Language clues

These are language clues that you can use to differentiate between countries by looking at street-signs.
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Clue (Word / Letter / Script)
Example Sentence
Country
Word: Küçəsi (Street) | Unique Letter: ə (Upside down e)
Nizami küçəsi mərkəzə gedir.
Azerbaijan
Word: Sokak (Street) | Unique Letter: ı (undotted i), ğ | Stop Sign: DUR
Bu sokak aşağıda kapalıdır.
Turkey
Word: Ulice (Street) | Unique Letter: ř, ů (r with hook, u with circle)
Tato ulice vede k domům u řeky.
Czechia
Word: Ulica (Street) | Unique Letter: ľ, ô (l with caron, o with roof)
Veľulica v našom meste je stôl.
Slovakia
Word: Ulica (Street) | Unique Letter: ł (slashed l) | Digraphs: sz, cz, rz
Mały chłopiec idzie przez ulicę.
Poland
Script: Cyrillic | Word: Улица (Ulitsa) | Unique Letter: ы, э | No Latin "i"
Эта улица открыта для всех.
Russia
Script: Cyrillic | Word: Вулиця (Vulytsya) | Unique Letter: ї, є, ґ | Uses Latin "i"
Це моя вулиця в Києвї.
Ukraine
Script: Cyrillic | Word: Улица (Ulitsa) | Unique Letter: ъ | No "э" or "ы"
Това е една дълга улица.
Bulgaria
Word: Utca (Street) | Unique Letter: ő, ű (Double acute accents)
Ez az utca gyönyörű és hossza.
Hungary
Word: Iela (Street) | Unique Letter: ā, ē, ī, ū (Macrons/flat lines)
Šī ir galvenā iela pilsētā.
Latvia
Word: Gatvė (Street) | Unique Letter: ė (e with dot), y (as a vowel)
Mūsų gatvė yra laibai graži.
Lithuania
Word: Tänav (Street) | Unique Letter: õ (o with tilde) | Double vowels (aa, ee)
See tänav on võrratu ja lai.
Estonia
Word: Tie (Road) / Katu (Street) | Double vowels (aa, ii, yy) | No "õ"
Tämä katu on uusi ja leveä.
Finland
Word: Gata (Street) | Unique Letter: ö, ä, å (Dots and Circle)
En väg från en ö till staden.
Sweden
Word: Gate (Street) | Unique Letter: ø, æ (Slashed o, combined ae)
En nær gate ved sjøen.
Norway
Word: Vej (Street) | Unique Letter: ø, æ (Slashed o, combined ae)
En rød vej tæt på vandet.
Denmark
Word: Rua (Street) | Unique Letter: ç, ã, õ | Stop Sign: PARE | Suffix: -ção
Atenção à sinalização na rua.
Brazil
Word: Rua (Street) | Unique Letter: ç, ã, õ | License Plates: Yellow strip on right (older)
A direção para a praça é esta.
Portugal
Word: Calle (Street) | Stop Sign: ALTO | (Generic Latin America)
La calle principal está cerrada.
Mexico / Guatemala / Colombia / Peru
Word: Calle (Street) | Stop Sign: ALTO | Octagonal Concrete Poles
La calle en la ciudad de México.
Mexico
Word: Calle (Street) | Stop Sign: ALTO | License Plates: White (front and back)
Una calle hermosa en Antigua.
Guatemala
Word: Calle (Street) | Stop Sign: PARE | License Plates: White (front and back) | Cross on back of signs
Esta calle va hacia el centro.
Colombia
Word: Calle (Street) | Stop Sign: PARE | License Plates: Black with White text
La calle de Buenos Aires.
Argentina
Word: Calle (Street) | Stop Sign: STOP
Esta calle es de sentido único.
Spain
Word: Strada (Street) | Unique Letter: ă, ș, ț (commas below letters)
Aceasta este o stradă în județul nostru.
Romania
Word: Ulica (Street) / Cesta (Road) | Letters: Č, Š, Ž | NO "Đ" or "Ć" | Clean/Austrian feel
Ta cesta vodi v Ljubljanu.
Slovenia
Word: Ulica (Street) | Unique Letter: Đ, đ (D with line) | Script: Latin Only
Ova ulica ima mnogo drveća i đurđica.
Croatia
Script: Cyrillic & Latin | Unique Letter: Ћ, Ђ (Cyrillic) or Đ (Latin)
Ова улица је лепа (Ova ulica je lepa).
Serbia
Script: Cyrillic Only | Unique Letter: Ѓ, Ќ, Ѕ (looks like S) | No "Ћ"
Ова е куќата на Ѓорѓи.
North Macedonia
Word: Rruga (Street) | Unique Letter: ë (e-umlaut), ç (cedilla) | Digraphs: xh, q
Kjo rruga është e ngushtë.
Albania
Script: Cyrillic | Word: Гудамж (Gudamj) | Unique Letter: Ө, Ү (Theta-like O, Straight Y)
Энэ гудамж маш өргөн байна.
Mongolia
Script: XXX (U-shaped arches) | Word: Փողոց (Poghots) | Letters: ա, ն, ե
Սա գեղեցիկ փողոց է:
Armenia
Script: Cyrillic | Unique Letter: Ң (N with tail), Ү (Y with bar) | Red Plates
Бул көчө абдан чоң.
Kyrgyzstan
Script: Cyrillic | Unique Letter: Ұ (Y with line), і (Dotted i) | Very wide roads
Бұл көше өте ұзын.
Kazakhstan
Script: Latin | Word: Ko'chasi (Street) | Frequent apostrophes: O', G'
Bu ko'cha juda chiroyli va to'g'ri.
Uzbekistan
Script: XXX (Blocky/Square) | Word: רְחוֹב (Rehov) | Reading Direction: Right-to-Left
זה רְחוֹב ראשי בתל אביב.
Israel
Script: XXX (Geometric/Alien-looking) | Word: ጎዳና (Godana) | Characters: ሁ, ለ, ሐ
ይህ ትልቅ ጎዳና ነው።
Ethiopia
Language: Afrikaans/English | Word: Weg / Road or Straat / Street | Signage: Green/Blue/Brown
Hierdie pad is gesluit / This road is closed.
South Africa
Language: English | Signage: "Block", "Plot", "Crescent" | Driving Side: Right
Abuja Crescent, Block 4.
Nigeria
Language: English | Signage: "Junction", "Close" | Driving Side: Right | Tape on Roof Rack
Spintex Road Junction.
Ghana
Language: English/Sesotho | Stop Signs: STOP (Standard) | Driving Side: Left
Stop sign ahead.
Lesotho
Script: XXX (Simplified) | Word: (Lu - Road) | Characters: 学, 国, 会 (Few strokes)
这条很长,那是家公园。
China
Script: XXX (Traditional) | Word: (Lu - Road) | Characters: 學, 國, 會 (Complex)
這條很長,那是家公園。
Taiwan
Script: Hangul (Circles & Lines) | Word: (Gil - Road) | Character: (Circle used often)
은 매우 깁니다.
South Korea
Script: Kanji + Kana | Word: 通り (Dori - Street) | Character: (No - possessive particle)
通り は静かです。
Japan
Word: Jalan (Street) | Letter: c (pronounced 'ch') | No accents/diacritics
Jalan cepat ke pasar.
Indonesia
Script: XXX (Loops/Circles) | Word: ถนน (Thanon) / ซอย (Soi) | "Heads" on letters
ถนนสายนี้ยาวมาก.
Thailand
Word: Bawal (Prohibited) / Barangay (District) | Letters: ng, mga | English signs common
Bawal Umihi Dito / Barangay Hall.
Philippines
Script: XXX (Arabic) | Visual: Starts with ال (Al-) | Characters: ش, ع, ب
شارع المطار الدولي.
United Arab Emirates
Script: XXX (Arabic-style) | Visual: No "Al-" | Letters: پ (p), چ (ch), ژ (zh), گ (g)
این خیابان پهناور است.
Iran
Script: XXX (Nastaliq style) | Visual: Script slants/cascades diagonally | Word: چوک (Chowk)
یہ راستہ بند ہے۔
Pakistan
Script: XXX (Pashto) | Visual: Circles with center dots/lines | Letters: ټ, ډ, ړ
دا سرک ډیر ښکلی دی.
Afghanistan
Word: Οδός (Odos) | Script: XXX (Greek: Δ, Σ, Λ, Ξ)
Αυτός είναι ένας δρόμος.
Greece
Script: XXX (Hanging Line) | Visual: Word: मार्ग (Marg - Road) | Trilingual (Bengali + English + Hindi)
यह मार्ग बंद है।
India
Script: XXX (Hanging Line) | Visual: Spiky/Triangular: ব, ড, র | Bilingual (No Hindi)
এই রাস্তাটি বন্ধ।
Bangladesh
Script: XXX (Curvy/Spiral) | Visual: "Apples/Butts": ම, ව, ත | Word: මාවත (Mawatha - Avenue)
මේ පාර ලස්සනයි.
Sri Lanka
Script: XXX (Bubbles) | Visual: Perfect Circles: မ, ဝ, က | Word: လမ်း (Lan - Street)
ဒီလမ်းက အရမ်းလှတယ်။
Myanmar
Script: XXX (Swoopy/Curvy) | Visual: Curvy but NO loops: ຖ, ນ, ວ | Word: ຖະໜົນ (Thanon)
ຖະໜົນເສັ້ນນີ້ຍາວຫຼາຍ.
Laos
Script: XXX (Hairstyle) | Visual: "Hair" on top: ក, ខ, គ | Word: ផ្លូវ (Plov - Street)
ផ្លូវនេះស្អាតណាស់.
Cambodia
Script: Latin | Visual: Stacks of accents (e.g. ậ, ồ) | Word: Đường (Street)
Đường này rt đp.
Vietnam
Word: Straße (Street) | Unique Letter: ß (sharp s) | Capitalized Nouns
Diese Straße ist sehr groß.
Germany
Word: Strasse (Street) | No "ß" (uses ss) | Umlauts common (ä, ö, ü)
Die Strasse nach Zürich.
Switzerland
Word: Straat / Weg | Unique Digraph: ij | Double Vowels: aa, ee, oo
Kijk naar de mooie straat bij de dijk.
Netherlands
Word: Stryd / Ffordd | Unique Digraphs: ll, dd, ff | Vowels: w, y
Mae'r ffordd i Llandudno yn gul.
United Kingdom (Wales)
Word: Bóthar (Road) / Sráid (Street) | Accents: á, é (Forward slant) | Signage: Italic XXX
Tá an bóthar seo dúnta inniu.
Ireland
Word: Sràid (Street) | Accents: à, è (Backward slant) | Signage: Green signs usually
Tha an t-sràid seo fada.
United Kingdom (Scotland)
Word: Road / Street | English Signs Only | Speed: MPH (Miles) | Warning Sign: Red Triangle
This road leads to the city centre.
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
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Dec 19, 2025
Really interesting quiz!
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Thanks! Trying to get better at guoguessr.. :)