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Language Identification Guide This guide assists literate individuals who are not proficient in English to identify a preferred language.

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Page 1: Language Identification Guide - Homeland Security | … Identification Guide for DHS ... CRCLTraining@dhs.gov for digital copies ... DHS I Speak Booklet Author:

LanguageIdentification

Guide This guide assists literate individuals who are not proficient in English to identify a preferred language

Language Identification Guide for DHS Personnel and Others As employees of the Department of Homeland Security you may encounter a broad range of persons in the course of your work including individuals who have limited English proficiency (LEP) DHS is both committed and legally obligated to take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access for these individuals The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) offers this ldquoI Speakrdquo guide and similar posters as practical ways to identify which language an individual speaks so that you can obtain the necessary assistance Consult your office or component for resources such as translation or over-the-phone interpretation

DHS Version 11 August 2011 1

Executive Order 13166 requires DHS to take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access for persons with limited English proficiency and - as also required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - to ensure that recipients of federal financial assistance do the same

Contact the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Libertiesrsquo CRCL Institute at CRCLTrainingdhsgov for digital copies of this guide or an ldquoI Speakrdquo poster

Download copies of the DHS LEP plan and guidance to recipients of financial assistance at wwwdhsgovcrcl

2

I speak A

Amharic

Arabic

Armenian

B Bengali

Bosnian Ja govorim bosanski Bulgarian Аз говоря български Burmese

3

C

Cambodian

Cantonese (Traditional)

(Simplified)

Catalan Parlo catalagrave

Croatian Govorim hrvatski

Czech Mluviacutem česky

4

D Danish Jeg taler dansk Dari

Dutch Ik spreek het Nederlands

E Estonian Ma raumlaumlgin eesti keelt

F Finnish Puhun suomea French Je parle franccedilais

5

G

German Ich spreche Deutsch Greek Μιλώ τα ελληνικά Gujarati

6

H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

Page 2: Language Identification Guide - Homeland Security | … Identification Guide for DHS ... CRCLTraining@dhs.gov for digital copies ... DHS I Speak Booklet Author:

Language Identification Guide for DHS Personnel and Others As employees of the Department of Homeland Security you may encounter a broad range of persons in the course of your work including individuals who have limited English proficiency (LEP) DHS is both committed and legally obligated to take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access for these individuals The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) offers this ldquoI Speakrdquo guide and similar posters as practical ways to identify which language an individual speaks so that you can obtain the necessary assistance Consult your office or component for resources such as translation or over-the-phone interpretation

DHS Version 11 August 2011 1

Executive Order 13166 requires DHS to take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access for persons with limited English proficiency and - as also required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - to ensure that recipients of federal financial assistance do the same

Contact the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Libertiesrsquo CRCL Institute at CRCLTrainingdhsgov for digital copies of this guide or an ldquoI Speakrdquo poster

Download copies of the DHS LEP plan and guidance to recipients of financial assistance at wwwdhsgovcrcl

2

I speak A

Amharic

Arabic

Armenian

B Bengali

Bosnian Ja govorim bosanski Bulgarian Аз говоря български Burmese

3

C

Cambodian

Cantonese (Traditional)

(Simplified)

Catalan Parlo catalagrave

Croatian Govorim hrvatski

Czech Mluviacutem česky

4

D Danish Jeg taler dansk Dari

Dutch Ik spreek het Nederlands

E Estonian Ma raumlaumlgin eesti keelt

F Finnish Puhun suomea French Je parle franccedilais

5

G

German Ich spreche Deutsch Greek Μιλώ τα ελληνικά Gujarati

6

H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

Page 3: Language Identification Guide - Homeland Security | … Identification Guide for DHS ... CRCLTraining@dhs.gov for digital copies ... DHS I Speak Booklet Author:

Executive Order 13166 requires DHS to take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access for persons with limited English proficiency and - as also required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - to ensure that recipients of federal financial assistance do the same

Contact the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Libertiesrsquo CRCL Institute at CRCLTrainingdhsgov for digital copies of this guide or an ldquoI Speakrdquo poster

Download copies of the DHS LEP plan and guidance to recipients of financial assistance at wwwdhsgovcrcl

2

I speak A

Amharic

Arabic

Armenian

B Bengali

Bosnian Ja govorim bosanski Bulgarian Аз говоря български Burmese

3

C

Cambodian

Cantonese (Traditional)

(Simplified)

Catalan Parlo catalagrave

Croatian Govorim hrvatski

Czech Mluviacutem česky

4

D Danish Jeg taler dansk Dari

Dutch Ik spreek het Nederlands

E Estonian Ma raumlaumlgin eesti keelt

F Finnish Puhun suomea French Je parle franccedilais

5

G

German Ich spreche Deutsch Greek Μιλώ τα ελληνικά Gujarati

6

H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

Page 4: Language Identification Guide - Homeland Security | … Identification Guide for DHS ... CRCLTraining@dhs.gov for digital copies ... DHS I Speak Booklet Author:

I speak A

Amharic

Arabic

Armenian

B Bengali

Bosnian Ja govorim bosanski Bulgarian Аз говоря български Burmese

3

C

Cambodian

Cantonese (Traditional)

(Simplified)

Catalan Parlo catalagrave

Croatian Govorim hrvatski

Czech Mluviacutem česky

4

D Danish Jeg taler dansk Dari

Dutch Ik spreek het Nederlands

E Estonian Ma raumlaumlgin eesti keelt

F Finnish Puhun suomea French Je parle franccedilais

5

G

German Ich spreche Deutsch Greek Μιλώ τα ελληνικά Gujarati

6

H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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C

Cambodian

Cantonese (Traditional)

(Simplified)

Catalan Parlo catalagrave

Croatian Govorim hrvatski

Czech Mluviacutem česky

4

D Danish Jeg taler dansk Dari

Dutch Ik spreek het Nederlands

E Estonian Ma raumlaumlgin eesti keelt

F Finnish Puhun suomea French Je parle franccedilais

5

G

German Ich spreche Deutsch Greek Μιλώ τα ελληνικά Gujarati

6

H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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D Danish Jeg taler dansk Dari

Dutch Ik spreek het Nederlands

E Estonian Ma raumlaumlgin eesti keelt

F Finnish Puhun suomea French Je parle franccedilais

5

G

German Ich spreche Deutsch Greek Μιλώ τα ελληνικά Gujarati

6

H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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G

German Ich spreche Deutsch Greek Μιλώ τα ελληνικά Gujarati

6

H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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H

Haitian Creole M pale kreyogravel ayisyen

Hebrew

Hindi

Hmong Kuv has lug Moob

Hungarian Beszeacutelek magyarul

7

I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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I

Icelandic Egraveg tala iacuteslensku

Ilocano Agsaonak ti Ilokano

Indonesian syay bisa berbahsa Indonesia

Italian Parlo italiano

J

Japanese

8

K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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K Kackchiquel Quin chaguumlic k aacute chaacutebal ruin riacute tzuacutejon cakchiquel Korean

Kurdish man Kurdii zaanim Kurmanci man Kurmaanjii zaanim

L Laotian

Latvian Es runacircju latviski Lithuanian Aeth kal bu lietuviš kai

9

M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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M Mandarin

(Traditional)

(Simplified)

Mam Baacuten chiyola tuj kiacuteyol mam Mon

N Norwegian Jeg snakker norsk

10

P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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P Persian

Polish Moacutewię po polsku Portuguese Eu falo portuguecircs do Brasil (for Brazil)

Eu falo portuguecircs de Portugal (for Portugal)

Punjabi

Q

Qanjobal Ayin tiacute chiacute walqacute anjobacute al Quiche In kinchacuteaw kacuteuin chacutee quiche

11

R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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R

Romanian Vorbesc romacircneşte Russian

S Serbian

Sign Language (American)

12

Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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Slovak Hovoriacutem po slovensky Slovenian Govorim slovensko Somali Waxaan ku hadlaa af-Soomaali Spanish Yo hablo espantildeol Swahili Ninaongea Kiswahili Swedish Jag talar svenska

T Tagalog

Marunong akong mag-Tagalog Tamil

13

Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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Thai

Turkish Tuumlrkccedile konuşurum

U Ukrainian Я розмовляю українською мовою Urdu

V Vietnamese Tocirci noacutei tiecircng Việt

W Welsh Dwirsquon siarad

14

X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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X Xhosa Ndithetha isiXhosa

Y Yiddish

Yoruba Mo nso Yooba

Z Zulu Ngiyasikhuluma isiZulu

15

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico A

grupacioacutenL

inguumliacutestica Variante L

inguumliacutestica Frase en espantildeol

Frase en lengua

chichimeo

jonaz chichim

eco jonaz yo hablo chichim

eca ikaacuteuj uacutezarsquo eacuter~iacute

mazateco

mazateco del norte

yo hablo mazateco

Hablo la lengua de

Santa Mariacutea C

hilchotla

Charsquontildea ennaacute

Charsquontildea eacutenn nda xo

maya

maya

Yo hablo maya

teen k-in trsquoaan maya

mixe

mixe bajo

Yo hablo mixe

Madyakpieumlch ayuuk

mixe alto de

Tlahuitoltpec Yo hablo m

ixe X

aamkeumljxpeumlt

ayuujk eumltsnkajpyxypy

mixteco

mixteco del oeste

de la costa yo hablo m

ixteco Yuu kain sersquoen savi ntildeu ntildeundua

16

Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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Selected Indigenous Languages of Mexico Agrupacioacuten

Linguumliacutestica

Variante Linguumliacutestica

Frase en espantildeol Frase en lengua

naacutehuatl naacutehuatl de la huastecaveracruzana(se entiende junto con Veracruz y San Luis Potosiacute)

yo hablo naacutehuatl N

a nitlajtowa

naacutehuatl

tojolabal tojolabal

yo hablo tojolabal Jaacutekeacuteni w

alakuacutem

aniyontojol-abaacutel

triqui triqui de la baja

yo hablo triqui lsquounj arsquom

ii xnarsquo aacutenj nursquo a

tseltal Yo hablo tseltal

Te jorsquoone ja krsquoop te batsrsquoil krsquoop tseltal

tsotsil Yo hablo tsotsil

Vursquoune jnarsquoxi krsquo

opoj ta batsrsquoi krsquoopzapoteco

zapoteco de la planiciecostera

yo hablo zapoteco N

aa rineacutersquo diidxazaacute

chinanteco chinanteco del surestem

edio yo hablochinanteco

Jnea lorsquon jujmiiacute kiee

rsquo dsa morsquokuoumlo

17

A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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A - pg 3 Amharic Arabic Armenian

B - pg 3 Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese

C - pg 4 Cambodian Cantonese Catalan Croatian Czech

D - pg 5 Danish Dari Dutch

E - pg 5 Estonian

F - pg 5 Finnish French

G - pg 6 German Greek Gujarati

H - pg 7 Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian

I - pg 8 Icelandic Ilocano Indonesian Italian

J - pg 8 Japanese

K - pg 9 Kackchiquel Korean Kurdish Kurmanci

L - pg 9 Laotian Latvian Lithuanian

M - pg 10 Mandarin Mam Mon

N - pg 10 Norwegian

P - pg 11 Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi

Q - pg 11 Qanjobal Quiche

R - pg 12 Romanian Russian

S - pg 12 13 Serbian Sign Language Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish

T - pg 13 14 Tagalog Tamil Thai Turkish

U - pg14 Ukrainian Urdu

V - pg14 Vietnamese

W - pg 14 Welsh

X - pg 15 Xhosa

Y - pg 15 Yiddish Yoruba

Z - pg 15 Zulu

See page 1617 for selected indigenous languages of Mexico

G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov

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G - pg 6GermanGreekGujarati

H - pg 7Haitian CreoleHebrewHindiHmongHungarian

I - pg 8IcelandicIlocanoIndonesianItalian

J - pg 8Japanese

K - pg 9KackchiquelKoreanKurdishKurmanci

L - pg 9LaotianLatvianLithuanian

M - pg 10MandarinMamMon

N - pg 10Norwegian

P - pg 11PersianPolishPortuguesePunjabi

Q - pg 11QanjobalQuiche

R - pg 12RomanianRussian

S - pg 12 13SerbianSign LanguageSlovakSlovenianSomaliSpanishSwahiliSwedish

Limited English Proficiency Resources

www l e p g o v ldquoI Speakrdquo is provided by the Department of Homeland

Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Special thanks to the Department of Justice Bureau of

Justice Assistance and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for inspiration and permission to use their ldquoI

Speakrdquo guide as the initial source

Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties wwwdh s g o vc r c l

Toll Free 1-866-644-8360 Toll Free TTY 1-866-644-8361

Email crcldhsgov