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“Think You’re Multilingual?”: If You Can Decode These 18 Languages, You’re A Trivia Whiz
Do you think you can recognize languages from around the world just by reading a few lines? This trivia quiz will take you on a journey through excerpts from songs, poems, and literature in a variety of languages. Whether it’s a romantic verse in Italian, an inspiring lyric in Ukrainian, or a haunting melody in Japanese, each question will challenge your linguistic instincts and cultural knowledge.
Whether you’re a polyglot or simply a lover of words, this is your chance to test your instincts, learn something new, and have fun along the way.
Are you ready to decode, identify, and guess different languages? Let’s get started!
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Isabella K 2 days ago (edited)
Atemlos? O my dear... they chose the worst german song i can think of 🤣
Show thyself 2 days ago
They could at least have taken one of the funny songs, that are sung on parties when everybody is drunk. 🥲
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Apatheist Account2 2 days ago
13. A couple of them I had never seen written before - the Baltic ones were pure guesswork.
LukewarmSoymilk 2 days ago
They really were lol. Lithuanian and Latvian are notoriously similar to each other, I only managed to distinguish them because I've been friends with a Lithuanian guy for over a decade.
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Ace 2 days ago
Only a couple wrong, bit annoyed by the Hindi/Sanskrit ones - it's the same script after all, isn't it? Nearly all the other non-latin scripts are instantly recognisable.
Auntriarch 2 days ago
I only got that one right because I guessed Hindi the first one so I assumed the second one would be different.
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BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
15/18 - I confused Latvian and Lithuanian twice, lol. Got lucky on Icelandic though. I knew it was Scandinavian, but not which one.
Fora Nakit 2 days ago
Islandic is the only Germanic language that kept the letter þ (thorn). That's how I recognized it.
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StumblingThroughLife 2 days ago
11/20, I had great difficulty figuring out Eastern European languages, tbh. I don't think I got one of them right, My Estonian SIL will be shaking his head in disappointment, lol.
st4x2gt974 2 days ago (edited)
When I studied Greek “Ta Pedía tou Pirea” was the very first song we studied. I knew it immediately. I absolutely adore Melina Mercouri - she won an Oscar for that performance if my memory serves me, or at least was nominated
zububonsai 1 day ago (edited)
Singing - as a German - "Fengaraki mou lampro..." in the middle of a South Peloponnes village's kafeneion made all the old men there well up and got me an ouzo "on the house". (I've self taught German for 21 hours (urgent emergency learning because I had to spontaneously spend a month in this village far from any English speaker) and this was the ONLY song on the CD at this point 🤣)
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deletemyaccount 2 days ago
I did better than I thought considering I only speak one language and know only a few phrases of from about a dozen others.
Kara Landon 1 day ago
Only got half right the first time. The "romance" and Asian languages as well as German were easy enough, but the other European ones definitely threw me off for their similarities.
Michelle C 1 day ago
I speak several of these languages and can identify a few more by key words. The Central and Eastern European languages were the most difficult to distinguish from each other for me.
LukewarmSoymilk 2 days ago
17/18 I want to apologize to the people of Wales for not being able to recognize their language. I tried. :')
frank behnsen 2 days ago
Very nice test! Gotta improve my knowledge of Asian languages and characters (14/18).
Jesse 2 days ago
18/18. No challenge, at least with the examples chosen. They're very distinct if you know what the distinct bits of their scripts are.
Parmeisan 2 days ago
I believe that's largely the point, to see if you know what the distinct bits are.
Load More Replies... Isabella K 2 days ago (edited)
Atemlos? O my dear... they chose the worst german song i can think of 🤣
Show thyself 2 days ago
They could at least have taken one of the funny songs, that are sung on parties when everybody is drunk. 🥲
Load More Replies... Apatheist Account2 2 days ago
13. A couple of them I had never seen written before - the Baltic ones were pure guesswork.
LukewarmSoymilk 2 days ago
They really were lol. Lithuanian and Latvian are notoriously similar to each other, I only managed to distinguish them because I've been friends with a Lithuanian guy for over a decade.
Load More Replies... Ace 2 days ago
Only a couple wrong, bit annoyed by the Hindi/Sanskrit ones - it's the same script after all, isn't it? Nearly all the other non-latin scripts are instantly recognisable.
Auntriarch 2 days ago
I only got that one right because I guessed Hindi the first one so I assumed the second one would be different.
Load More Replies... BeesEelsAndPups 2 days ago
15/18 - I confused Latvian and Lithuanian twice, lol. Got lucky on Icelandic though. I knew it was Scandinavian, but not which one.
Fora Nakit 2 days ago
Islandic is the only Germanic language that kept the letter þ (thorn). That's how I recognized it.
Load More Replies... StumblingThroughLife 2 days ago
11/20, I had great difficulty figuring out Eastern European languages, tbh. I don't think I got one of them right, My Estonian SIL will be shaking his head in disappointment, lol.
st4x2gt974 2 days ago (edited)
When I studied Greek “Ta Pedía tou Pirea” was the very first song we studied. I knew it immediately. I absolutely adore Melina Mercouri - she won an Oscar for that performance if my memory serves me, or at least was nominated
zububonsai 1 day ago (edited)
Singing - as a German - "Fengaraki mou lampro..." in the middle of a South Peloponnes village's kafeneion made all the old men there well up and got me an ouzo "on the house". (I've self taught German for 21 hours (urgent emergency learning because I had to spontaneously spend a month in this village far from any English speaker) and this was the ONLY song on the CD at this point 🤣)
Load More Replies... deletemyaccount 2 days ago
I did better than I thought considering I only speak one language and know only a few phrases of from about a dozen others.
Kara Landon 1 day ago
Only got half right the first time. The "romance" and Asian languages as well as German were easy enough, but the other European ones definitely threw me off for their similarities.
Michelle C 1 day ago
I speak several of these languages and can identify a few more by key words. The Central and Eastern European languages were the most difficult to distinguish from each other for me.
LukewarmSoymilk 2 days ago
17/18 I want to apologize to the people of Wales for not being able to recognize their language. I tried. :')
frank behnsen 2 days ago
Very nice test! Gotta improve my knowledge of Asian languages and characters (14/18).
Jesse 2 days ago
18/18. No challenge, at least with the examples chosen. They're very distinct if you know what the distinct bits of their scripts are.
Parmeisan 2 days ago
I believe that's largely the point, to see if you know what the distinct bits are.
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