| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The plural of "alumnus" | alumni | 89%
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| "Spain" in Spanish | España | 89%
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| A typically Caribbean language based on a European language and local languages | Creole | 70%
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| A language group that includes Welsh, Breton, Irish and Scottish Gaelic | Celtic | 67%
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| A part of speech that typically expresses manner, time, place etc. | adverb | 61%
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| "rubber" in American English | eraser | 59%
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| A Portuguese speaking African country | Angola | 57%
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| Human vocal communication using language | speech | 55%
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| "Hungarian" in Hungarian | Magyar | 50%
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| An African country with 4 official languages including Swahili and French | Rwanda | 49%
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| The female equivalent of the word "abbot" | abbess | 44%
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| A Germanic language characterized by "stød", a sort of creaky voice | Danish | 42%
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| "Greece" in Greek | Hellas | 41%
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| "Iceland" in Icelandic | Ísland | 41%
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| An emphasis given to a syllable in a word | stress | 39%
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| A Greek letter | lambda | 36%
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| A group of Indo-European languages with over 300 milliion speakers | Slavic | 33%
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| The timing of stress or syllables in a language | rhythm | 32%
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| The Korean alphabet | hangul | 29%
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| The most common 6-letter English verb | become | 23%
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