Category Elimination - Languages

In each group, name any answer which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any answer which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
All languages must have at least 100,000 speakers to be included
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Last updated: October 1, 2024
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Green Categories
27
Languages with over 50 million native speakers
20
... mainly spoken in Asia
8
... official in just one country
3
... not official in India
1
... not mainly spoken on an island(s)
Vietnamese
 
 
 
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Blue Categories
24
Official languages of the EU
18
... with over 5 million native speakers
9
... with fewer than 20 million native speakers
4
... in the Slavic language family
1
... that only uses the Cyrillic alphabet
Bulgarian
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Orange Categories
22
Languages spoken in North or South America
11
... that are not spoken in Mexico
7
... that does not originate from Europe
3
... that has less than 2 million speakers
1
... that is spoken in the United States
Navajo
 
 
 
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Purple Categories
33
African languages with over 5 million speakers
21
... that are spoken below the equator
9
... not spoken in South Africa or the Congo
7
... is not of European or Asian origin
1
... and is mostly spoken on an island
Malagasy
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2 Comments
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Level 69
May 29, 2025
Nice quiz! I'm pretty sure Malagasy is of Asian origin though.
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Level 45
May 22, 2026
Cool quiz! I think Iñupiaq qualifies for the Orange categories, though.