Global Zoo
Oiseaux
What is Birds/French?
Rojo, azul, verde, amarillo
What are colors?
Et tu, Brute
What is "And you, Brutus?" - Julius Ceasar by Shakespeare
This geographic feature is one reason why Appalachian English differs from other varieties of American English such as Southern and Midland
What are the Appalachia's/Mountains causing relative isolation?
This set of letters is used to standardize pronunciation across languages. You may find it in linguistic analysis, operatic singing, and the dictionary.
What is the International Phonetic Alphabet?
キツネ (Kitsune)
What is Fox/Japanese
一 二 三 四 五
What are numbers?
Je ne regrette rien
What is "I regret nothing" - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Édith Piaf?
This country has the most official languages of any country in the world at a staggering 37, including Chiquitano, Aymara, and Castilian Spanish
What is Bolivia?
This term is used for the study of the formation and structure of sentences
What is syntax?
Harimau/Macan
What is Tiger/Indonesian?
はし・フォーク・ナイフ・スプーン
What are eating utensils?
となりのトトロ
Who is "My Neighbor Totoro?"
In March 2025, this country declared English its official language via executive order, marking the first time the nation had ever had an official language
What is the United States of America?
This famous linguist was also known for his work in computer science, including his theory on context-free grammars
Who is Noam Chomsky?
Nilpferd/Flusspferd
What is a hippopotamus/German?
Frere, soeur, cousine
What are family members?
어? 이거 어디서 많이 본 얼굴인데?
What is "O? I’ve seen this face a lot somewhere…” → From: Parasite (기생충)
This variety of French, spoken in Canada (a former French colony), has historically been derided by many Parisian French speakers as “uglier” or more nasal
What is Quebecois?
This segment of a word consists of at least a nucleus and, optionally, an onset and/or coda. A word may have many of these segments, and it must have at least one
What is a syllable?
Domuz
What is a pig/Turkish?
먹다/드시다, 자다/주무시다, 있다/계시다
What are informal/formal verb pairs?
"Profesor, soy Nairobi. Berlín no está en condiciones, así que a partir de ahora estoy al mando yo. Empieza el matriarcado"
What is "Professor, I’m Nairobi. Berlin is… indisposed, so from now on, I’m in charge. Let the matriarchy begin" - From Money Heist/La Casa de Papel on Netflix)
One South Slavic language makes up four different, but mutually intelligible official varieties across Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, and this geographically adjacent country
What is Bosnia/Bosnia-Herzegovina?
This term is used to broadly describe the ability to speak more than two languages
What is multilingualism?