The last sentence of Karl Marx's "Communist Manifesto" (originally written in German, 1848) reads, "Workers of all nations, unite!" It was adopted as a motto of Communist parties everywhere. (And, of course, it lends itself readily to parody.)

I list translations by English alphabetical order of the language's name. Words I am unsure of are followed by question marks; letters I am unsure of are replaced by question marks. Corrections (or additional languages) are welcome.

Late notice! (20040525)
Comrade Coba Steel (E-address), a linguist, has provided a list of translations in the original alphabets, rather than the Latin transcriptions used on this page.
workers.doc

Apart from contributions by readers, my principal sources have been (1) seals of the former Soviet Union and its constituent union republics, and (2) a commemorative website with links to translations of the "Communist Manifesto" in various languages.

language	"Workers of all nations, unite!"	source or comment
Albanian	?
Arabic	Ya 'umaal al-'aalam itahedu!	D.F.
Armenian [Eastern]	Proletarner bolor yerkrneri, miahek!	HSC
Bahasa (Malay/Indonesian)	?
Basque (Euskara)	Herri guztietako langilleak, elkar zaitezte!	Basque Red Net
Belarussian	Proletar'ii wsix krain, zluchajcesya!
Bengali	?
Bulgarian	Proletarii ot vsichki strani, syedinyavajte se!	AG
Catalan	Proletaris de tots els paďsos, uniu-vos!	Catalan C.P.
Chinese [Mandarin Pinyin, numbers for tones]:	Quan shijie wuchanzhe, lianhe qilai! (with tones, numbered 1-4: Quan2 shi4jie4 wu2chan3zhe3, lian2he2 qi3lai2!)	Gao geming@gmx.net
Czech	Proletari všech zemí, spojte se!	Geraint Jennings geraint@societe-jersiaise.org
Danish	Proletarer i alle lande, foren jer!	HSC
English	Working men of all countries, unite!	HSC
Esperanto	Proletoj de chiuj landoj, unuighu!	Gao geming@gmx.net
Estonian	Koigi maade proletaarlased, uhinege!	HSC
Finnish	Kaikkien maiden proletaarit, liittykää yhteen!	Finnish Communist Youth
French	Proletaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous!	HSC
Georgian	Proletarebo qvela k(h)veqnisa, sheert(h)p(h)it(h)!	HSC
German	Proletarier aller länder, vereinigt euch!	HSC
Hebrew	Po'alei kol ha'olam, hit'ahedu!	D.F.
Hindi	?
Hungarian	Világ proletárjai, egyesüljetek!	Matthias
Italian	Proletari di tutti i paesi, unitevi!	HSC
Japanese	Zen sekai no shokunin yo, danketsu shiro! (another version): Bankoku no rôdôsha, danketsu seyo! (This is the translation used by the RCL/kaku-maru in Japan.)	The 2-Belo at the Meowist International Gao geming@gmx.net
Jčrriais (Old Jerseyan, from Norman French)	Prolétaithes dé touos les pays, euniss'-ous!	Geraint Jennings geraint@societe-jersiaise.org
Kannada	?
Korean	?
Latvian	Visu zemju proletarieši savienojieties!	HSC
Lithuanian	Visu šaliu proletarai, vienykites!	HSC
Mongolian	Oron bükhniy proletari nar negdegtün!	Gao geming@gmx.net
Polish	Proletarjusze wszystkich krajów, l/asczcie sies!	Belorussian SSR seal, 1937
Portuguese	Proletários do mundo, uni-vos!	HSC, PRW
Romanian	Proletari din toate târile, uniti-vâ!	Geraint Jennings geraint@societe-jersiaise.org
Russian	Proletarii vsex stran, soedinyajtes'!	HSC
Spanish	Proletarios de todos los paises, unios!	HSC
Swahili	?
Swedish	Proletärer i alla länder, förena er!	HSC
Tadjik [related to Farsi(Iranian)]	Proletarkhoi khamai mamlakatkho, yak shaved! (?)	HSC
Tamil	?
Turkish	Bütün dünyanin proletarlari, birlišiniz! (?)	HSC
Ukrainian	Proletari vsix krain, ednaitesya!	HSC
Uyghur (spoken in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of NW China)	Pütün dunya puroletarliri, birlixinglar!	Gao geming@gmx.net
Vietnamese	Vo san toan the gioi, lien hop lai! (tones and other diacritics omitted)	Gao geming@gmx.net
Yidish	Proletarier fun ale lender, fariinikt zikh!	Belorussian SSR seal, 1937 Script by D.F.

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