World Language General Knowledge #3

I did surprisingly well (9/19) even though I don't know that much about languages.

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You may want to clarify that Navajo is the most commonly-spoken Native American language *in the United States*.

And without S? Especially as just "Scot" is accepted.

Huh, Sarkisian is Armenian? The more you know...

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Exactly what i wanted to ask, if you'd accept jiddish

(though I dont exactly know why people ask if some stuff could please be accepted, it is not like it is gonna change your score after the fact...)

because we're providing feedback to the maker of the quiz so they can improve it for future takers...? jetpunk would be so much the worse if quiz takers couldn't leave suggestions in the comments, or if they chose not to since it wouldn't benefit them personally.

Eins and Zwei shouldn't be written with a first capital letter. Unlike nouns, the numbers in German are written lower case end to end.

To be fair, Cymraeg should be accepted ;).

For reference, the full name of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The name was created in the 19th century when residents of the town wanted to attract more tourists to the area, and it remains a popular place for people to visit and take photos next to the train station sign.

Other good Welsh place names include "Plwmp" and "Nantycaws" (which translates to "stream of cheese").

+1 for "stream of cheese"

Shakespeare did not invent "assasin". It's origins are in Arabic meaning something like an outcast. It came to Europe with the crusaders.

I feel as if a lot of the words Shakespeare is credited with inventing were in fact just *recorded* for the first time by the playwright. A word can exist for a long time outside of written documents, and especially when you take into account the time at which he was writing.

The clue doesn't say "assassin" it says "assassinate."

Maybe. Anyway the point is taking a noun and turning it into verb (and then taking that verb and turning it back in to a noun) still counts as coining a new word if nobody has done that before.

Brain farts, consistently successful in robbing me of full marks on countless quizzes; already got the English and Welsh questions and when I saw the "Auld Lang Syne" one I immediately thought Gaelic, but when Irish didn't work I completely forgot Scotland had their own language/dialect and were like: "so it must be some other language group then." Proceeded to try every concievable living language until the time ran out! *sigh*

Can you add 'euskara' as legitimate answer in addition to basque?

Fun quiz, thanks. Got all but Phoenician.

Not every language but at least the language in its own language would be nice: "Yiddish" is "Jiddisch" in Yiddish.

umm no it isn't? In my over 18 years experience being jewish I have never come across it spelled that way. Furthermore, a quick google search will show you that there is no "j" in yiddish or hebrew.

I take quizzes in German. When I know the answer, but can't type it right...I've just done what I came to do: learn a little more German. No reason in demanding Germans start using English spellings.

Stick figures having sex.

It’s the Hashashins, if Doctor Who wasn’t lying about that in 1964!

It doesn't say "assassin," it says "assassination." Creating a noun from a pre-existing verb counts as coining a new word. However, according to Merriam-Webster, Shakespeare didn't invent the word "assassination" either. They give an example of it being used in a letter in 1572, more than 15 years before Shakespeare wrote his first play.

Missed opportunity for "What language is this question written in?" but in like Korean

Would you accept Lallans for auld Lang syne?

Please accept Diné for Navajo, as that's the endonym (as Deutsch is to German, for example).

Please include Dine bizaad for the antepenultimate question and other endonymic names for languages as appropriate.