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List of common phrases in various languages
When you areIt is possible for a [[tourism|tourist]] in a country whose language youshe does not understand it is possible to get along with a surprisingly short list of phrases, combined with pointing, miming, and writing down numbers on paper.    
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Here is such a list. of '''common phrases in different languages.'''

You are invited to add more languages to the list. Please use the minimum number of words that would be understandable and put the pronunciation in slashes as shown (separate syllables with dashes and use English words that sound like the syllables if possible, the stressed syllable in ALL CAPS). '''Note: there seems to be a bug in the edit conflict screen which damages HTML character entities. If you get a conflict when editing this page, please make sure everything is in order before yo(contracted; show full)

=== [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) ===
*Spanish: ''espa&ntilde;ol'' /ess-pahn-YOHL/
*hello: ''hola'' /OH-la/
*good-bye: ''adio's'' /ah-THYOHS/
*please: ''por favor'' /pour fah-VOAR/
*thank you: ''gracias'' /GRAHSS-yahss/
*that one: ''&eacute;se'' /EH-seh/ (masculine); ''&
amp;eacute;sa'' /EH-sah/ (feminine)
*how much?: ''cu&aacute;nto'' /KWAHN-toe/
*English: ''ingl&eacute;s'' /ing-GLESS/
*yes: ''s&iacute;'' /see/
*no: ''no'' /no/
*generic toast: ''salud'' /sah-LOOTHE/

=== [[Swahili language|Swahili]] ([[Bantu]]) ===
(contracted; show full)or between white and black people, "Shikamoo" (reply "Marahaba") for a young person to an elderly person, "Hodi" (reply "Karibu") when in the doorway of a house. There are additionally numerous informal greetings such as "Mambo", "Safi", and many more. Curiously, farewells are abrupt or even non-existent.

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