritrea]] (UNMEE)
under the command of [[Royal Netherlands Marine Corps]] Major General
[[Patrick Cammaert]].  The Brigade returned from that mission six months later
and began a training cycle.  It announced that it would again be ready for
action as of [[January 1]], [[2002]].  Cammaert's appointment currently
expired in November, [[2002]], but has been extended once already.
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The Brigade comprises a number of troops varying between four and five
thousand, drawn from units pledged by eleven countries:
[[Argentina]], [[Austria]], [[Canada]], [[Denmark]], [[Finland]], [[Italy]], [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], and [[Sweden]]. 
The nations that contribute to SHIRBRIG have the right to opt out of any operation.  For example, when the UNMEE was formed, [[Argentina]] and
[[Romania]] opted out for financial reasons.

The Brigade expects to operate independently at a considerable distance from support for up to 60 days.  It stands ready for deployment from point of embarkation at 15 to 30 days notice.  Its deployment will be limited to six months duration, after which the mission will either be terminated or other forces will replace the Brigade. 

The unit has a Web site at http://www.shirbrig.dk.Where's Greek?  

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If you speak Greek, why don't you add it?  Or find someone who can...  --[[user:Lee Daniel Crocker|Lee Daniel Crocker]]

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Where's Toki Pona? --[[user:Damian Yerrick|Damian Yerrick]]

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If you speak Toki Pona, why don't you add it?  Or find someone who can...

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This table has become next to unusable, because it is too big. Try to find out how to say "how much" in Slovene and you'll know what I mean. Not to mention the footnote mess (on a different page no less). I think we should scrap the table format and go with a simplified list approach, incorporating the footnotes where they belong.

'''German'''
* German: ''deutsch'' /doych/
* how much: ''wieviel'' /vee-feel/
'''Slovene'''
* Slovene: ''slovensko''
* how much: ''koliko''

[[user:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]]

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I've done Basque and Chinese here; if anybody wants to continue the process...

=== [[Euskara|Basque]] (Basque) ===
*Basque: ''Euskara''
*hello: ''kaixo''
*good-bye: ''agur''
*please: ''mesedez''
*thank you: ''Eskerrik asko''
*that one: ''hori''
*how much?: ''zenbat''
*English: ''ingelesa''
*yes: ''bai''
*no: ''ez''
*generic toast: 

=== [[Mandarin|Chinese, Mandarin]] (Chinese) ===
''Note: tone 1 is high and level; 2 is rising; 3 is dipping; 4 is falling. The capitalization of the pseudo-phonetic transcription attempts to represent the tones.''
*Mandarin Chines: ''pu3-tong1-hua4'' /PoO-TONGUE-HWa/
*hello: ''ni3-hao3'' /KNeE-HoW/
*good-bye: ''zai4-jian4'' /T'SIgh-JEn/
*please: //
*thank you: ''xie4-xie4'' /SHyeah-SHyeah/
*that one: //
*how much?: //
*English: ''ying1-wen2'' /EEN-wAN/
*yes: ''shi4'' /SUre/<sup>4</sup>
*no: ''bu4-shi4'' /BOo-SUre/<sup>5</sup>
*generic toast: //

=== [[Czech language|Czech]] (Slavic) ===
*Czech: ''C<sup>v</sup>esky'' /CHEHskee/
*hello: ''dobry' den'' /DObree den/
*good-bye: ''na shledanou'' /nas KHLEdanow/
*please: ''pros&iacute;m'' /PROseem/
*thank you: ''de<sup>v</sup>kuji vam'' /DYEkooyi vam/
*that one: '''' //
*how much?: '''' //
*English: '''' //
*yes: ''ano'' /Ano/
*no: ''ne'' /ne/
*generic toast: '''' //

=== [[Danish language|Danish]] (Germanic) ===
*Danish: ''dansk''/dansk/
*hello: ''hej'' /hi/
*good-bye: ''farvel'' /fah-vel/
*please: <sup>1</sup>
*thank you: ''tak'' /tack/
*that one: ''denne'' /DEN-nuh/
*how much?: ''hvor meget'' /vo MY-it/
*English: ''engelsk'' /ENG-uhlsk/
*yes: ''ja'' /ya/
*no: ''nej'' /nigh/
*generic toast: ''sk&aring;l'' /skal/

=== [[Dutch language|Dutch]] (Germanic) ===
*Dutch: ''Nederlands'' /nay-dar-laendhs/
*hello: ''hallo'' /ha-loh/
*good-bye: ''tot ziens'' /toth-zeens/
*please: ''alstublieft'' /aelst-ue-bleeft/
*thank you: ''dankjewel'' /daenck-jae-well/
*that one: ''die'' /dee/
*how much?: ''hoeveel'' /hoe-veel/
*English: ''engels'' /engh-els/
*yes: ''ja'' /ya/
*no: ''nee'' /neh/
*generic toast: ''proost'' /prohw-st/

===[[Tok Pisin language|Tok Pisin]] (Neo-Melanesian English creole) ===
*Tok Pisin: ''Tok Pisin''
*hello: ''gut de''
*good-bye: ''gut bai''
*please: ''plis''
*thank you: ''tenkyu''
*that one: ''em''
*how much?: ''haumas''
*English: ''Inglis''
*yes: ''yes''
*no: ''nogat''
*generic toast: 

=== [[Welsh language|Welsh]] (p-Celtic) ===
*Welsh: ''Cymraeg'' /kum-REYEG/
*hello: ''s'mae?'' /smy/
*good-bye: ''hwyl'' /HOO-il/
*please: ''os gwelwch yn dda'' /oss GOOEL-ook 'n tha/
*thank you: ''diolch'' /DEE-olk/
*that one: ''honno'' /HON-no/<sup>6</sup>
*how much?: ''faint?'' /vie-nt/
*English: ''Saesneg'' /SAUS-neg/
*yes: <sup>4</sup>''ie''/ee-yay/
*no: <sup>5</sup>''na''/na/
*generic toast: ''iechyd da'' /YEKid dar/
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