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Answer
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What language is most commonly spoken in Belarus?
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Russian
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What is the official language of Israel?
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Hebrew
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What is the official language of Egypt?
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Arabic
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What is Italian for "Thank You"?
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Grazie
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What country is known as "Suomi" in its own language?
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Finland
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What language is this: 한국어/조선말?
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Korean
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What is the official language of Pakistan (other than English)?
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Urdu
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What Indian language sounds very similar to the above?
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Hindi
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In what country, other than China and Taiwan, is Chinese the most commonly-spoken language?
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Singapore
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What language family includes Portuguese, Farsi, and Greek?
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Indo-European
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Which countries, besides Italy, have Italian as an official language?
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San Marino
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Switzerland
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Vatican City
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What is the name for the system of writing for those who are blind?
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Braille
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In which African country is Amharic the official language?
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Ethiopia
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Which country does the Tagalog language come from originally?
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Philippines
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What was the primary language of the Byzantine Empire through most of its history?
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Greek
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What language is Afrikaans derived from?
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Dutch
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In what country are Igbo and Yoruba spoken?
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Nigeria
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What language, other than Spanish, is commonly spoken in Barcelona?
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Catalan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustani_language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu
"Urdu and Hindi share a common Indo-Aryan vocabulary base, phonology and syntax, making them mutually intelligible in colloquial speech"
Tried Albania; Libya' eritrea before svizzera
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html
Data from Ethnologue seems to support this (Chinese wins for first language speakers, but English wins overall), though this article says that English is more commonly spoken at home too.
"Urdu and Hindi share a common Indo-Aryan vocabulary base, phonology and syntax, making them mutually intelligible in colloquial speech"