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Afrikaans (South Africa)                   Ek verstaan nie
Afrikaans (South Africa)                   Ek begryp jou nie
Ainu [Saru dialect] (Japan)                Kerampewtek
Akha (China, Southeast Asia)               Nga ma g'o shaw nya nya
Aklanon (Philippines)                      Indi ako ka-intyende
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Unë nuk kuptoj
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Nuk kuptoj
Albanian (Albania, Yugoslavia)             Nuk mar vesh
Altai (Russia)                             Men oñdoboy jadïm
Amharic (Ethiopia, Israel, Egypt)          Algebanyëm
[Anisinaabe, see Ojibwe]
Apache (Arizona USA)                       Doo nidists'ad da
Arabic (Middle East, North Africa)         Ma afham
Arabic (Middle East, North Africa)         'Ana laa 'afham
Arabic (Syria)                             Maa fhamt aleek
Arabic (Egypt) [by man]                    Mosh fahem
Arabic (Egypt) [by woman]                  Mosh fahmah
Arabic (Egypt)                             Ana mish faahem
Arabic (Morocco)                           Ma ke nifhimsh
Arabic (North Africa)                      Me nifhemsh
Aragonese (Aragon Spain)                   No repleco
Arberesh (Italy)                           Ngë dëlgonj
Arberesh (Italy)                           Nëng dëlgonj
Armenian (Armenia, Russia, Middle East)    Chem huskenur
Armenian (Armenia, Russia, Middle East)    Yes chem huskenur
Armenian [Eastern] (Armenia)               Chem haskanum
Aromunian (Greece, Balkans)                Nu ti acachisescu
Asante (Ghana)                             Menté asé
Assyrian [Eastern Assyrian] (Middle East)  Len barmoya
Asturian (Spain)                           Nun pescancio
Ateso (Uganda)                             Mam ajeni
Aymará (Bolivia, Peru, Chile)              Janiu entindkti
Azerbaijani (Azerbaijan, Iran)             Basa dusmuyuraem
Azerbaijani [Azeri] (Azerbaijan, Iran)     Basha düshmædim
[Azeri, see Azerbaijani]
[Aztec, see Náhuatl]

[Bangla, see Bengali]
[Basa Sunda, see Sundanese]
Bashkir (Russia)                           Min hezze anjlamayim
Basque (Spain, France)                     Ez dut ulertzen
Basque (Spain, France)                     Ez dut urlutzen
Basque [Viscayan] (Spain)                  Ez deet konprenizen
Batak (Indonesia, Sumatra, Philippines     Ndang hu boto
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Nie razumieju
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Ja nie razumiéju
Belorussian (Belarus)                      Ja nie razumu
Bengali (Bangladesh, India)                Bujhte parlam na
Bengali (Bangladesh, India)                Ami buzhlam na
Bengali (Bangladesh, India)                Ami bujhi na 
Bengali (Bangladesh, India)                Bujhi na
[Bisayan, see Visayan]
Bislama (Vanuatu)                          Mi no save
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Ne razumijem
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Ne kontam
Bosnian (Bosnia and Hercegovina)           Ne kopcam
Breton (Brittany France)                   Ne gomprenan ket
Brigidian (western Ireland)                Mwon undershtanden notes
Bukusu (Mt. Elgon Kenya)                   Senaulile tawe
Bulgarian (Bulgaria)                       Ne razbiram
Burmese (Myanmar)                          Na male ba bu
Burushaski (Northern Pakistan)             Jaa asulo apaljila
Burushaski [Nager Dialect] (N Pakistan)    Oodayalam
[Byelorussian, see Belorussian]

[Cambodian, see Khmer]
Cantonese [Chinese] (China)                M-ming bak
Cantonese [Chinese] (China)                Ngoh m-ming
Cantonese [Chinese] (China)                Ngoh m-ming bak
Cassubian (Northweast Poland)              Nie rozmiejã
Cassubian (Northweast Poland)              Jô nie rozmiejã
Catalan (Andorra, France, Spain)           No ho entenc
Catalan (Andorra, France, Spain)           No l'entenc
[Cebuano, see Visayan]
Chamorro (Guam)                            Ti hu komprende
Chechen (North Caucasus)                   So tsa qita
Chechen (North Caucasus)                   So ca qiet
Chechen (North Caucasus)                   So tsa qitti Hox ah boxchux
Cherokee [Tsalagi] (North America)         Tla-i-go-li-ga
[Chinese, see dialects: Cantonese, Hoi San, Hokkien and Mandarin]
Chinook Jargon (Northwest USA & Canada)    Weyk nayka kEmtEks
Chinyanja (Africa)                         Sindinamve
Chishona (Zimbabwe)                        Handina kuzvinzwa
[Chippewa, see Ojibwe]
Choctaw (Oklahoma United States)           Ak akostinincho	
Chuvash (Russia)                           Ep sire anganmastap
[Conibo, see Shipibo]
Cornish (Britain) [modern]                 Na ellam convethas
Cornish (Britain)                          Ny wonn konvedhes
Corsican (Corsica)                         Ùn capiscu micca
Cree (Canada)                              Mola ninisitohten
[Creole (Haiti), see Kweyol]
[Creole (Seychelles), see Seselwa]
Croatian (Croatia, Bosnia)                 Ne razumijem
Croatian (Croatia, Bosnia)                 Ne kuzim
Costanoan [Mutsun] (California USA)        Namti
Costanoan [Mutsun] (California USA)        Namit
Czech (Czech Republic)                     Nerozumím

Dagaare (Ghana, Burkina Faso)              N ba wono'a
Dagaare (Ghana, Burkina Faso)              N ba wong a pare 
Dagaare (Ghana, Burkina Faso)              N ba bang a muni 
Danish (Danish, Greenland)                 Jeg forstår ikke
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia)               Au ka uhinef 
Dawan (West Timor Indonesia)               Au ka uhinfa
[Delaware, see Lenape]
Dhivehi (Maldives)                         Aharennahkah neingunu
Dusun (Sabah Malaysia)                     Au ku karati
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium)               Ik begrijp het niet
Dutch (Neth., Bel)[I don't understand you] Ik begrijp u niet
Dutch (Netherlands) [informal]             Ik begrijp je niet 
Dutch (Netherlands)[don't understand you]  Ik begrijp het niet
Dutch (Netherlands, Belgium) [don't hear]  Ik versta u niet
Dutch (Netherlands) [I don't hear you]     Ik versta je niet
Dutch (Netherlands) [I don't hear you]     Ik versta het niet
Dyula (Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali)  Né ta mé

Ekegusii (Kenya)                           Tinkari koigua
English (America, Australia, UK)           I don't understand
English (America, Australia, UK)           I do not understand
English [Strine dialect] (Australia)       Oddo nunnerstairn
English [Texan] (Texas United States)      What'd ya say?
English [Michigan slang] (Michigan USA)    I don't get it, come again?
[Eskimo, see Inuttut]
Esperanto (international use)              Mi ne komprenas
Estonian (Estonia)                         Ma ei saa aru
Estonian (Estonia)                         Mina ei saa aru
[Euskara, see Basque]

Faroese (Faroe Islands)                    Eg skilji ikki
Farsi (Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan)      Man nemefahmam
Farsi (Iran)                               Man nemifahmam
Fijian (Fiji)                              E sega ni macala
[Filipino, see Tagalog and Visayan]
Finnish (Finland)                          En ymmärrä
Finnish (Finland)                          Minä en ymmärrä
[Flemish, see Dutch (Belgium)]
French (France, Africa, America)           Je ne comprends pas
French (Canada) [in spoken language]       J'comprends pas
Frisian (Netherlands)[don't underst. it]   Ik begryp it net
Frisian (Netherlands)[don't underst. you]  Ik begryp Jo net
Frisian (Netherlands)                      Ik begryp net  
Friulian (Italy)                           No capìs
Fulani (West Africa)                       Mi faamaani
Fulani (West Africa)                       Mi famata
Fulani (West Africa)                       Mi nanali
Fulani [Pular] (West Africa)               Mi nanali

Gagauz (Moldova)                           Ban sizi annamerym
Galician (Spain)                           Nom entendo
Ganu (Malaysia)                            Ämbe dok pahang lasung
Georgian [Kartuli] (Georgia)               Ar mes-mis
Georgian [Kartuli] (Georgia)               Ver gavige
German (Cent. Europe) [don't underst. you] Ich verstehe Sie nicht
German (Cent. Europe) [don't underst.this] Ich verstehe das nicht
German (Zurich Switzerland) [spoken lan.]  Verschtan i noed
German (Zurich Switzerland) [spoken lan.]  Chumme noed druus
German (Zurich Switzerland) [spoken lan.]  Ich verstahn a kchas wort
German [Südhessisch] (Germany)               Isch verschdehe nedd
Greek [Hellenic] (Greece, Cyprus)          Then katalaveno
[Greenlandic, see Inuttut]
Griko (Salento Italy)                      E' nnoo'
Guarani (Paraguay)                         Ndaikuaái la ereséva
Gujarati (Gujarat State, India)            Samajjh nathii paRhe chhe
Gujarati (Gujarat State, India)            Hun samjyo nahin

Hakka (China, Malaysia)                    Ngai mm ming pakh
Hausa (West Africa)                        Ban gane ba
Hawaiian (Hawaii)                          'A 'ole maopopo ia'u
Hebrew (Israel) (said by men)              Ani lo mevin
Hebrew (Israel) (said by women)            Ani lo mevina
[Hellenic, see Greek]
Hindi (India, East Asia)                   Meri samajh mein nahin aya
Hindi (India, East Asia)                   Meri samajh mein nahin aati hai
Hindi (India, East Asia)                   Mai nahii samajhataa hu
Hindi (India, East Asia) [by men]          Mai nahii samaja hu
Hindi (India, East Asia) [by women]        Mai nahii samajhti hu
Hmong Daw (Laos, Thailand)                  Kuv tsis to-taub
Hmong Daw (Laos, Thailand)                 Kuv tsis meej pem li
Hmong Njua (Laos, Thailand)                Kuv tsis to-taub
Hñähñu (Mexico)                            Hin di pädi te gi mä
Hoi San (China)                            Ngoi m i tui
Hokkien [Chinese] (Singapore, Indonesia)   Wa buay meng bei
Hokkien [Chinese] (Singapore, Indonesia)   Wa buay hiao tia
Hokkien [Chinese] (Taiwan) [what you hear] Goa thia-bo
Hokkien [Chinese] (Taiwan) [what you see]  Goa khao-bo
Hungarian [Magyar] (Hungary)               Nem értem

Icelandic (Iceland)                        Ég skil ekki
Icetot (Uganda)                            Nta nesibi
[Ik, see Icetot]
Ilokano [Ilocano] (Philippines)            Diac maawatan
Ilokano [Ilocano] (Philippines)            Dico maawatan
Ilokano [Ilocano] (Philippines)            Saanco maawatan
Ilonggo (Philippines)                      Wala ko makasabot
Indonesian (Indonesia, Suriname)           Saya tidak mengerti
Indonesian (Indonesia, Suriname)           Saya tidak tahu
Indonesian (Indonesia) [informal]          Saya nggak ngerti
Indonesian (Indonesia) [informal]          Gua kagak ngerti
Interlingua (constructed)                  Io non intende
Interlingua (constructed)                  Io non comprende
Inuktitut (Canada)                         Tukisinngittung
Inuktitut (Alaska)                         Kangiqsinngitchunga
Inuttut [Greenlandic] (Greenland)          Paasinngilara
Inuttut (Greenland)[don't understand you]  Paasinngillakkit
Irish Gaelic (Ireland)                     Ní thuigim
Italian (Central Europe, E Africa)         Non capisco
Itbayaten (Batanes Philippines)            Maintindi ko alih
Ivasayen (Batanes Philippines)             Maintindi ko ava

Japanese (Japan)                           Wakarimasen
Japanese (Japan) [polite]                  Wakaranai desu
Japanese (Japan) [informal spoken]         Wakaranai
Japanese (Japan) [informal spoken]         Wakannai
Japanese (Japan) [informal spoken]         Wakannee
Japanese (Japan) [informal spoken]         Wakaran
Japanese [Kansai Ben](Kansai, Osaka Japan) Wakarahen
Japanese [Kansai Ben](Kansai, Osaka Japan) Wakarehen
Japanese [Kansai Ben](Kansai, Osaka Japan) Wakaran
Javanese (Indonesia)                       Kula mboten magertos
Jèrriais (Jersey)                          Jé n'comprends pon

Kabuverdianu (Cape Verde)                  N ka ta konprende
Kadazan (Sabah Malaysia)                   Au zou kalati
Kalmyk (Russia)                            Nand medgdkhzh
Kanjobal [Q'anjob'al] (Guatemala)          K'am chi wab'
Kannada (India)                            Nanage thiliyadu
Karaim (Trakai Lithuania)                  Mien sizni anlamym
Karelian (Finland, Russia)                 Minä en ellendä
[Kartuli, see Georgian]
Kazakh (Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China)   Tusinbeymin
Kazakh (Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China)   Tüsindim
Kekchi (Guatemala)                         Ink'a xintaw ru
Khakas (Russia)                            Ongnabincham
Khakas (Russia)                            Ongarylbincham
Khakas (Russia)                            Pil polbincham
Khmer [Cambodian] (Cambodia)               Kh'nyohm muhn yuhl te
Khmer [Cambodian] (Cambodia)               Kh'nyohm s'dap baan
Khmer [Cambodian] (Cambodia)               Kh'nyohm s'dap min baan tee
Khowar (India)                             Khush no komam
Kikamba (Tanzania)                         Ndekeulewea
Kikongo (Congo, Angola)                    Mukena kubakusa ve
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)                       Sinumva
Kipsigis (Kenya)                           Maaguiye
Kipsigis (Kenya)                           Maagase
Kirgiz (Kyrgyzstan)                        Men tüshümböy jatamyn
Kirgiz (Kyrgyzstan)                        Tüshünbödüm
Kirundi (Burundi)                          Sinumva
Kisanga (Bunkeya Congo-Kinshasa)           Kenshi nateleka
Kiswahili [Swahili] (Africa)               Sifahamu
Kiswahili [Swahili] (Africa)               Sielewi
Komi-Permyak (Russia)                      Me tiyanös og vezhört
Komi-Zyryan (Russia)                       Me tiyanös og gögörvo
Konkani [Konknni] (India)                  Makka kalna
Konkani [Konknni] (India)                  Makka kalni
Konkani [Konknni] (India)                  Mhaka kay samzona na
Konkani [Konknni] (Goa India)              Maka somzona
Korean (Korea)                             Morugessumnida
Korean (Korea)                             Jal morugessumnida
Korean (Korea) [formal polite]             Jonun ihe haji mot-hagesseumnida
Korean (Korea) [informal]                  Mollayo
Korean (Korea) [very informal]             Molla
Kuna (Panama)                              Aku ittoe
Kurdish (Middle East)                      Ez nenagihem
Kwanyama (Angola, Namibia)                 Kandiuditeko
Kweyol (Haiti)                             M pa ka konprann
Kweyol (Haiti)                             Mwen pa konprann

Ladakhi (India)                            Hamago
Ladin (Italy) [I don't understand you]     Me ntënde nia
Lahu (China, Southeast Asia)               Na ma g'a
Lakhota (North America)                    Owakagnige shni
Lakhota (North America)                    Ota owaka kni ke 'sni
Lao (Laos)                                 Baw khào jai
Lao (Laos)[forgive me, I don't understand] Khaw thoht, khawy ban khao 
[Lappish, see Sami]
Latin (Vatican, Ancient Rome)              Non intellego
Latvian (Latvia)                           Es nesaprotu
Lenape [Delaware] (United States)          Ku kpëndulu 
Lingala (Congo, Angola)                    Nayókí té
Lingala (Congo, Angola)                    Nayókí yoté
Lisu (Thailand)                            Ngua na naq mat meir
Lithuanian (Lithuania)                     Aš nesuprantu
Lithuanian (Lithuania)                     Nesuprantu
Lithuanian (Lithuania)                     Nesupratau
Lithuanian (Lithuania)                     Aš Jusu nesuprantu
Lithuanian (Lithuania) [informal singular] Aš taves nesuprantu
Livonian (Latvia)                          Äb so arut
Livonian (Latvia)                          Äb moist
Livonian (Latvia)                          Ma äb so aru
Livonian (Latvia) [I don't understand you] Ma äb so aru tedi
Low German (Germany)                       Wat meenst du?
Low German (Germany) [extremely polite]    War meent se?
Luganda (Uganda)                           Ssitegeera
Lunyankole (South Uganda)                  Tinacenga
Lunyoro (West Uganda)                      Tinkengere
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg)                 Ech verstinn nët
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg)                 Ech begräifen nët
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg)                 Ech kapéieren nët
Luxembourgish (Luxembourg)                 Ech verstin iech nët

Macedonian (Macedonia)                     Jas ne razbiram
Macedonian (Macedonia)[don't underst. you] Ne Ve razbiram
[Magyar, see Hungarian]
Malagasy (Madagascar)                      Tsy azoko
Malay (Malaysia, Brunei)                   Saya tidak faham
Malay (Malaysia, Brunei)                   Saya tidak mengerti
Maltese (Malta)                            Ma nifhimx
Mam (Guatemala)                            Min nel
Mam (Guatemala)                            Min nel níka tij
Mam (Guatemala)                            Nel níya tij
Mandarin [Chinese] (China) [what you hear] Wo ting bu dong
Mandarin [Chinese] (China) [what you see]  Wo kan bu dong
Mandarin [Chinese] (China) [concept]       Wo bu dong
Mandinka (West Africa)                     Mmaa kalamuta
Mandinka (West Africa)                     Mmaa fahaam
Manx (Isle of Man Britain)                 Cha noddym toiggal oo
Manx (Isle of Man Britain)                 Cha nel mee toiggal
Maori (New Zealand)                        Kahore ahau e mohio ana ki to korereo
Mari (Russia)                              Myi tendam om umylo
Marshallese (Marshal Islands)              Ijjab melele
Mashi (Bukavu Congo-Kinshasa)              Ntayunvirhi
[Mayan, see Kanjobal, Tzotzil and Yucatec]
Mazahua (Mexico)                           Dya ri panra pje na xitsi
[Miao, see Hmong]
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Yie mv bieqc hnyiouv
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Yie mv mengh baeqc
Mien [Yao] (Laos, Thailand)                Yie mv hiuv
Minangkabau (West Sumatra Indonesia)       Ambo indak mangarati
Mixtec (Santa Catarina Estetla Mexico)     A tu xini
Mixtec (Xicayán Mexico)                    Kundáni yúu
Monegasque (Monaco)                        Nun capisciu
Mongolian (Mongolia)                       Bi oilgokhgüi baina
Mòoré (Burkina Faso)                       Mam ka woomda ye
Mordvin (Russia)                           Mon tynk a charkodyan
Morisyen (Mauritius)                       Mo pas comprend

Náhuatl [Aztec] (Mexico, El Salvador]      Ahmo nicahciquimati
Náhuatl [Aztec] (Guerrero Mexico)          Xnihkaki
Náhuatl (Guerrero Mex.) [understand it]    Xnikasikämati
Nandi (Kenya)                              Maagase
Nandi (Kenya)                              Maaguiye
Nenets (Russia)                            Man' sit nidm' khamadambyu'
Nepali (Nepal, Bhutan)                     Maile bujhdain
Newari (India, Nepal)                      Ma-thu
Nigerian Pidgin (Nigeria)                  A nor understand
Norwegian [Bokmaal] (Norway)               Jeg forstår ikke
Norwegian [Bokmaal] (Norway)               Jeg skjønner ikke
Norwegian [Nynorsk] (Norway)               Eg forstår ikkje
Norwegian [Nynorsk] (Norway)               Eg skjønar ikkje
Norwegian [Sortlandsk] (Sortland Norway)   Ae førrstår ikkje

[Occitan, see Provencal]
Ojibwe [Anishinaabe, Chippewa] [N America] Gaawiin ninisidotanziin
Osage (North America)                      A'-non-bthin
Otetela (Lodja Congo-Kinshasa)             Dimi haloke

Paipai (Southern California USA)           Ya...?e?evtem
Paipai (Southern California USA)           ...shpotem
Pashto (Pakistan, Afghanistan)             Ze ne pohigam
[Persian, see Farsi]
[Pidgin English, see Nigerian Pidgin, Pijin and Tok Pisin]
Pijin (Solomon Islands)                    Mi no savy
Polish (Poland)                            Nie rozumiem
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)              Não compreendo
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)              Não entendo
Provencal [Occitan] (France)               Compreni pas
[Pular, see Fulani]
Punjabi (India, Pakistan)                  Mehnu samajh nehi ahndi

[Q'anjob'al, see Kanjobal]
Quechua (Cuzco and Ayacucho Peru)          Simisniykita mana jap'inichu
Quechua [Runasimi] (Ayacucho Peru)         Palawrasniykita mana jap'inichu
Quechua [Runasimi] (Cusco Peru)            Mana intindini
Quechua [Runasimi] (Peru, Bolivia)         Mana japikkana
Quiché (Guatemala)                           Man cuch'obo taj
Quichua [Runa Shimi] (Ecuador)             Mana japinichu
Quichua [Runa Shimi] (Ecuador)             Mana umapi japinichu
Quichua [Runa Shimi] (Ecuador)             Na intindinichu
Quichua [Runashimi] (Napo River Ecuador)   Mana uyanichu

Romani [Gypsy] (central Europe)            Chi hacharav
Romanian (Romania)                         Nu înteleg
Romanian (Romania) [don't understand you]  Nu va înteleg
Romansch (Swizterland) [don't unders. you] Jau n'enclegel betg
[Runasimi, see Quechua]
Russian (Russia) [transcripted]            Ya ne ponimayu
Russian (Russia) [spoken]                  Nye panimay

Sami [Lappish] (northern Scandinavia)      Mun in ádde 
Sami [Lappish] (northern Scandnavia)       Mon in ipmir
Sami [Lappish] (northern Scandnavia)       Mun in ibmerean
Sardinian (Italy) [don't understand you]   Non lu cumprendo
Sarnami (Suriname, Holland)                Na samjhila
Sarnami (Suriname, Holland)                Ham na samjhila
Savonian (Ylä-Savo Finland)                Mittee?
Scots [Ulster Scots] (Northern Ireland)    A daena lift you
Scottish Gaelic [I don't understand you]   Chan eil mi 'gad thuigsinn
Scottish Gaelic [I don't understand it]    Chan eil mi ga thuigsinn
Sepedi (South Africa)                      Ga ke kwisise
Serbian (Bosnia, Yugoslavia)               Ja ne razumem
Serrere (Senegal, Gambia)                  A dime ké la
Seselwa [Seychelles Creole] (Seychelles)   Mon pa konpran
Sesotho (Lesotho, South Africa)            Ha ke utlwisise
Sesotho (Lesotho, South Africa)            Ha ke o utlwisisi
Setswana (Botswana, South Africa)          Ga ke tlhaloganye
Setswana (Botswana, South Africa)          Ga ke itse o re eng 
Setu (Southern Estonia)                    Ma ei saa är
Shelta (USA, Ireland) [old;no longer used] Mweel shang suba
Sherpa [Helambu] (Nepal, Tibet)            Nga ha me ko
Sherpa [Solu] (Nepal, Tibet)               Nge ha rang mago
Shimasiwa (Comoros)                        Ntsu elewa
Shina (India, Central Asia)                Mei hir nawato
Shina (India, Central Asia)                Ma neh parudus
Shipibo (Peru)                             En nincáyamai
Shipibo (Peru)                             Enra mia nincáyamai
[Shona, see Chishona]
Shor (Russia)                              Men oñnap polbaancham
Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)                      Mata therennay nehe
Siswati [Swazi] (Swaziland)                Angiva
Slovak (Slovakia)                          Nerozumiem
Slovenian (Slovenia)                       Ne razumem
Somali (Somalia, Ethiopia)                 Maan fahmin
Sorbian (eastern Germany)                  Ja njerozumju
Spanish (Spain, America)                   Yo no entiendo
Spanish (Spain, America)                   No comprendo
Sundanese [Basa Sunda] (Indonesia)         Teu ngartos
[Swahili, see Kiswahili]
Swedish (Sweden, Finland)                  Jag förstår inte

Tagalog (Philippines)                      Hindi ko maintindihan kayo
Tagalog (Philippines)                      Hindi ko maitindihan
Tagalog (Philippines)                      Hindi ko naiintindihan
Tahitian (Tahiti)                          Aita 'au i ta'a
Tajik (Tajikstan)                          Man manefakhmam
Tamasheq (Mali, Burkina Faso)              War agregh
Tamil (India, Southeast Asia)              Puriyillai
Tamil (India, Southeast Asia)              Enakku puriyavillai
Tamil (India, Southeast Asia)              Yenaka theriyaad
Tarawan (Oceania)                          Tiakî igínago
Tatar (Russia)                             Min anglamin
Telugu (India)                             Naaku teleedu
Telugu (India)                             Naaku artham kaadu
Tetum (East Timor)                         Ha'u la hatene
Tetum (East Timor)                         Ha'u la konprende
[Teuso, see Icetot]
Thai (Thailand) [said by men]              Phom mai khao jai 
Thai (Thailand) [said by women]            Dichan mai khao jai
Thai (Thailand) [said by men]              Khaw thoht phom mai khao jai
Thai (Thailand) [said by women]            Khaw thoht diichan mai khao jai
Thai (Thailand)                            Chan mai kao jai
Tibetan (Tibet, China)                     Ha ko-masong
Tibetan (Tibet, China)                     Ngey shey masong
Tigrinya (Ethiopia, Eritrea)               Aytereda'akhun
Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea)               Mi no savy
Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea)               Mi no klia gut
Tongan (Tonga Pacific Islands)             'Oku 'ikai mahino kiate au
Tschiluba (Kasai Occidental Region, Zaire) Tchena mu mane to tschiluba
Tswana (Botswana, South Africa)            Ga ke tlhaloganye
Tukang Besi (Indonesia)                    Mbeaka kudahani
Tulu (India)                               Yenku arthaa aapuri
Tulu (India)                               Yenku arthaa aathijji
Tupi (Amazonas Brazil)                     Ihe n-a-kwaw-i
Tupi [ancient] (Amazonas Brazil)           Ixe n-a-kuaba-i
Turkish (Turkey, Northern Cyprus)          Anlamiyorum
Turkmen (Turkmenistan)                     Men dushenamok
Turkmen (Turkmenistan)                     Men düshünemok
Tuscarora (New York USA, Ontario Canada)   Deh-eh'k-dee-keh-rah-yeah-nah
Tuvan (Russia)                             Men bilbeyn tur men
Tzotzil (Chiapas Mexico)                   Mu xka'i

Udmurt (Russia)                            Mynym valantem
Udmurt (Russia) [I don't understand you]   Mon tiledyz ug valasky
Ukrainian (Ukraine)                        Ya ne razumiyu
Ulwa (Nicaragua)                           Kang lâwasing
Urdu (Pakistan, India) (by men)            Main nahin samjha 
Urdu (Pakistan, India) (by women)          Main nahin samjhi
Urdu (Pakistan, India)                     MeiN samajjhtaa nahiiN
Ute (Colorado and Utah USA)                Kanükaiwa
Uyghur (Central Asia)                      Chüshänmaymän
Uyghur (Central Asia)                      Chuüshänmidim
Uzbek (Uzbekistan)                         Men tushunmayapman

Veps (Russia)                              Minä en el'genda
Veps (Russia) [I don't understand you]     Minä sindai en el'genda
Vietnamese (Vietnam)                       Tôi không hiểu
Visayan [Cebuano] (Philippines)            Wala ako makasabot
[Vlaams, see Dutch (Belgium)]
Votic (Russia)                             En arvu

Wakhi (Central Asia)                       Majeh neh disht
Wakhi (Central Asia)                       Mazhe malum tei nahst
Wali (Northern Ghana)                      M ba bang ye
Welsh (Wales)                              Dydw i ddim yn deall
Wolof (West Africa)                        Xamuma
Wolof (West Africa)                        Degguma
Wolof (West Africa)                        Ham muma 
Wolof (West Africa)                        Munu maa ham linga wah 

Xhosa (South Africa)                       Andigondi
Xhosa (South Africa)                       Andigondi kakuhle
Xhosa (South Africa)                       Andiva

[Yao, see Mien}
Yiddish (central Europe)                   Ikh farshtey nisht
Yiddish (central Europe)                   Ikh vishtain nit
Yiddish (central Europe)                   Ikh veys nit
Yiddish (central Europe)                   Ikh veys nikht
Yoruba (Nigeria, West Africa)              Kò yé mi
Yoruba (Nigeria, West Africa)              N ko mo
Yucatec (Yucatán México)                   Min na'atik
Yupik (Alaska USA)                         Nallo gaa

Zapotec (Juchitan Mexico)                  Que riene
Zapotec (Yatzachi Mexico)                  Bito chejni'ida
Zarma (Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso)       Ai si wani
Zarma (Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso)       Ai si ma chini
Zulu (Southern Africa)                     Angizwa
Zulu (Southern Africa)                     Angiqondi

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