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Languages that are Official in more than One Continent

Can you list all languages that are official in more than one continent? You also have to type, for each continent, a country where that language is official.
Countries belong to continents as in the 'Countries of the World' quiz
You are not shown which cells remain empty, just to make life harder
Languages are sorted alphabetically
Based on Official Languages of the World quiz
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Last updated: January 23, 2016
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LANGUAGE
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
ARABIC
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DUTCH
 
 
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ENGLISH
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FRENCH
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GREEK
 
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PORTUGUESE
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RUSSIAN
 
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SPANISH
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cosmokim
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Level 65
Jan 23, 2016
Spanish in North America...Mexico?
sprk
+11
Level 61
Jan 23, 2016
Not an official language. Some countries don't have any "official languages".
Quizzer6794
+8
Level 65
Jan 23, 2016
Mexico, along with America, Australia, and Mauritius, have no official language.
almightyjosh
+2
Level 74
Aug 11, 2016
That was a lot of fun!
benzeller
+5
Level 64
Aug 20, 2017
French Guiana (or even just France) for South America? Or would that open a wormhole of "countries with land in different continents" so Spain would work for Africa, Turkish would be official in both Europe and Asia, Russia would work for Asia, French Polynesia in Oceania, etc.?
sumguy
+2
Level 84
Jan 31, 2023
"Countries belong to continents as in the 'Countries of the World' quiz"

Each country belongs to one continent, and France is in Europe.

KoljiVriVoda
+1
Level 77
Sep 5, 2017
Finally got them all.
JBrommit
+6
Level 62
Oct 22, 2018
Please grey out or put an X in the boxes where there isn't a country on that continent speaking the language, I wasted SO much time trying to think of answers that didn't actually exist!
scambigol
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Level 76
Oct 23, 2018
that's part of the quiz! you can see from the number of missing answers that not all boxes will get a tick
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Jan 19, 2019
Very cool!! And a big braintwister, especially with the time given you get nervous and cant think properly, like which countries speak portuguese and try to remember them all, no, only the obvious one come to mind and they come to mind from all the different languages at once haha.

This was fun! ( can I lie down now...) I only missed east timor, and the greek (tricky!)

Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jan 19, 2019
Funny how russia is guess 85% while the language is only at 74% ( guess people thought they had allready typed it)

A nice little overview of statistics. The % guessed of a language and the highest guessed% of where it is spoken:

english: 100% and 84% (uk at 83%)

spanish: 98% and 77% (spain)

french: 98% and 82% (france at 74%)

portuguese: 91% and 80% (portugal at 75%)

arabic: 91% and 81% (saudi arabia at 78%)

dutch: 82% and 71% (netherlands)

russian: 75% and 85% (russia)

greek: 46% and 43% (greece)

Quite some gaps between the languages and the first guessed country in that language (and Russia having it the other way around) (A lot of times people could name a language, but in 10-15% of the time they couldnt think of a country where that language was spoken. I know, that isnt exactly the right way to interpreted it, still you get the idea)

jafe
+8
Level 82
Mar 21, 2019
Turkish is official in the European part of Turkey, no? Also, Russian is official in the Asian part of Russia.
Philip09
+1
Level 61
May 16, 2023
For the purposes of this quiz, each country is said to belong to a single continent.
ysysydue9
+1
Level 55
Oct 2, 2020
33/34... Can't beleive i missed Brazil
fromTtoC
+6
Level 58
Apr 15, 2021
Hindi is the official language for India and Fiji right?
Splodgylodgyy
+2
Level 62
Aug 12, 2021
exactly what I was thinking
joedimaggio
+1
Level 72
Jan 10, 2022
It's Fiji Hindi, slightly different language
Raffles
+2
Level 68
Jun 16, 2022
Turkish? It's supposed to be in both Asia and Europe.
Dimby
+1
Level 77
Jun 16, 2022
This is very confusing on mobile, ha ha.
iuvas
+1
Level 94
Jun 16, 2022
great idea and execution! nominated!
CrazyWombat
+2
Level 54
Jun 16, 2022
Forgot Turkish Definitely as Turkey is literally, itself, on two Continents lol and Arguably Georgian and Kazakh depending on how you define Europe/Asia. The Same argument as the previous two could possibly be made of Indonesian in Asia too.
sumguy
+2
Level 84
Jan 31, 2023
"Countries belong to continents as in the 'Countries of the World' quiz"

Each country is counted as being in one continent. Turkey, Georgia, and Kazakhstan are all in Asia.

CrazyWombat
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Level 54
Feb 10, 2023
That’s such a flawed and inaccurate way to accurately represent the true data behind this quiz. Is Turkish spoken on two continents? Yes. Is Kazakh spoken on 2 continents? Yes.(The far west of Kazakhstan to the west of the urals geographically speaking is in Europe) that’s a true statement. Why not accurately represent that if you’re going to make a whole quiz that people expect to have accurate information in and hope to maybe learn stuff from taking?(I know it’s not your quiz, that’s just hypothetically speaking.) It makes sense to use this method in the countries of the world quiz because it’s used as a hint and as a categorizing agent and not rather as a qualifying factor that determines whether or not an answer is omitted from the quiz entirely. Doesn’t matter in the countries of the world quiz cause the country will still be an answer on the quiz regardless of what conflicting continent it’s labeled as in.
Pagosch
+3
Level 60
Jun 16, 2022
A bit confusing but great idea!
rodro167
+1
Level 67
Jun 17, 2022
Excellent quiz!
footygenius
+2
Level 70
Aug 28, 2022
Isn't Cyprus kinda part of....this fun quiz
Neodymium
+1
Level 59
Jan 31, 2023
Yeah. What else do you think?
hwes
+3
Level 85
Aug 28, 2022
Turkish, Georgia, and Kazakh could be included especially the first one. As for Fijian Hindi -- dialect or language?? the distinction is blurry.
sumguy
+2
Level 84
Jan 31, 2023
"Countries belong to continents as in the 'Countries of the World' quiz"

Each country is counted as being in one continent. Turkey, Georgia, and Kazakhstan are all in Asia.

Does anyone read caveats?

XYU
+1
Level 62
Jan 31, 2023
I think that can be excused here. If the caveat read "Each country belongs to just one continent...." it would be a bit clearer.
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 58
Jan 31, 2023
English in North America: USA?

Im pretty sure at least a few people there speak english as their first language...

HBK97
+1
Level 75
Mar 30, 2023
USA does not have an official language
Sapinator
+2
Level 65
Jan 31, 2023
fun quiz! keeping the blanks unknown is a really good aspect to make it interesting.

I was surprised that spanish>mexico did not count but the explanation in the comments makes sense. Maybe add a hint to the quiz explanation that not all countries have an 'official' language.

GlobalCitizen
+1
Level 65
Jan 31, 2023
The moment when you are Dutch and the only language (and countries) you miss are Dutch(-speaking)... Haha
Neodymium
+2
Level 59
Jan 31, 2023
Cmon, NZ doesn't work?
cta127
+1
Level 72
Feb 22, 2024
New Zealand doesn't actually have English as an official language. That's made even more interesting when you remember that Maori is official.
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