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Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bengali, Breton, Bulgarian, Chamorro, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Shanghainese), Chinese (Taiwanese), Catalan, Croatian, Cornish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Scottish), Gaelic (Irish), German, Greek, Greenlandic, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Inuktitu, Italian, Japanese, Jèrrais, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Māori, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scots, Serbian, Sesotho, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Zulu Websites with phrases in multilple languages
http://www.mieliestronk.com/afrfras1.html
http://www.exploresouthafrica.net/phrasebook.htm
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_afrikaans
http://www.linguata.com/linguata/Afrikaans_phrases.html
http://www.downloadalanguage.com/downloadalanguage/Afrikaans_phrases.html
http://www.easyafrikaans.com/easyafrikaans/Useful_Phrases.html
http://miejipang.homestead.com/untitled4.html
http://www.single-serving.com/Albanian/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/
http://albanianoverview.com/phrases.htm
http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/public/common.html
http://www.touregypt.net/translat.htm
http://www.learn-arabic-language-software.com/phrases/FSArabic.htm
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_arabic.htm
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/arabic-phrases.html
http://www.grapeshisha.com/common-Arabic-phrases.html
http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/arabic/
http://www.terena.org/activities/multiling/unilang/armenian/armenian1.html
http://www.cilicia.com/armo5_phrases.html
http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Armenian_Phrases
http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=107
http://www.littlearmenia.com/html/language/
http://resources.net.az/phrase.htm
http://www.etriptips.com/wiki/Azerbaijani_phrasebook
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Common_phrases_in_various_languages/Azeri
http://azeri.org/Azeri/az_learn/az_socio/articles/az_socio_64/64_socio.html
http://www.ulinkx.com/video/search?q=azerbaijani+phrases
http://www.gbarto.com/multilingua/ittybitty/blog/2006/06/azerbaijani-main-menu.html
http://home.unilang.org/main/phrasebook.php?book=unilang&sourcelang=en&targetlang=az
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http://www.pravapis.org/art_phrases1.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/belarusian.shtml
http://www.belarusguide.com/dictionaries/engblr/special.html
http://www.bengalitranslator.net/ENGLISH_WORDS_PHRASES_INTO BENGALI/
http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_phrases.html
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/bangla-phrases.html
http://www.tourismofindia.com/us/phrasebengali.htm
http://tinyurl.com/36e49p
http://www.kervarker.org/en/useful_phrases_01_Boued.html
http://www.bretagne.com/fr/culture/langue/dictionnaire
http://www.brittanyselfcatering.com/breton.html
http://www.mybulgaria.info/information-about-bulgaria-2.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/bulgarian.shtml
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_bulgarian.htm
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http://home.att.net/~dorel2/guam/chamorro.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_language
http://www.chamorro.com/fino/fino.html
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Chamorro_language
http://linguanaut.com/english_cantonese
http://www.ypexpat.com/en/html/se/se_td_cd.asp
http://www.cbs.org.tw/english/hakka/listen_learn.html
http://www.chinalanguage.com/content/index.php?c=book&id=4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/
http://www.wku.edu/~yuanh/AudioChinese/
http://www.chinaadviser.com/useful_chinese_phrases.html
http://www.languageguide.org/mandarin/
http://www.slanguage.com/fun_chinese_mand.html
http://chinese.travel-way.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghainese
http://wikitravel.org/en/Taiwanese_phrasebook
http://www.intercat.gencat.es/guia/
http://weib.caib.es/recursos/abast/paginas/alabast-eng.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/catalan.shtml
http://www.downloadalanguage.com/downloadalanguage/Common_Catalan_Phrases.html
http://www.cornish-language.org/english/phrasebook.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/connected/stories/new_cornwall_language.shtml
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ukrab/elb.htm/a>
http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk/croatianfortravellers/
http://www.hr/hrvatska/language/
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1355876
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/croatian.shtml
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_croatian
http://www.locallingo.com/czech/phrases/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/czech.shtml
http://www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_language/czech_phrases.html
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Czech/CzPhrases.htm
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_czech
http://www.lingvisto.org/cze/dialogo1e.html
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http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/danish-phrases.html
http://www.single-serving.com/Danish/
http://linguanaut.com/english_danish.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/danish.shtml
http://www.speakdanish.dk/html/t_phrasebook.htm
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Danish/DnPhrases.htm
http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/knowledgesafety/a/danphrases.htm
http://www.101languages.net/danish/basics.html
http://www.denmarkfacts.com/learn_danish_online.html
http://www.single-serving.com/Dutch/
http://www.smartphrase.com/Dutch/dutch.shtml
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/dutch-phrases.html
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http://www.linguanaut.com/english_esperanto
http://esperantophrases.tripod.com/
http://www.esperanto-chicago.org/phrases.htm
http://www.esperanto.ca/kurso/phrases.htm
http://www.speakestonian.co.uk/phrases/
http://www.downloadalanguage.com/downloadalanguage/Estonian_phrases.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/estonian.shtml
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_estonian
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http://www.ielanguages.com/faroese.html
http://home.unilang.org/wiki3/index.php/Faroese_basic_phrases
http://www.framtak.com/info/sounds.html
http://www.fijiguide.com/Facts/language.html
http://www.kaiviti.150m.com/DATABASES/fijian.html
http://www.earthyfamily.com/FJ-words.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/finnish.shtml
http://www.kisa.ca/finnish-phrases.html
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_finnish
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/finnish-phrases.html
http://www.single-serving.com/French/
http://www.smartphrase.com/French/fr_general_words_phr.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2465435
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/french-phrases.html
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http://members.tripod.com/~scotgaelic/phrases.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/phrase_book.shtml
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ionnsachadh/bgfp/
http://www.scottishradiance.com/galsec.htm
http://www.irish-sayings.com/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irelandlist/phrases.html
http://www.learn-irish-language-software.com/phrases/FSIrish.htm
http://www.single-serving.com/German/
http://www.smartphrase.com/German/ge_general_words_phr.shtml
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/german-phrases.html
http://www.takisnet.org/Greek/
http://www.foundalis.com/lan/grkphra.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/greek/quickfix/
http://www.greece.org/gr-lessons/gr-english/phrases.html
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/greek/FSGreek.htm
http://www.smartphrase.com/Greek/gr_general_words_phr.shtml
http://www.boomspeed.com/lckmctighe/greenlandic.html
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Island/8328/greenlandicwords.htm
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http://www.ahapunanaleo.org/learnhawaiian/learn_shortphrases.html
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/hltableofcontents.html
http://atdpweb.soe.berkeley.edu/2130/vchan/ah.html
http://www.alohafriendsluau.com/words.html
http://www.royalelephant.com/hawaii/guides/hawaiian.htm
http://www.learn-hebrew-phrases.com
http://www.hebrewonline.com/Hebrew_category/1-1.htm
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Hebrew/FsHebrew.htm
http://linguanaut.com/english_hebrew
http://www.headcoverings-by-devorah.com/Hebrew_Phrases.htm
http://linguanaut.com/english_hindi
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/hindi-phrases.html
http://www.hindilearner.com/hindi_phrases.html
http://www.single-serving.com/Hungarian/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/hungarian.shtml
http://impulzus.sch.bme.hu/info/magyar.shtml
http://www.talkingcities.co.uk/budapest_pages/essentials_language.htm
http://www.budpocketguide.com/GuideToHun/Hungarian_words.asp
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/hungarian/HuPhrases.htm
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/icelandic.shtml
http://odin.bio.miami.edu/norse/icetrans.html
http://icelandic.rowlando.com/learn/2006/10/29/common-phrases-1/
http://notendur.unak.is/not/andy/Ice/
http://www.expat.or.id/info/bahasa.html
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/indonesian/percakapan/indonesia7days/indo7days_fs.htm
http://www.werple.net.au/~wreid/bali_lng.html
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Indonesian/InPhrases.htm
http://www.geocities.com/mbordt/bahasa8c.htm
http://www.tooniktyme.com/inuktitut/inuktitut.html
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ks/5020_e.html
http://members.shaw.ca/kcic1/nunavut.html
http://www.realduesouth.net/Nation-InuitLanguage.htm
http://www.single-serving.com/Italian/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/quickfix/
http://www.learn-italian-language-software.com/phrases/FSItalian.htm
http://italian.about.com/library/survival/blsurvivalindex.htm
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_italian
http://www.ielanguages.com/italian1.html
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http://japanese-phrases.sakura.ne.jp/
http://linguanaut.com/english_japanese
http://www.cnfj.navy.mil/phrases.html
http://japanese.about.com/library/blsoundfile.htm
http://genkienglish.net/genkijapan/menu.htm
http://www.nafai.org/japanese/grammar/nafjpphrases/
http://www.jref.com/language/japanese_common_phrases.shtml
http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/geraint/jerriais.html
http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/langsec/
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http://www.geocities.com/kazakhstan_adopt/kazakh.html
http://www.kazakhadoptivefamilies.com/language2.html
http://www.kazakhembus.com/sayitinkazakh.html
http://english.tour2korea.com/02Culture/KoreanLanguage/handy_korean_phrases01.asp
http://linguanaut.com/english_korean
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Language/korean.cfm?Subject=basic
http://www.learn-korean.net/learn-korean-classes-listarticles-4.html
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Korean/FsKorean.htm
http://learnkorean.elanguageschool.net/
http://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Key-Phrases-in-Kurdish
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http://wikitravel.org/en/Lao_phrasebook
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/9601/cotidie.html
http://www.byzantinecommunications.com/adamhoward/latincomm.html
http://www.yuni.com/library/latin.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases
http://latin-phrases.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A218882
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/omnibus.html
http://www.biopsych.net/psyhumor/latin_phrases_for_all_occasions.htm
http://www.asterix-obelix.nl/latin-uk.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/latvian.shtml
http://www.codefusion.com/latvian/greetings/greetings.html
http://www.the-backpacking-site.com/countries/latvia-phrase.html
http://www.debeselis.net/phrases.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/lithuanian.shtml
http://www.linguata.com/linguata/Lithuanian_phrases.html
http://out-there.eu/en/Vilnius/show/page/32
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/luxembourgish.shtml
http://www.day12.com/phrasebook_luxembourgish.htm
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http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=17332
http://mcs-bristol.tripod.com/learnmalay.htm
http://uk.geocities.com/ramonaali/ephrases.htm
http://linguanaut.com/english_malay
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g293951-s604/Malaysia:Important.Phrases.html
http://www.choosemalta.com/en/about-malta/maltese-language.php
http://linguanaut.com/english_maltese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language
http://www.downloadalanguage.com/downloadalanguage/Maltese_phrases.html
http://www.linguata.com/linguata/Learn_Maltese.html
http://www.korero.maori.nz/forlearners
http://www.maorilanguage.net/phrase_drills/
http://www.maori.org.nz/kotereo/
http://www.day12.com/phrasebook_maori.htm
http://tinyurl.com/2tabx9
http://64.30.203.214/pub/mon/MongolianPhrases/
http://mongoluls.net/mongolianlanguage/
http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/blogcategory/62/232/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/norwegian.shtml
http://www.101languages.net/norwegian/basics.html
http://linguanaut.com/english_norwegian
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Norwegian/NoPhrases.htm
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http://linguanaut.com/english_farsi
http://www.anvari.org/iran/Information_about_Iran/Learn_Some_Common_Persian_Phrases.html
http://www.irantravel.biz/travel/iran/persian_phrasebook.php
http://www.polish-translator.net/polish_phrases.html
http://www.meetpoland.com/useful-polish-words-and-phrases.html
http://onestoppolish.com/useful_polish_phrases.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2982314
http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=11889
http://www.languageshome.com/English-Punjabi.htm
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http://wikitravel.org/en/Romanian_phrasebook
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/romanian.shtml
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Romanian/RoPhrases.htm
http://www.linguata.com/linguata/Romanian_Phrases.html
http://www.day12.com/phrasebook_romanian.htm
http://www.talkrussian.com/phrases.htm
http://russian.speak7.com/russian_phrases
http://masterrussian.com/blphrasebook.shtml
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http://www.linguanaut.com/english_scots.htm
http://www.scots-online.org/grammar/goamins.htm
http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=19369
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1355876
http://www.lztranslation.com/pdf/serbian-phrases.pdf (PDF)
http://www.sesotho.web.za/
http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/seswrd.htm
http://www.fs.gov.za/Departments/SAC/Library/depart/learning_basic_sesotho.htm
http://www.slovak.com/language/
http://www.spectacularslovakia.sk/ss2003/01_language_guide.html
http://www.bohemica.com/slovak/
http://linguanaut.com/english_slovak
http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/publikacije/sft/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/slovene.shtml
http://www.ijs.si/lit/slovene.html
http://www.101languages.net/slovenian/basics.html
http://www.quiz-buddy.com/Spanish_Phrases_with_Audio.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/quickfix/
http://www.single-serving.com/Spanish/
http://www.smartphrase.com/Spanish/sp_general_words_phr.shtml
http://www.ielanguages.com/spanish1.html
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_spanish.htm
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/swahili/SwPhrases.htm
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/9754/learnkiswahili.html
http://www.kenya-travels.com/guide/swahili.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/swedish.shtml
http://www.101languages.net/swedish/basics.html
http://linguanaut.com/english_swedish
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Swedish/SwPhrases.htm
http://www.speakswedish.co.uk/phrases/basic_phrases
http://www2.hhs.se/isa/swedish/chap2.htm
http://www.learn-swedish-language-software.com/phrases/FSSwedish.htm
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http://www.learningthai.com/useful_phrases.html
http://www.phuket.net/visit-phuket/tips/thai-phrases.htm
http://thaiarc.tu.ac.th/thai/thphrase.htm
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Thai/spokenthai/unit2/Useful_words/usefulword.htm
http://www.mypattaya.com/80thaiphrases.asp
http://www.phrasebook.thai-isan-lao.com
http://www.onlineturkish.com
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Turkish/FsTurkish.htm
http://turkeytravelplanner.com/details/LanguageGuide/100words_lessons/
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_turkish
http://tinyurl.com/2qgmv4
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/language/turkish-phrases.html
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http://www.foreigndocuments.com/phrases_ukrainian.html
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/4747/20phrase.htm
http://www.bestofukraine.com/ukrainian.htm
http://www.transparent.com/languagepages/Ukrainian/UkPhrases.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/european_languages/languages/ukrainian.shtml
http://www.adoptionknowhow.com/ukraine/phrases
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/guide/urdu/key_phrases.shtml
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_urdu.htm
http://www.orexca.com/uzbek_language.shtml
http://uzbek-glossary.com
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http://www.vietcali.com/qevp.htm
http://linguanaut.com/english_vietnamese
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http://www.heart-of-wales.co.uk/welsh.htm
http://www.geocities.com/gil_fach_goch/
http://gwybodiadur.tripod.com/phrases.htm
http://www.siop-siarad.co.uk/phrases_mutations_verbs.htm
http://www.welshholidaycottages.com/information/welsh-essential-phrases.htm
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http://www.salanguages.com/isixhosa/xhowrd.htm
http://www.fundani.uct.ac.za/phrasebook/
http://www.southafricalogue.com/travel-tips/south-african-phrases-xhosa.html
http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=9682
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http://linguanaut.com/english_yiddish
http://www.sbjf.org/sbjco/schmaltz/yiddish_phrases.htm
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http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/read.php?TID=7760
http://www.linguanaut.com/english_zulu.htm
http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/zulwrd.htm
http://africanlanguages.com/zulu/
http://www.codezulu.com/isizulu.asp
http://saharanvibe.blogspot.com/2007/03/zulu-language.html
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http://languages.lcweblink.info
http://www.languagehelpers.com/
http://www.smartphrase.com
http://www.single-serving.com
http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/df/useful.html
http://www.travelphrases.info/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/
http://www.geocities.com/mailjohan/
http://wikitravel.org/en/Phrasebook
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/
http://www.smartphrase.com
http://www.loecsen.com
http://www.linguanaut.com
http://www.languageshome.com
http://www.foreignlanguagephrases.com
http://www.lingo24.com/useful-phrases.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_phrases_in_different_languages
http://worldphrasebook.net
http://smallmarble.org/
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