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Countries of the World Quiz in Native Language

How many countries can you name in the countries' native names?
Has to be a sovereign nation, so Scotland and England don't count, etc...
Goes by the official language which is most spoken as a first language. For example, name of Ivory Coast in French will be accepted though French is not the most common mother tongue in Ivory Coast, as it is the only official language.
If a country doesn't have an official language, then the quiz goes by the language with the most first language speakers. For example, though the US doesn't have an official language, English is taken as it is the language which is most spoken as mother tongue.
All the country names are romanized and are in latin alphabets, so you need not worry looking for your Cyrillic, Arabic and Korean keyboards:)
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Europe
Shqipëria
Andorra
Österreich
Belarus
België
Bosna i Hercegovina
Bǎlgarija
Hrvatska
Česko
Danmark
Eesti
Suomi
France
Deutschland
Elláda
Magyarország
Ísland
Ireland
Italia
Kosova
Latvija
Liechtenstein
Lietuva
Lëtzebuerg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Crna Gora
Nederland
Severna Makedonija
Norge
Polska
Portugal
România
Rossiya
San Marino
Srbija
Slovensko
Slovenija
España
Sverige
Schweiz
Ukraina
United Kingdom
Città del Vaticano
Asia
Afġānistān
Hayastan
Azərbaycan
al-Baḥrayn
Bānlādēśa
Druk Yul
Brunei
Kampuchea
Zhōngguó
Kýpros
Timór-Leste
Sakartvelo
Bhārat
Indonesia
Irān
al-ʿIrāq
Yisra'el
Nippon
al-ʾUrdunn
Qazaqstan
al-Kuwayt
Qırğızstan
Lāo
Lubnān
Malaysia
Dhivehi Raajje
Mongol Uls
Myăma
Nepāl
Chosŏn
Umān
Pākistān
Pilipinas
Qaṭar
al-ʿArabīyah as-Saʿūdīyah
Singapore
Hanguk
Śrī Laṅkā
Sūriyā
Taiwan
Tojikiston
Thai
Türkiye
Türkmenistan
al-ʾImārāt al-ʿArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah
Oʻzbekiston
Việt Nam
al-Yaman
Africa
al-Jazāʾir
Angola
Bénin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroun
Cabo Verde
Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka
Tšād
Komori
République démocratique du Congo
al-Jibuti
al-Miṣr
Guinea Ecuatorial
Éretrā
eSwatini
Itoophiyaa
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinée
Guiné-Bissau
Côte d'Ivoire
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Lībiyā
Madagasikara
Malaŵi
Mali
Mūrītānyā
Moris
al-Maghrib
Moçambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
République du Congo
Rwanda
São Tomé e Príncipe
Sénégal
Sesel
Sierra Leone
Soomaaliya
Ningizimu Afrika
South Sudan
Sūdān
Tanzania
Togo
Tūnis
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
North America
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Canada
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
República Dominicana
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Ayiti
Honduras
Jamaica
México
Nicaragua
Panamá
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brasil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguái
Perú
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
 
Oceania
Australia
Federated States of
Micronesia
Fiji
Kiribati
Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ
Naoero
New Zealand
Belau
Papua Niugini
Sāmoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
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22 Comments
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Level 73
Sep 3, 2021
yeah.... idk. Lots of these are good but lots of them...
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Level 68
Sep 3, 2021
The spelling accepted here for Tajikistan is the transliteration of the Russian name. In Tajik it would be better written like this: Tojikiston
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Level 75
Sep 3, 2021
Comment noted, suggestion applied. You can try again and see the change made.
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Level 24
Sep 3, 2021
Paraguay and Paraguai should be accepted for the country. Paraguay is in spanish and Paraguai is in guarani, both are official languages but spanish is most spoken.
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Level 75
Sep 3, 2021
"Goes by the official language which is most spoken as a first language" - I used Guarani because Guarani is the official language that is most spoken at home.

According to 2012 census, 46.3% of Paraguayans spoke both Spanish and Guarani (or Jopara) as language at home, 34% only spoke Guarani, and 15.3% only spoke Spanish.

Because it is impossible to break down that 46.3% bilingual population at home into ones who speak spanish as first language and guarani as first language, I ignored that bit and went with Guarani (because in terms of number of Paraguayans only speaking so and so languages, Guarani exceeds Spanish).

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Level 53
Sep 3, 2021
Shouldn't Afghanistan/Afghanestan and Tshad be accepted for Afġānistān and Tšād respectively?
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Level 75
Sep 3, 2021
Hmmm not sure.. Romanization of languages often tend to give multiple varying results - not to mention that it is especially difficult to find convenient romanization converter for languages like Pashto.

You know what, I think I'll allow the type-ins you've suggested until some erudite does show up to give advise which shalt be accepted and which shan't.

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Level 56
Sep 4, 2021
Kosovo should be Kosova. Kosoves means "of Kosovo "
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Level 75
Sep 4, 2021
Right.. its fixed now.
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Level 78
Sep 6, 2021
Nice quiz! I have one comment: English is an official language of Ireland and it's the most spoken first language. So Ireland should just be 'Ireland' instead of Eire. Same with Belarus: Russian is the most spoken official language, it should be 'Belarus'.
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Level 75
Sep 6, 2021
Sad but the truth - change is made. Thanks for the compliment tho!
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Level 56
Mar 18, 2022
Great quiz! Nominated.
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Level 76
Jul 7, 2024
Tunisiyah is not what Arabs call the country. We would say Tunus or Tunis. That's the common name. The official name is al-Jumhurriyah at-Tunisiyah (the Tunisian Republic), which is probably where you got mixed up. If you check the Wikipedia page there're notes next to the country's names that explain it. Thanks for the fun quiz!
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Level 75
Jul 8, 2024
Thank you!

The change has been made.

Are there any other errs that you've noticed with the Arabic perhaps?

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Level 70
Nov 7, 2024
Not entirely sure but I think Djibouti is Al-Jibuti in Arabic
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Level 75
Nov 9, 2024
I forgot to count in Arabic being an official language in Djibouti. The change is applied.
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Level 70
Nov 7, 2024
Could you alphabetize the answers please my OCD cant take it
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Level 75
Nov 9, 2024
Wdym "alphabetise"? They are in alphabets. If you mean the accents and the orthographic symbols and all, then the answer is no. Those accents and icons are part of the language or standard transliteration, and are included in the answers for a reason.
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Level 30
Dec 17, 2024
New Zealand should be aotearoa, Maori is native, not English.
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Level 75
Dec 17, 2024
"Goes by the official language which is most spoken as a first language"

Maori is the land's native language, but not the language most spoken as a first language. English is.

Of the three official languages of New Zealand, English is most popularly spoken as the first language with over 90% fluency while those with conversational fluency in Maori remains around 4%. (2018 NZ Census)

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Level 63
Oct 15, 2025
In French, the official language of Belgium, it is Belgique, not "Belgie."
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Level 75
Dec 19, 2025
There are three official languages in Belgium, not just French: Dutch, French, and German. As explained above, this quiz lists the name of the country in the official language that has the most first language (L1) speakers, which is Dutch for Belgium. 59% of Belgians speak Dutch as their first language, 40% French and 1% German, and thus this quiz lists the name of Belgium in Dutch.