Southernmost Country by Language

For each language, guess the SOUTHERNMOST country which includes it as an official language.

Uses southernmost point for ranking

NOT INCLUDING overseas territories

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Language	Country
English	New Zealand / Australia *
German	Switzerland
Italian	Italy
Portuguese	Brazil
French	Madagascar
Korean	South Korea
Persian	Iran
Spanish	Chile
Dutch	Suriname
Russian	Kyrgyzstan
Serbo-Croatian	Kosovo
Malay	Indonesia
Chinese	Singapore
Swazi	South Africa
Hindustani	Fiji
Greek	Cyprus

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56 Comments

+16

Level ∞

Feb 3, 2024

For Australia / New Zealand we allow both answers for multiple reasons of debate including which is more southerly and whether or not English is a dejure language.

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Level 78

Feb 3, 2024

I like the concept. Surprised it hasn’t been done before.

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Level 70

Feb 3, 2024

French really tripped me up. I thought through almost every single African country until I got the correct answer.

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Level 68

May 14, 2025

Germany caught me out, was sure it would be Namibia.

Level 61

Sep 15, 2025

Me too

Level 26

Apr 9, 2026

yeah Namibia they speak german right ?

Level 67

Apr 9, 2026

Namibia was only a german colony up to 1918. Then it was integrated into South Africa.

Level 56

Apr 9, 2026

only a small minority, supposed to be around 5%

Level 55

Apr 10, 2026

They speak Afrikaans which is Related to Dutch.

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Level 88

Feb 3, 2024

Great quiz! Could do Arabic too.

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Level 71

Feb 3, 2024

I wonder, if similar quizzes for: North, West and East directions would be as fun as this one.

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Level 63

Feb 3, 2024

In my opinion, West and East would work strangely for many countries with the way the International Date Line works.

Level 76

Apr 13, 2024

My guess is that a convention for which countries are considered Easternmost and Westernmost has already been established for jetpunk

Level 72

Apr 9, 2026

It wouldn't work with the way the planet is shaped, because there is no such a thing as an "absolute" East or West (while there is an absolute North and South).

Level 63

Feb 3, 2024

Nice! Loved playing this.

Level 83

Feb 3, 2024

Oh right. I always forget that island speaks that language and has that religion. Great quiz! Love to see more DollyFroggy on the front page!

Level 72

Feb 5, 2024

The majority of them are Christian and speak a different language. Regardless, it's still a fun question. It makes you think.

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Level 76

Feb 4, 2024

Great concept. Really surprised to see Arabic left off the list.

Level 63

Feb 5, 2024

Nice quiz! You should do northernmost for sure.

Level 88

Feb 5, 2024

Great quiz.

Level 44

Feb 15, 2024

German should be Namibia

Level 63

Feb 15, 2024

English is the only official language of Namibia.

Level 29

Mar 5, 2024

Hindustani is not a language, Hindi is

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Level 63

Mar 5, 2024

It's similar to Chinese. It can be considered a language group or a language. For the sake of this quiz, it is considered a language.

Level 45

Aug 31, 2024

Chinese is a bad example... Languages of China are very different and it's in fact wrong to consider them dialects of Han Chinese. "Chinese dialects" is a term used by the CCP to enforce their standard language policy.

Level 55

Apr 13, 2024

Wikipedia defines it as language, but a pluricentric one, with two standard registers Hindi and Urdu

Level 45

Aug 31, 2024

Serbo-Croatian isn't a "language" either, following your logic. However, it's undeniable that Serbian, Croatian etc. are just dialects of one language. The same applies for Hindustani and its components (Hindi and Urdu). The difference is political and religious.

Level 57

May 26, 2025

I had absolutely zero clue about Hindustani, but i thought it sounded like one of those native languages from one of the South Pacific islands and got it second try with 15 seconds leaft

Level 52

Nov 30, 2025

URDU AND HINDI IS THE SAME

Level 69

Mar 10, 2024

Nice quiz, good idea. Congrats on the feature!

Level 78

Apr 13, 2024

Good idea. Took me a while to get the Russian one - that needed a mental map with latitude written on it 😊

Level 55

Apr 13, 2024

Isn't Russian official in Tajikistan?

Level 54

Apr 13, 2024

wikipedia says its an official interethnic language so i think it should be added

Level 63

Apr 13, 2024

Not as of this featured quiz. As per the quote from the Constitution: "The state language of Tajikistan shall be Tajik. Russian shall be the language of international communication." The state language of Tajikistan, which I understand to be synonymous with official national language, is Tajik, and only Tajik.

Level 60

Apr 13, 2024

Brazil is not the southernmost country using portuguese as official language. Its Mozambique.

Level 54

Apr 13, 2024

Brazil is more southern than Mozambique

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_southernmost_point

Level 51

Apr 13, 2024

Level 68

Apr 13, 2024

How did anyone get the Hindustani answer? I got it by accident because I was making guesses for French

Level 68

Apr 13, 2024

Fiji is known for its Indian immigrants, even making up like 40%.

Also what does Fiji have to do with French? 🤔

Level 59

Apr 13, 2024

In Süd-Tirol, in Italy, they speak german!

Level 39

Apr 13, 2024

isnt an official language

Level 75

Apr 17, 2024

German IS official in this autonomous region

Level 55

Apr 10, 2026

but not all of Italy

Level 78

Apr 14, 2024

I speak German at the south pole

Level 55

Apr 10, 2026

South Tyrol isn't a Country, and Italy doesn't list German as an Official language

Level 43

Apr 14, 2024

Russian really got me, but I ended up guessing Kyrgyzstan by thinking it really had to be one of the Stans

Level 75

Jun 4, 2024

Why not use an actual photo of a kiwi?

Level 56

Nov 10, 2024

German is spoken in Northern Italy and it is an officiial language there

Level 63

Nov 10, 2024

Official languages refers to languages recognized on the national level.

Level 39

Dec 28, 2024

English is the official language of New Zealand together with Maori. But it doesn't mean, that English is not official, they just have more languages, just like many other countries. And New Zealand is definitely more to the south if we only include integral and inhabited regions. The only part of Australia, which is further south than New Zealand, is the small uninhabited Macquarie Island.

Level 61

Oct 8, 2025

KIWI!

Level 45

Jan 23, 2026

16/16 in 2:39

Level 23

Feb 12, 2026

France is further South than Madagascar, in Polynesia and obviously in Kerguelen but it's uninhabited.

Level 63

Feb 18, 2026

"NOT INCLUDING overseas territories"