Official Languages of the World

Can you name the national languages of every country in the world?

Source: Wikipedia

National languages only - not regional languages

Countries without a dejure official language, only a defacto one, are marked in red.

Bolivia has 37 official languages, and Zimbabwe 16 - this quiz includes the three most prominent

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Country	Language
Afghanistan	Pashto
Afghanistan	Persian (Darī)
Albania	Albanian
Algeria	Arabic
Algeria	Berber
Andorra	Catalan
Angola	Portuguese
Antigua and Barbuda	English
Argentina	Spanish
Armenia	Armenian
Australia	English
Austria	German
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani
Bahamas	English
Bahrain	Arabic
Bangladesh	Bengali
Barbados	English
Belarus	Belarusian
Belarus	Russian
Belgium	Dutch
	French
	German
Belize	English
Benin	French
Bhutan	Dzongkha
Bolivia	Aymara
	Quechua
	Spanish
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serbo-Croatian (Bosnian)
	Serbo-Croatian (Croatian)
	Serbo-Croatian (Serbian)
Botswana	English
Botswana	Tswana
Brazil	Portuguese
Brunei	English
Brunei	Malay
Bulgaria	Bulgarian
Burkina Faso	French
Burundi	English
	French
	Kirundi
Cambodia	Khmer
Cameroon	English
Cameroon	French
Canada	English
Canada	French
Cape Verde	Portuguese
Central African Republic	French
Central African Republic	Sango
Chad	Arabic
Chad	French
Chile	Spanish
China	Chinese (Mandarin)
Colombia	Spanish
Comoros	Arabic
	Comorian
	French
Costa Rica	Spanish
Croatia	Serbo-Croatian (Croatian)
Cuba	Spanish
Cyprus	Greek
Cyprus	Turkish
Czech Republic	Czech
D.R. Congo	French
Denmark	Danish
Djibouti	Arabic
Djibouti	French
Dominica	English
Dominican Republic	Spanish
East Timor	Portuguese
East Timor	Tetum
Ecuador	Spanish
Egypt	Arabic
El Salvador	Spanish
Equatorial Guinea	French
	Portuguese
	Spanish
Eritrea	Tigrinya


Estonia	Estonian
Eswatini	English
Eswatini	Swazi
Ethiopia	Amharic
Fed. States of Micronesia	English
Fiji	English
	Fijian
	Hindustani (Fiji Hindi)
Finland	Finnish
Finland	Swedish
France	French
Gabon	French
Gambia	English
Georgia	Georgian
Germany	German
Ghana	English

Country	Language
Greece	Greek
Grenada	English
Guatemala	Spanish
Guinea	French
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese
Guyana	English
Haiti	French
Haiti	Haitian Creole
Honduras	Spanish
Hungary	Hungarian
Iceland	Icelandic
India	English
India	Hindustani (Hindi)
Indonesia	Malay (Indonesian)
Iran	Persian
Iraq	Arabic
Iraq	Kurdish
Ireland	English
Ireland	Irish
Israel	Hebrew
Italy	Italian
Ivory Coast	French
Jamaica	English
Japan	Japanese
Jordan	Arabic
Kazakhstan	Kazakh
Kazakhstan	Russian
Kenya	English
Kenya	Swahili
Kiribati	English
Kiribati	Gilbertese
Kosovo	Albanian
Kosovo	Serbo-Croatian (Serbian)
Kuwait	Arabic
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz
Kyrgyzstan	Russian
Laos	Lao
Latvia	Latvian
Lebanon	Arabic
Lesotho	English
Lesotho	Sotho
Liberia	English
Libya	Arabic
Liechtenstein	German
Lithuania	Lithuanian
Luxembourg	French
	German
	Luxembourgish
Madagascar	French
Madagascar	Malagasy
Malawi	Chewa
Malawi	English
Malaysia	Malay
Maldives	Maldivian
Mali	French
Malta	English
Malta	Maltese
Marshall Islands	English
Marshall Islands	Marshallese
Mauritania	Arabic
Mauritius	Mauritian Creole
Mexico	Spanish
Moldova	Romanian (Moldovan)
Monaco	French
Mongolia	Mongolian
Montenegro	Serbo-Croatian (Montenegrin)
Morocco	Arabic
Morocco	Berber
Mozambique	Portuguese
Myanmar	Burmese
Namibia	English
Nauru	English
Nauru	Nauruan
Nepal	Nepali
Netherlands	Dutch
New Zealand	English
	Māori
	Māori
	New Zealand Sign Language
Nicaragua	Spanish
Niger	French
Nigeria	English
North Korea	Korean
Norway	Norwegian
Norway	Sámi
North Macedonia	Albanian
North Macedonia	Macedonian
Oman	Arabic
Pakistan	English
Pakistan	Hindustani (Urdu)
Palau	English
Palau	Palauan
Panama	Spanish
Papua New Guinea	English
	Hiri Motu
	PNG Sign Language
	Tok Pisin
Paraguay	Guaraní
	Spanish

Country	Language
Peru	Quechua
Peru	Spanish
Philippines	English
Philippines	Filipino
Poland	Polish
Portugal	Portuguese
Qatar	Arabic
Rep. of Congo	French
Romania	Romanian
Russia	Russian
Rwanda	English
	French
	Kinyarwanda
	Swahili
St. Kitts and Nevis	English
St. Lucia	English
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	English
Samoa	English
Samoa	Samoan
San Marino	Italian
São Tomé and Príncipe	Portuguese
Saudi Arabia	Arabic
Senegal	French
Serbia	Serbo-Croatian (Serbian)
Seychelles	English
	French
	Seychellois Creole
Sierra Leone	English
Singapore	Chinese (Mandarin)
	English
	Malay
	Tamil
Slovakia	Slovak
Slovenia	Slovene
Solomon Islands	English
Somalia	Arabic
Somalia	Somali
South Africa	Afrikaans
	English
	Northern Sotho
	Sotho
	Southern Ndebele
	Swazi
	Tsonga
	Tswana
	Venda
	Xhosa
	Zulu
South Korea	Korean
South Korea	Korean Sign Language
South Sudan	English
Spain	Spanish
Sri Lanka	Sinhala
Sri Lanka	Tamil
Sudan	Arabic
Sudan	English
Suriname	Dutch
Sweden	Swedish


Switzerland	French
	German
	Italian
	Romansh
Syria	Arabic
Taiwan	Chinese (Mandarin)
Tajikistan	Persian (Tajik)
Tanzania	English
Tanzania	Swahili
Thailand	Thai
Togo	French
Tonga	English
Tonga	Tongan
Trinidad and Tobago	English
Tunisia	Arabic
Turkey	Turkish
Turkmenistan	Turkmen
Tuvalu	English
Tuvalu	Tuvaluan
Uganda	English
Uganda	Swahili
Ukraine	Ukrainian
United Arab Emirates	Arabic
United Kingdom	English
United States	English
Uruguay	Spanish
Uzbekistan	Uzbek
Vanuatu	Bislama
	English
	French
Vatican City	Italian
Venezuela	Spanish
Vietnam	Vietnamese
Yemen	Arabic
Zambia	English
Zimbabwe	English
	Northern Ndebele
	Shona

kalbahamut

Level 80

Jan 7, 2013

Love the USA for not having an official language. The way it ought to be, and it makes it easy to guess. :)

OmarVP

Level 50

Jan 7, 2015

It's a technicality, english is not the official language so not to pick favourites but then you are picking a De Facto favourite. Bolivia, South Africa and many others are doing exactly the same thing with the opposite approach, all their languages are official not to leave anyone out but spanish is de facto in Bolivia and specific provinces in South Africa have one language above all else, in any case Canada would be a good example English and French are official and every person in the country speaks one or the other or both and then all official communication is done in both.

kalbahamut

+10

Level 80

Jan 8, 2015

Not everyone in Canada speaks French or English. And there are probably people in South Africa and Bolivia who do not speak any of the recognized official languages there, as well. Giving a language "official" status doesn't really accomplish anything, but it does give more weight to the protests of ornery racist nativists who love to say things like "learn the language or get out of the country!!" When the United States was formed there were many people living within its borders whose native language was German or Dutch or something else. There was no point in marginalizing those people by declaring that English was the most prestigious language and ethnicity of the country, just like there's no reason to publicly and officially marginalize speakers of Spanish, Chinese or Arabic today.

Jiaozira

Level 65

Sep 8, 2016

I live in Canada and know people who speak neither English nor French. Also I think we need to make Aboriginal languages official, (such as Cree and Ojibway), in my opinion. Or at least Inuktitut as that is what majority of Nunavummiut (people from Nunavut) speaks.

Malbaby

Level 70

Jan 1, 2017

Sounds to me like kalbahamut has some sort of an axe to grind.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Feb 4, 2017

Bad baby: why would you assume that? English is my native language and I'm quite proficient at using it. I am sometimes slightly annoyed at the efforts of the historically ignorant nativists who seek to undermine the beauty of the country that was founded on ideas like equality, democracy, and pluralism... but their efforts have rarely done anything to negatively impact me personally and directly.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Feb 4, 2017

Also my family has roots in the United States going back 15,000+ years, to Cherokee who originally settled the land, to English and German farmers who colonized Virginia in the 16th century, and to the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth. Anyone glancing at me would assume I was "white."

But... I honestly don't know what you are implying so my guess work in responding to it could be totally off. A little help?

ander217

Level 78

Feb 4, 2017

According to many Brits who have posted on this site, we don't speak English here anyway. :)

kalbahamut

Level 80

Feb 10, 2017

Those Brits are ignorant and suffering from an inferiority complex. British English has changed more than American English in the past 400 years.

brandybuck96

+11

Level 77

Jun 27, 2018

^That's extremely debatable, I've seen reports suggesting the opposite, and also that both have changed equally. It's very difficult to know when you don't have a spoken record.

CaoMaru

+10

Level 49

Aug 3, 2018

Rude and somewhat degrading to British culture. Yet you say above that all cultures should be equal.....

tshalla

Level 70

Feb 3, 2019

English and German farmers who colonized Virginia in the 16th Century? Sounds like some revisionist history.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Apr 11, 2019

brandy: it's a fact.
Cao: I wasn't being rude and I didn't say what you said I said.
tshalla: you are usually not worth responding to, and your comment here is predictably obnoxious, but yes you caught me making a single character typo. Give yourself a pat on the back. 17th century.

CaoMaru

Level 49

May 26, 2019

Really? "Those Brits are ignorant and suffering from an inferiority complex." Sounds pretty rude to me, regardless of which has changed more, which as Brandy pointed out is difficult to tell for sure. And true, you didn't say all cultures should be equal, but this is implied, for language at least, when you say that there was no point marginalising people who spoke a minority language. Besides, I'm sure you probably agree that all cultures should be equal, as most reasonable people do, regardless of whether or not you have actually typed that in a comment.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Jul 10, 2019

Really. If they knew what they were talking about they wouldn't say it and wouldn't be ignorant. If they weren't insecure then they wouldn't so eagerly grasp at this fallacious idea that Americans don't speak proper English, as a way of making themselves feel better. There's no other explanation. I didn't say British culture was inferior. But those in the UK or Europe who come here or elsewhere and routinely spit out hateful remarks directed at Americans (with no basis in fact) are obviously suffering from some such complex. It's textbook. You are reading in to my comment an implication that said complex is warranted, presumably because Americans are culturally superior, which is not something I believe.

TWM03

Level 59

Nov 3, 2019

Modern Icelandic is closer to what English was over 1000 years ago than modern English (either British or American) is. We still call the language that has developed since then in England "English". This is the strongest argument I see for American English not being called "English", but it is still pretty weak because US and UK English are orders of magnitude closer than either is to Icelandic. They aren't different languages, though I think it is fair to call them different dialects of the same language. And no doubt inferiority complexes play a role too.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Nov 4, 2019

Since leaving this comment the quiz author has filled in English as a "de facto" official language of the United States, which I don't think was really necessary.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

It was the Quizmaster who did that. I don't have much control anymore. ^_^;

dwo

Level 87

Jan 7, 2013

Is there a button we can press so that we can ‘like’ a quiz?

Quizmaster

Level ∞

Jan 7, 2013

No, but you can rate quizzes. Eventually, I am going to start compiling the ratings.

dwo

Level 87

Jan 7, 2013

Oh, there it is! Five stars!

Ozchris

Level 40

Jan 7, 2013

Great quiz! I'm wondering if Gaelic is acceptable for Irish.

BlendedCow

Level 50

Jan 7, 2013

Isn't Gaelic associated more with Scotland than Ireland? Or is that Celtic?

dwo

Level 87

Jan 7, 2013

Both Scottish and Irish are Gaelic languages (along with Manx). It wouldn't be proper to refer to either language as Gaelic.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jan 8, 2013

Irish Gaelic is spoken in Ireland and Scottish Gaelic in Scotland. Originally I had defined it as Irish Gaelic, but the Quizmaster changed it to just Irish when this became a frontpage quiz.

I think that change doesn't matter much because if you try to type "Irish Gaelic", it will become accepted as soon as you've finished typing "Irish".

I don't think just "Gaelic" is accepted. I believe it is often referred to as just Gaelic, but then it becomes indistinguishable from Scottish Gaelic. So idk if it ought to be accepted or not. :/

kalbahamut

Level 80

Jul 3, 2013

I would vote for accepting just Gaelic for both Irish and Scottish then.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jul 4, 2013

I've changed my mind since before, so I'll make just Gaelic acceptable...

faolchu1014

Level 40

Feb 6, 2017

Gaelic is accepted if you type it, but almost no one is Ireland uses that world to refer to the language. We refer to our own language as either Irish or Gaeilge (it depends on where you are), and we call Scots Gaelic, that, Scots Gaelic. And to clarify, Scots is it's own language, based more in old English and German.

BlendedCow

+28

Level 50

Jan 7, 2013

Anyone catch the palindrome? Nauruan! Go Nauru!

gavtheman

Level 56

Apr 15, 2019

Underrated comment

kogatora

Level 82

Sep 26, 2019

palindromes are great, lets make them all that way in our new language englishsilgne

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

Too bad Malayalam is not an official language. :P

Quizrush

Level 34

Jan 8, 2013

in serbian=serbian, croatia=croatian, bosnia=croatian, serbian. there is no serbo croatian language. it does not egzist since 1991.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jan 8, 2013

A language doesn't stop existing just because some government says so. Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian and Montenegrin are considered to be dialects of the same language by some, while others claim that they are different languages. Since there is no scientific definition of what the difference is between a language and a dialect, both claims are equally valid. The quiz has catered for that by letting you type either each language variety separately, or just typing a term that encompasses all of them.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Jan 26, 2013

serbian works as an answer for most but if you type in Serbian alone you won't get Montenegrin.

dwo

Level 87

Jan 14, 2013

There are languages that are different because they are different. Then, there are languages that are different for political reasons. Serbocroatian is one of those. Before Yugoslavia broke up, these languages were considered to be one language. It was only after Yugoslavia broke up that they were considered separate languages. That is a fallacy to assume that they are separate languages because of politics. However, Serbian is typically written in Cyrillic where Croatian is written in Latin, yet Hindi and Urdu are considered separate languages: spoken, they are the same language (with dialectal differences), but Urdu is written in Arabic and Hindi is written in Devanagari. Using that logic, it's not a fallacy to assume that Serbian and Croatian are separate languages.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Jan 26, 2013

agree with dwo. Student of linguistics here. These languages were invented only to try and create an artificial difference between people who were at war with one another. Realistically, they are the same language. It would be like if the United States had a 2nd civil war, and those in the south declared that they spoke Confederalese and then decreed that all Southern dictionaries excise words like "pop" in favor of "soda," etc... a ridiculous and cynical exercise in the politics of war, not a natural evolution that would produce a truly distinct language.

Bobcat108

Level 70

Jul 6, 2015

In the US South, neither "pop" nor "soda" are used...it's all Coke. Or more specifically, Co-cola. Soda is the East & West Coasts, w/an outpost in Milwaukee. Pop is the Midwest, although the dividing line between soda & pop runs north & south from Rochester, NY, through State College, PA, & south, roughly along the Appalachians.

Anthony121

Level 46

Feb 1, 2016

Yes Hindi is written in Devanagari, but Urdu is written in Shahmukhi not Arabic!

samiamco

Level 72

Jun 13, 2016

kalbahamut, I see your politico-linguistic point, but as a student of Croatian, I can assure you that the differences between Serbian and Croatian are much bigger than the difference between Northern and Southern English in the US. Aside from the whole issue of using different writing systems, there is a growing difference in vocabulary. I'm guessing time will increase that; mostly because the Croats want it to.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Feb 4, 2017

sam.. that's kind of my point though (because the Croats want it to). The differences are artificial and engineered. It's a false evolution of two dialects of the same language. My analogy to Northern/Southern American English was a hypothetical situation in which something similar *could* happen... not something that *has* happened.

ander217

Level 78

Feb 4, 2017

Sorry, Bobcat, but soda is definitely used in this part of the Upper South and in the Mid-South where we lived for a while. My college roommates from Michigan and Chicago thought I wanted an ice cream soda when I suggested we get a soda. They were calling it Coke back in the 1970s, but I have cousins in Michigan who still call it pop. I am noticing that the younger generations seem to prefer Coke as the generic word now, regardless of region. My late father-in-law, who grew up in the Ozarks, called it Co-cola.

ander217

Level 78

Jul 24, 2018

I forgot to add that when I was a girl in southern Missouri in the 1950s and '60s, everyone called it "sodie" as in, "Let's go to the store and get us a sodie." But when talking about a specific brand, cola was usually attached - Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, RC Cola, Lotta Cola, etc.

Djilas

Level 77

Feb 4, 2017

kalbahamut, it's a bit more complicated than that. While today's differences are in big part due to conscious political efforts, Serbian and Croatian are not a result of the recent wars. They are two distinct language standards that existed long before Yugoslavia (ok not that long, modern standardization dates to 19th century, but anyway...) Serbo-Croatian is still one language of course.

kalbahamut

Level 80

Feb 6, 2017

Alright if you say so. My knowledge of the subject is limited, and a lot of it I got from Chris Hedges who is often full of crap.

celticcougar56

Level 63

Mar 19, 2013

Isn't Qazaq also an alternate spelling of Kazakh?

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Mar 24, 2013

Hmm, I'll add that the next time I edit this quiz... Thanks!

pngboi

Level 29

Dec 6, 2013

I was hoping that more than 1 percent of people would get Hiri Motu and 2 percent Tok Pisin for Papua New Guinea...

sillie

Level 82

May 28, 2014

I missed Tok Pisin even though I know I read something about how it evolved.

mariposita

Level 60

May 23, 2017

Got Tok Pisin and guessed Motuan (which should be accepted) but missed Hiri Motu

NightcapSailing

Level 30

Dec 26, 2013

Since when is 'Irish' a language? Gallic, sure! Irish? Um....

tzhg

Level 58

Aug 11, 2019

Gaelic (not Gallic) is a group of languages which includes Irish, Scottish and Manx.

Tecumseh94

Level 53

Jan 15, 2014

India has many more official language. They should be listed considering South Africa has so many listed

Chronikhiles

Level 50

Sep 1, 2019

It only recognises English and Hindi at an official level, because yay diversity.

em182

Level 23

Mar 3, 2014

What happened to Australia? I'm sorry

Fluff

Level 29

May 26, 2017

Australia speaks English and so does the US (with some others like French, Spanish, etc.), Mexico, and apparently they count Canada but not his poor brother? How mean..

CaoMaru

Level 49

May 26, 2019

Some countries don't have an official language, which is why they are not included on the quiz.

Nelinho251

Level 32

Mar 6, 2014

Got 86 of them

Carry

Level 63

Mar 28, 2014

It's funny how many of these you can get right just by adding an "ish" or "n" or "i" somewhere. Or even easier: Typing in the name of the country itself. Interesting quiz though, like it.

Yamanote

Level 39

Dec 12, 2018

Or even 'ian'.

geograf

Level 28

Jun 9, 2014

Hello quizmaster, I'd just like to say that Romansh is only a NATIONAL language of Switzerland, but not an OFFICIAL one! (it is co-official only at regional level in Graubunden Canton, like german in South Tyrol or Catalan in Catalonia). Even many people in Switzerland think it is an official language at national level, but it isn't. Source: I live in Switzerland

geograf

Level 28

Jun 9, 2014

Ah sorry Zefyrinus, I've realized now that this is not a Quizmaster's game! Very nice game by the way

Quizmaster

Level ∞

Jun 9, 2014

According to the Federal Constitution of Switzerland, Romansh is a national language and also an official language for communicating with people who speak Romansh.

geograf

Level 28

Oct 29, 2014

I repeat that Romansh it is NOT an official language of Switzerland at national level. The fact that they allow Romansh people communicating to federal units in Romansh does not make it an official language. Only German, French and Italian are fully official and equivalent at national level, and every law must be translated into the three. I repeat that Romansh has the same relevance as REGIONAL LANGUAGES do in other countries. Here a link from the Swiss parliament that unfortunately is not available in English: http://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/20062545/index.html And I repeat that also many Swiss people make confusion on this topic and I get often contradicted.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

Poor Romansh. :(

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jun 7, 2017

Now the QM has reinstated Romansh again. XD

nucos

Level 51

Jun 29, 2014

Info about East Timor is not accurate. The official languages of the country do include Tetum, but not English, although it is widely spoken, due to the proximity to Australia. Portuguese is an official language, even if spoken by a minority of the population. Actually, considering East Timor's National Educational Programme, Portuguese is expected to be spoken by almost 70% of the population within a generation.

nucos

Level 51

Jun 29, 2014

Portugal has two official languages. Portuguese, obviously enough, but also Mirandese, spoken by 35000 people. The official languages of Spain include Spanish, incorrectly named for it should be Castellan (Castellano); Catalan; Basque; Galician and also Tenerifan, spoken in Tenerife.

faolchu1014

Level 40

Feb 6, 2017

Fair enough, but the quiz doesn't recognize regional languages. Are they considered to be national languages, by the national government of Spain?

AL2881

Level 36

Sep 10, 2018

Spanish is the only official language of Spain. The others are regional official languages. La Constitución española de 1978. Título preliminar Artículo 3 El castellano es la lengua española oficial del Estado. Todos los españoles tienen el deber de conocerla y el derecho a usarla. Las demás lenguas españolas serán también oficiales en las respectivas Comunidades Autónomas de acuerdo con sus Estatutos. La riqueza de las distintas modalidades lingüísticas de España es un patrimonio cultural que será objeto de especial respeto y protección. http://www.congreso.es/consti/constitucion/indice/titulos/articulos.jsp?ini=3&tipo=2

ander217

Level 78

Sep 17, 2014

Enjoyed this one, but I needed more time. My brain doesn't work as fast as it used to when I was young and carefree.

cyninoregon

Level 37

Jan 9, 2015

ITA. The time on this is sillier than the countries quiz.

ander217

Level 78

Feb 4, 2017

I took it again and I still missed a few due to time running out. Another minute would really help.

GOFREOPANDAS

Level 15

Jan 7, 2015

i always figured that the official language of Australia was english..........i mean...thhats what everyone speaks

lucd13

Level 66

Feb 8, 2017

As the years progress, that is less and less true. Australia is a country based on immigration, so the population of immigrants continues to rise, but there are many of these who chose to live among the enclaves of their own ex-pats, and many (particularly when they bring their elderly parents, etc) do not end up learning English. In fact, there are many areas (esp in Sydney and Melbourne) where you'll often see shops signs, etc, in only Mandarin or Vietnamese... But, no - no language has ever been written in to the Constitution. At the time, it was just assumed, since we based it on Westminster law. It's not expressly forbidden, like the creation of an official religion, but there just doesn't seem to be a need.

cyninoregon

Level 37

Jan 9, 2015

Now I have something to memorize after the capitals. I hope you are working on something for once I get these to slide off my tongue....has to take us around the world and be very difficult, like countries and then capitals were the first time we tried. Thank you so much! They say use it or lose it, and you've taken 50 years off the age of my brain as I'm memorizing something new everyday. I read deeper things too but the memorization really makes the blood flow to the dead parts up there! :)

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jan 9, 2015

Hahah! I was thinking of doing a currency quiz that also includes the smaller units like cents and pennies...

Quizzer6794

Level 63

Jan 23, 2016

Great idea! Is that quiz in the making?

Magarara

Level 49

Feb 4, 2017

I am in complete agreement with you. My noggin feels like it has had a tune-up since beginning to memorize new information presented here.

ander217

Level 78

Feb 4, 2017

Absolutely correct, cyninoregon. This site should be mandatory for everyone over 50.

ander217

Level 78

Feb 4, 2017

Oh, and I forgot to add my thanks to Zefyrinus and QM, too.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

skiesboy

Level 65

Apr 5, 2015

please can you add Pedi or SiPedi for Northern Sotho, as that is it's other (indigenous) name. I was having a hard time with it. Also, as a favour, Ukrainean, and Belarussian. I would appreciate that.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Apr 29, 2015

From what I've read, SiPedi/Sepedi/Pedi is a dialect, and "Northern Sotho" or "Sesotho sa Leboa" are the recommended names for the language. I'm no expert on this though.
I'll add the suggested variants for Ukrainian and Belarusian to the pipeline of changes.

joakim

Level 48

May 15, 2015

Very, very interesting quiz. One of the best I think. However, I am sorry to say that nowhere in Icelandic law is Icelandic the official language of Iceland. It is by far de facto, but not officially. Strangely, Icelandic sign language is the official language of hearing impaired Icelanders.

pampelius

Level 47

May 24, 2015

Act on the status of the Icelandic language and Icelandic sign language. Article 1: "Icelandic is the national language of the Icelandic people and the official language in Iceland."

pampelius

Level 47

May 24, 2015

Love this quiz! I would love to see a yellow-box version :D

faolchu1014

Level 40

Feb 6, 2017

God, that would be brutal!!

BrosephStalin

Level 61

Jun 4, 2015

It's funny how former British colonies in Africa with barely any English speakers use English as their official language while the US with the largest English speaking population in the world doesn't.

Kahikatea

Level 72

Jul 24, 2018

And Britain, which invented the English language, also doesn't have it as an official language

skillmaster9000

Level 55

Oct 24, 2015

Please accept Belarussian for Belarusian and Ukranian for Ukrainian. I made those mistakes.

Malbaby

Level 70

Nov 3, 2015

I think Ndebele should be accepted for Southern Ndebele.

skoldpadda

Level 65

Nov 9, 2015

Zimbabwe now has 16 official languages.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 2, 2016

Huh, this is new. I think Zimbabwe will have to get the same treatment as Bolivia in this quiz. Some of the Zimbabwean languages are poorly defined too. Anyhow, this quiz seriously needs an update...

Skamps

Level 42

Dec 18, 2015

Please accept Pashtu for Pashto.

Anthony121

Level 46

Feb 1, 2016

Should accept Hindi (or Hindustani) for India, Pakistan and Fiji.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

I've changed it so that Hindustani is accepted for all three.

Cezar

Level 52

Feb 29, 2016

If you include New Zealand Sign Language, you should also include Papua New Guinean Sign Language ;)

samiamco

Level 72

Jun 13, 2016

Hmm. I see it in Wikipedia, but there is no reference to official sources. It's also not in the CIA World Factbook entry, updated this month. But there are many news reports from May 2015 heralding its addition, so I'd suggest to the QM / Zefyrinus that it looks legit.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

It's just like you say, samiamco. I'll make it already filled in, until I can find better references.

xEJtheDJx

Level 35

Aug 10, 2016

Got all of them on about my fourth try!

JohnOfili

Level 45

Sep 30, 2016

could you accept Belorussian for Belarusian? That's how I was educated when I was younger.

Corrode

Level 60

Feb 4, 2017

Missed Korean which would have gotten me the full 5pts. Annoying to forget that since it's just the country name! Also South Africa is hogging all the languages. I guess it makes sense in post-apartheid SA to elevate all the major African languages into an official equality, but it looks odd next to e.g. India which has similar language diversity.

ketchupkawawa

Level 47

Feb 4, 2017

Can you please accept Belarussian?

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

Oops, it was supposed to be accepted, but I found a mistake in the type-ins. I've fixed it now.

Yossarian

Level 66

Feb 4, 2017

84; would have gotten a half dozen more if I had thought about it, especially in South America.

Djilas

Level 77

Feb 4, 2017

I have a big issue with US not having an official language. English is the only language in which all legislation is published and the language used at courts, among other things. There's such thing as customary law. Otherwise I would expect to see "Nauru ... none" in the capitals quiz, there's a much stronger case for this one.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

Well, for the US it's undisputable that English is the de facto "official" language, but when it comes to other countries it might be debatable what languages I should list for them if I opened up for this. So I need to base this on some kind of objective data. And for that reason I have chosen to only include whatever each country has defined as their official language.

Djilas

Level 77

Jun 7, 2017

Fair enough, I guess I wasn't able to word it so neatly in my head before :)

Djilas

Level 77

Feb 4, 2017

Slovenian should be accepted as well for Slovene.

Roger77024

Level 59

Feb 5, 2017

See above - September 2013.

Djilas

Level 77

Feb 8, 2017

I see, I thought I had read all comments. I'll add correction there.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

I've decided to add Slovenian after all.

judewaites

Level 21

Feb 6, 2017

Am I right in saying it isn't Filipino, but Tagalog?

faolchu1014

Level 40

Feb 6, 2017

That's what I thought... I'm gonna go look it up...

faolchu1014

Level 40

Feb 6, 2017

Alright, they are the same language (basically), and it's just that the "official" language is Filipino.

jajaco2017

Level 60

Feb 7, 2017

New Zealand Sign Language ?

jajaco2017

Level 60

Feb 7, 2017

I got 65

KayDot

Level 38

Feb 8, 2017

Kicking myself because I put Afrikaan, forgetting the s. It's interesting because you can just add "ian" to most countries to get a language.

kotors

Level 74

Feb 9, 2017

can you accept belarussian (instead of with 1 s)?

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

I've added this now.

MustardCustard

Level 52

Apr 7, 2017

I missed japenese, but got guarani.

mariposita

Level 60

May 23, 2017

Various spellings of Belarusian should be accepted, I have seen Belarussian and Belorussian used before and only guessed those two. Motuan should be accepted for Hiri Motu as it is the English name for the language, I guessed Motuan first. Also, a note about Slovak/Slovene and the addition of -ian: I believe Slovakian is a correct equivalent but Slovenian isn't, but I'm not 100% sure.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 31, 2017

Belarusian with two S was supposed to be accepted, but it wasn't due to a mistake in the type-ins. I've fixed this now. But are you sure about Hiri Motu? There is a language called just Motu, on which Hiri Motu, the pidgin/creole language, is based on. The only thing I can find about "Motuan" is that it's the name of the people who speak Motu.

Djilas

Level 77

Jun 7, 2017

Slovene and Slovenian are both commonly used as adjectives and nouns.

mariposita

Level 60

May 23, 2017

Surprised so many people missed Quechua/Aymara, Malagasy, Amharic, Tigrinya, and Guaraní... I thought those were all common knowledge, especially Amharic, Quechua, and Aymara

PhileasFogg

Level 46

May 23, 2017

You thought wrong

MungoJerry

Level 50

Oct 3, 2019

you've got to be joking

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

For those who want a bigger challenge, here's a whole language series: Guess the language ;)

WickusOfficial

Level 39

May 27, 2017

I got Aymara, but forgot Mongolian! hahah!!

Jerry928

Level 74

Jun 5, 2017

Romansh is also an official language of Switzerland.

Quizmaster

Level ∞

Jun 5, 2017

Accidentally removed from the grid with the last update. It will appear now.

Gamer1162

Level 64

Jun 5, 2017

Wait, English isn't an official language of the UK? What's that all about?

Djilas

Level 77

Jun 7, 2017

Not on paper.

fitheach

Level 58

Sep 1, 2017

English is the de facto language of the UK - our (un-codified) constitution doesn't name an official language.

Quizzer6794

Level 63

Jun 5, 2017

102/114. I almost missed Seychellois Creole after typing just "Seychellois"; accept that also? The Creole portion isn't needed for "Seselwa"

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Sep 14, 2017

OK, I'll add just Seychellois to be accepted after the next update.

buck1017

Level 72

Jun 6, 2017

So neither Haitian nor Creole work for Haiti (both which I tried). Can we make one or both of these work?

loganite

Level 82

Jul 25, 2017

I agree, Hatian Creole should work. I got lucky...I tried Creole and, when that didn't work, I put the cursor in front of Creole and began typing 'Hatian' but it accepted it at Haiti.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Sep 14, 2017

loganite: Mind your I's. There's one on both sides of the T in Haiti.
buck1017: OK, I'll add just Haitian to be accepted after the next update.

loganite

Level 82

Oct 1, 2019

Did it again this time...typed Hatian, Creole, and Hatian Creole. Dang i's!!!

loganite

Level 82

Nov 3, 2019

I finally learned...Haitian Creole!!! Haitian...

Tvic

Level 73

Jun 7, 2017

Love the work you put into this quiz! Would enjoy it more if you allowed a little more time.

MustardCustard

Level 52

Jun 11, 2017

According to wikipedia Chile has no official language and it just ranks Spanish as a national language.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Sep 14, 2017

That's odd, I can't find any mentioning of official or national languages of Chile on WP. But when I Google, all the sources say Spanish is the official language.

MBAMatt

Level 74

Jun 14, 2017

Pashtun won't work... has to be Pashto, eh?

Algernon

Level 68

Jun 18, 2017

Yeah, that got me too. Does seem a little harsh, but sure.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Sep 14, 2017

OK, I'll allow this when the quiz gets updated.

MustardCustard

Level 52

Jun 16, 2017

I just did further research and Ethiopia in their constitutions states that there is no official languages either.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Sep 14, 2017

Hmm, I just looked this up now, and one document says that Amharic is the working language of the federal government. Though some other sources say that it's the official language of the government. :?

loganite

Level 82

Jul 25, 2017

I tried Seychelles Creole, surely that should be accepted? I also tried Nepalese instead of Nepali.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Sep 14, 2017

OK, I have scheduled for both to be accepted in the future.

loganite

Level 82

Nov 3, 2019

Thanks! Absolutely love this quiz, by the way!

woshiwaiguoren

Level 57

Sep 14, 2017

Please accept "North Sotho" for "Northern Sotho"

AlexM

Level 74

Dec 9, 2017

Harsh that I put Seychellois and didn't get it!

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jun 23, 2018

Seychellois is accepted. Are you sure you typed it correctly? Hmm, or maybe it had been added after your comment.

randomdude

Level 58

Feb 25, 2018

Not that it matters, but correct me if I'm wrong, in New Zealand, isn't English not considered an official language. When I went there a few months ago, I was told that there are only 2 official languages (Māori and NZ Sign Language), and that English, despite being the most widely spoken language, isn't formally designated as an official language. So if you're including English for New Zealand, you might as well include English for Australia, UK, US, Spanish for Mexico, etc. for the sake of consistency or otherwise remove English as an official language of NZ. Plus, should English be removed as an official language, it would probably confuse many people, and waste their time trying to figure out how to type 'English', which is always entertaining. +1 for accepting Seychellois

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jun 23, 2018

Huh, that's interesting. I'll remove English.

Osiris

Level 65

Jun 28, 2018

From what I see, English is the de facto official language, but it does not hold official official" status. It appears there is an effort to change that.

Jerry928

Level 74

Jun 27, 2018

English is acknowledged as an official language of New Zealand - see here.

Djilas

Level 77

Jun 27, 2018

Of course it's an official language ...

sophiewalker85

Level 32

Jul 21, 2019

I am a New Zealander. We are taught there are 3 official language. I am literally learning this may not be the case here...wth nz!

SWATkun

Level 57

Mar 10, 2018

India should be removed because India too nor has any official languages. Hindi is the most spoken language and English is used for official works, but they are not our national language. There are 22 recognized languages of India, if possible put all the 22 languages.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jun 23, 2018

According to Wikipedia, Hindi is the "official language of the government" and English a "subsidiary official language". I'm not really sure what exactly those terms mean though...

Adriantanfahed

Level 21

Mar 10, 2018

Kurdish should be included; it is also an official language of Iraq.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jun 23, 2018

Ah, I've added it.

CusKooz

Level 36

Mar 23, 2018

Nice quiz you made! Also a little question, how did you make a question have more than one answer? I've always had that dbout. One expample of this is South Africa.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Jun 23, 2018

In Quiz Design, choose Manual Mode and you can merge cells. I used this to make the cell labeled "South Africa" take up several rows.

RogerM

Level 81

Jun 27, 2018

Nice to see Swaziland now listed as eSwatini, its new name, thought it was a typo at first!

loganite

Level 82

Jun 29, 2018

eSwatini in English is "Land of the Swazi." I vote we just stay with Swaziland for English language quizzes...

comjag

Level 80

Aug 11, 2018

Nothing nice about it. Quizmaster has a predilection for tampering with quizzes unnecessarily.

fitheach

Level 58

Nov 22, 2018

Or staying up to date with changes to official names of things

someone2018

Level 81

Jun 29, 2018

Are New Zealand's laws written in sign language or Maori?

SeekerSpock1

Level 75

Jul 8, 2018

I think when this quiz got changed, English must have somehow been removed from New Zealand.

sophiewalker85

Level 32

Jul 22, 2019

written in sign language? They can read words just like those who can hear!

Azuca

Level 64

Aug 3, 2019

Sign languages are fully different languages from spoken languages. You don't have to be able to read a spoken language in order to understand and communicate with a sign language. I don't doubt that almost all sign language users can read another dominant language of their country, though. I was wondering the same thing as someone2018 too, like maybe the government keeps a video archive of laws signed in NZSL.

dave123

Level 65

Jul 9, 2018

According to wikipedia, English is also an official language of Botswana alongside with Tswana.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

You're right. I don't know if it got removed from the quiz at some point earlier. I've made a change for it to be added in the next reset.

junt2009

Level 16

Jul 24, 2018

I agree

SwiftNinjaD52X

Level 48

Jul 24, 2018

So English is not an official language in New Zealand but Maori and Sign Language are? What's up with that?

kiwiquizzer

Level 65

Jul 24, 2018

Te Reo Maori was recognised as an official language in 1987, and NZ Sign Language achieved the same status in 2006. But there is currently no legislation that recognises English as an official language. Parliament is currently considering a draft bill to make it so, as it seems a bit daft.

SwiftNinjaD52X

Level 48

Jul 25, 2018

Fascinating! And I was so sure that I'd found an error in the quiz. Thanks for the info!

kiwiquizzer

Level 65

Jul 24, 2018

When you try Pushtu, Pushtan, Pushti, Pushto, Pashtu, Pashtan, Pashti, and then give up... dang!

GeographyGeek42

Level 56

Jul 24, 2018

Can you accept Creole?

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

Sorry, no. Because there are hundreds of different creoles, so you need to specify which one it is.

skoldpadda

Level 65

Oct 1, 2019

And 4-5 as official ones.

Elan

Level 62

Jul 24, 2018

Can you just accept Creole? That doesn't seem any more generous than some of the other type=ins for this quiz.

teamsquid

Level 56

Jul 24, 2018

Hey Quizmaster, NZ parliament passed a bill in February this year officially recognizing English as an official language of New Zealand

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

It seems as if the bill wasn't approved: https://www.quora.com/How-did-English-become-the-official-language-in-New-Zealand
I have trouble finding any official website stating that English would be an official language. Does anyone know any good links?

gzx5

Level 55

Jul 24, 2018

Is the offical name Eswatini or Swaziland?

schmoot

Level 38

Jul 24, 2018

No Welsh?

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

Regional languages are not included in this quiz.

dragaan

Level 50

Jul 25, 2018

Japan has no official language.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

I tried to look up your statement. It's really complicated: http://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column068.htm
The interesting part is this: 日本の国語は日本語であるとか、公用語は日本語であるなどと定める条文はないんだ。ただ、法律上「国語」という用例はあるし、そのような条文は日本語のことを国語といっているのだと理解できるよ。
To quickly Google translate that: There is no provision that states that Japanese national language is Japanese and official language is Japanese. However, there is an example in law called "national language", and it can be understood that such a clause means that Japanese is a national language.

ShnevorSomeone

Level 47

Jul 26, 2018

at least until other countries recognize it, can we still call "eSwatini" by the name "Swaziland"?

tourwoorden

Level 68

Aug 6, 2018

Indeed, it's JetPunk policy to use the common English name as far as I know, so Swaziland should be the name used on this quiz. By the way, Israel is in the process of removing the official status of Arabic, though I'm not sure whether that law change has been completed yet. So maybe that can wait.

Manxman

Level 30

Aug 19, 2018

Why does the UK not have English as our official language? we invented it!!!! Also, no White English speaking country has it as their official language either. Whats the conspiracy behind this?

TWM03

Level 59

Mar 13, 2019

Do you think that people should petition their government to specify official languages just because of the colour their skin happens to be?

Djilas

Level 77

Sep 28, 2019

That's debatable :) The shortest history of English language: "It was invented by the French"

skoldpadda

Level 65

Oct 1, 2019

Canada, Malta and Ireland have English as official.

Lucas88

Level 37

Aug 21, 2018

Argentina has not got an official language. Instead of that, they use Spanish as de facto language.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

Hmm, I'm not sure anymore if this quiz used to include national languages or not. Now at least only official languages are included, so I'll schedule the answer for Argentina to be changed.

shyamboss

Level 24

Sep 28, 2018

c'mon guys FARSI is same as PERSIAN. In Iran, It is called as FARSI only . Not Persian

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

"The Academy of Persian Language and Literature, however, has declared that the name Persian is more appropriate, as it has the longer tradition in western languages and better expresses the role of the language as a mark of cultural and national continuity."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language#Name_of_the_language

However, Farsi should be an acceptable type-in for the language of Iran, which it apparently wasn't. This will be changed in the next reset of the quiz.

GeographyGeek42

Level 56

Oct 28, 2018

Got 85. Japanese escaped my mind both times I played though. :(

EmileLexi

Level 21

Feb 4, 2019

It was easy until I got to south Africa. TOO many languages.

MCMLXXXII

Level 71

Feb 8, 2019

shouldn't basque be the language for Andorra?

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

Basque is only spoken in France and Spain.

Noy

Level 52

Mar 5, 2019

Norway has Samí as an official Language too. I know it is considered a minority Language in the other countries within Sápmi, but in Norway it has the same status as Norwegian.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

OMG things keep changing so fast. I hadn't even heard about this although Norway is my neighbor country.

Aaron197

Level 66

Mar 9, 2019

A lot of things has been changed now in 2019. Arabic is no longer an official language of Israel anymore but a "recognized language" and South Korea has now its sign language as one of its official languages like New Zealand does. You guys need to look up to things.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

I can't keep up! D: I've added these to be included in the next update.

GeoDude

Level 53

Mar 20, 2019

Please accept American

bridog8456

Level 50

Apr 21, 2019

Bhutanese should be accepted for Dzongkha, I think.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

May 12, 2019

Alright, I'll add that since Wikipedia mentions it.

skoldpadda

Level 65

Sep 25, 2019

Kiribati is also called Kiribati (not confusing at all) and sometimes Kiribatese.

Djilas

Level 77

Sep 28, 2019

Thank you for including de facto official languages now! There's not much practical (or even legal) difference between de jure and de facto official languages.

karnag

Level 41

Nov 3, 2019

Welsh is an official language of the UK.

TWM03

Level 59

Nov 3, 2019

No, it is a regional language.

undeadwarrior

Level 56

Nov 3, 2019

THIS QUIZ NEEDS MORE TIME!!! I refuse to believe that you think we can actually get all of the spellings of these words right on the first try. And can you accept CREOLE as a type-in for all different types of Creole, rather than having us type in all the different types individually (again, taking up precious time that WE DON'T HAVE!!!)

Sifhraven

Level 67

Feb 18, 2020

No need to shout!! And I just got 100 on tablet, if I was on a computer I could get them all in time, I'm atleast 1/3 slower on tablet (mainly more typos, on a bad typing day it is more like 1/2 as fast). In theory that is, I dont know them all, I think there are about 5 more I could get.

jennoo

Level 62

Nov 3, 2019

Agree with Welsh, and also British Sign Language!

TheWelshManc

Level 47

Nov 3, 2019

Where's Igbo? Also what about Punjabi?

Djilas

Level 77

Nov 12, 2019

Not official on national level

RKS

Level 67

Nov 5, 2019

Tough Quiz,116/117, only missed English.

breathoftheearth

Level 63

Nov 5, 2019

Luxembourgish. I tried this, depsite my thinking that it was a Homer Simpson answer, but must have spelled it wrong.

Edmontonian

Level 61

Nov 12, 2019

Morisien should count for Mauritian creole

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

Thanks! I've added this a type-in, it should work the next time the quiz is updated, if Quizmaster allows it.

Sergiu1998

Level 66

Nov 18, 2019

I tried Haitian and Creole separately, surely one of them must work

Katla

Level 43

Nov 21, 2019

Please ad "sapmi" as spelling for sami

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

Sápmi is what they call their land, not their language.

GeneralCulture

Level 25

Dec 24, 2019

You should add Yucatec Mayan and Nahuatl in Mexico they're also de facto official languages

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

Not at the national (federal) level.

Timon

Level 54

Mar 1, 2020

The United States has no "official language". Many individual states do but there is no official national language. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-official-language-of-the-united-states.html

Quizmaster

Level ∞

Mar 1, 2020

"Countries without a dejure official language, only a defacto one, are marked in red."

Jakobbbbb

Level 44

Mar 9, 2020

Why can't just creole work? Took me a while to figure I had to add prefixes, can we just allow it to fill in the most popular version of creole and then have to name the rest?

armood008

Level 24

Mar 19, 2020

Fijian is actually Hindi (Fijian). I would expect it to be changed

fastyifan

Level 59

May 15, 2020

Fijian is a completely different language on its own

driehoek25

Level 56

Mar 20, 2020

Why is the Netherlands in red?

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

I don't know why the Quizmaster did this. :S The Wikipedia article says that Dutch is the official language.

Asterlan

Level 47

Mar 20, 2020

You should accept Amhara for Amharic

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

Hmm, I'm not sure. Amhara is the name of the ethnic group who speak Amharic. I only checked the Wikipedia article, but that one doesn't list Amhara as an alternative name for the language.

bn91

Level 62

May 15, 2020

'Creole' should fit for Haiti, Mauritius, etc... e.g. without 'haitian"

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

They are all different creole languages, so you need to specify which exact creoles they speak.

JackintheBox

Level 67

Jul 3, 2020

Feeling a bit dumb as I forgot Afrikaans...

Dblingah

Level 70

Jul 17, 2020

Is there a reason that the sign languages are all filled in? It seems odd that they are treated differently than the other languages.

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Aug 1, 2020

Huh, the Quizmaster has changed this. I don't know what the reasoning is. :/

phillipknows

Level 27

Jul 20, 2020

After 20+ attempts I was finally able to remember all of them and passed the quiz with exactly 3:00 left!

Xenobiologista

Level 51

Aug 20, 2020

When you get Kinyarwanda, but not Bulgarian...at least I had 77.

DrLove

Level 47

Sep 2, 2020

Sweden does not have an official language. It is de facto the majority language and it's official when Sweden represents outwards. There are five official minority languages though (finnish, yiddish, meänkieli, romani and sami).

Zefyrinus

Level 67

Sep 3, 2020

Swedish was officially made the "main language" in 2009. ( https://web.archive.org/web/20141110205547/http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Lagar/Svenskforfattningssamling/Spraklag-2009600_sfs-2009-600/ ) It's unclear if this should be interpreted to mean the same thing as a national or official language.

Cwej

Level 64

Sep 20, 2020

Truly puzzled that The Netherlands is now depicted as a de facto language rather than a de jure language, and wondering where the decision to note it as a de facto language came from. I looked at the Dutch government's own website where it implicitly states that Dutch is indeed the official language, and that Fries (Frisian) is the second official language in that particular province. Papiamento and English are also considered as official languages in the Caribbean Netherlands.

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