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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/

=== [[Esperanto]] ([[constructed language|planned]], based on European languages) ===
*Esperanto: ''Esperanto'' /ess-pair-AHN-toh/
*hello: ''saluton'' /sah-LOO-tohn/
*good-bye: ''&#285;is'' /jees/
*please: ''bonvolu'' /bohn-VOH-loo/
*thank you: ''dankon'' /DAHN-kohn/
*that one: ''tiu'' /TEE-oo/
*how much?: ''kiom'' /KEE-ohm/
*English: ''la angla'' /lah AHN-glah/
*yes: ''jes'' /yes/
*no: ''ne'' /neh/
*generic toast: ''je via sano'' /yeh VEE-ah SAH-noh/

=== [[Finnish language|Finnish]] (Finno-Ugric) ===
*Finnish: ''suomi'' /suo-meh/
*hello: ''päivää'' /pay-vaa/
*good-bye: ''näkemiin'' /NA-keh-MEEN/
*please: &nbsp;<sup>1</sup>
*thank you: ''kiitos'' /kee-tos/
*that one: ''tuo'' /to-oh/
*how much?: ''kuinka paljon'' /kuyn-kah pal-yon/
*English: ''englanti'' /ANG-lan-TEH/
*yes: ''kyllä'' /kul-lah/
*no: ''ei'' /ey/
*generic toast: ''kippis'' /kepp-is/

=== [[French language|French]] (Romance) ===
*French: ''fran&ccedil;ais''/frawn-say/
*hello: ''bonjour'' /bohn-jure/
*good-bye: ''au revoir'' /o-reh-vwa/
*please: ''s'il vous plaît'' /seal vuh play/
*thank you: ''merci'' /mair-see/
*that one: ''cela'' /seh-lah/
*how much?: ''combien'' /kom-bee-en/
*English: ''Anglais'' /ahng-glay/
*yes: ''oui'' /wee/
*no: ''non'' /nuh/
*generic toast: ''sant&eacute;'' /sahn-TAY/

=== [[German language|German]] (Germanic) ===
*German: ''Deutsch''/doych/
*hello: ''hallo'' /hul-low/
*good-bye: ''auf Wiedersehen'' /owf VEE-der-zay-en/
*please: ''bitte'' /bit-eh/
*thank you: ''danke'' /dunk-eh/
*that one: ''das'' /duss/
*how much?: ''wieviel'' /vee-feel/
*English: ''Englisch'' /ANG-lish/
*yes: ''ja'' /yah/
*no: ''nein'' /nine/
*generic toast: ''prosit'' /prosit/

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=== [[Swahili language|Swahili]] ===
*Swahili: ''Kiswahili'' /kee-swa-HEE-lee/
*hello: <sup>7</sup>
*good-bye: ''kwa heri'' /kwa HAY-ree/
*please: ''tafadhali'' /tah-fah-DAH-lee/
*thank you: ''asante'' /ah-SAHN-tay/
*that one: ''yule'' /YOO-lay/
*how much?: ''ngapi'' /ng-GAH-pee/
*English: ''Kingereza'' /king-ger-RAY-zah/
*yes: ''ndiyo'' /nn-DEE-yoh/
*no: ''siyo'' /SEE-yoh/
*generic toast: //

=== [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ===
*Swedish: ''svenska''
*hello: ''hej'' /hey/
*good-bye: ''hejdå'' /hey-doh/
*please: ''tack'' /tahck/
*thank you: ''tack'' /tahck/
*that one: ''den där'' /den dehr/
*how much?: ''hur mycket'' /huwr muwk-eh/
*English: ''engelska'' /engh-el-skah/
*yes: ''ja'' /ya/
*no: ''nej'' /neigh/
*generic toast: ''sk&aring;l'' /skol/

=== [[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/