| Date (BC) | Family | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 | Semitic | Hebrew | 91%
|
| 700 | Italic | Latin | 91%
|
| 1450 | Graeco-Phrygian | Mycenaean Greek | 90%
|
| 800 | Semitic | Old Arabic | 87%
|
| 500 | Iranian | Old Persian | 87%
|
| 1250 | Sino-Tibetan | Old Chinese | 84%
|
| 2690 | Egyptian | Egyptian | 80%
|
| 1200 | Indo-Aryan | Vedic Sanskrit | 79%
|
| 1000 | Semitic | Aramaic | 67%
|
| 2600 | Semitic | Akkadian | 66%
|
| 2600 | Isolate | Sumerian | 64%
|
| 1000 | Semitic | Phoenician | 58%
|
| 300 | Dravidian | Old Tamil | 56%
|
| 700 | Tyrsenian | Etruscan | 54%
|
| 1700 | Anatolian | Hittite | 51%
|
| 200 | Indo-Aryan | Elu | 46%
|
| 300 | Celtic | Gaullish | 39%
|
| 800 | Graeco-Phrygian | Phrygian | 38%
|
| 600 | Anatolian | Lydian | 34%
|
| 300 | Mayan | Classic Maya | 30%
|
| 2250 | Isolate | Elamite | 29%
|
| 100 | Celtic | Celtiberian | 26%
|
| 250 | Iranian | Parthian | 25%
|
| 600 | Italic | Umbrian | 23%
|
| 1000 | Iranian | Avestan | 22%
|
| 1400 | Anatolian | Luwian | 21%
|
| 300 | Italic | Oscan | 21%
|
| 450 | Anatolian | Lycian | 20%
|
| 1300 | Semitic | Ugaritic | 17%
|
| 820 | Hurro-Urartian | Urartian | 17%
|
| 2100 | Hurro-Urartian | Hurrian | 16%
|
| 300 | Indo-Aryan | Pali | 14%
|
| 550 | Italic | Venetic | 14%
|
| 500 | Tyrsenian | Rhaetic | 13%
|
| 850 | Semitic | Ammonite | 12%
|
| 200 | Nubian? | Meroitic | 12%
|
| 840 | Semitic | Moabite | 12%
|
| 146 | Berber | Numidian | 12%
|
| 600 | Italic | Faliscan | 11%
|
| 600 | Anatolian | Carian | 10%
|
| 500 | Celtic | Lepontic | 10%
|
| 600 | Tyrsenian | Lemnian | 9%
|
| 2400 | Semitic | Eblaite | 8%
|
| 1400 | Isolate | Hattic | 7%
|
| 550 | Italic | South Picene | 7%
|
| 600 | Unclassified | Messapic | 5%
|
| 1600 | Anatolian | Palaic | 5%
|
| 800 | Semitic | Sabaic | 5%
|
| 500 | Indo-Aryan | Maharashtri Prakrit | 4%
|
| 260 | Indo-Aryan | Ashokan Prakrit | 3%
|
| 400 | Anatolian | Milyan | 3%
|
| 400 | Anatolian | Sidetic | 3%
|
| 500 | Semitic | Qatabanian | 2%
|
| 350 | Indo-Aryan | Gandhari | 1%
|