How to say "Do you speak English?" in different languages
Planning to make a trip to Turkey? Or, need to know some information about the Liberation War of Bangladesh from a Bangladeshi?
Do you speak English?
Perhaps, this is the most commonly asked first question travelers ask when they go for a trip to a non-English speaking country or when you need to know anything from someone who’s mother tongue is not English . This is the question which can break the language barrier if the response is positive.
Let’s see how you can ask it in different languages.
Afrikaans: Praat U Engels?
Albanian: A flisni anglisht?
Arabic (Moroccan): kat'ref negliziya?
Assamese: Aapuni ingraji bhakha kobo paarene?
Azeri: Siz Ingiliscə danişirsinizmi?
Bengali: Apni Ingreji bolte paren?
Catalan: Que parla anglès?
Chinese (Cantonese): Neih sikm̀hsik gong yìngman a?
Chinese (Hakka): Ngi hiau m hiau det gong in vun
Corsican: Parlate Inglese?
Czech: Mluvíte anglicky?
Esperanto: Ĉu vi parolas la anglan?
Fijian: O(ni) vosa vakavalagi?
Frisian (North): Koost dü Aingelsch?
Friulian: Fevelistu angles?
French: Parlez vous anglais?
Galician: ¿Fala inglés?
German: Sprechen Sie Englisch?
Greek (Modern): Milate anglika ?
Greenlandic: Tuluttut oqalusinnaavit?
Haitian Creole: Eske ou pale angle?
Hausa: Ka na jin harshen turanci kuwa?
Hindi: Keya ap angrezi bolte hain?
Indonesian: Dapatkah anda berbicara bahasa inggris?
Japanese: Eigo wa dekimasu ka?
Khmer: Niak jeh phiasaa awngle te?
Kinyarwanda: Uvuga icyongereza?
Lao: Jao paak phaasaa a̖ngkít dai baw?
Papiamento: Bo por papia Ingles?
Punjabi: Tusi angreji bolde ho?
Quechua: Inlista rimankichu?
Romanian: Vorbiți engleza?
Romansh: Discurras ti englais?
Samoan: E te iloa tautala fa'aIgilisi?
Sardinian: Faeddas s'inglesu?
Sesotho: O a bua Senyesemane? Na o a bua Senyesemane?
Sicilian: Parra inglisi?
Sinhala: Oba ingreesi kathaa karanavadha?
Somali: Ingriis miyaad ku hadashaa?
Spanish: ¿Habla Usted ingles?
Swahili: Unazungumza kiingereza?
Tahitian: Ua ite oe i te parau Marite?
Telugu: Meeru nuvvu aanglam aangla bhasha matladagalara va?
Thai: Kun poot paa-saa ang-grìt reu bplao?
Tigrinya: Englizgna Tzarebdo?
Tongan: ‘Oku ke lava ‘o lea faka-palangi?
Turkish: Ingilizce konusuyor musun?
Tuvaluan: Koe e faipati faka-'Palagi?
Voro: Kas sa konolot inglüse kiilt?
Wolof: Ndax degg nga angale?
Yucatec Maya: Teeche' a tsiikbal ingles?
Zazaki: To Englezki zanena?
Zulu: Ukhuluma isiNgisi na?