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Capital Cities by Language of Origin - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 62 times
- The average score is 63 of 196
Answer Stats
| Capital City | Language | Original Form | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | Arabic | أَبُو ظَبِي | 100%
|
| Algiers | Arabic | الجزائر | 81%
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| Andorra la Vella | Catalan | Andorra la Vella | 79%
|
| Asunción | Early Modern Spanish | Asunción | 74%
|
| Amsterdam | Middle Dutch | Aemstelredam | 72%
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| Addis Ababa | Amharic | አዲስ አበባ | 70%
|
| Cairo | Arabic | القاهرة | 70%
|
| Beijing | Middle Mandarin | 北平 | 70%
|
| Bangkok / Krung Thep | Thai | บางกอก / กรุงเทพฯ | 67%
|
| Buenos Aires | Aragonese / Sardinian / Spanish | Buen Ayre / Bonaria / Buen Aire | 65%
|
| Budapest | Hungarian | Budapest | 65%
|
| Bucharest | Romanian | București | 65%
|
| Caracas | Spanish | Caracas (named after a local tribe or flower) | 63%
|
| Bridgetown | English | Bridgetown | 63%
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| Astana | Kazakh | Астана | 63%
|
| Brasília | Portuguese | Brasília | 63%
|
| Chișinău | Romanian or Hungarian | Chișla + Nouă or Kisjenő | 60%
|
| Doha | Arabic | الدوحة | 58%
|
| Freetown | English | Freetown | 58%
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| Antananarivo | Malagasy | Antananarivo | 58%
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| Bratislava | Slovak | Bratislava | 58%
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| Hanoi | Vietnamese | Hà Nội / 河內 | 58%
|
| Kuwait City | Arabic | مدينة الكويت | 56%
|
| Bloemfontein | Dutch | Bloemfontein | 56%
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| Georgetown | English | Georgetown | 56%
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| Brazzaville | French | Brazzaville | 56%
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| Cape Town | Dutch | Kaapstad | 53%
|
| Seoul | Korean | 서울 | 53%
|
| Kuala Lumpur | Malay | Kuala Lumpur / کوالا لمڤور | 53%
|
| Riyadh | Arabic | الرياض | 51%
|
| Dhaka | Bengali | ঢাক | 51%
|
| Kingston | English | Kingston | 51%
|
| Kingstown | English | Kingstown | 51%
|
| Tokyo | Japanese | 東京 | 51%
|
| Phnom Penh | Khmer | ភ្នំពេញ | 51%
|
| Bishkek | Kyrgyz | Бишкек | 51%
|
| São Tomé | Portuguese | São Tomé | 51%
|
| La Paz | Spanish | La Paz | 51%
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| San Salvador | Spanish | San Salvador | 51%
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| Santiago | Spanish | Santiago | 51%
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| Santo Domingo | Spanish | Santo Domingo | 51%
|
| Stockholm | Swedish | Stockholm | 51%
|
| Rome | Classical Latin or Etruscan or Ancient Greek | Romulus (Legend) or 𐌓𐌖𐌌𐌀 or Ῥώμη/ῥέω | 49%
|
| San Marino | Late Latin or Vulgar Latin or Italian | San Marino / Saint Marinus | 49%
|
| Pyongyang | Middle Korean | 부루나 / 平壤 | 49%
|
| New Delhi | Sanskrit or Hindi or Prakrit | डिल्लि/डिल्ली or दिल्ली or 𑀠𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 | 49%
|
| Saint George's | English | Saint George's | 49%
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| Saint John's | English | Saint John's | 49%
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| Basseterre | French | Basseterre | 49%
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| Port-au-Prince | French | Port-au-Prince | 49%
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| Ulaanbaatar | Mongolian | Улаанбаатар | 49%
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| Porto-Novo | Portuguese | Porto-Novo | 49%
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| San José | Spanish | San José | 49%
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| Muscat | Old Persian or Arabic | مَسْقَط (Many different variations) | 47%
|
| Sarajevo | Serbo-Croatian / Ottoman Turkish | Са̀рајево / Sàrajevo / سراي اوفاسي | 47%
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| Montevideo | Spanish or Portuguese | Montevideo or Monte vide eu | 47%
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| Port Moresby | English | Port Moresby | 47%
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| Wellington | English | Wellington | 47%
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| Libreville | French | Libreville | 47%
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| Taipei | Mandarin | 臺北 | 47%
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| Apia | Samoan | Apia | 47%
|
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | Sinhala / Tamil | ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ / ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுர கோட்டை | 47%
|
| Sucre | Spanish | Sucre | 47%
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| Manila | Tagalog | Maynilà / ᜋᜌ᜔ᜈᜒᜎ | 47%
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| Rabat | Arabic | الرباط | 44%
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| Vatican City | Classical Latin | Vātī̆cānus | 44%
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| Paris | Latin / Gaulish / Proto-Celtic | Parīsiī / *parios / *kʷaryos | 44%
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| Islamabad | Urdu / Classical Persian | اسلامآباد / اسلامآباد | 44%
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| Washington D.C. | English | Washington D.C. | 44%
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| Roseau | French | Roseau | 44%
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| Abuja | Hausa | Abuja | 44%
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| Vilnius | Lithuanian | Vìlnius | 44%
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| Port-of-Spain | Spanish | Puerto de España | 44%
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| Manama | Arabic | الْمَنَامَة | 42%
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| Victoria | English | Victoria | 42%
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| Windhoek | Dutch / Afrikaans | Windhoek | 42%
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| Monrovia | English | Monrovia | 42%
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| Port Louis | French | Port-Louis | 42%
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| Panama City | Spanish | Ciudad de Panamá | 42%
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| Mexico City | Classical Nahuatl | Mēxihco | 40%
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| London | Classical Latin / Brittonic | Londinium / Londinion | 40%
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| Tirana | Latin or (Proto-)Albanian or Doric Greek | Terrana or *Tūrsanā/Tiranë or Τυρσανοί | 40%
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| Castries | French | Castries | 40%
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| Podgorica | Serbo-Croatian | По̀дгорица | 40%
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| Athens | Ancient Greek | Ἀθῆναι | 37%
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| Naypyidaw | Burmese | နေပြည်တော် | 37%
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| Mogadishu | Farsi or Somali | مقعد شاه or Muuqdisho | 37%
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| Pretoria | Dutch / Latin | Pretoria / Pretorius | 37%
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| Vientiane | Lao | ວຽງຈັນ | 37%
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| Beirut | Phoenician | 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕 | 37%
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| Funafuti | Tuvaluan | Funafuti | 37%
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| Port Vila | French | Port-Vila | 35%
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| Tallinn | Old Estonian | Taani-linna / Tanin lidna | 35%
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| Tehran | Classical Persian | تَهران / طَهْرَان | 33%
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| Madrid | Latin/Mozarabic or Arabic or Proto-Celtic | Matrix/Matricis or مَجْرًى or Mageto-ɸritus | 33%
|
| Belmopan | Spanish | Belmopan | 33%
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| Asmara | Tigrinya | ኣስመራ | 33%
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| Nukuʻalofa | Tongan | Nukuʻalofa | 33%
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| Ljubljana | Slovene or MHG or Old Slavonic | Ljubljána or Laibach or Ljubovid / *ľubъ | 30%
|
| Thimphu | Dzongkha | ཐིམ་ཕུ | 30%
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| Ngerulmud | Palauan | Ngerulmud | 30%
|
| Baku | Classical Persian | باکو | 28%
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| Lisbon | Classical Latin or Phoenician | Olisīpō / 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤑 𐤏𐤁𐤀 | 28%
|
| Ashgabat | Classical Persian (Possibly Parthian) | عِشْقآبَاد (𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊) | 28%
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| Suva | Fijian | Suva | 28%
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| Yaren | Nauruan | Yaren | 28%
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| Reykjavík | Old Norse | Reykjavík | 28%
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| Praia | Portuguese | Praia | 28%
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| Gaborone | Tswana | Gaborone | 28%
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| Dakar | Wolof | Daqaar / Ndakaaru | 28%
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| Accra | Akan | Nkran | 26%
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| Bamako | Bambara | ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ / Bamakɔ | 26%
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| Harare | chiShona | Haráre / Haarari | 26%
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| Malé | Dhivehi | މާލެ | 26%
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| Riga | Livonian or German or Latin | Ringa or Riege or Rigata | 26%
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| Maseru | Sesotho | Maseru | 26%
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| Mbabane | Swazi | ÉMbábáne | 26%
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| Kigali | Kinyarwanda | Kigali | 23%
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| N'Djamena | Arabic | نِجَامِينَا | 21%
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| Dushanbe | Classical Persian | دُوشَنْبَه | 21%
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| Monaco | Ancient Greek / Ligurian | Μόνοικος / Unknown Ligurian Word | 21%
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| South Tarawa | Gilbertese | Tarawa Teinainano | 21%
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| Majuro | Marshallese | Mājro | 21%
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| Kathmandu | Sanskrit | काष्ठमण्डप | 21%
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| Havana | Taíno | Habaguanex | 21%
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| Ankara | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκῡρα | 19%
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| Tunis | Berber Language | ⵜⵏⵙ | 19%
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| Nicosia | Byzantine Greek / Ancient Greek | Λευκωσία / Λευτεῶν | 19%
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| Kampala | Luganda / English | ke'Empala / Impala | 19%
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| Yerevan | Old Armenian / Urartian | Երևան / 𒌷𒅕𒁍𒌑𒉌 | 19%
|
| Oslo | Old Norse / Proto-Norse | Ǫ́sló / ᚨᚾᛊᚢᛚᚨᚢᚺᚢ | 19%
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| Kinshasa | Kikongo | Kinshasa | 19%
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| Ottawa | Algonquin | Adawe | 16%
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| Tashkent | Chagatai | تاشکند | 16%
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| Lilongwe | Chichewa | Lilongwe | 16%
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| Guatemala City | Classical Nahuatl | Cuauhtemallan | 16%
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| Skopje | Ancient Greek / Classical Latin | Σκοῦποι / Scupi | 16%
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| Nouakchott | Berber Language or Zenaga | Nawākšūṭ or in wakchodh | 16%
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| Nassau | German | Nassau | 16%
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| Banjul | Mandinka | Bang Julo | 16%
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| Moroni | Ngazidja Comorian | Mroni | 16%
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| Tbilisi | Old Georgian | ტფილისი | 16%
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| Djibouti | Afar or Egyptian | Gabouti or 𓅝𓏏𓏭𓀭 | 14%
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| Tripoli | Ancient Greek | Τρίπολις | 14%
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| Brussels | Old Dutch | Bruocsella / Broekzele | 14%
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| Warsaw | Old Polish | Warszewa | 14%
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| Bogotá | Chibcha | Bacatá / Muyquytá | 12%
|
| Tegucigalpa | Classical Nahuatl | Tegucigalpa (Specific word unknown) | 12%
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| Khartoum | Dinka or Nubian | Khar-tuom or Ⲁⲅⲁⲣⲧⲟⲩⲙ (Agartoum) | 12%
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| Luanda | Kimbundu | Axiluanda / Axilwanda | 12%
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| Bern | Middle High German (Possibly Proto-Celtic) | Bern (*berna/*branos) | 12%
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| Berlin | Middle Low German | Berlyn | 12%
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| Ouagadougou | Mòoré or Farefare | Waogdgo or Wɔgdɔgɔ | 12%
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| Prague | Old East Slavic / Old Czech | Práh / Praga / Praha | 12%
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| Dublin | Middle Irish | Dublind | 12%
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| Baghdad | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲 | 12%
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| Helsinki | Old Swedish | Hälsinge | 12%
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| Palikir | Pohnpeian | Palikir | 12%
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| Singapore | Sanskrit | सिंहपुर | 12%
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| Sofia | Byzantine Greek / Ottoman Turkish | Σοφίας / صوفيه | 9%
|
| Zagreb | Old Croatian / Old Hungarian / Medieval Latin | *Zagrębъ / Zagrabiensem / Agranum/Zagrabia | 9%
|
| Valletta | French | Valette | 9%
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| Belgrade | Medieval Latin | Belgradum / Belogradum | 9%
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| Kyiv | Old East Slavic | Кꙑѥвъ | 9%
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| Minsk | Old East Slavic | Мѣньскъ | 9%
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| Moscow | Old East Slavic | Московь | 9%
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| Luxembourg | Old High German | Lucilinburhuc | 9%
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| Vienna | Old High German | Wienna | 9%
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| Bandar Seri Begawan | Sanskrit / Farsi | श्री + भगवान् + بندر | 9%
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| Amman | Ammonite | 𐤏𐤌𐤍 | 7%
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| Yamoussoukro | Baoulé | Yamoussoukro | 7%
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| Bangui | Bobangi | Ubangi / Oubangui | 7%
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| Lima | Classical Quechua | Limaq | 7%
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| Damascus | Egyptian | 𓍘𓄟𓊃𓈎𓅱 | 7%
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| Jerusalem | Egyptian / West Semitic language | 𓄫𓅱𓆷𓄿𓅓𓅓𓈉 / 𓄫𓏲𓆷𓄿𓅓𓅓𓈉 / 𒌑𒊒𒊓𒅆𒆠 (Akkadian Spelling) | 7%
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| Managua | Nahuatl or Mangue | Mana-ahuac or Managua | 7%
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| Vaduz | Old Romansch | Auadutg / Faduzes | 7%
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| Lomé | Eʋegbe | Alotimé | 7%
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| Nairobi | Maasai | Enkare Nyrobi | 7%
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| Copenhagen | Old Danish | Køpmannæhafn | 7%
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| Jakarta | Sanskrit | जयकर्ता | 7%
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| Kabul | Sanskrit | कुभा | 7%
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| Conakry | Susu | Kɔnakiri Cona + Nakiri | 7%
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| Dili | Bunak | Zili | 5%
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| Dodoma | Cigogo | Idodomya | 5%
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| Honiara | Gela–Guadalcanal language (any accepted) | Nagho Ni Ara | 5%
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| Sana'a | Old South Arabian (Sabaic) | 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 | 5%
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| Paramaribo | Tupi–Guarani language | Paramaribo | 5%
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| Cotonou | Fon | Kútɔ̀nú | 5%
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| Canberra | Ngunnawal | Kamberra / Kghambury / Nganbra / Gnabra | 5%
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| Bissau | Papel | (b)uhlawʔ / (b)usawʔ | 5%
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| Malabo | Bubi | Malabo | 2%
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| Lusaka | Chilenje | Lusaaka | 2%
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| Quito | Tsafiki | quitso + to | 2%
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| Juba | Bari | Juba | 0%
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| Yaoundé | Ewondo | Wondo / Jaundo | 0%
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