Languages are a wonderful, sometimes confusing, but omnipresent part of human existence. Answer these questions about linguistics and the many languages that people speak around the globe.
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Money Value (% Incorrect): | 16 | 59 | 34 | 65 | 00 | 52 | 75 | 44 | 80 | 62 | 62 | 75 | |||
1 | ChernicoffS | 503 | 98 |
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2 | NathanL | 494 | 96 |
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3 | BenjaminJ | 486 | 93 |
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4 | ReinholdH | 469 | 91 |
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5 | PahuskiM | 460 | 88 |
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6 | FryedBetaKappa | 451 | 85 |
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7 | BaskinJ | 417 | 83 |
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8 | CarterBurke | 415 | 80 |
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9 | grimesr | 407 | 78 |
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10 | RalliP | 402 | 75 |
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11 | LuskT | 397 | 73 |
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12 | KonkelT | 385 | 70 |
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13 | RoseM | 382 | 67 |
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14 | ZellwegerS | 374 | 65 |
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15 | GoodmanDL | 274 | 62 |
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16 | SegalP | 264 | 60 |
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17 | VenguswamyK | 244 | 57 |
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18 | FarleyS | 239 | 55 |
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19 | WeikleB | 232 | 52 |
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20 | Matto | 228 | 50 |
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21 | ConnorA | 224 | 47 |
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22 | RaiaB | 218 | 44 |
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23 | casketromance | 213 | 42 |
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24 | RichmondJ | 187 | 39 |
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25 | HatfieldS | 158 | 37 |
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26 | AdamKing | 128 | 32 |
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26 | Vintsanity | 128 | 32 |
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26 | GrahamJ | 128 | 32 |
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29 | EdwardsT | 123 | 26 |
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30 | bdunn02 | 120 | 24 |
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31 | FrostL | 113 | 21 |
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32 | PolinskyL | 95 | 17 |
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32 | Okrent | 95 | 17 |
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34 | PriceG | 82 | 14 |
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35 | Shosin | 79 | 11 |
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36 | WeaverR | 64 | 8 |
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37 | srs | 60 | 6 |
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38 | RainaO | 46 | 3 |
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39 | fritzatron | 30 | 1 |
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Dialects/varieties of THIS language include Levantine, Darija, Gulf, Hejazi, and Masri.
The Spanish word for the direction "left", Izquierdo/a, was a borrowing from WHAT language?
What majorly diverse country constitutionally recognizes 22 languages, not counting English, which is also recognized as a national official language?
The last native/L1 speaker (before the language's revival in the early 20th century) of WHAT southern Celtic language died in 1777?
Contrary to its name, Pennsylvania Dutch is derived from what language?
Perhaps the most infamous example of THIS concept in language and sociology was the Parsley Massacre, in which Spanish-speaking Dominican forces killed thousands of Haitian immigrants who pronounced the Spanish word for "parsley" with a French/Haitian Creole accent.
What language is the only Semitic language in Europe to hold national official status?
THIS language of South America made an appearance (in a fairly mangled/simplified form) as the language of Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars.
When a loan word or expression is literally translated into another language (for example, "brainwashing" was literally translated from the Chinese "xi nao"), it is called a WHAT (which in itself is a loan word)?
Instead of the typical Latin, Greek, or English, THIS US public university system uses an indigenous language for its motto, which translates to "above all nations is humanity".
THIS largely discredited linguistics hypothesis states that people's thoughts and worldviews are influenced by features of the language that they speak. (For example, there is no word for "jolly" in Klingon)
WHAT country is considered the most linguistically diverse in the world, boasting more than 820 indigenous languages (giving the answer to #3 a major run for its money)?