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World Languages by Letter - A

Name these world languages, living or extinct, that start with the letter A.
Some of these technically language groups rather than a single one
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Last updated: July 18, 2025
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The Quran was written in this language
Arabic
An estimated 90–95% of the vocabulary of this language is of Dutch origin
Afrikaans
The two most prevalent dialects of this language are Tosk and Gheg
Albanian
Sole official language of Ethiopia until 2020
Amharic
The most mutually intelligible language to Turkish
Azerbaijani
Jesus most likely spoke this language
Aramaic
"հայերեն" is its name in its own writing system – spelled "Hayeren"
Armenian
About 1/3 of the population in Djibouti speak this language
Afar
Its speakers have their homeland in northwestern Spain
Asturian
Main language of a northeastern Indian state that is
the easternmost Indo-Iranian language
Assamese
Spoken mainly in a region in northwestern Georgia that Russia occupies
Abkhaz
Its speakers live around Lake Titicaca and have given its name
Aymara
Most spoken indigenous language in Ghana
Akan
This language in Ghana and Togo has the namesake of a British pop singer
Adele
Geronimo's native language belonged to this language group
Apachean
Critically endangered indigenous language of Hokkaido
Ainu
Romance language mainly spoken in southwestern Balkans whose name
contains the name of another nearby Romance language, but with this quiz's twist in it
Aromanian
Language of the indigenous people of a long Alaskan island chain
Aleut
Native language of the Spanish King Ferdinand II
Aragonese
This primary language of Ancient Babylon was one of the earliest to use the cuneiform script
Akkadian
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10 Comments
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 74
Sep 12, 2022
Akkadian is not related to Sumerian at all. Akkadian was a Semitic language while Sumerian is an isolate.
Aaron197
+1
Level 76
Sep 12, 2022
Changed the clue
PolskaStronk
+2
Level 67
Sep 12, 2022
The language of the Aztecs was Nahuatl
Aaron197
+2
Level 76
Sep 12, 2022
Yes, i know that. Please read the caveats :)
Deru
+2
Level 36
Sep 12, 2022
If you add Assyrian I will nominate it.
Murphster45
+1
Level 97
Jul 16, 2025
I second what Deru says, I would also add Avar/Avaric.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 94
Jul 19, 2025
What a brilliant quiz. Nominated. Do any other letters have enough languages for a quiz like this?
RobsPubQuiz
+2
Level 58
Jul 23, 2025
Love this quiz! Consider it nominated!

Have you done any others for different letters of the alphabet?

Omar2006
+1
Level 56
Jul 23, 2025
''afri'' or ''aafri'' is also used for afar so they should count .
salicet
+1
Level 85
Jul 23, 2025
that use of "namesake" is a bit odd to me, maybe it's different in other forms of English?
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