The World Phrasebook | Travel With Confidence

Roxy has spent 18 years traveling the world in search of meaningful connections. Her key takeaway: even a few words in the local language can change everything - leading to warmer welcomes, deeper connections, more memorable experiences; all while building her confidence.

This book is her personal collection of the most useful, real-world phrases, translated into 114 languages covering every country in the world.

The guide is organized in a clear, consistent structure, with each chapter mirroring the last. This uniform layout makes it easy to move through the material quickly and confidently. Every chapter is divided into five color-coded categories:

Orange - Greetings
Green - Travel Basics
Yellow - Food and Drink
Turquoise - Days of the week
Blue - Numbers

Each section is arranged into three columns:

English: The first column shows the English phrase
Translation: The second column provides the translated version
Pronunciation: The third column offers a pronunciation guide to help you understand how each phrase sounds.

This book is the first of its kind, created to instill confidence and inspire the traveling community.

Countries and Languages covered in this book:

Afghanistan: Persian (Dari, Farsi), Kyrgyz, Pashto, Turkmen, Uzbek
Albania: Albanian, Macedonian
Algeria: Arabic, Berber, French
Andorra: Catalan, Spanish
Angola: Lingala, Portuguese
Antigua and Barbuda: English
Argentina: Gauraní, Quechua, Spanish
Armenia: Armenian, Kurdish, Russian
Australia:English
Austria: German
Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani, Georgian, Kurdish, Russian
Bahamas: English, Haitian Creole
Bahrain: Arabic
Bangladesh: Bengali
Barbados: Bajan Creole, English
Belarus: Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Belgium: Dutch, French, German
Belize: Belizean Creole, English, Spanish
Benin: French, Hausa, Yorùbá
Bhutan: Dzongkha
Bolivia: Gauraní, Quechua, Spanish
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian
Botswana: Afrikaans, Shona
Brazil: Gauraní, Portuguese
Brunei: Malay
Bulgaria: Bulgarian, Macedonian
Burkina Faso: Berber, French
Burundi: Kirundi, French, Swahili
Cabo Verde: Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese
Cambodia: Khmer
Cameroon: French, Hausa, Igbo
Canada: English, French
Central African Republic: French, Lingala
Chad: Arabic, French, Hausa
Chile: Quechua, Spanish
China: Cantonese, Kazakh, Mandarin Chinese, Mongolian
Colombia: Quechua, Spanish
Comoros: Arabic, French, Swahili
Congo (Democratic Republic): French, Kinyarwanda, Lingala
Costa Rica: Spanish
Côte d’Ivoire: French, Hausa
Croatia: Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian
Cuba: Haitian Creole, Spanish
Cyprus: Greek, Turkish
Czech Republic: Czech, Slovak
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): French, Kirundi, Lingala, Swahili
Denmark: Danish, Faroese
Djibouti: Arabic, French, Somali
Dominica: English
Dominican Republic: Haitian Creole, Spanish
Ecuador: Quechua, Spanish
Egypt: Arabic, Berber
El Salvador: Spanish
England: English
Equatorial Guinea: French, Igbo, Spanish
Eritrea: Tigrinya
Estonia: Estonian, Russian
Eswatini (Swaziland): Afrikaans, Swati
Ethiopia: Amharic, Somali, Tigrinya
Fiji: Fijian
Finland: Finnish, Swedish
France: Basque, Catalan, French
Gabon: French, Lingala
Gambia: Wolof
Georgia: Azerbaijani, Georgian, Russian
Germany: German
Ghana: Hausa
Greece: Albanian, Greek, Macedonian
Greenland: Danish, Greenlandic
Grenada: English
Guatemala: Spanish
Guinea: French, Krio, Wolof
Guinea-Bissau: Portuguese, Wolof
Guyana: English
Haiti: French, Haitian Creole
Honduras: Spanish
Hungary: Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Iceland: Danish, Icelandic
India: Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Tamil, Urdu
Indonesia: Indonesian, Malay, Mandarin Chinese
Iran: Azerbaijani, Persian (Dari, Farsi), Georgian, Kurdish, Turkmen
Iraq: Arabic, Kurdish
Ireland: English, Irish
Israel: Hebrew
Italy: Catalan, Italian
Jamaica: Jamaican
Japan: Japanese
Jordan: Arabic
Kazakhstan: Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek
Kenya: Kikuyu, Kirundi, Somali, Swahili
Kiribati: English
Kosovo: Albanian, Bosnian
Kuwait: Arabic
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz, Russian, Uzbek
Laos: Lao
Latvia: Latvian, Russian
Lebanon: Arabic
Lesotho: Afrikaans, Sesotho, Xhosa
Liberia: English
Libya: Arabic, Berber
Liechtenstein: German
Lithuania: Lithuanian, Russian
Luxembourg: French, Luxembourgish, German
Macedonia: Albanian, Bosnian, Macedonian
Madagascar: French, Malagasy
Malawi: Chichewa, Swahili
Malaysia: Malay, Mandarin Chinese
Maldives: Dhivehi
Mali: Berber, French, Wolof
Malta: Maltese
Marshall Islands: English
Mauritania: Arabic, Berber, Wolof
Mauritius: Arabic, Berber, Wolof
Mexico: Spanish
Micronesia: English
Moldova: Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian
Monaco: French
Mongolia: Kazakh, Mongolian
Montenegro: Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian
Morocco: Arabic, Berber, French
Mozambique: Chichewa, Portuguese, Shona, Swahili, Swati
Myanmar (Burma): Burmese
Namibia: Afrikaans
Nauru: English
Nepal: Hindi, Nepali
Netherlands: Dutch
New Zealand: English, Māori, Tongan
Nicaragua: Spanish
Niger: Berber, French, Hausa
Nigeria: Hausa, Igbo, Yorùbá
North Korea: Korean
Northern Ireland: English, Irish
Norway: Danish, Norwegian
Oman: Arabic
Pakistan: Persian (Dari), Hindi, Pashto, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Urdu
Palau: Palauan, English
Palestine: Arabic
Panama: Spanish
Papua New Guinea: English, Tok Pisin
Paraguay: Guaraní, Spanish
Peru: Quechua, Spanish
Philippines: Filipino, English
Poland: Polish, Slovak, Croatian
Portugal: Portuguese
Puerto Rico: Haitian Creole, Spanish
Qatar: Arabic
Romania: Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Russia: Azerbaijani, Georgian, Kazakh, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian
Rwanda: French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili
Saint Kitts and Nevis: English
Saint Lucia: English
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: English
Samoa: English
San Marino: Italian
São Tomé and Príncipe: Portuguese
Saudi Arabia: Arabic
Scotland: English
Senegal: French, Krio, Wolof
Serbia: Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Slovak
Seychelles: French
Sierra Leone: Krio
Singapore: Malay, Mandarin Chinese, Tamil
Slovakia: Hungarian, Slovak, Ukrainian
Slovenia: Slovenian
Solomon Islands: English
Somalia: Arabic, Somali, Swahili
South Africa: Afrikaans, Sesotho, Swati, Xhosa
South Korea: Korean
South Sudan: Lingala, Swahili
Spain: Basque, Catalan, Spanish
Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil
Sudan: Arabic, Hausa
Suriname: Dutch
Sweden: Danish, Finnish, Swedish
Switzerland: French, German, Italian
Syria: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Kurdish
Taiwan: Mandarin Chinese
Tajikistan: Persian (Dari, Farsi), Kyrgyz, Russian, Uzbek
Tanzania: Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili
Thailand: Khmer, Lao, Malay, Thai
Timor-Leste (East Timor): Tetum, Portuguese
Togo: French, Yorùbá
Tonga: Tongan, English
Trinidad and Tobago: English
Tunisia: Arabic, Berber, French
Turkey: Azerbaijani, Georgian, Kurdish, Turkish
Turkmenistan: Russian, Turkmen, Uzbek
Tuvalu: English
Uganda: Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili
Ukraine: Georgian, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian
United Arab Emirates (UAE): Arabic
United Kingdom: English
United States: English, Spanish
Uruguay: Spanish
Uzbekistan: Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkmen, Uzbek
Vanuatu: Bislama, French
Vatican City: Italian
Venezuela: Spanish
Vietnam: Khmer, Vietnamese
Wales: English, Welsh
Yemen: Arabic
Zambia: Afrikaans, Chichewa, Shona, Swahili
Zimbabwe: Afrikaans, Chichewa, Shona, Swati, Xhosa

How the book works:

Read this quick guide to learn the most efficient way to navigate your new language phrasebook.

The phrasebook is organized in a clear, consistent structure, with each chapter mirroring the last. This uniform layout makes it easy to move through the material quickly and confidently. Every chapter is divided into five color-coded categories:

Orange - Greetings
Green - Travel Basics
Yellow - Food & Dining
Turquoise - Days of the Week
Blue - Numbers

Each category is arranged into three columns:

The first column shows the English phrase
The second column provides the translated phrase
The third column offers a pronunciation guide to help you understand how each phrase sounds

The same set of phrases are translated into each language, with the languages presented in alphabetical order.

To help you get started, take a look at the following tables. Here you will find all of the English phrases which we have translated in this phrasebook in the left-hand column. The right-hand column shows you how to pronounce each English phrase based on the pronunciation system we have used throughout this book. The middle column has been left empty for this exercise.

Take your time to become familiar with the pronunciation table. A strong understanding of these will greatly improve your ability to correctly pronounce each language included in this phrasebook.

You should now understand that the pronunciation column breaks each word into syllables and shows exactly how it sounds. Start by reading each syllable slowly, then gradually increase your pace, blending the sounds together to form the correct pronunciation of each word. Starting slow and building speed is the best way to build your confidence over time.

The following abbreviations are used throughout the phrasebook:

Sg = Singular
Pl = Plural
Inf = Informal
Form = Formal
M = Male or masculine
F = Female or feminine

In addition, we have included a comprehensive list of countries and the language(s) spoken in each, as covered in this book. While it is not possible to include every language, as there are over 7,000 worldwide, we have determined a list of 114 languages that ensures coverage for every country.

The “List of Countries” page is the quickest way to identify which language you may need and explore your available options. Please note that some languages listed are official languages of a country, while others are spoken by a significant portion of the population.

When you navigate to a specific language page, you will also find a list of countries where that language is spoken. The first country or countries shown are those where the language holds official status. If additional countries are listed after the word “also” these indicate places where the language is widely spoken but not officially recognized.

This approach ensures you have clear, reliable language options at your fingertips, giving you the confidence to communicate effectively wherever your travels take you.

For additional pronunciation tips, click here!