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Southernmost Country by Language

For each language, guess the SOUTHERNMOST country which includes it as an official language.
Uses southernmost point for ranking
NOT INCLUDING overseas territories
Quiz by Dollyfroggy
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Last updated: February 3, 2024
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First submittedJune 2, 2023
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Language
Country
English
New Zealand /
Australia *
German
Switzerland
Italian
Italy
Portuguese
Brazil
French
Madagascar
Korean
South Korea
Persian
Iran
Spanish
Chile
Language
Country
Dutch
Suriname
Russian
Kyrgyzstan
Serbo-Croatian
Kosovo
Malay
Indonesia
Chinese
Singapore
Swazi
South Africa
Hindustani
Fiji
Greek
Cyprus
43 Comments
+11
Level ∞
Feb 3, 2024
For Australia / New Zealand we allow both answers for multiple reasons of debate including which is more southerly and whether or not English is a dejure language.
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Level 75
Feb 3, 2024
I like the concept. Surprised it hasn’t been done before.
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Level 71
Feb 3, 2024
French really tripped me up. I thought through almost every single African country until I got the correct answer.
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Level 85
Feb 3, 2024
Great quiz! Could do Arabic too.
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Level 70
Feb 3, 2024
I wonder, if similar quizzes for: North, West and East directions would be as fun as this one.
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Level 61
Feb 3, 2024
In my opinion, West and East would work strangely for many countries with the way the International Date Line works.
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Level 68
Apr 13, 2024
My guess is that a convention for which countries are considered Easternmost and Westernmost has already been established for jetpunk
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Level 65
Feb 3, 2024
Nice! Loved playing this.
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Level 79
Feb 3, 2024
Oh right. I always forget that island speaks that language and has that religion. Great quiz! Love to see more DollyFroggy on the front page!
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Level 72
Feb 5, 2024
The majority of them are Christian and speak a different language. Regardless, it's still a fun question. It makes you think.
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Level 74
Feb 4, 2024
Great concept. Really surprised to see Arabic left off the list.
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Level 62
Feb 5, 2024
Nice quiz! You should do northernmost for sure.
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Level 80
Feb 5, 2024
Great quiz.
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Level 44
Feb 15, 2024
German should be Namibia
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Level 61
Feb 15, 2024
English is the only official language of Namibia.
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Level 30
Mar 5, 2024
Hindustani is not a language, Hindi is
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Level 61
Mar 5, 2024
It's similar to Chinese. It can be considered a language group or a language. For the sake of this quiz, it is considered a language.
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Level 45
Aug 31, 2024
Chinese is a bad example... Languages of China are very different and it's in fact wrong to consider them dialects of Han Chinese. "Chinese dialects" is a term used by the CCP to enforce their standard language policy.
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Level 53
Apr 13, 2024
Wikipedia defines it as language, but a pluricentric one, with two standard registers Hindi and Urdu
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Level 45
Aug 31, 2024
Serbo-Croatian isn't a "language" either, following your logic. However, it's undeniable that Serbian, Croatian etc. are just dialects of one language. The same applies for Hindustani and its components (Hindi and Urdu). The difference is political and religious.
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Level 68
Mar 10, 2024
Nice quiz, good idea. Congrats on the feature!
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Level 73
Apr 13, 2024
Good idea. Took me a while to get the Russian one - that needed a mental map with latitude written on it 😊
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Level 53
Apr 13, 2024
Isn't Russian official in Tajikistan?
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Level 54
Apr 13, 2024
wikipedia says its an official interethnic language so i think it should be added
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Level 61
Apr 13, 2024
Not as of this featured quiz. As per the quote from the Constitution: "The state language of Tajikistan shall be Tajik. Russian shall be the language of international communication." The state language of Tajikistan, which I understand to be synonymous with official national language, is Tajik, and only Tajik.
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Level 60
Apr 13, 2024
Brazil is not the southernmost country using portuguese as official language. Its Mozambique.
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Level 54
Apr 13, 2024
Brazil is more southern than Mozambique

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_southernmost_point

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Level 47
Apr 13, 2024
GG
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Level 67
Apr 13, 2024
How did anyone get the Hindustani answer? I got it by accident because I was making guesses for French
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Level 66
Apr 13, 2024
Fiji is known for its Indian immigrants, even making up like 40%.

Also what does Fiji have to do with French? 🤔

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Level 49
Apr 13, 2024
In Süd-Tirol, in Italy, they speak german!
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Level 38
Apr 13, 2024
isnt an official language
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Level 70
Apr 17, 2024
German IS official in this autonomous region
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Level 75
Apr 14, 2024
I speak German at the south pole
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Level 43
Apr 14, 2024
Russian really got me, but I ended up guessing Kyrgyzstan by thinking it really had to be one of the Stans
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Level 70
Jun 4, 2024
Why not use an actual photo of a kiwi?
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Level 74
Jun 18, 2024
Is that really an AI thumbnail? Why??
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Level 43
Nov 10, 2024
German is spoken in Northern Italy and it is an officiial language there
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Level 61
Nov 10, 2024
Official languages refers to languages recognized on the national level.
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Level 66
Nov 14, 2024
Is the AI image really necessary?
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Level 68
Nov 22, 2024
Does it matter?
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Level 44
Nov 28, 2024
more and more quizzes on the website are doing it, kinda a pet peeve of mine but i just dont bother attempting the quiz
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Level 61
Nov 28, 2024
Fyi Quizmaster is the one who adds the AI thumbnails, not the quizmakers.