| Clue | Language | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Language with the most native speakers | Mandarin | 97%
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| First language to be spoken in outer space | Russian | 88%
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| Uses the letter "ß" | German | 84%
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| Can be written with kanji, hiragana, and katakana scripts | Japanese | 81%
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| Language in which Gutenberg's Bible was printed | Latin | 80%
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| Also known as Farsi | Persian | 66%
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| Its two written forms are Bokmål and Nynorsk | Norwegian | 64%
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| "Simba" is the word for lion in this East African lingua franca | Swahili | 64%
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| The most spoken native language in South Africa | Zulu | 60%
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| Russian aristocrats in the 19th century commonly spoke this language amongst themselves | French | 58%
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| Has just 13 letters in its alphabet. Example word: Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa | Hawaiian | 57%
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| Went extinct as a spoken language around 300 AD but was revived by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda | Hebrew | 57%
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| Sole official language of Ethiopia until 2020 | Amharic | 43%
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| Language that Jesus would have spoken | Aramaic | 42%
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| Language of India and Pakistan which has more speakers than any language which is NOT the official language of any country | Punjabi | 40%
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| Someone who speaks this language is called a "lusophone" | Portuguese | 38%
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| The official language of Paraguay and also the name of its currency | Guarani | 28%
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