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Afrikaans: begin (af)
Albanian: nis (sq), filloj (sq)
American Sign Language: 1@InFinger-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh 1@InFinger-PalmUp-OpenB@CenterChesthigh
Amharic: ጀመረ (ǧämärä)
Arabic: بَدَأَ (badaʔa), اِبْتَدَأَ (ibtadaʔa), شَرَعَ (ar) (šaraʕa)
Hijazi Arabic: بدأ (badaʔ), بدا (bada)

South Levantine Arabic: بدا (bada), بلّش (ballash)
Aragonese: encetar
Armenian: սկսել (hy) (sksel)
Aromanian: ahurhescu, ãnchisescu, apãrnjescu, ntsep
Asturian: entamar (ast), empezar (ast), comenzar (ast), aniciar
Azerbaijani: başlamaq (az)
Bashkir: башлау (başlaw), (Eastern) баштау (baştaw)
Basque: hasi (eu)
Belarusian: (transitive) пачына́ць impf (pačynácʹ), пача́ць pf (pačácʹ); (intransitive) пачына́цца impf (pačynácca), пача́цца (pačácca)
Bengali: শুরু করা (bn) (śuru kora), আরম্ভ করা (arombho kora)
Breton: kregiñ (br)
Bulgarian: запо́чвам (bg) impf (zapóčvam), по́чвам (bg) impf (póčvam), по́чна (bg) pf (póčna)
Burmese: စ (my) (ca.)
Catalan: començar (ca), iniciar (ca)
Cebuano: sugod
Cherokee: ᎠᎴᏅᏗ (alenvdi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 開始 / 开始 (hoi¹ ci²)

Mandarin: 開始 / 开始 (zh) (kāishǐ)
Czech: začínat (cs) impf, začít (cs) pf
Dalmatian: nizuor
Danish: begynde (da)
Dutch: beginnen (nl), aanvangen (nl)
Esperanto: komenci (eo), eki (eo)
Estonian: hakkama (et), alustama
Faroese: byrja (fo)
Finnish: alkaa (fi), aloittaa (fi)
French: commencer (fr), démarrer (fr), se mettre (fr)
Friulian: començâ
Galician: comezar (gl), comenzar (gl), empezar (gl), iniciar (gl)
Georgian: დაიწყება (daic̣q̇eba), იწყება (ic̣q̇eba)
German: anfangen (de), beginnen (de), starten (de), anheben (de)
Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (duginnan), 𐌳𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dustōdjan)
Greek: αρχίζω (el) (archízo)
Ancient: ἄρχομαι (árkhomai) (+ genitive)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hausa: fāra
Hebrew: הִתְחִיל (he) (hitkhíl)
Hiligaynon: sugod
Hindi: शुरू करना (hi) (śurū karnā) (transitive), शुरू होना (śurū honā) (intransitive)
Hungarian: kezd (hu), elkezd (hu), megkezd (hu)
Icelandic: byrja (is), hefjast
Ido: komencar (io)
Indonesian: mulai (id)
Ingrian: alkaa, noissa, käyvvä, lähtiä, aluttaa, täytyä, ruveta
Interlingua: comenciar, iniciar
Irish: tosaigh
Italian: cominciare (it), iniziare (it)
Japanese: 始める (ja) (はじめる, hajimeru) (transitive), 開始する (ja) (かいしする, kaishi suru), 始まる (ja) (はじまる, hajimaru) (intransitive)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: бастау (bastau)
Khmer: ចាប់ផ្ដើម (cap phdaəm), ផ្ដើម (km) (phdaəm), ចាប់ (km) (cap)
Korean: 시작하다 (ko) (sijakhada), 개시하다 (gaesihada)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dest pê kirin (ku)
Kyrgyz: баштоо (ky) (baştoo)
Lao: ເລີ່ມ (lœ̄m), ຕັ້ງຕົ້ນ (tang ton)
Latin: incipiō (la), ordior, initiō, committō (la), ineō
Latvian: sākt
Lithuanian: pradėti (lt)
Lushootseed: ʔil
Luxembourgish: ufänken
Macedonian: започнува impf (započnuva), започне pf (započne), почнува impf (počnuva), почне pf (počne)
Malay: mula (ms)
Malayalam: തുടങ്ങുക (ml) (tuṭaṅṅuka), ആരംഭിക്കുക (ml) (ārambhikkuka)
Maltese: beda
Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡳᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ (deribumbi), ᡶᡠᡴᠵᡳᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fukjilembi)
Maori: hāpai (a song or chant), hoto, whakataki (a speech), huataki, hīmata, tīmata
Marathi: सुरू करणे (surū karṇe)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: тӱҥалаш (tüŋalaš)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: эхлэх (mn) (exlex)
Neapolitan: cumenzà
Norman: (Guernsey) c'menchier, (Jersey) c'menchi
North Frisian:
Hallig: öönfange
Norwegian:
Bokmål: begynne (no), børje, innlede

Nynorsk: begynna (nn), byrja (nn), innleia
Occitan: començar (oc), entamenar (oc)
Odia: please add this translation if you can
Ojibwe: maajii-
Old English: ^{(please verify)} onġinnan, (rare) ^{(please verify)} beginnan
Old French: comencier
Old Saxon: biginnan, andginnan
Oromo: eegaluu, jalqabuu
Pashto: شروع کول (ps) (šoro' kawəl), پيل کول (payl kawəl)
Persian: آغاز کردن (fa) (âğâz kardan), شروع کردن (fa) (šoru' kardan)
Polish: zaczynać (pl) impf, zacząć (pl) pf (transitive), zaczynać się (pl) impf, zacząć się (pl) pf (intransitive)
Portuguese: começar (pt), iniciar (pt)
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Quechua: qallay, qallariy (qu)
Romanian: a începe (ro)
Romansch: entschaiver (Rumantsch Grischun), entscheiver (Sursilvan), antschever (Sutsilvan, Surmiran), cumenzar (Rumantsch Grischun), scumanzar (Surmiran), cumanzer (Puter, Vallader), iniziar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader), inizier (Surmiran, Puter)
Russian: начина́ть (ru) impf (načinátʹ), нача́ть (ru) pf (načátʹ) (transitive), начина́ться (ru) impf (načinátʹsja), нача́ться (ru) pf (načátʹsja) (intransitive)
Santali: ᱮᱦᱳᱵ (ehop’)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̀чињати impf, по̀че̄ти pf

Roman: pòčinjati (sh) impf, pòčēti (sh) pf
Sicilian: accuminzari (scn), cuminzari (scn), accuminciari (scn), cuminciari (scn)
Sinhalese: ආරම්භ කරනවා (ārambha karanawā)
Slovak: začínať impf, začať pf
Slovene: začenjati impf, začeti (sl) pf
Spanish: comenzar (es), iniciar (es), empezar (es), principiar (es), espanol
Sranan Tongo: bigin
Swahili: kuanza (sw)
Swedish: börja (sv), begynna (sv), inleda (sv), påbörja (sv)
Tagalog: magumpisa, mag-umpisa, umpisahan, magsimula, simulan
Tajik: шуру кардан (šuru kardan), шуруъ кардан (tg) (šuruʾ kardan), оғоз кардан (oġoz kardan)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tatar: башларга (tt) (başlarga)
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: เริ่ม (th) (rə̂əm), เริ่มต้น (th) (rə̂əm-dtôn)
Turkish: başlamak (tr)
Turkmen: başlamak (tk)
Ukrainian: (transitive) почина́ти (uk) impf (počynáty), поча́ти (uk) pf (počáty); (intransitive) почина́тися impf (počynátysja), поча́тися pf (počátysja)
Urdu: شُرُوع کَرْنا (śurū' karnā)
Uyghur: باشلىماق (bashlimaq)
Uzbek: boshlamoq (uz), boshlanmoq (uz)
Venetan: scuminsiar, scuminçiar, scomençiar, scomensar, scomençar, scominsiar
Vietnamese: bắt đầu (vi)
Volapük: beginön, primön (vo)
Welsh: dechrau (cy)
Yiddish: אָנהייבן (onheybn), באַגינען (baginen) (archaic)