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| Language | Call the police! |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bel die polisie! |
| Albanian (Gheg) | Thirrêni policijën! |
| Albanian (Tosk) | Thirrni policinë! |
| Aleut | Puulitxsiyam hiilaĝal! |
| Aklan | Tawag it pulis! |
| Alsatian | Röff d'Polizei! |
| Altay | Милиция кычыр! (Milicija kıčır!) |
| Amharic | ፖሊስ ጥራ። (polis ṭərra!) >m ፖሊስ ጥሪ ። (polis ṭərri!) >f ፖሊስ ጥሩ ። (polis ṭərru!) - pl |
| Arabic (Egyptian) |
إتّصل بالبوليس! (itaṣṣal bil bulees) |
| Arabic (Lebanese) |
Tlob el bolis |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) |
(Iṭṭasil bish-shurṭah) اتصل بالشرطة! |
| Arabic (Moroccan) |
(ʿayyeṭ ʿla lbūlīs) عيط علي البوليس! |
| Armenian (Eastern) |
Ոստիկան կանչե'ք: (Vostikan kanchek’) |
| Aragonese | Grita a la policía! (inf) Grite a la policía! (frm) |
| Armenian (Western) |
Ոստիկանին կանչէ՛: (Vosdeeganeen ganche) |
| Assamese | আৰক্ষীক ফোন কৰক! (arôkhyik fûn/phûn kôrôk!) - frm পুলিচক ফোন কৰক! (pulisôk fûn/phûn kôrôk!) - frm আৰক্ষীক ফোন কৰা! (arôkhyik fûn/phûn kôra!) - inf পুলিচক ফোন কৰা! (pulisôk fûn/phûn kôra!) - inf |
| Asturian | ¡Llama a la policía! |
| Azerbaijani | Polis çağırın |
| Basque | Deitu poliziari! |
| Bavarian | Ruaf d'bolizai! (inf) |
| Belarusian | Выклікайце міліцыю! (Vyklikajće milicyju!) |
| Bemba | Iteni ba kapokola! Iteni ba Police! |
| Bengali | পুলিশকে ডাকুন। (Pulishke ḍakun) |
| Bhojpuri | पुलिस को बुलाव (pulis ko bulaava!) |
| Bikol | Umapód ka nin pulis! |
| Bosnian | Pozovite policiju! |
| Breton | Galv ar polis ! Galv an archerien ! Galv paotred Mari Robin! |
| Bulgarian | Извикайте полицията! (Izvikajte policijata!) frm Повикайте полицията! (Povikajte policijata!) frm Позвънете на полицията! (Pozvãnete na policijata!) frm Извикай полицията! (Izvikaj policijata!) inf Повикай полицията! (Povikaj policijata!) inf Позвъни на полицията! (Pozvãni na policijata!) inf |
| Burmese | ရဲကိုခေါ်ပါ! (rell ko hkaw par!) |
| Catalan | Crida la policia! Truca la policia! |
| Cebuano | Tawaga ang pulis! Panawag og pulis! |
| Central Dusun | Lohowo pulis! Polohowo pulis! |
| Chabacano de Cavite | Llama cun el pulis! |
| Chabacano de Zamboanga | Llama con el policia! |
| Chamorro (Guam dialect) |
Ågang i polisia! |
| Chamorro (North Marianas dialect) |
Agang I polisia! |
| Chichewa | Itanani a police! |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
叫警察! (giu gíngchaat) 報警! (bou gíng) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
叫警察! (jiào jǐngchá) |
| Chinese (Shanghainese) |
叫警察了! (Jiu jingchat le!) |
| Chinese (Taiwanese) |
叫警察! (kiò kéng-chhat) |
| Coastal Kadazan | Pohoovon pulis! |
| Cornish | Gelwel orth an kreslu! |
| Corsican | Chiamate a puliza! |
| Croatian | Pozovite policiju! |
| Cuyonon | Pagtawag i' polis! |
| Czech | Zavolejte policii! (frm) Zavolej policii! (inf) |
| Danish | Ring efter politiet! |
| Dari | (Ba polis telefon bazanêd!) به پلیس تلفن بزنید! |
| Dutch | Bel de politie! Haal de politie! Roep de politie! Bell 112! |
| Efik | Kot borisi! |
| Elfdalian | Rindj polisn! |
| Estonian | Kutsuge politsei! |
| Ewe | Yↄ kpovi tↄ wo! |
| Extremaduran | Llama la policía! (inf) Llami la policía! (frm) |
| Faroese | Ringið eftir løgregluni! |
| Fijian | Qirita na ovisa! |
| Finnish | Soittakaa poliisille! Soittakaa poliisi! |
| Flemish (West) | Belt te polisie! |
| French | Appelez la police ! (frm) Appelle la police ! (inf) |
| Frisian (North - Mooring) | Teel e politii! |
| Frisian (West) | Belle de plysje! Rop de plysje! |
| Friulian | Clame la polizìe! |
| Galician | Chama á policía! |
| Gascon | Aperats la poliça ! |
| Georgian | პოლიცია გამოიძახეთ! (ṗ'olitsia gamoidzakhet!) პოლიცია გამოიძახე! (ṗ'olitsia gamoidzakhe!) |
| German | Ruf die Polizei! (inf) Rufen Sie die Polizei! (frm) |
| Greek (Modern) | Καλέστε την αστυνομία! (Kaléste tin astynomía!) - frm Κάλεσε την αστυνομία! (Kálese tin astynomía!) - inf |
| Greenlandic | Politiimik kalerriigitsi! Politiinut sianerit/tsi! |
| Guaraní | Ehenói tahachípe! |
| Gujarati | પોલીશ ને બોલાવો (police ne bolavo!) |
| Haitian Creole | Rele la polis! |
| Hausa | Kira yan sanda! |
| Hebrew | הזעיקו משטרה! (Haz-iku mishtarah!) |
| Hindi | पुलिस की बुलाओ! (pulis ko bulāo!) |
| Hmong (White) | Tso tseg |
| Hungarian | Hívja azonnal a rendőrséget! |
| Icelandic | Náið í lögregluna! |
| Igbo | Kpọọ ndị uwe ojii! |
| Iloko | Awaganyo ti pulis! |
| Indonesian | Panggil polisi! |
| Inuktitut | ᐳᑭᖅᑕ ᓖ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ (Pukiqtaliit hivanirlugit!) ᐳᓖᓯ ᓯᕙᓂᕐᒋᑦ (Puliisi sivanirlugit!) |
| Iñupiaq | Tuqłuġlugich puliisat/aikł̣iksuqti! |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Glaoigh ar na gardaí! Cuir fios ar na gardaí! |
| Italian | Chiama la polizia! (inf) Chiami la polizia! (frm/sg) Chiamate la polizia! (inf) Chiamino la polizia! (frm/pl) |
| Jamaican | Call di police! |
| Japanese | 警察を呼んでください! (keisatsu o yonde kudasai!) |
| Javanese | ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦁꦤꦥꦸꦭꦶꦱꦶ! (Undangna polisi!) (Kromo Inggil) ꦲꦸꦤ꧀ꦢꦁꦤꦥꦸꦭꦶꦱꦶ! (Undangna polisi!) (Ngoko) |
| Kalmyk | Цагдад дуудтн! (Tsagdad duudtn!) |
| Kannada | ಪೊಲೀಸ್ಗೆ ಕರೆ ಮಾಡಿ (poleesge kare maadi!) ಪೊಲೀಸ್ಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿ (poleesge tilisu!) |
| Kashmiri | बुलॅाविव पुलीस! (buleūviv pulees!) |
| Kazakh | Полицияны шақырыңыз! (Polïcïyanı şaqırıñız!) |
| Khmer | ជួយហៅប៉ូលិសមក! (chuŏy hau bolĭsâ môk!) |
| Khoekhoe (Nama) | ǀAwa!namga ǂgai! |
| Kiribati | Tareboonia bureitiman! |
| Kinyarwanda | Hamagara polisi! |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | Telefonî polisa bike! (frm) |
| Kurdish (Sorani) | Polîs bang lê ke! (telefon bke bo polees) تەلەفۆن بکە بۆ پۆلیس |
| Kyrgyz | Милицияны чакыргыла! (Militsiyany chakyrgyla!) - pl/inf |
| Lao | ຊ່ອຍເອີ້ນຕໍາຫລວດແດ່! (suay ôen tem-lùat dae!) |
| Lakota Sioux | Čhaŋksáyuhá kiŋ wičhákiyuȟla yo (m>sg) Čhaŋksáyuhá kiŋ wičhákiyuȟla ye (f>sg) Čhaŋksáyuhá kiŋ wičhákiyuȟla po (m>pl) Čhaŋksáyuhá kiŋ wičhákiyuȟla pe (f>pl) |
| Latin | Denuntiatores voca! (sg) Denuntiatores vocate! (pl) |
| Latvian | Izsauciet policiju! |
| Limburgish | Rope de plissie! |
| Lingala | Bénga ba mbila! |
| Lithuanian | Iškvieskite policiją! Skambinkite policijai! |
| Low Saxon | Roop de Schandarms! (sg) Roopt de Schandarms! (pl) |
| Lozi | Biza mapolisa! |
| Luxembourgish | Rufft d'Police! |
| Macedonian | Викни полиција! (Vikni politsia) - inf Повикај полиција! (Povikay politsia) - inf Викнете полиција! (Viknete policija) - frm Повикајте полиција (Povikayte politsia) - frm |
| Magahi | पुलिस के बुलावा! /pʊlɪs keː bʊlaːvaː/ |
| Malagasy | Miantsoa polisy! |
| Malayalam | പോലീസിനെ വിളിക്കൂ (policine vilikkum) |
| Maldivian | (Sifaannah gulhaaba!) ސިފާނަހ ގުޅާބަ! |
| Manx (Gaelic) | Cur fys er ny poleenyn! Cur fys er ny meoiryn-shee! |
| Māori | Waea atu ki te Pirihimana! |
| Marathi | पोलिसांना बोलवा (polisānnā bolavā) |
| Mongolian | Цагдаа дуудаарай! (Tsagdaa duudaarai!) |
| Nahuatl | ¡Xicnōtza tepixqui! |
| Navajo | Siláo shá bich i' holne'! |
| Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) | Biza ama pholisa! |
| Ndebele (Southern) | Ngibawa ubize amapholisa! |
| Nepali | प्रहरीलाई बोलाउनुहोस् (praharīlāī bolāunuhos) |
| Newari / Nepal Bhasa | पुलिस सःति ! (pulasa saḥti!) |
| Northern Sámi | Ringe politiijai! |
| Northern Sotho | Bitša maphodisa! |
| Norwegian | Ring politiet! |
| Occitan | Sona la polícia! (inf) Sonatz la polícia! (frm) |
| Okinawan | 警察呼でぃ吳みしぇーびり! (kiisachi yudi kwimisheebiri!) - frm 警察呼でぃ吳みそーり! (kiisachi yudi kwimisoori!) - pl 警察呼でぃ吳りよ! (kiisachi yudi kwiriyo!) - inf |
| Oriya | ପୋଲିସ୍ କୁ ଡାକ! (Polis ku ḍāka!) |
| Papiamento | Yama polis! |
| Pashto | عسکر ته خبر ورکړه (askar ta khaber warkra!) |
| Persian (Farsi) | پليسو خبر کنيد (poliso xabar konid) |
| Polish | Proszę zadzwonić po Policję! (frm) Proszę wezwać policję! (frm) Zadzwoń po policję! (inf) Wezwij policję! (inf) |
| Portuguese | Chame a polícia! Chama a polícia! (inf) Chamem a polícia! (pl) |
| Portuguese (Brazilian) | Chame a polícia! (frm) Chamem a polícia! (pl) |
| Punjabi | ਪੁਲਸਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬੁਲਾ! / پولیس نُوں بُلاؤ (pulsā̃ nū̃ bulā!) |
| Romanian | Chemați poliția! |
| Russian | Позвоните в полицию! (Pozvonite v policiyu!) - frm Позовите полицию! (Pozovite policiyu!) - frm Позвони в полицию! (Pozvoni v policiyu!) - inf Позови полицию! (Pozovi policiyu!) - inf |
| Rusyn | Закликте шандаря (Zaklykte šandarja) |
| Sakha | Милииссийэни ыҥырыҥ! (miliissijeni ɯŋɯrɯŋ) |
| Samoan | Vili le leoleo! |
| Sanskrit | आरक्षकानाकारयतु (ārakṣakānākārayatu) |
| Sardinian (Logudorese) | Jama sa polizia! Crama sa polizia! |
| Scots | Phone the polis! Get the polis! |
| Scottish Gaelic | Fònadh chun a' phoileis! |
| Serbian | Позовите полицију!
(Pozovite policiju!) Позовите милицију! (Pozovite miliciju!) |
| Shona | Daiidzayi mapurisa! |
| Sicilian | Chiama â polizìa! |
| Sinhala | පොලිසිය කතා කරන්න (polisiya katā karanna!) |
| Slovak | Zavolajte políciu! |
| Slovenian | Pokliči policijo! (inf) Pokličite policijo! (frm) |
| Somali | Booliiska soo wac! |
| Spanish | ¡Llame a la policía! |
| Stellingwarfs | Roep 'e pelisie! |
| Sundanese | Panggil pulisi! |
| Swahili | Mwite polisi! |
| Swazi | Bitani bafana bembumbe! Bitani emaphoyisa! |
| Swedish | Ring polisen! |
| Swiss German | Riefe Sie dr Polizei! (frm) Rief dr Polizei! (inf) |
| Tagalog | Tumawag ka ng pulis! |
| Tajik | Милисаро занг занед! (Milisaro zang zaned!) |
| Tamil (formal) | காவலர்களை அழையுங்கள்! (kaavalargalai azhaiyungal) [ml] [fm] |
| Tamil (informal) | காவக்காரங்கள அழைங்க! (kaavakkaarangala azhainga) [fm] |
| Tatar | Polisiägä şaltıratıgız |
| Telugu | రక్షక భటులని పిలవండి ! (rakshaka bhatulani pilavaṅdi!) |
| Tetum | Bolu polisia! |
| Thai | เรียกตำรวจมา! (rîak dtam-rùat maa!) |
| Tibetan | སྐོར་སྲུང་བ་སྐད་གཏོང་དང་། (korsung-wa kay tong-da!) |
| Tigrinya | ፖሊስ ጸውዕ! (Polis Tsew’e) m/sg ፖሊስ ጸውዒ! (Polis Tsew’i) f/sg |
| Tok Pisin | Singautim polis! |
| Tongan | Teu ta ki he polise! |
| Tsonga | Vitanani maphorisa! |
| Tsotsil | Aptao li jabteletike! |
| Tswana | Bitsa mapodisi! |
| Turkish | Polis çağırın! |
| Tuvaluan | Kalaga ki pulisimani! |
| Twi | Frɛ polisi! |
| Ukrainian | Викличте міліцію (Vyklyčte miliciju) |
| Urdu | (police ko bula) پولیس کو بولا |
| Uyghur | (Saqchi chaqiring!) ساقچى چاقىرىڭ! |
| Uzbek | Mirshabni chaqiring! Policiyaga qo'ng'iroq qiling! |
| Venda | Ndi humbela uri vha founele mapholisa! |
| Venetian | Ciama ƚa poƚisia! Ciama ƚe guardie! |
| Vietnamese | Xin gọi cảnh sát! |
| Võro | Kutsuq politsei! |
| Welsh | Galwa'r heddlu! (inf) Galwch yr heddlu! (frm) |
| Westrobothnian | Reng polijsa! |
| Wolof | Wooyal ma alkaati! |
| Yiddish | (Ruf di Politsey) רוף די פּאָליציי! |
| Xhosa | Biza amapolisa! |
| Yolngu | Wäthun ḏapman! |
| Yoruba | Pe awọn ọlọpaa |
| Yucatec Maya | T'aan le kaanano'! |
| Zazaki | Polîsê veyn bid! |
| Zulu | Biza amaphoyisa! |
| Auxiliary and constructed languages | |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | Voku la policon! |
| Interlingua | Telephona le policia! |
| Klingon | 'avwI' tIghuHmoH! (Alert the guards!) |
| Lojban | klacpe lo pulji ku |
| Volapük | Lävokolöd poldi! |
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