Ok gang, this is a new one. Here you just have to spot the language names as they are known by the speakers of the languages themselves. To give you a hint, #11 is known as Español to speakers, but as Spanish to us English language speakers and as some other name probably by speakers of other languages. This is the best way to refer to various languages – as they are known to the speakers.
To give you an example of why, #11 may have 50-100 or more different names depending on which language is talking about the concept called “Spanish language.” When we refer to it with one name across the board, the one they call themselves, we avoid this confusion and we also honor and respect their self-chosen name. Understand about which language term is used in the list?
Someone told me that some of my readers are slightly slow, so I decided to give you some extra hints. But the only extra hint in this case is that all of the languages below are listed in alphabetical order. Keep in mind that the alphabetical order is as the language is known by speakers, not how we English speakers refer to it. So for #27, the speakers themselves refer to this language by a name beginning with “n”, while we Americans refer to it with a well-known name beginning with another letter. Follow?
In some cases, the language name is written in the indigenous script of the speakers, not in the Roman script that we English speakers use. But I heard a few of my readers are smart, so that shouldn’t be any problem, right folks?
Rewards? Fame and fortune in the comments section!
You might want to get out a paper and writing instrument to make the list as you work it out.
1. العربية
2. Български
3. Català
4. Česky
5. Cymraeg
6. Dansk
7. Deutsch
8. Eesti
9. Ελληνικά
10. English
11. Español
12. فارسی
13. Français
14. Galego
15. हिन्दी
16. Hrvatski
17. Bahasa Indonesia
18. Íslenska
19. Italiano
20. עברית
21. Latviešu
22. Lietuvių
23. 한국어
24. Magyar
25. Malti
26. Nederlands
27. 日本語
28. Norsk (Bokmål)
29. Polski
30. Português
31. Română
32. Русский
33. Slovenčina
34. Slovenščina
35. Shqip
36. Srpski
37. Suomi
38. Svenska
39. ไทย
40. Tagalog
41. Türkçe
42. Українська
43. Tiếng Việt
44. 中文 / 漢語
Now, for extra credit, tell us how the speakers of 1, 2, 9, 20, 23, 27, 32, 42 and 44 would spell their names for their languages when they write them in English. Let me give you an example. नेपाल भाषा means Nepalese, but the Nepalese do not call their language Nepalese. They call it Nepal Bhasa. So, the English words that were given for the languages 1, 2, 9, 20, 23, 27, 32, 42 and 44 are not the words that those people use to refer to their languages. Follow?
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Dear Robert
1 – Arabic
2 – Bulgarian
3 – Catalan
4 – Chech
5 – Welsh
6 – Danish
7 – German
8 – Estonian
9 – Greek
10 – too difficult
11 – Spanish
12 – Farsi
13 – French
14 – Galician
15 – didn’t come on
16 – Croatian
17 – Indonesian
18 – Islandic
19 – Italian
20 – Hebrew
21 – Latvian
22 – Lithuanian
23 – didn’t come on, must be Korean
24 – Hungarian
25 – Maltese
26 – Dutch
27 – didn’t come on, must be Japanese
28 – Norwegian
29 – Polish
30 – Portuguese
31 – Romanian
32 – Russian
33 – Slovenian
34 – Slovak
35 – Albanian
36 – Serbian
37 – Finnish
38 – Swedish
39 – Hindi
40 – Philippino
41 – Turkish
42 – Ukranian
43 – Vietnamese
44 – didnt come on
Have a good day. James
Excellent job!
However, #39 is not correct.
The rest are right but for those you did not answer.
1) Arabic
2) Bulgarian
3) Catalan
4) Czech
5) Welsh
6) Danish
7) German
8) Estonian
9) Greek
10) English
11) Spanish
12) Farsi
13) French
14) Gaelic
15) Hindi
16) Croatian
17) Bahasa Indonesia
18) Icelandic
19) Italian
20) Hebrew
21) Latvian
22) Lithuanian
23) Korean
24) Hungarian
25) Maltese
26) Dutch
27) Japanese
28) Norwegian
29) Polish
30) Portuguese
31) Romanian
32) Russian
33) Slovenian
34) Slovakian
35) Albanian
36) Srpski
37) Finnish
38) Swedish
39) Thai
40) Tagalog
41) Turkish
42) Ukrainian
43) Vietnamese
44) Chinese
I had to look up two of these.
Yeah, you got em all right. Good job!
Dude, you didnt even de-alphabetize them. This was easy like first grade arithmetic. I would have gotten them if others hadnt gotten here before me. Harder questions please!
Fine, brainiac, do the extra credit part at the end then.
🙂
OK, you’ve got me there, because I can’t actually read those languages, I can just manage to tell them apart (and I got Arabic/Farsi only because of the alphabetical order). Nevertheless, the ones that are in alphabets are fairly easy to decode:
1
2
9 Ellinika
20 Ivrit
23
27
32 Russkiy
42 Ukrainska
44 Zhong-something
Good job. All are correct. It’s Zhongwén for Mandarin.
Also, “Arabic” is not the proper name for that language.
Greek is Ellenika, but I’ll give it to ya.
Sorry to nitpick but I’m pretty sure eta is usually transliterated as i. My own surname has an eta in it and it is always spelled with i in English. It’s true that it used to be an /e/ sound, but that was in ancient Greek; it had changed to /i/ already by the time of the Koine.
1. العربية Arabic
2. Български Bulgarian
3. Català Catalan
4. Česky Czech
5. Cymraeg Welsh
6. Dansk Danish
7. Deutsch German
8. Eesti Estonian?
9. Ελληνικά Greek
10. English hmmm
11. Español Spanish
12. فارسی Farsi
13. Français French
14. Galego Gallician
15. हिन्दी Hindi? Something Indian, anyway
16. Hrvatski Croat
17. Bahasa Indonesia Indonesian
18. Íslenska Icelandic
19. Italiano Italian
20. עברית Hebrew
21. Latviešu Latvian?
22. Lietuvių Or is this one Latvian?
23. 한국어 Korean
24. Magyar Hungarian
25. Malti Maltese
26. Nederlands Dutch
27. 日本語 Japanese
28. Norsk (Bokmål) Norwegian
29. Polski Polish
30. Português Portuguese
31. Română Romanian
32. Русский Russian
33. Slovenčina Slovene?
34. Slovenščina Unless this is Slovene…
35. Shqip Albanian
36. Srpski Serbian
37. Suomi Finnish
38. Svenska Swedish
39. ไทย Thai
40. Tagalog Tagalog – one of the languages of the Philippines
41. Türkçe Turkish
42. Українська Ukrainian
43. Tiếng Việt Vietnamese
44. 中文 / 漢語 Chinese
العربية
Български
Català – Catalan
Česky – Chech
Cymraeg
Dansk – Danish
Deutsch – German
Eesti – Estonian
Ελληνικά
English – English
Español – Spannish
فارسی
Français – French
Galego
हिन्दी
Hrvatski – Croatian
Bahasa Indonesia
Íslenska – Icelandic
Italiano – Italian
עברית
Latviešu – Latvian
Lietuvių – Lithuanian
한국어
Magyar – Hungarian
Malti – Maltese
Nederlands – Dutch
日本語
Norsk (Bokmål) – Norwegian Bokmål
Polski – Polish
Português – Portuguese
Română – Romanian
Русский – Russian
Slovenčina – Slovenian?
Slovenščina – Slovakian?
Shqip
Srpski
Suomi – Finnish
Svenska – Swedish
ไทย
Tagalog
Türkçe – Turkish
Українська – Ukrainian
Tiếng Việt – Vietnamese?
中文 / 漢語