Hello! I am using Whatsapp.

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Iyionaku
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Hello! I am using Whatsapp.

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:eng: Hello! I am using Whatsapp.
[ˈhɛləʊ̯! aɪ̯ əm ˈjuːzɪŋ wɑˈt͡sæp]

:deu: German

Hallo! Ich benutze Whatsapp.
[ˈhaloː! ʔɪç bəˈnʊtsə ˈwɑt͡sʔɛp]
hello! 1SG.NOM use.1SG whatsapp

Look that the German brand pronunctiation is a mix of English and German (regarding the glottal stop and the missing of [æ] in German)

:chn: Mandarin

你好,我正在使用Whatsapp
Nǐhǎo, wǒ zhèngzài shǐyòng Whatsapp

[ni˧˥haʊ̯˨˩˦, wɔ˨˩͡tʂɛŋ˥˩͡d̥zaɪ̯˥˩ ʂʐ̩˨˩jʊŋ˥˩ ???]
hello, 1SG PROG use Whatsapp

:con: Yélian

Sep sat! Whatsapp rat agirut.
[sɛp sɐt! ˈvat͡sap rɐt aˈxirʊt]
to 2SG.OBL! whatsapp 1SG.OBL use-INV.3SG.INAN

:con: Caelian

Wandë! Rar Whatsopp byäi!
[wanˈdə! raɾ watʒɔp bʲæɪ̯]
hello! 1SG.NOM whatapp.INST COP.1SG>3SG

:con: Anto

Haj! Da Whatsapp handel da.
[haɪ̯! ta wat͡sɛpʰɛ ˈhantɛl ta]
hello! 1SG whatsapp use 1SG

:con: Utseech

Avus! Il wawejd Whatsapp.
[ˈavʊs! ɪɫ ˈwawɛɪ̯d ˈwatʃɛp]
hello! 1SG.REC use.1SG whatsapp

:con: Bath'aso

Grutsh nash, shtu henk bats Whatsapp
[gʁutʂ nɑʂ, ʂtɯ hɛŋk bɑt͡s bɑt͡sɑpː]
day good, HAB use 1SG.ERG Whatsapp.ABS

Had to fight with the correct aspect here a lot... "heks" marks the ingressive case and emphasizes that the user has started to use whatsapp, what seems the most natural... however it implies that there could be an end again, what might not be very advertising. Another possibility would be the continuative "zhuts", but here is the same problem. What's left is the habituative aspect "shtu", that I eventually used.

:con: Paatherye

ओरं, ओकु तीमज़ औठुमे Whatsappप​.
Ēram, ēku tīmas eythūme Whatsappā.

[ˈeːram, ˈeːku ˈtiːmas eɪ̯ˈtʰuːme waˈt͡sapaː] (High Elfish)
[əˈram, ok tim ˈaʊ̯thuːm waˈt͡sɛp] (Colloquial Elfish)
peace, 1SG.NOM AUX.PROX.1SG use.INF whatsapp.ACC
Wipe the glass. This is the usual way to start, even in the days, day and night, only a happy one.
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:con: Lonmai Luna(romanization)

Takamebai! se nat wes alen Whatsapp
[täkäme̞bai se̞ nät we̞s äle̞n wätsäp]
hello 1.SG PROG use PND Whatsapp

:con: Urban Basanawa

こんにちは!吾びん在ん用いいたんWhatsapp
[kɔnnɪtʃɪwa ɪk bɪn an ni:tən wat͡s.ap]
konnitchiwa! ik bin an neeten Whatsapp(romanization)
hello 1.SG.NOM be.1.SG.PRES at use.INF Whatsapp
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Wniecka

Chrad! Jek brykę Whatsapp.
[xrat̪ jɛk ˈbrɨkɛ ˈvat̪s̪ap]
praise-NOM 1SG use-1SG.PRS whatsapp
Hello! I am using Whatsapp.
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:con: mọs

ao! esɯossa.
hello! 1s-VBZ-whatsapp
Hello! I am using Whatsapp.
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Iyionaku wrote::eng: Hello! I am using Whatsapp.
[ˈhɛləʊ̯! aɪ̯ əm ˈjuːzɪŋ wɑˈt͡sæp]
[wɑˈt͡sæp]? Not [ʍʌˈt͡sæp] or even [wʌˈt͡sæp]?
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Khemehekis wrote:
Iyionaku wrote::eng: Hello! I am using Whatsapp.
[ˈhɛləʊ̯! aɪ̯ əm ˈjuːzɪŋ wɑˈt͡sæp]
[wɑˈt͡sæp]? Not [ʍʌˈt͡sæp] or even [wʌˈt͡sæp]?
For me, "what" rhymes with "hot" and "not", not "hut" or "nut". The "lolwut" pear with teeth meme from ages back taught me that other dialects pronounce it like "wut" rather than "wot" (of course that wouldn't work today amd it would do me a heccin confuse to try to wurk out pronunciation fro memes nou). Also, I sometimes stress WhatsApp on the first syllable... but I've only heard of it since I've isolated myself from most other native speakers.
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:con: Häħadhvar
Trail! Havare WhatsApps.
/tra'ɪɫ ha'vare βo'tsaps/
hello use.1SG whatsapp.ACC

:con: Híntrené
Þríseskér! Ék þéla WhatsApp-á.
/θriːseskεr εk θεlɑ wotsɑpa/
good+day 1SG use.PRES whatsapp-ACC
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:fra: French

Bonjour ! J'utilise Whatsapp.
/bɔ̃.ʒuʁ | ʒy.ti.liz wɔt.sap/
Hello | 1SG=use Whatsapp
Hello! I am using Whatsapp.

I listened to people talking about Whatsapp in French, and it's possible they pronounce it [wʌtsap], but I can't tell for sure. If they were, it would mean they were using a phone not native to French, when /œ/ is already regularly used to naturalize English /ʌ/.
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:con: Unnamed v.3

Prolus! Lisa' në Whatsapp!
hello! use-PRS 1s Whatsapp
[ˈpɾʌ̞ˑɬˠus ˈɬʲiˑsɐ nʲɘ ˈʊ̯ʌ̞t.sæ̞p]
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:con: :png: Wena:

Hwe! Na i zwe Whatsapp
[ʍe | ˌnai̯ ˈzwe ˈwod͡ʒebi] - initiated men
[ʍe | ˌnai̯ ˈswe ˈwot͡ʃepi] - everyone else
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:con: Ular

好好!我Whatsapp用我!
Lûlú! Lăn Whatsapp jūng lăn!

Hello! TOP.1SG Whatsapp use 1SG
Hello! I am using Whatsapp.
Wipe the glass. This is the usual way to start, even in the days, day and night, only a happy one.
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