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Countries In Their Official Language Click Quiz with Exceptions

Can you match the English name of a country to the name in its official language (or their main language)? Countries with English as their official/main language and countries whose name in English is the same as their name in their official/main are not included.
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New Zealand
Māori
Iraq
Arabic
Guinea
French
Turkey
Turkish
Kazakhstan
Kazakh
Vietnam
Vietnamese
Iceland
Icelandic
South Korea
Korean
Haiti
French
Israel
Hebrew
Benin
French
Turkmenistan
Turkmen
Russia
Russian
Cyprus
Greek
Pakistan
Urdu
Kosovo
Serbian
Sweden
Swedish
Republic of the Congo
French
Montenegro
Montenegrin
Malawi
Chichewa
Iran
Persian
Albania
Albanian
Eritrea
Arabic
Estonia
Estonian
Ireland
Irish
Libya
Arabic
North Macedonia
Macedonian
Kiribati
Gilbertese
Palau
Palauan
Uzbekistan
Uzbek
Senegal
French
Eswatini
Swazi
Suriname
Dutch
Slovakia
Slovak
Sudan
Arabic
Afghanistan
Pashto
Marshall Islands
Marshallese
Peru
Spanish
Czechia
Czech
Belgium
Dutch
Japan
Japanese
Monaco
Monégasque
Laos
Lao
Egypt
Arabic
Taiwan
Mandarin Chinese
Papua New Guinea
Tok Pisin
Democratic Republic of the Congo
French
Samoa
Samoan
Mozambique
Portuguese
Ukraine
Ukrainian
Bahrain
Arabic
Armenia
Armenian
Lebanon
Arabic
Seychelles
Seychellois Creole
Hungary
Hungarian
Sri Lanka
Sinhala
Brazil
Portuguese
Morocco
Arabic
Switzerland
French
Bhutan
Dzongkha
Thailand
Thai
Latvia
Latvian
East Timor
Portuguese
Chad
French
Mexico
Spanish
Lithuania
Lithuanian
Kuwait
Arabic
Belarus
Belarusian
Italy
Italian
Myanmar
Burmese
Nauru
Nauruan
Croatia
Croatian
China
Mandarin Chinese
Gabon
French
South Africa
Afrikaans
Madagascar
Malagasy
Tajikistan
Tajiki-Persian
Jordan
Arabic
Poland
Polish
Luxembourg
Luxembourgish
Dominican Republic
Spanish
Vatican City
Latin
Slovenia
Slovene
United Arab Emirates
Arabic
Somalia
Somali
Austria
German
Fiji
Fijian
India
Hindi
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian
Finland
Finnish
Netherlands
Dutch
Serbia
Serbian
Oman
Arabic
Romania
Romanian
Equatorial Guinea
Spanish
Panama
Spanish
Norway
Norwegian
Singapore
Malay
Yemen
Arabic
Saudi Arabia
Arabic
Comoros
French
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani
Tunisia
Arabic
Greece
Greek
São Tomé and Principe
Portuguese
Maldives
Dhivehi
Georgia
Georgian
Denmark
Danish
Mauritania
Arabic
Mongolia
Mongolian
Ethiopia
Amharic
Spain
Spanish
Algeria
Arabic
Germany
German
Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese
Cambodia
Khmer
Cameroon
French
Bulgaria
Bulgarian
North Korea
Korean
Syria
Arabic
Burundi
Kirundi
Central African Republic
Sango
Solomon Islands
Neo-Solomonic
Ivory Coast
French
Philippines
Filipino
Nepal
Davanagari
Afghanestan
Al-'Iraq
Al-'Urdun
Al-Bahrayn
Al-maɣréb
Al-Yaman
Al-‘Arabiyyah as Sa‘ūdiyyah
Al-’Imārat Al-‘Arabiyyah Al-Muttaḥidah
Aorōkin M̧ajeļ
Aotearoa
As-Sudan
Azərbaycan
Belau
België
Bénin
Bhārat
Bielaruś
Bosnia I Hercegovína
Brasil
Bulgariya
Cameroun
Česko
Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk
Civitas Vaticana
Comores
Côte d'Ivoire
Crna Gora
Daehan Min-guk
Danmark
Dawlat ul-Kuwayt
Deutschland
Dhivehi Raajje
Druk Yul
Dzayer
Eesti
Éire
Ellada
España
eSwatini
Guiné-Bissau
Guinea Ecuatorial
Guinée
Haïti
Hayastán
Hrvatska
Īrān
Iritriya
Ísland
Italia
Ityop'ia
Kampuchea
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Kosova
Kýpros
Lao
Latvija
Lëtezebuerg
Lībiyā
Lietuva
Lubnān
Madagasikara
Magyarország
Malaŵi
México
Misr
Moçambique
Mongol Ul
Mueang Thai
Múnegu
Mūrītānyā
Myanma
Naoero
Nederland
Nepāl
Nippon
Norge
Österreich
O‘zbekiston
Pākistān
Panamá
Papua Giugini
Perú
Pilipinas
Polska
Qazaqstan
República Dominicana
République démocratique du Congo
République du Congo
République gabonaise
Ribaberiki
România
Rossiâ
Sak'art'velo
Sāmoa
São Tomé e Principe
Sénégal
Sesel
Severna Makedonija
Shqipëria
Singapura
Slovenija
Slovensko
Solomon Aelan
Soomaaliya
Srbija
Sri Lankā
Suid-Afrika
Suisse
Suomi
Surinaams
Suriyah
Sverige
Táiwān
Tchad
Timor-Leste
Tojikistan
Tunes
Türkiye
Türkmenistan
Uburundi
Ukraїna
Viti
Việt Nam
Yisra'el
Zhōngguó
‘Umān
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10 Comments
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Level 56
Dec 25, 2024
I'M ACTUALLY SO CRACKED
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Level 69
Dec 29, 2024
Longing for the day jetpunkers finally understand Greece in Greek is Ellada and not Hellas.
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Level 63
Jan 2, 2025
Technically speaking, Timor-Leste, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cabo Verde are the names of their respective countries in all languages, so none of them should be included on this quiz.
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Level 40
Jan 23, 2025
100% in 19 minutes damn haha. Slovensko really confused me, I kept waiting for Slovenia to pop up until I ran out of the countries haha
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Level 69
Jul 18, 2025
100%. Awesome quiz!
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Level 81
Jul 18, 2025
Fun quiz!

Davanagari is not a language. It is a script. Nepal's hint should probably be Nepali.

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Level 70
Jul 18, 2025
Ribaberiki translates to "Republic" in Gilbertese. The name in Gilbertese is Kiribati
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Level 69
Jul 19, 2025
Romanizing Россия as Rossiâ is an interesting convention; I've never seen that before.

Also:

Kosova is Albanian (the majority language in the country), while Kosovo is Serbian.

Surinaams is Surinamese, Surinaam (no s) is Suriname.

"République Gabonaise" is colloquially known as "Gabon" like any other country, and has no reason to be described that way here unlike the Congos.

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Level 78
Jul 20, 2025
Nice quiz! One typo I noticed: Papua Niugini (Papua New Guinea) is misspelled as Papua Giugini.
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Level 72
Jul 20, 2025
Fun quiz but needs some fixing, as earlier commenters have pointed out. A typo you might want to change: 'Lëtezebuerg' should be 'Lëtzebuerg'.