Statistics for World Languages by Letter - S

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Clue	Language	% Correct
¿Qué idioma es este?	Spanish	98%
Is mutually intelligible with Czech	Slovak	95%
Melanie Trump's native language	Slovene	90%
The most important Hindu texts were written in this language	Sanskrit	87%
"Ett, två, tre" is how you count to three	Swedish	79%
National language of Eswatini	Swazi	78%
Natives pronounce it "Srpski"	Serbian	77%
Greet me with "Jambo!" in this language	Swahili	77%
National language of Lesotho	Sotho	74%
"Auld Lang Syne" was written in it	Scots	72%
96% of Sri Lankans can speak it	Sinhalese	69%
Language of a mountain-climbing ethnic group in Nepal	Sherpa	66%
Most-spoken Polynesian language	Samoan	64%
Lakota and Dakota are its main varieties	Sioux	60%
Iman and Mo Farah are among its most famous speakers	Somali	60%
Closest modern-day language to Latin	Sardinian	48%
Indigenous language spoken mainly in Western Java	Sundanese	47%
Had the earliest true writing system	Sumerian	45%
Zimbabwe's most-spoken language	Shona	44%
Slavic language native to Germany	Sorbian	44%
Main language of Pakistan's southernmost province	Sindhi	43%
Is classified into northern, southern, as well as Ume, Ter and Inari sections	Sami	29%