Call the police! in many languages

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

Language	Phrase
Afrikaans	Bel die polisie!
Albanian	Thirrni policinë!
Arabic (Modern Standard)	(naadi ššariṭah) ناد الشرطة!
Arabic (Egyptian)	(itaṣṣal bil bulees) إتّصل بالبوليس!
Arabic (Moroccan)	(ʿayyeṭ ʿla lbūlīs) عيط علي البوليس!
Armenian (Eastern)	Ոստիկան կանչե'ք: (Vostikan kanchek’)
Bulgarian	Извикайте полицията (Izvikayte policijata!)
Catalan	Truca la policia!
Chamorro	Agang I polisia!
Chinese (Cantonese)	叫警察! (giùh gíngchaàht) 報警! (bou gíng)
Chinese (Mandarin)	叫警察! (jiào jǐngchá)
Chinese (Taiwanese)	叫警察! (gio ging-tsad)
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!
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 gamoiżaxet!) პოლიცია გამოიძახე! (policia gamoiżaxe!)
German	Ruf die Polizei! (inf) Rufen Sie die Polizei! (frm)
Greek	Φώναξε τὴν ἀστυνομία (Fónaxe tin astinomía) - inf Φωνᾶξτε τὴν ἀστυνομία! (Fonáxte tin astinomía!) - frm
Greenlandic	Politiimik kalerriigitsi!
Hausa	Kira yan sanda!
Hungarian	Hívja azonnal a rendőrséget!
Icelandic	Náið í lögregluna!
Indonesian	Panggil polisi!
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!)
Kazakh	Полицияны шақырыңыз! (Polïcïyanı şaqırıñız!)
Lao	ຊ່ອຍເອີ້ນຕໍາຫລວດແດ່! (suay ôen tem-lùat dae!)
Latvian	Izsauciet politsiyu!
Limburgish	Rope de plissie!
Lithuanian	Iškvieskite policija! 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
Manx	Cur fys er ny poleenyn!
Mongolian	Цагдаа дуудаарай! (Tsagdaa duudaarai!)
Norweign	Ring politiet!
Occitan	Sona la polícia! (inf) Sonatz la polícia! (frm)
Plautdietsch	Roop dee Po'liess!
Persian	(poliso xabar konid) پلیسو خبر کنید
Polish	Proszę zadzwonić po Policję! (frm) Zadzwoń po policję (inf)
Portuguese	Chame a polícia!
Romanian	Chemaţi poliţia!
Russian	Позвоните в милицию! (Pozvonite v militsiju)
Scots	Caw on the polis!
Scottish (Gaelic)	Fònadh chun a' phoileis!
Serbian	Позовите полицију! (Pozovite policiju!) Позовите милицију! (Pozovite miliciju!)
Shona	Shevedzaiwo maporisa!
Slovak	Zavolajte políciu!
Slovenian	Poklici policijo! (inf) Poklicite policijo! (frm)
Spanish	¡Llame a la policía!
Stellingwarfs	Roep 'e pelisie!
Swahili	Mwite polisi!
Swedish	Ring polisen!
Tagalog	Tumáwag ka ng pulis!
Tswana	Bitsa podisi!
Turkish	Polis çağırın!
Thai	เรียกตำรวจมา (rêe-uk dtum-ròo-ut mah)
Ukrainian	Викличте міліцію (Vyklyčte militsiyu)
Urdu	(police ko bula) پولیس کو بولا
Uzbek	Mirshabni chaqiring!
Vietnamaese	Xin gọi cảnh sát!
Welsh	Galw'r heddlu!
Yiddish	(Ruf di Politsey) רוף די פּאָליציי!
Xhosa	Biza amapolisa!
Zulu	Biza amaphoyisa!

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