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Countries but all Vowels are Changed to O

In just two minutes, can you guess these countries where all the vowels have been changed to O? Onswors chongo ovory tomo yoo ploo!
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Last updated: March 23, 2024
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First submittedJanuary 15, 2019
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Coontro
Country
Omon
Oman
Swotzorlond
Switzerland
Donmork
Denmark
Bohroon
Bahrain
Moloosoo
Malaysia
Colomboo
Colombia
Moldovo
Moldova
Coontro
Country
Conodo
Canada
Nothorlonds
Netherlands
Monoco
Monaco
Portogol
Portugal
Poro
Peru
Copros
Cyprus
Torkmonoston
Turkmenistan
Coontro
Country
Oron
Iran
Orgontono
Argentina
Modogoscor
Madagascar
Orogooo
Uruguay
Othoopoo
Ethiopia
Lothoonoo
Lithuania
100 Recent Comments
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Level 49
Jan 15, 2019
Nice idea, but shouldn't it be Copo Vordo instead of Cope, Soo Tomo ond Proncopo instead of Proncope, and maybe also Gooono instead of Goyono? (not too sure about the last one though)
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Level 60
Jan 15, 2019
I knew I would've made a few mistakes. You are absolutely right about those first two, but I'd call the y in Guyana a consonant.
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Level 36
Jan 18, 2019
Thank you for that! - I can't believe that, of late, "Y" is no longer considered a consonant!
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Level 77
Mar 22, 2024
In this case, it acts as a glide (similar to W) and is considered a consonant
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Level 65
May 24, 2024
English is confusing. In swedish "Y" is a vowel and never anything else.
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Level 50
Jul 15, 2024
Y is a consonant, but sometimes it's used as a vowel (think of the word 'by' where the Y clearly represents a vowel sound, a diphthong in this case).
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Level 59
Jul 15, 2024
In Germany it is not, although it feels like one.

But I could not think of one original german word with a y in it.

Maybe some names, but other then that only loanwords.

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Level 21
Jul 15, 2024
What about the y in Libya? Should it be Lobyo or Loboo?
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Level 60
Jul 16, 2024
I think the former, as it’s LibYA not LibIYA, though it’s hard to say the LibYA without adding a short “I” sound in-between syllables. Correct me if I’m wrong.
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Level 78
Jan 22, 2019
Surprised Kosovo didnt make the cut !...take that back, I tried again and realised it was random...Guess what came up first !
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Level 60
Jan 22, 2019
Lol. Though it does say “random” in the title...
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Level 93
Mar 22, 2024
Morocco was on my list
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Level 85
Mar 27, 2024
Just had Comoros
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Level 89
Oct 15, 2021
haha, this is amazing and hilarious. Mostly easy but still great fun.
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Level 60
Oct 16, 2021
I made this back when I was a newbie at geography, so the quiz was bound to be easy enough for me to do well on lol. Glad you had fun.
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Level 78
Mar 22, 2024
Hilarious quiz. Love it.
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Level 65
Mar 22, 2024
Congrats on your feature Insaniot!
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Level 60
Mar 22, 2024
Thank you!
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Level 74
Mar 22, 2024
Lol, loved it :)
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Level 96
Mar 22, 2024
The quiz should be more coherent. In some countries like Italy, the "y" is identified as vowel (thus "o"), but in others it still appears as "y" (e.g. Kenya -> Konyo).

I think this should be corrected.

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Level ∞
Mar 22, 2024
Sometimes a Y is a vowel and sometimes it isn't.
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Level 77
Jul 15, 2024
To be more specific, y is a vowel when it makes the sound of an i (as in Cyprus and Egypt), the sound of an e (as in Italy), or is part of a diphthong with another vowel (as in Norway and Seychelles.) It's a consonant when it makes a "yuh" sound (as in Kenya, Yemen, or Guyana.)
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Level 46
Jul 18, 2024
What about Uruguay then? Is the Y part of the aye sound or is it a harsh yuh?
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Level 77
Aug 12, 2024
It's part of a diphthong formed with the "a" preceding it, so it's part of the aye sound and thus a vowel. It can't make the "yuh" sound when it's at the end of a word like that, only when it's followed by a vowel.
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Level 76
Mar 22, 2024
Good idea for a quiz. Pretty easy though. I would go 2 minutes max on the time. Fun!
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Level 64
Mar 22, 2024
hehe goonoo
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Level 66
Aug 16, 2024
hehe goonoo-bossoo
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Level 71
Mar 22, 2024
One of my answers was Orogooo, and I couldn’t get Oregon out of my mind for that one…

Also, Congrats on your first featured quiz! It’s fun, especially being randomized!

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Level 60
Mar 22, 2024
Thanks! I thought the randomization was quite fun, too.
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Level 82
Mar 22, 2024
"Onswors chongo ovory tome yoo ploy!"

So close.... (tomo)

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Level 60
Mar 22, 2024
Dang. Changes awaiting approval.
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Level 54
Jul 15, 2024
it should be OVORO instead of OVORY
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Level 87
Mar 22, 2024
Got both Monoco and Mongoloo. Kinda felt like cheating lol.
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Level 66
Mar 22, 2024
I got Kosovo and Comoros lol. 2 easy ones :)
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Level 78
Mar 22, 2024
So is Y a vowel in this quiz or no? You have Germany as Gormono but you have Paraguay as Porogooy.
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Level 60
Mar 22, 2024
Y is a vowel when it's not a consonant. So names like Yemen would be Yomon, but Germany would be Gormono and Paraguay should be Porogooo. I made this quiz a long time ago before I really started checking for errors, so there's probably more than a few inconsistencies.
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Level 86
Mar 22, 2024
Congrats on your first feature!
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Level 60
Mar 22, 2024
Thank you!
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Level 75
Mar 23, 2024
Not sure if this is Jetpunk jumping the shark or majestic high art in quiz form. It was definitely a lot of fun, so thanks!
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Level 60
Mar 23, 2024
Jumping the shark? I’ll have you know that there was an episode of Happy Days where they literally jumped a shark and it was the best one!
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Level 71
Mar 23, 2024
For me ondonosoo looked the most unrecognisable, not that it took me longer to get it, I always saw the next one even before I was done with the previous one, so it was more like how long does it take you to type all these countries, well had well over a minute to spare (1:18 I think?). But they looks the least like themselves so to speak. A lot of the orders hardly felt different than usal. Maybe my brain filters vowels as less usefull info, so recognisable without them. ondonosoo out of context does not immediately give me indonesia vibes however.

And yes I guess out of context okroono is not immediately distinguisable as being a country either. And I just looked at the result and these two are indeed the lowest

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Level 89
Mar 23, 2024
"Y" is considered a vowel while in the introduction test it is not. This threw me off.
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Level 60
Mar 23, 2024
This is now fixed.
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Level 73
Jul 15, 2024
The introduction example was useful to me to flag the definition of "vowel" being used - but it might be worth clarifying it explicitly. At school we were not taught this "sometimes y" version (just a, e, i, o, u), but I have learnt from comments on other quizzes that different definition(s) are standard elsewhere.
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Level 70
Mar 23, 2024
Voro fonno! O lokod ot!
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Level 60
Mar 23, 2024
Glod to hoor ot!
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Level 89
Mar 23, 2024
Haha...Togo and Morocco would be pretty easy. I didn't get either of those, but I did get Tonga and Moldova! ;)
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Level 71
Mar 28, 2024
Similarly, Moldovos (Maldives) had me really confused for a second. I was like, “the plural of Moldova?”
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Level 71
Mar 23, 2024
Congrotolotoons on tho footoro Onsonoot!
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Level 60
Mar 24, 2024
Thonks!
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Level 68
Mar 29, 2024
Wow this was a very interesting and different quiz
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Level 66
Apr 1, 2024
Definitely wouldn’t count the Y in uruguay as a vowel, ex. lyme is a y vowel while yellow isn’t
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Level 60
May 26, 2024
I feel like the Y in Uruguay is much more like lyme than yellow.
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Level 76
Jul 15, 2024
Your examples are accurate, but they bear no resemblance to the word you are questioning. In Uruguay, the y is definitely functioning as a vowel - it forms a vowel sound in combination with the a.
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Level 48
Apr 1, 2024
You should do the whole series

All vowels changed to 'a' 'e' 'I' and 'u'

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Level 73
May 8, 2024
Very fun. I love how some of these sound Greek when they only have o's.
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Level 60
May 26, 2024
I have no idea what Greek sounds like, but I'll take your word for it!
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Level 59
Jul 15, 2024
Or maybe japanese...
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Level 55
May 28, 2024
"Answer must correspond to highlighted box!" I think you meant

"Onswor most corrospond to hoghloghtod box!"

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Level 76
Jun 10, 2024
Some of these still sound like they could be fictional countries, I like Ocolond in particular.
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Level 60
Jun 12, 2024
If anyone ever uses one of these names in a novel then they owe me royalties.
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Level 58
Jul 11, 2024
Since when is y a vowel?
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Level 60
Jul 11, 2024
Y has been a vowel ever since people started using it like one.
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Level 64
Jul 15, 2024
Y is not a vowel
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Level 77
Jul 15, 2024
It is, sometimes. "Lime" and "Lyme" are both pronounced exactly the same, with y in the latter making exactly the same sound as the i in the former, so why wouldn't y be a vowel there when i would be?
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Level 69
Jul 15, 2024
Got Kosovo as one of my random countries... surprised it's not 100% LOL
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Level 65
Jul 15, 2024
loved this. very cute.

one note: if libya is loboo, kenya should be konoo

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Level 76
Jul 15, 2024
Finally, an actual comparison that makes sense and points out a legitimate potential inconsistency. I would argue that y is a consonant in both words, but I can see how a common pronunciation makes it sound like a vowel, particularly in Libya. It comes down to whether you think Libya has two syllables or three.
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Level 60
Jul 15, 2024
I personally pronounce Libya as lib-ee-uh and Kenya as ken-yuh which is why I wrote them the way I did. This seems to be the accepted pronunciation of both countries, so despite the similarities in how these two countries are written, the Y in Libya is a vowel and the Y in Kenya is a consonant.
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Level 76
Jul 16, 2024
As many people do. The reason the sound comes out that way is because the transition from 'b' to 'ya' is less smooth than from 'n' to 'ya'. It's a quirk of phonetics rather than a different function of the letter y.
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Level 34
Jul 15, 2024
"Y" ist not a vowel
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Level 61
Jul 15, 2024
May I suggest to write the last sentence :

"Onswors chongo ovorO tomo yoo ploo! "

Just for consistency with the rest of the quizz ;)

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Level 79
Jul 15, 2024
Got all but Kosovo!! (jk)
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Level 65
Jul 15, 2024
Groot Qooz
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Level 66
Jul 15, 2024
Full marks for The Robbster. I don't agree that y is a vowel.
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Level 56
Jul 15, 2024
Missed Comoros
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Level 52
Jul 15, 2024
The only one I didn't get is Lithuania. And I am Lithuanian! I hate myself for this one.😂
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Level 43
Jul 15, 2024
I like in the Onotod Stotos of Omoroco.
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Level 59
Jul 15, 2024
Funny quiz :D

My favorites are: Spoon, Popoo Now Goonoo and Molto

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Level 64
Jul 15, 2024
obsossod woth popoo now goonoo
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Level 58
Jul 15, 2024
Good quiz but y is a consonant, irrespective of what some may claim or how it behaves within a word. Cheers.
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Level 77
Jul 15, 2024
Why? What defines something a letter as a vowel, if not how it behaves within a word?
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Level 78
Jul 15, 2024
It’s mind blowing how many people don’t know that in English Y is sometimes a vowel. It’s also amazing how adamant people can be when they have no idea what they’re talking about.
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Level 58
Jul 15, 2024
A few real chuckles! First, half of the clues look like stuff I’ve actually typed (not the best typist around). And Kosovo! And I don’t think I’ll be planning a trip to the great nation of Othoopoo anytime soon.
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Level 27
Jul 15, 2024
Togo.
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Level 44
Jul 15, 2024
Should I got to Orogooo, Ostonoo, Oostroo, or Oostroloo?
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Level 69
Jul 15, 2024
Voro cool qooz !
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Level 65
Jul 15, 2024
Thos quoz dosorvos o ton oot of ton.
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Level 22
Jul 15, 2024
I got Morocco for Morocco
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Level 64
Jul 15, 2024
thos wos so moch fon
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Level 49
Jul 15, 2024
I tried so hard to find Morocco
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Level 57
Jul 15, 2024
Moldovos sounds like Moldova turned to a tropical island
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Level 90
Jul 15, 2024
Gotta love it whenever you get a country like Togo or Morocco where nothing changes lol. Not that I needed the help. But anyway, fun quiz! Congrats on the feature!
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Level 39
Jul 15, 2024
This remind me of the "FRONDS" and "WOLL SMOTH" memes
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Level 62
Jul 15, 2024
Due to the random nature of the quiz the first two countries I got were Togo and Kosovo, which made me think I had somehow misunderstood the quiz. Very enjoyable!
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Level 26
Jul 16, 2024
Paraguay has a mistake, there is one "o" to much.

Now it's Porogooo, but it should be Porogooy.

Very nice quiz!

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Level 43
Jul 28, 2024
Y is probably a vowel in this quiz, I got Copros for cYprus
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Level 44
Jul 16, 2024
O thooght thos qooz wos vory clovor. Thonks for mokong ot!
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Level 43
Jul 28, 2024
Spoon was just too natural XD
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Level 52
Aug 19, 2024
Comoros was hilarious. Had to double take at first