Statistics for World Languages by Letter - P

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Clue	Language	% Correct
The word "shah" means "king" in it	Persian	97%
Nicolaus Copernicus's mother tongue	Polish	93%
Is speakers are called "Lusophones"	Portuguese	84%
One of Afghanistan's official languages	Pashto	82%
Most spoken language that is NOT official in any country	Punjabi	65%
Language of an ancient Celtic tribe in Scotland	Pictish	53%
Its speakers call it "a tekoi er a Belau"	Palauan	47%
Had the oldest verified consonantal alphabet	Phoenician	44%
Language of the westernmost major island of the Philippines	Palawano	29%
Most spoken language in the ABC islands	Papiamento	25%
Lechitic language spoken in northern Poland	Pomeranian	25%
Language of an ancient Iranian empire that fought the Romans	Parthian	24%
Second-most spoken language in the F.S. of Micronesia	Pohnpeian	18%
Spoken mainly east of Kabul	Pashayi	9%
Main language of the Solomon Islands	Pijin	6%