Languages
HomelessHelp is fully translated by hand in English, Spanish, and French. For 50+ other languages spoken across North America, pick yours below to jump to a Google-translated version of the key pages.
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中文(简体)
Mandarin (Simplified)
Large communities in NYC, SF Bay, LA, Toronto, Vancouver.
中文(繁體)
Mandarin (Traditional)
Traditional-script communities, especially Taiwanese diaspora.
粵語
Cantonese
Long-established communities in SF, NYC, Toronto, Vancouver.
Tagalog
Tagalog (Filipino)
Largest Filipino populations: LA, SF Bay, NYC, Vegas, Vancouver.
Tiếng Việt
Vietnamese
Major communities in CA, TX, WA, ON.
العربية
Arabic
Detroit, NYC, LA, Toronto, Montreal.
한국어
Korean
LA, NYC, Atlanta, Toronto.
Русский
Russian
NYC (Brighton Beach), Toronto, Chicago.
Deutsch
German
Kreyòl Ayisyen
Haitian Creole
Miami, NYC, Boston, Montreal.
Português
Portuguese
Boston metro, Newark, Miami, Toronto.
Italiano
Italian
Polski
Polish
Chicago, NYC, Toronto.
हिन्दी
Hindi
Bay Area, NYC, Toronto, Vancouver.
اردو
Urdu
NYC, Chicago, Toronto.
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Punjabi
Vancouver, Toronto, Bay Area.
ગુજરાતી
Gujarati
NJ, NYC, Toronto.
বাংলা
Bengali
NYC, NJ, Toronto.
தமிழ்
Tamil
Toronto, Bay Area.
తెలుగు
Telugu
മലയാളം
Malayalam
日本語
Japanese
فارسی
Persian (Farsi)
LA, Toronto.
پښتو
Pashto
Ελληνικά
Greek
עברית
Hebrew
ייִדיש
Yiddish
Brooklyn, Montreal.
Hmoob
Hmong
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Fresno, Milwaukee.
ខ្មែរ
Khmer
Long Beach, Lowell MA, Philadelphia.
ລາວ
Lao
ไทย
Thai
မြန်မာစာ
Burmese
Bahasa Indonesia
Indonesian
नेपाली
Nepali
Soomaali
Somali
Minneapolis, Seattle, Toronto.
አማርኛ
Amharic
DC area, Seattle, Toronto.
ትግርኛ
Tigrinya
Afaan Oromoo
Oromo
Kiswahili
Swahili
Yorùbá
Yoruba
Igbo
Igbo
Українська
Ukrainian
Toronto, Edmonton, NYC, Chicago.
Română
Romanian
Magyar
Hungarian
Čeština
Czech
Türkçe
Turkish
Հայերեն
Armenian
Glendale CA, LA, Montreal.
Српски
Serbian
Hrvatski
Croatian
Български
Bulgarian
Shqip
Albanian
Indigenous languages
These languages have limited or no machine-translation support but are important to acknowledge. If you speak one and want to help us translate, please contact us.
Diné Bizaad
Navajo / Diné Bizaad
Largest Indigenous language in the US by speaker count (Navajo Nation).
ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ Nēhiyawēwin
Cree
Widely spoken across Prairie Provinces and northern Quebec.
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
Inuktitut
Nunavut and Nunavik (northern Quebec).
ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ Anishinaabemowin
Ojibwe / Anishinaabemowin
Great Lakes region in US and Canada.
Iñupiatun
Inupiaq
Northern Alaska.
Yup'ik
Yup'ik
Southwest Alaska.
See our Indigenous resources page for Indigenous-led shelters and services across Turtle Island.
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