Travel to Requests for phrasebooks

The following is a list of phrasebooks that are requested by readers or contributors of Wiki Travel. (Requests for other types of articles should be posted on Wiki Travel:Requested articles.) See the Phrasebook Expedition for notes on how to start a new phrasebook using the phrasebook article template.

If you have a phrasebook that needs to be written, please add it below. The format for a request is:

*[[Name of language phrasebook]]. This is the reason that we need the phrasebook. -- ~~~~

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Requested phrasebooks edit

Aragonese phrasebook One of the minority languages of Spain that need respect --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 22:12, 24 September 2010 (EDT)
Asturian phrasebook
Buhi Bikol A language of Albay Bikol which is spoken in Buhi, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Cabo verdian creole. to show respect to those on the cape verdian islands -- [User:(WT-EN)raherist] Raherist (talk) 01:24, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Extremaduran phrasebook One of the minority languages of Spain that need respect --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 22:12, 24 September 2010 (EDT)
Fon phrasebook For a visit to the southern part of Benin. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 22:09, 28 September 2010 (EDT)
Friulian phrasebook I think that the new orthography can be used over the old one in this phrasebook, but the old one is optional. It's also recognized as a minority language in Italy, I guess. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 18:08, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
Guarani phrasebook: 5 million speakers and an official language in Paraguay
Hassaniya Arabic phrasebook: the main language of Western Sahara
Kashubian phrasebook Spoken in the Pomeranian region of Poland. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 18:40, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
Kenyah phrasebook. This language is spoken in the Apo Kayan, Borneo. -(WT-en) phma 14:05, 20 Apr 2004 (EDT)
Khanty phrasebook One of the official and indigenous languages of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. It's endangered and therefore should be used by travelers to the region.
Latin phrasebook The official language of the Holy See. It would be both interesting and useful since as far as I know, the ATMs are set to Latin by default there. Xing (talk) 04:58, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that's true, but in any case, there's no reason to speak anything but Italian in the Vatican City, which is simply a neighborhood of Rome. At most, I could see a topic on Latin masses, but if you want to see the text, just do a web search. I would oppose the creation of Latin phrasebook. Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:07, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Ikan Kekek: I must say I'm truly disappointed by the fact that the creation of phrasebook for any language of our world is met with opposition. Not to mention said language is not just currently official in a contemporary European state but had a great influence on the cultures and languages of Europe. Xing (talk) 06:57, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Xing: who is going to use Latin though? A Latin phrasebook is out of scope. No one will use it. Ever. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 08:20, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
In addition to masses, it is used on a lot of monuments. Anyway, the normal phrase list is little use, unless you attend a Latinist conference (we had one in Joensuu, where also all city tourist information was available in Latin), and if you do, you probably know Latin better than that. I don't think an outline Latin phrasebook makes sense, but one with a different set of phrases, or a travel topic, might. However, if created, I think it should be a worthwhile article from start, with a clear scope and vision. –LPfi (talk) 08:24, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Let's not make the mistake with the Sanskrit phrasebook. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:58, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Xing, this is a travel guide. Where is a tourist going to be speaking Latin? As SHB2000 said, it's out of scope. Sanskrit is spoken by over 2,000,000 people. Hardly anyone speaks Latin. Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:31, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Ikan Kekek: Ok. Xing (talk) 13:55, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Latin is spoken by more people, but they aren't fluent speakers like Sanskrit (i.e. more people can speak Latin with words here and there, but less people can speak fluent Latin, while with Sanskrit, it has more fluent speakers, but less speakers who speak a word here and there). SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 13:58, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Knowing how to say "et cetera", "per se", "status quo" and similar expressions that are used in English doesn't make an English-speaker a Latin-speaker in any sense, nor does knowing the words of the Latin mass. Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:53, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's my level of Latin, but I have never studied the language. You can study it in many secondary schools (including mine), and of course at university. I suppose the bulk of "speakers" are those who studied it at school. The main use from our perspective is still to understand masses and inscriptions. –LPfi (talk) 20:44, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

High schools in Australia mostly used to offer Latin, German and some other European language, but now these days they either offer Mandarin, Japanese, Indonesian and sometimes one European language. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 22:19, 9 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Leonese phrasebook There's a celebration in the city of León (Leonese: Llión) called the Leonese Language Day (Día de la Llingua Llïonesa). The date for that celebration varies. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 15:32, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
Libon Bikol A language of Albay Bikol spoken in Libon, Albay, Philippines.
Livonian phrasebook This minority language from Latvia needs respect as it struggled for survival during its hard times. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 22:38, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
Mansi phrasebook One of the official and indigenous languages of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. It's endangered and therefore should be used by travelers to the region.
Mirandese phrasebook
Miraya Bikol phrasebook or Easten Miraya or Daragueno is spoken in the towns of Guinobatan, Camalig, Jovellar, and Daraga in Albay and Donsol and Pilar in Sorsogon.
Nenets phrasebook The official and indigenous language of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. It's still widely used by the Nenets people but is threatened by Russification.
Quiché and Cakchiquel phrasebooks, for traveling to the Mayan areas of Guatemala. (WT-en) phma 15:53, 14 April 2008 (EDT)
Sambal phrasebook: spoken primarily in the Zambal municipalities of Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig, and Iba.
Sardinian phrasebook: The most divergent "dialect" of Italian
Seto phrasebook One of the minority languages of Estonia that need respect. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 22:38, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
Taishanese phrasebook: Language closely related to Cantonese, from Taishan and the surrounding area in Guangdong province, and spoken by many Chinese-Americans. The dog2 (talk) 05:25, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Venetian phrasebook One of the minority languages of Italy that need respect. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 21:49, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
Võro phrasebook One of the minority languages of Estonia that need respect. --(WT-en) CurvyEthyl 22:38, 25 September 2010 (EDT)
Zhuang phrasebook used in Guangxi. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 13:52, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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