Names
European country with 6-7 etymologically different names in different European languages.
Germany/Saksamaa/Vācija/Deutchland/Niemcy/Allemagne/(Preisen)
The most used script in the world.
The Latin script
The only Ugrians with their own country.
The Hungarians
The (theorized) common ancestor of Indo-European languages.
The Proto-Indo-European language
The Finnish term "kalsarikänni" in English.
Pantsdrunk. An asocial form of drinking alcohol at home in as little clothing as possible.
In their tongue, they live in "Magyarország", speak "Magyar nyelv" and call themselves "Magyarok".
The Hungarians
Which language uses the following script:
Bánh trôi nước
Thân em thì trắng phận em tròn,
Bảy nổi ba chìm mấy nước non.
Rắn nát mặc dầu tay kẻ nặn,
Mà em vẫn giữ tấm lòng son.
The Vietnamese language
In 2012, a band of babushkas represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Content and they mostly sang in this Ugric language.
The Udmurt language
How many native speakers do Indo-European languages have? ±0.25 billion
3.2 billion native speakers
The French term "L'esprit de l'escalier" in English
The staircase mind. The predicament of thinking of the perfect reply when you have already left or when it's too late.
In their tongue, they live in "Sakartvelo", speak "Kartuli ena" and call themselves "Kartvelebi".
The Georgians
Which language uses the following script:
동해 물과 백두산이 마르고 닳도록,
하느님이 보우하사 우리나라 만세.
무궁화 삼천리 화려 강산,
대한 사람, 대한으로 길이 보전하세.
The Korean language
This Finnic language lost its last native speaker in 2013.
The Livonian language
The most spoken Indo-European language after English (including first and second language speakers).
Hindi (637 million, English has 1.268 billion, Spanish has 538 million, French has 277 million)
This constructed Latin based alphabet is used to represent the sounds of any spoken language. It has 107 different letters and 44 different diacritics.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). [ˌɪntəːˈnæʃənl fəʊˈnɛtɪk ˈælfəbɪt ]
In their tongue, they live in "Euskal Herria", speak "Euskara" and call themselves "Euskaldunak".
The Basques
Region from which the Cyrillic script originates.
Bulgaria (First Bulgarian Empire)
What percentage of the Hungarian vocabulary is of Uralic (mostly Finno-Ugric) origin? ±10%
21% (the other significant parts are: 30% uncertain, 20% Slavic, 11% Germanic, 9.5% Turkic)
This group of Germanic languages lost its last native speakers in the 18th century.
The East Germanic languages (Gothic, Crimean Gothic)
The most linguistically diverse region in the world.
New Guinea (a total of 1073 different languages)
In their tongue, they live in "Shqipëri", speak "gjuha Shqipe" and call themselves "Shqiptarët".
The Albanians
Which language uses the following script:
Ճանաչել զիմաստութիւն եւ զխրատ, իմանալ զբանս հանճարոյ
The Armenian language (Armenian proverb: "To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding")
Finnic language with 23 noun cases (more than any other Finnic language).
The Veps language (vepsa keel)
This European language has preserved features from Proto-Indo-European that are otherwise found only in ancient languages (such as Sanskrit or Ancient Greek).
During WWII, the United States used code talkers that spoke in this Native American language in order to avoid the risk of the enemy deciphering their messages.
The Navajo language (but also Comanche, Hopi, Meskwai, Chekoree and Choctaw)