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Languages: Find the Odd One Out #2 (Challenge)
In each group of four languages, three of them are in the same language family, and one is not; or they may all be in the same family but three of them are in the same branch and one is not. Pick the language that is unrelated to the others, or is less closely related.
To be clear: Don't look for a choice that doesn't fit the category. They all fit the category.
In an effort not to scare people away, I put the easier questions in the first quiz. That left these. Good luck!
All language classifications are according to Glottolog.
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Last updated: August 11, 2021
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| First submitted | July 13, 2020 |
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| Average score | 34.8% |
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1. Languages of North Atlantic islands
Greenlandic is an Eskimo–Aleut language (of the Inuit branch). The others are Indo-European (of the North Germanic branch).
Greenlandic
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese
2. Languages of the Balkans
All are Indo-European languages. Albanian is its own branch. The others are of the South Slavic branch.
Albanian
Bulgarian
Serbian
Macedonian
3. Languages of the former Yugoslavia
All are Indo-European languages of the South Slavic branch (which is the meaning of the word Yugoslav). Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian (and also Montenegrin) are different standardized dialects of the Serbo-Croatian language. Slovenian is a separate language.
Bosnian
Croatian
Slovenian
Serbian
4. Languages of Italy
All are Romance langauges. Sardinian is of the Southern Romance branch. The others are of the Italo-Western Romance branch.
Sardinian
Italian
Sicilian
Neapolitan
5. Languages of Mediterranean islands
Maltese is an Afro-Asiatic language (of the Semitic branch). The others are Indo-European.
Sicilian
Greek
Sardinian
Maltese
6. Languages of the ancient Near East
Sumerian is an isolate. The others are Afro-Asiatic.
Phoenician
Sumerian
Egyptian
Akkadian
7. Turkic languages
All are Turkic languages of the Common Turkic branch. Kazakh is of the Kipchak branch. The others are of the Oghuz branch.
Azerbaijani
Turkish
Turkmen
Kazakh
8. Languages of Pakistan
All are Indo-European languages of the Indo-Iranian branch. Pashto is of the Iranian branch. The others are of the Indo-Aryan branch.
Urdu
Sindhi
Punjabi
Pashto
9. Languages of the Horn of Africa
All are Afro-Asiatic languages. Amharic is of the Semitic branch. The others are of the Cushitic branch.
Sidamo
Oromo
Amharic
Somali
10. Languages of Kenya
Luo is a Nilotic language. The others are Atlantic–Congo languages (of the Bantu branch).
Kamba
Kikuyu
Luo
Swahili
11. Languages of the Mozambique Channel region
Malagasy is an Austronesian language, brought to Madagascar by people from the Malay Archipelago. The others are Atlantic–Congo languages (of the Bantu branch).
Swahili
Malagasy
Makhuwa
Comorian
12. Languages of Namibia
Khoekhoe is a Khoe–Kwadi language. The others are Atlantic–Congo languages (of the Bantu branch).
Herero
Kwangali
Ndonga
Khoekhoe
13. Languages of Indonesia
All are Austronesian languages, of the Malayo-Polynesian branch. Javanese is of the Javanesic branch. The others are of the Malayo-Sumbawan branch.
Javanese
Madurese
Sundanese
Malay (Indonesian)
14. Indigenous languages of Australia
Tiwi is an isolate. The others are Pama-Nyungan languages.
Arrernte
Pitjantjatjara
Warlpiri
Tiwi
15. Oceanic languages
All are Austronesian languages of the Oceanic branch. Fijian is its own branch within the Oceanic branch. The others are of the Polynesian branch.
Tongan
Fijian
Samoan
Māori
16. Indigenous languages of Alaska
Tlingit is a Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit (Na-Dene) language. The others are Eskimo–Aleut languages.
Inupiaq
Yupik
Tlingit
Aleut
17. Indigenous languages of Eastern Canada
Mohawk is an Iroquoian language. The others are Algic languages (of the Algonquian branch).
Mohawk
Cree
Ojibwe
Miꞌkmaq
18. Languages that share names with US states (more or less)
Miami-Illinois is an Algic language (of the Algonquian branch). The others are Siouan languages.
Kansa
Dakota
Miami-Illinois
Iowa-Otoe-Missouria
19. Indigenous languages of the southeastern United States
Cherokee is an Iroquoian language. The others are Muskogean languages.
Cherokee
Creek
Choctaw
Chickasaw
20. Indigenous languages of the southwestern United States
Navajo is a Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit (Na-Dene) language (of the Athabaskan branch). The others are Uto-Aztecan languages (of the Numic branch).
Comanche
Ute
Navajo
Shoshoni
21. Indigenous languages of Mexico and Guatemala
Nahuatl is a Uto-Aztecan language (of the Aztec branch). The others are Mayan languages.
Yucatec Maya
Nahuatl
Qʼeqchiʼ
Kʼicheʼ
22. Indigenous languages of Brazil
Kaingang is a Macro-Jê language (of the Jê branch). The others are Tupian languages (of the Tupi–Guarani branch)
Tenetehara
Guarani
Tupi
Kaingang
23. Languages that use the Geʽez (Ethiopic) script
All are Afro-Asiatic languages. Hadiyya is of the Cushitic branch. The others are of the Semitic branch.
Hadiyya
Tigre
Amharic
Tigrinya
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7 Comments
Relox84
+4
Level 69
Jul 13, 2020
Nice and fun quiz! the second half is really hard tho
JWatson24
+3
Level 71
Jul 14, 2021
Wow, really tough quiz, especially with all those indigenous American languages! Definitely made me learn something :)
Damangio
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Level 64
Jul 15, 2021
Success!
bestanford
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Level 73
Jul 20, 2021
Holy crap, you were not feeling merciful, haha
Damangio
+3
Level 64
Jul 20, 2021
I was merciful on the first quiz. There's only so much mercy to go around :-)
Wistful
+1
Level 72
Feb 6, 2024
I felt things were going alright during the first part of the quiz. Then, I got four languages I'd never heard of. It was still a great experience overall.
Alexquiz17
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Level 95
Nov 9, 2022
Blimey! I thought I was good at these…
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