Language |
Phrase |
Translation |
Uses all letters? |
Bulgarian |
Под южно дърво, цъфтящо в синьо, бягаше малко пухкаво зайче. |
А little fluffy young rabbit ran under a southern tree blooming in blue |
yes |
Czech |
Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy. |
Too yellow horse moaned devil odes. |
no (but uses all characters with diacritic) |
Chinese |
視野無限廣,窗外有藍天 |
The view is infinitely wide. There is blue sky outside the window. [2] |
no (such a sentence would be impossible; there are literally tens of thousands of Chinese characters.) |
Danish |
Quizdeltagerne spiste jordbær med fløde, mens cirkusklovnen Walther spillede på xylofon. |
The quiz contestants ate strawberries with cream while Walther the clown was playing the xylophone. |
yes |
Dutch |
Pa's wijze lynx bezag vroom het fikse aquaduct. |
Dad's wise lynx piously regarded the substantial aqueduct. |
yes (not including accents) |
Esperanto |
Eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde. |
Change of echo every thursday. |
no (but contains all characters specific to esperanto) |
Finnish |
Viekas kettu punaturkki laiskan koiran takaa kurkki. |
The cunning red-coated fox peeped from behind the lazy dog. |
no |
French |
Servez à ce monsieur une bière et des kiwis. |
Serve this man with a beer and kiwis. |
no |
Voix ambiguë d'un coeur qui au zéphyr préfère les jattes de kiwis |
Ambiguous voice of a heart which prefers dishes of kiwis in the breeze [used in Windows XP] |
yes, including diacritics except circumflex |
Portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume |
Bring this old whisky to the blond smoking judge |
yes, but no diacritcs |
German |
Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Taxi quer durch Bayern. |
Franz speeds through Bavaria in a completely dilapidated taxi. [used in Windows XP] |
yes (not including umlauts and ß) |
Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich |
Twelve boxing fighters drive Viktor over the great Sylt Dike |
yes (including umlauts and ß) |
Greek |
Θέλει αρετή και τόλμη η ελευθερία. (Ανδρέας Κάλβος) |
Liberty requires virtue and mettle. (Andreas Kalvos) |
no |
Hebrew |
דג סקרן שט לו בים זך אך לפתע פגש חבורה נחמדה שצצה כך. |
A curious fish sailed a clear sea, and suddenly found nice company that just popped up. |
yes (not including final forms) |
Hungarian |
Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép ÁRVÍZTŰRŐ TÜKÖRFÚRÓGÉP 1234567890 |
Floodproof mirror-drilling machine (contains every possible accented character of the language) |
no |
öt szép szűzlány őrült írót nyúz |
five beautiful virgin girls tease a mad writer (also only all accents) |
no |
Egy hűtlen vejét fülöncsípő, dühös mexikói úr Wesselényinél mázol Quitóban. |
An angry Mexican man, who caught his faithless son-in-law, is painting Wesselényi's house in Quito. |
yes |
Italian |
Cantami o diva del pelide Achille l'ira funesta. 123456890 |
Sing, O Goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus. 123456890 (Iliad incipit) |
no |
Japanese |
Windowsでコンピュータの世界が広がります。 1234567890 |
The world of computers widens with Windows. |
no |
いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす |
Even colours and sweet perfume / Will eventually fade / Even our world / Is not eternal / The deep mountains of vanity / Cross them today / And superficial dreams / Shall no longer delude you. (from Iroha-uta) |
all non-voiced Hiragana except ん |
Korean |
키스의 고유 조건은 입술끼리 만나야 되고 특별한 요령은 필요치 않다. |
The essential condition for kiss must be touching lips each other, and It do not need special know-how. |
yes |
Latvian |
Es varu ēst stiklu, tas man nekaitē. |
I can eat glass and it doesn't hurt me. |
no |
Norwegian (bokmål) |
En god stil må først og fremst være klar. Den må være passende. Aristoteles. |
A good essay must first and foremost be clear. It must be appropriate. Aristotle. |
no |
Portuguese |
A rápida raposa castanha salta por cima do cão lento. |
The quick brown fox jumps over the slow dog. |
no |
Brazilian Portuguese |
A ligeira raposa marrom ataca o cão preguiçoso. |
The quick brown fox attacks the lazy dog. |
no |
Brazilian Portuguese |
Zebras caolhas de Java querem passar fax para moças gigantes de New York |
Strabic zebras from Java wants to pass a fax to giants girls from New York. |
yes |
Polish |
Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig 1234567890 |
Push a hedgehog or eight crates of figs into this boat |
yes |
Romanian |
Agera vulpe maronie sare peste câinele cel leneş. |
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
no |
Russian |
Съешь ещё этих мягких французских булок, да выпей же чаю |
Eat some more of these soft French buns and drink some tea [used in Windows XP] |
yes |
А в чащах юга жил бы цитрус? Да, но фальшивый экземпляр. |
Would citrus live in wealds of south? Yes, but a bogus specimen. |
no (misses "ъ" which was not used in telegraph) |
Serbian (Cyrillic alphabet) |
Чешће цeђење мрeжастим џаком побољшава фертилизацију генских хибрида. |
More frequent filtering through the reticular bag improves fertilization of genetic hybrids. |
yes |
Serbian (Latin alphabet) |
Češće ceđenje mrežastim džakom poboljšava fertilizaciju genskih hibrida. |
More frequent filtering through the reticular bag improves fertilization of genetic hybrids. |
yes |
Slovak |
Kŕdeľ ďatľov učí koňa žrať kôru. (From Windows, does not contain all of Slovak diacritical marks/accents.) |
A flock of woodpeckers is teaching a horse to nibble on bark. |
no |
Kŕdeľ šťastných ďatľov učí pri ústí Váhu mĺkveho koňa obhrýzať kôru a žrať čerstvé mäso. (Modified sentence which contains them.) |
A flock of happy woodpeckers by the mouth of the river Vah is teaching a silent horse to nibble on bark and feed on fresh meat. |
yes |
Spanish |
El veloz murciélago hindú comía feliz cardillo y kiwi. |
The quick Hindu bat was happily eating thistle and kiwi. |
no (Both together yes) |
La cigüeña tocaba el saxofón detrás del palenque de paja. |
The stork played the sax behind the straw palisade. |
no (Both together yes) |
Swedish |
Flygande bäckasiner söka strax hwila på mjuka tuvor QZ 1234567890 |
Flying snipes soon look to rest on soft grass beds QZ 1234567890 (partly in obsolete Swedish spelling) |
no |
Turkish |
Pijamalı hasta, yağız şoföre çabucak güvendi |
Patient with pijamas, trusted swarthy driver quickly |
yes |