Anyone can pick out Spanish from French, or German from Italian. But what about Mandarin from Thai, or Danish from Norwegian? Turn up those speakers and let’s find out!
Take the Quiz: Name That Language
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a toughie but a fun one!
posted by ann on 5-20-2009 at 3:05 am
Hey, 6/10 isn’t that bad, right? It sounds like they’re reading a script – out of curiosity, what are they saying?
posted by Adrienne on 5-20-2009 at 10:37 am
the recordings could not be worse.
posted by ip on 5-20-2009 at 10:40 am
They appear to be saying “Hello” then something generic. If you know greetings in multiple languages then you can get some of these right off the bat. Thank you to the Animaniacs for the “hello” song.
posted by nihil on 5-20-2009 at 2:07 pm
I loved this quiz! Only 50% but you should definitely do a second version. I got a bit mixed up with the Namaste (same in Hindi and Nepali) and Merhaba (had a friend in Turkey and another who spoke Arabic. I got the friends mixed up!).
posted by April on 5-20-2009 at 3:19 pm
w00t! 8/10!
I think that the script they’re all reading is something about Minnesota State University…
posted by PJ on 5-20-2009 at 8:37 pm