Languages I Can't Speak

"I can't speak _____ but it's a beautiful language" translated into 74 languages

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Ancient Greek:

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Arabic:

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Basque:

Ez dakit euskaraz, baina hizkuntza ederra da.
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Bengali:

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Bosnian:

Ne govorim Bosanski ali znam da je divan jezik.
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Breton:

N'ouzon ked a vrezhoneg, med ur yezh vraw eo.
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Bulgarian:

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Cantonese:

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Catalan:

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Croatian:

Ne znam govoriti hrvatski, ali mislim da je jezik prelijep.
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Czech: Hear It

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Danish:

Jeg kan ikke tale dansk, men det er et smok sprog.
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Dutch:

Ik spreek geen nederlands, maar het is een prachtige taal.
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English: Hear It

I can't speak English, but it's a beautiful language.
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Esperanto: Hear It

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Estonian:

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Faroese:

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Fijian:

Au sega ni kila na vosa vakaviti.  Au vakabauta ni dua na vosa rogorogo vinaka.
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Filipino:

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Finnish:

En puhu suomea mutta suomen kieli on hyvin kaunis.
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French: Hear It

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Georgian:

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German: Hear It

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Greek:

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Gujarati:

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Hebrew:

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Hindi:

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Hmong: Hear It

Kuv hai tsis taum lus hmoob tab sib num yog ib com lu zoo heev.
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Hua:

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Hungarian: Hear It

Nem tudok magyarul, de szép nyelv.
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Icelandic:

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Irish: Hear It

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Italian:

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Japanese:

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Khmer:

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Kinyarwanda: Hear It

Ntabwo mvuga ikinyarwanda ariko ni ikirimi cyiza.
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Klingon: Hear It

tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaHbe', 'a Hol 'IH 'oH.
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Korean:

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Kréyol:

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Láadan:

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Latin: Hear It

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Loglan: Hear It

Mi no lenpli la Loglan, ibuo Lai bilti lengu.
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Malay:

Saya tak boleh cakap Bahasa Melayu, tetapi ia adalah bahasa yang indah.
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Mandarin Chinese:

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Māori

Ahakoa kore te reo he rawe te whakarongo.
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Moldovan:

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Nepali:

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Norwegian:

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Oromo:

Afaan Oromoo hinbubahuu Gin dareedhaa.
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Osage:

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Persian:

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Polish:

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Portuguese:

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Romanian:

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Russian: Hear It

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Scottish Gaelic:

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Serbian:

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Shona:

Handi taure chishona asi chirudzi chakanaka.
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Slovak: Hear It

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Somali:

Kuman had li kari Somali laakiin waa luqad qurux badan.
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Swahili: Hear It

Siwezi kuongea Kiswahili, lakini ni luga nzuri sana.
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Swedish:

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Tatar:

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Thai:

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Tok Pisin:

Mi no inap toktok tok pisin, tasol em i wanpela gutpela toktok.
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Tsez:

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Turkish:

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Twi: Hear It

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Ukrainian:

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Urdu:

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Vietnamese: Hear It

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Welsh:

Dw i ddim yn siarad Cymraeg, ond mae hi'n iaith brydferth.
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Wolof:

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In addition to the speakers thanked above, there are some individuals who were instrumental in bringing contributors to me. These include Gordon Hage and Tom McGhie.

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