how many languages do you speak

English

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Phrase

how many languages do you speak?

1. Used to ask the interlocutor how many languages he or she speaks.

Translations

how many languages do you speak?

• Arabic: كَمْ لُغَةً تَتَحَدَّثُ؟ (kam luḡatan tataḥaddaṯu?) (to a male), كَم مِنْ لُغَةٍ تَتَحَدَّثُ (kam min luḡatin tataḥaddaṯu) (to a male)

  Moroccan Arabic: شحال من لغة كتتكلم؟ (šḥāl min luḡa katitkallam?) (to a male), شحال من لغة كتهدر؟ (šḥāl min luḡa katahdar?) (to a male)

• Azerbaijani: (formal) siz neçə dil bilirsiniz?, (informal) sən neçə dil bilirsən?
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你會說幾種語言？／你会说几种语言？ (nǐ huì shuō jǐ zhǒng yǔyán?)

• Czech: kolika jazyky mluvíte?
• Danish: hvor mange sprog taler du?
• Dutch: (formal) hoeveel talen spreekt u?, (informal) hoeveel talen spreek je?
• Esperanto: kiom da lingvoj vi parolas?
• Finnish: kuinka monta kieltä puhut
• French: (formal) combien de langues parlez-vous ?, (informal) combien de langues parles-tu ?
• Galician: cantas linguas fala?
• Georgian: რამდენ ენაზე შეგიძლია საუბარი? (ramden enaze šegiʒlia saubari?), რამდენ ენაზე ლაპარაკობ? (ramden enaze laṗaraḳob?)
• German: (formal) wie viele Sprachen sprechen Sie?, (informal) wie viele Sprachen sprichst du?
• Greek: πόσα γλώσσες μιλάτε; (pósa glósses miláte?)
• Hungarian: (formal, general skills) hány nyelven tud?, (formal, speech-centered) hány nyelven beszél?, (informal, general skills) hány nyelven tudsz?, (informal, speech-centered) hány nyelven beszélsz?
• Italian: (formal) quante lingue parla?,(informal) quante lingue parli?
• Jamaican Creole: omuch language yuh can talk?
• Japanese: 何か国語話せますか？ (nankakokugo hanasemasu ka?)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: колку јазици зборувате? (kolku jazici zboruvate?) (formal), колку јазици зборуваш? (kolku jazici zboruvaš?) (informal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvor mange språk snakker du?

• Polish: ile znasz języków?, iloma językami mówisz?
• Portuguese: quantas línguas você fala?
• Romanian: câte limbi vorbiți?, câte limbi vorbești?
• Russian: (formal) на скольких языка́х вы говори́те? (na skolʹkix jazykáx vy govoríte?), (informal) на скольких языка́х ты говори́шь? (na skolʹkix jazykáx ty govoríšʹ?)
• Spanish: (formal) ¿cuántos idiomas habla?, (informal) ¿cuántos idiomas hablas?
• Swedish: hur många språk talar du?
• Turkish: kaç dil biliyorsunuz? (formal), kaç dil biliyorsun (informal)

See also

• what languages do you speak?