Call the police! in many languages

I hope you never have to use this phrase, but here it is, just in case.

Language Call the police!
Afrikaans Bel die polisie!
Albanian Thirrni policinë!
Amharic ፖሊስጥራ ጥሪ። (policetira tiri!) / ፖሊስጥራ ጥሩ። (policetira tiru!) - f
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(itaṣṣal bil bulees) إتّصل بالبوليس!
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(nād ash-shariṭah) ناد الشرطة!
Arabic (Moroccan) (ʿayyeṭ ʿla lbūlīs) عيط علي البوليس!
Armenian (Eastern) Ոստիկան կանչե'ք: (Vostikan kanchek’)
Assamese ফোন কৰক আৰখ্খী! (phon konrok aarokkhi!)
Azerbaijani Polis çağırın
Basque Deitu poliziari!
Bengali পুলিশে ডাকুন! (pulishe ḍakun!)
পুলিশে ডাক দিন! (pulishe ḍak din!)
Bhojpuri पुलिस के बुलावा (pulis ke bulawa)
Breton Galv ar polis ! Galv an archerien ! Galv paotred Mari Robin!
Bulgarian Извикайте полицията! (Izvikayte policijata!) frm
Повикайте полицията! (Povikajte policijata!) frm
Позвънете на полицията! (Pozvãnete na policijata!) frm
Извикай полицията! (Izvikaj policijata!) inf
Повикай полицията! (Povikaj policijata!) inf
Позвъни на полицията! (Pozvãni na policijata!) inf
Catalan Crida la policia! Truca la policia!
Chamorro Ågang i polisia!
Chinese (Cantonese) 叫警察! (giu gíngchaat) 報警! (bou gíng)
Chinese (Mandarin) 叫警察! (jiào jǐngchá)
Chinese (Taiwanese) 叫警察! (kio3 keng2-chhat)
Croatian Pozovite policiju!
Czech Zavolejte policii!
Danish Ring efter politiet!
Dutch Bel de politie! Haal de politie! Roep de politie!
Esperanto Voku la policon!
Estonian Kutsuge politsei!
Faroese Ringið eftir løgregluni!
Fijian Qirita na ovisa!
Finnish Soittakaa poliisille! Soittakaa poliisi!
French Appelle la police ! (inf) Appelez la police ! (frm)
Frisian (West) Rop de polysje!
Friulian Telefone la polizìe!
Galician Chama á policía!
Georgian პოლიცია გამოიძახეთ! (policia gamoidzakheth!)
პოლიცია გამოიძახე! (policia gamoidzakhe!)
German Ruf die Polizei! (inf) Rufen Sie die Polizei! (frm)
Greek Καλέστε την αστυνομία! (kaléste tin astynomía!) - frm
Κάλεσε την αστυνομία! (kálese tin astynomía!) - inf
Greenlandic Politiimik kalerriigitsi!
Gujarati પોલીશ ને બોલાવો (police ne bolavo!)
Haitian Creole Rele la polis!
Hausa Kira yan sanda!
Hebrew (haz-iku mishtarah!) הזעיקו משטרה!
Hindi पुलिस की बुलाओ! (pulis ko bulāo!)
Hungarian Hívja azonnal a rendőrséget!
Icelandic Náið í lögregluna!
Indonesian Panggil polisi!
Inuktitut ᐳᑭᖅᑕ ᓖ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ Pukiqtaliit hivanirlugit!
ᐳᓖᓯ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ Puliisi sivanirlugit!
Iñupiaq Tuqłuġlugich puliisat/aikł̣iksuqti!
Irish (Gaelic) Glaoigh na gardaí/póilíní! Cuir fios ar na gardaí/póilíní!
Italian Chiama la polizia! (inf) Chiami la polizia! (frm/sg)
Chiamate la polizia! (inf) Chiamino la polizia! (frm/pl)
Japanese 警察を呼んでください! (keisatsu o yonde kudasai!)
Kannada ಪೊಲೀಸ್‍ಗೆ ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಿ (polees‍ge kare maadi!)
ಪೊಲೀಸ್‍ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ (polees‍ge tilisu!)
Kazakh Полицияны шақырыңыз! (Polïcïyanı şaqırıñız!)
Lao ຊ່ອຍເອີ້ນຕໍາຫລວດແດ່! (suay ôen tem-lùat dae!)
Latin Denuntiatores voca! (sg) Denuntiatores vocate! (pl)
Latvian Izsauciet policiju!
Limburgish Rope de plissie!
Lithuanian Iškvieskite policiją! Skambinkite policijai!
Luxembourgish Rufft d'Police!
Macedonian Викни полиција! (Vikni politsia) - inf
Повикај полиција! (Povikay politsia) - inf
Викнете полиција! (Viknete policija) - frm
Повикајте полиција (Povikayte politsia) - frm
Malayalam പോലീസിനെ വിളിക്കൂ (policine vilikkum)
Manx Cur fys er ny poleenyn!
Māori Waea atu ki te Pirihimana!
Mongolian Цагдаа дуудаарай! (Tsagdaa duudaarai!)
Nepali प्रहरी बोलाउनुहोस् (prahari bolaunuhos)
Norwegian Ring politiet!
Occitan Sona la polícia! (inf) Sonatz la polícia! (frm)
Pashto عسکر ته خبر ورکړه
(askar ta khaber warkra!)
Plautdietsch Roop dee Po'liess!
Persian (poliso xabar konid) پليسو خبر کنيد
Polish Proszę zadzwonić po Policję! (frm)
Proszę wezwać policję! (frm)
Zadzwoń po policję! (inf)
Wezwij policję! (inf)
Portuguese Chame a polícia!
Punjabi ਪੁਲਸਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੁਲਾ‌! / پولیس نُوں بُلاؤ (pulsā̃ nū̃ bulā!)
Romanian Chemaţi poliţia!
Russian Позвоните в милицию! (Pozvonite v militsiju)
Samoan Vili le leoleo!
Scots Caw on the polis!
Scottish Gaelic Fònadh chun a' phoileis!
Serbian Позовите полицију! (Pozovite policiju!)
Позовите милицију! (Pozovite miliciju!)
Shona Daiidzayi mapurisa!
Slovak Zavolajte políciu!
Slovenian Pokliči policijo! (inf) Pokličite policijo! (frm)
Somali Booliiska soo wac!
Spanish ¡Llame a la policía!
Stellingwarfs Roep 'e pelisie!
Swahili Mwite polisi!
Swedish Ring polisen!
Tagalog Tumawag ka ng pulis!
Tamil காவலர்களை அழையுங்கள்!
(kaavalargalai azhaiyungal)
Tatar Polisiägä şaltıratıgız
Telugu రక్షక భటులని పిలవండి !
(rakshaka bhatulani pilavaṅdi!)
Tetum Bolu polisia!
Thai เรียกตำรวจมา! (rîak dtam-rùat maa!)
Tibetan སྐོར་སྲུང་བ་སྐད་གཏོང་དང་། (korsung-wa kay tong-da!)
Tswana Bitsa mapodisi!
Turkish Polis çağırın!
Thai เรียกตำรวจมา (rêe-uk dtum-ròo-ut mah)
Ukrainian Викличте міліцію
(Vyklyčte miliciju)
Urdu (police ko bula) پولیس کو بولا
Uzbek Mirshabni chaqiring!
Venetian Ciama ea Poissia! Ciama ła Poissia / łe guardie!
Vietnamaese Xin gọi cảnh sát!
Welsh Galw'r heddlu! (inf)
Galwch yr Heddlu! (frm)
Wolof Wooyal ma alkaati!
Yiddish (Ruf di Politsey) רוף די פּאָליציי!
Xhosa Biza amapolisa!
Yorùbá Pe awọn ọlọpaa
Zulu Biza amaphoyisa!

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