Those who travel a lot also encounter many foreign languages. 6,500 languages are currently spoken in the world. However, more than half of them are now on the list of dying languages. 80% of humanity speak the 50 most widely spoken languages. In many cases, as a tourist, you can get by with one of the internationally spoken languages. Our phrasebooks are intended to give travelers a glimpse into the language of a country, as they also offer a glimpse into the culture of a country.
Some languages are spoken in several countries around the world - as a mother tongue and also as a second language.
![Map with the languages of the world](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Sprachen_der_Welt.png/500px-Sprachen_der_Welt.png)
- Indian and Southeast Asian Fonts on Wikivoyage - If you want to display the Indian and Southeast Asian fonts used here on Wikivoyage correctly, you may need to set up your computer for it. Here is shown how to do it.
"Complete" only means that the standard template has been completely translated. Of course, the articles can still be expanded!
The following phrasebooks are still incomplete and only cover parts of the standard template. They are listed alphabetically. Some of the articles contain only general information, others already contain some vocabulary or idioms. If you speak one of these languages, it would be nice if you could help. Even single phrases are useful.
- Afrikaans - fragmentary
- Arabic - only introduction
- Bahasa Indonesia - only greetings
- Bassa
- Burmese
- Bosnian
- Cebuano - some idioms and numbers up to 10
- Dzongkha - numbers and greeting only
- Esperanto
- Georgian - empty
- Greek - one third completed
- Hebrew
- Hiligaynon
- Khmer
- Kurdish
- Lithuanian - mostly finished
- Malayalam
- Quechua
- Romansh
- Slovak
- Swedish
- Tamazight
- Thai
- Tibetan - Draft - about halfway done
- Czech