Japanese
What is the meaning of this Japanese word?
花
はな
Flower
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/ŋ/
Voiced nasal velar
"ng"
What language has the most number of words?
English!
What language is this?
Это русский язык, невежественные вы дураки.
Russian
If you can speak more than 3 languages, what would you be called?
A polyglot!
What is the meaning of this Japanese word？
山
やま
Mountain
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/θ/
voiceless dental fricative
"th"
What language was the first printed book written in?
German!
What language is this?
Мынау қазақ, надан ақымақтар.
Kazakh
What do you call the conservative view that there is a "correct" way to use language?
prescriptivism
What is the meaning of this Japanese word?
質問
しつもん
Question
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/r/
voiced alveolar trill
"rrrrr"
What language has the longest alphabet? (only alphabetic languages, not including syllabic or logographic languages)
Cambodian!
What language is this?
यह हिंदी है, अज्ञानी मूर्खों!
Hindi
What does P.I.E. stand for?
Proto-Indo-European
What is the meaning of this Japanese word?
誇り高い
ほこりたかい
Prideful
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/ʒ/
Voiced postalveolar fricative
"pleasure"
What country has the most number of offical languages?
South Africa! They have 11.
What language is this?
นี่เป็นภาษาไทย พวกเจ้าคนโง่เขลา
Thai
What is "prosodic stress"
Sentence stress---the emphasis placed on certain syllables or words within a larger phrase or sentence.
I ate the cereal. (she didn't)
vs
I ate the cereal. (not the pasta)
What is the meaning of this Japanese word?
絶望
ぜつぼう
Despair
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/x/
voiceless velar fricative
"loch"
What is the oldest written language?
Sumerian!
What language is this?
Kayqa quechua, qamkuna mana yachaq sonsokuna.
Quechua
Name ANY extinct language.
If no one can, name any endangered language.
look it up