Please speak more slowly in many languages

Note: in some case this phrase is translated as "Could you speak more slowly, please?"

Language	Please speak more slowly
Afrikaans	Praat stadiger asseblief
Albanian	Mund të flasësh pak më ngadalë, ju lutem? (formal) Mund të flasësh pak më ngadalë, të lutem? (informal)
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(takalam bebot' men fadlek(i)) تكلم ببطء من فضلك
Arabic (Egyptian)	(mumkin titkallim bilrrāha) ممكن تتكلّم بالرّاحة
Arabic (Moroccan)	(tkellem beshwīya afak!) تكلم بشوية عفاك
Armenian (Eastern)	Խնդրում եմ, դանդաղ խոսեք: (Kh.ndrum em dandagh khosek)
Aromanian	Vã plãcãrsescu zburãts niheamã ma peanarga (formal) Vã plãcãrsescu trãdzets-li zboarãli niheamã (informal)
Azerbaijani	Zəhmət olmasa asta-asta danışın
Belarusian	Калi ласка, размаўляйце павольней! (Kali laska, razmauljajc'e pavol'nej!)
Bengali	আস্তে বলবেন কি? (aste bolben ki?)
Bulgarian	Моля, говорете по-бавно (Molja, govorete po-bavno)
Breton	Komzit gorrekoc'h mar plij
Catalan	Parli més a poc a poc, si us plau
Chamorro	Pot fabot na despasio I kuentos-mu
Chinese (Cantonese)	你可唔可以講慢小小呀? (néih hóm̀hóyíh góng maahn síusíu a) 請你講慢啲 (chéng néih góng maahn di)
Chinese (Mandarin)	麻煩你講慢一點 [麻烦你讲慢一点] (máfan nĭ jiǎng màn yīdiǎn)
Choctaw	Salaha hosh anumpoli
Cimbrian	Ich vórs-ach zo prèchtan mèeront laise
Cornish	Peidy clappia mouy cuzal?
Croatian	Možeš li pričati sporije? (inf) Možete li pričati sporije? (frm)
Czech	Prosím mluvte pomaleji
Danish	Vil du tale lidt langsommere?
Dutch	Kunt u wat langzamer praten, alstublieft?
Esperanto	Parolu pli malrapide, mi petas
Estonian	Palun rääkige aeglasemalt
Faroese	Hevði tú vinarliga kunna tosa eitt sindur seinni?
Finnish	Puhuisitteko hieman hitaammin?
French	Est-ce que vous pourriez parler plus lentement, s'il vous plaît?
Friulian	Fevele planc par plàse!
Georgian	თუ შეიძლება უფრო ნელა ილაპარაკე (tu šeiżleba upʻro nela ilaparake)
German	Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen?
Greek	Παρακαλῶ μίλα πιὸ ἀργά (Parakaló míla pió argá) - inf Παρακαλῶ μιλῆστε πιὸ ἀργά (Parakaló milíste pió argá) - frm
Hawaiian	E ʻōlelo mālie
Hebrew	(efshar ledaber yoter le-at?) אפשׁר לדבּר יותר לאט?
Hindi	कृपया ज़रा धीरे बोलिये। (Kṛipayā zarā dhīre boliye)
Hungarian	Tudna lassabban beszélni? (frm) Tudnál lassabban beszélni? (inf)
Icelandic	Gætirðu talað hægar? Viltu tala svolítið hægar?
Indonesian	Tolong bicara pelan sedikit
Inuktitut	ᐊᑏ ᐅᖄᓚᓗᐊᙱᓚᑎᑦ (Atii uqaulahaluanngilutit/uqaalasaluanngilutit)
Iñupiaq	Atii uqaulasraluanngiluitin
Irish Gaelic	An miste leat labhairt níos moille? An bhféadfá labhairt níos moille, le do thoil?
Italian	Può parlare più lentamente?
Kazakh	Ақырындап сөйлеңізші (Aqırındap söyleñizşi)
Japanese	ゆっくり話してください (yukkuri hanashite kudasai)
Javanese	nuwun sewu, saged ngendiko langkung cetha
Klingon	QIt yIjatlh
Korean	천천히 말씀해 주세요 (Cheoncheonhi malssuemhae jeseyo)
Lao	ກະລຸນາເວົ້າຊ້າໆ (kálunaa wâo sâa sâa)
Latin	Loquere, quaeso, paulo lentius
Latvian	Lūdzu, runājiet lēnāk!
Lithuanian	Prašom pakartoti lėtai, Prašom kalbėti lėčiau
Lojban	e'o ko masno lenu bacru / e'o ko jdika leka ce'u sutra lenu bacru
Luxembourgish	Schwätzt wann ech glift méi lues
Macedonian	Те молам зборувај побавно (Te molam zboruvay pobavno) - inf Ве молам зборувајте побавно (Ve molam zboruvayte pobavno) - frm
Malay	Boleh cakap perlahan sedikit? Sila ulang
Maltese	Jekk jogħġbok, tkellem iktar bil-mod
Māori	Tena Koa e hotoa to korerotia
Manx	Loayr-shiu ny smelley, my sailliu (frm) Loayr ny smelley, my sailt (inf)
Marathi	कृपया जरा हळु बोला (kṛupayā jarā haḷu bolā)
Mongolian	Илүү удаан ярина уу (Iluu udaan yarina uu)
Nepali	बिस्तारै भन्नुस् (bistaarai bhannus)
Norwegian	Vær vennlig og snakk saktere Kan du være så snill å snakke litt saktere?
Occitan	Pòdes parlar mens aviat? (inf) Podètz parlar mens aviat? (frm)
Persian	ميشه آهسته تر صحبت کنيد؟ (mishe ahesteh tar sohbat konid) خواهش مي کنم آهسته تر صحبت کنيد (khahesh mikonam ahesteh tar sohbat konid)
Polish	Proszę mówić wolniej (frm) Mów wolniej! (inf)
Portuguese	Por favor fale mais devagar, Por favor, fale mais lentamente Fale mais devagar (Brazil)
Romanian	Puteţi să vorbiţi mai rar?
Russian	Вы не могли бы говоpить помедленнее! (Vy ne mogli by govorit’ pomedlennee) - frm Помедленнее пожалуйста? (Pomedlennee požalujsta?) - inf
Saami	Hála gulul
Scottish Gaelic	An urrainn dhut bruidhinn nàs maille? (inf) An urrainn dhuibh bruidhinn nàs maille? (frm/pl)
Serbian	Можеш ли причати спорије? (Možeš li pričati sporije?) - inf Можете ли причати спорије (Možete li pričati sporije?) - frm
Shona	Ndinokumbirawo kuti musakurumidze kutaura
Slovak	Hovorte prosím pomalšie
Slovenian	Govorite, prosim, bolj počasi / Govorite počasi, prosim
Spanish	Por favor hable más despacio
Swahili	Tafadhali sema polepole
Swedish	Var snäll och tala långsammare
Tagalog	Pwéde mo bang bagálan ang iyong pagsasalità?
Tahitian	Faa taere te parau
Thai	พูดช้าลงหน่อย?
Tibetan	ད་དུང་ག་ལེར་ག་ལེར་གསུང་གནང་དང་། (tâtung kalay-kalay soong nâng dâng)
Tigrinya	ቀስ በል (qes bel)
Turkish	Lütfen daha yavaş konuşun
Ukrainian	Ви не могли б розмовляти повільніше (Vy ne mogly b rozmovljaty povilʼniše) - frm Розмовляй повільніше (Rozmovljaj povilʼniše) - inf
Urdu	(kya ap ise ahistah keh sakte hain?) کیا آپ آہستہ کہسکتےہیں؟
Uzbek	Iltimos, sekinroq gapiring (frm)
Vietnamese	Làm ơn nói chậm hơn
Volapük	Begob, pükolös nevifikumo
Welsh	Siaradwch yn arafach, os gwelwch yn dda (formal) Siarad yn arafach, os gweli di'n dda (informal)
Yiddish	(zay azoy gut, un red pamelekher) זײַ אַזױ גוט, און רעד פּאַמאַלעכער
Xhosa	Khawucothise
Zulu	Ngicela ukhulume kancane

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