text_original: With another bow (as if he had written something wrong and was going to wipe it out with his nose), he handed me the slate, on which I found written in a neat hand half a dozen lines in as many different languages  English, Latin, Hebrew, German, French, Greek  each, as far as I could make out, conveying the cheerful information that he could communicate with me in that particular tongue.
text_transcription: WITH ANOTHER BOW AS IF HE HAD WRITTEN SOMETHING WRONG AND WAS GOING TO WIPE IT OUT WITH HIS NOSE HE HANDED ME THE SLATE ON WHICH I FOUND WRITTEN IN A NEAT HAND HALF A DOZEN LINES IN AS MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ENGLISH LATIN HEBREW GERMAN FRENCH GREEK EACH AS FAR AS I COULD MAKE OUT CONVEYING THE CHEERFUL INFORMATION THAT HE COULD COMMUNICATE WITH ME IN THAT PARTICULAR TONGUE
phonemes: wɪð ɐnˈʌðɚ bˈoʊ (æz ɪf hiː hæd ɹˈɪʔn̩ sˈʌmθɪŋ ɹˈɔŋ ænd wʌz ɡˌoʊɪŋ tə wˈaɪp ɪɾ ˈaʊt wɪð hɪz nˈoʊz), hiː hˈændᵻd mˌiː ðə slˈeɪt, ˌɔn wˌɪtʃ aɪ fˈaʊnd ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɪn ɐ nˈiːt hˈænd hˈæf ɐ dˈʌzən lˈaɪnz ɪn æz mˈɛni dˈɪfɹənt lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ, lˈætɪn, hˈiːbɹuː, dʒˈɜːmən, fɹˈɛntʃ, ɡɹˈiːk ˈiːtʃ, æz fˈɑːɹ æz aɪ kʊd mˌeɪk ˈaʊt, kənvˈeɪɪŋ ðə tʃˈɪɹfəl ˌɪnfɚmˈeɪʃən ðæt hiː kʊd kəmjˈuːnᵻkˌeɪt wɪð mˌiː ɪn ðæt pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚ tˈʌŋ.