Guess the Language!

[SamuelCristea]

The game is simple... just guess the languages!

Here is the link to the video where you will be playing this game:

https://youtu.be/kZinN8ehWg4

Once you're done with the game, write your score in the comments. Which ones did you get right and which ones did you get wrong. Tell me what you think about this game. Have fun!

[SimX29]

I would tell you the languages that I got right, and the ones that I got wrong, but it would contain spoilers (and would not be fair to people who have not played this game yet), so instead, I'll make a list:
1.-Right
2.-Wrong
3.-Wrong
4.-Right
5.-Wrong
6. -Right
7.-Right
8.-Wrong
9.-Wrong
10.-Right
11.-Right
12.-Wrong
13.-Right
14.-Right
15.-Wrong
16.-Right
17.-Wrong
18.-Wrong

Overall, 9/18

[LavethWolf]

My answers :

1. Sounded Indian.
2. Hade no idea, and I never would've guessed answer.
3. I guessed Romanian because it sounded like a Slavic-ish Romance language.
4. Mandarin, Cantonese, or Taiwanese ( not Hokkien ), wasn't too sure which one.
5. I answered with Dutch... boy was I completely wrong...
6. English, it's my mother-tongue, how could I not know?
7. Quickly thought French.
8. Spanish, yet again I was wrong.
9. Sounded Asian, I was sort of right, but not by much.
10. I immediately knew it was German, no mistake.
11. Now this is Spanish
12. I couldn't decide between Japanese or Korean... so I guess I was half right?
13. Guessed Chinese ( no variation specifically ), am I right or wrong?
14. I guessed Polish, since to me, Polish sounds like Russian but much softer.
15. Now this is Dutch.
16. And now this, is Korean.
17. Swedish, Swedish intonation is quite recognizable.
18. Sounded middle-eastern.

My results :

9 correct, 6 sort of correct, and 3 completely wrong

[deactivated user]

These were my results: 1 - Right; 2 - Right; 3 - Right; 4 - Right; 5 - Right; 6 - Right; 7 - Right; 8 - Right; 9 - Right; 10 - Right; 11 - Right; 12 - Right; 13 - Wrong; 14 - Right; 15 - Right; 16 - Right; 17 - Right; 18 - Right.

Score - 16,5/18

Number 9 - I got to see the answer before I made up my mind but I was thinking about that general area and language so I think I deserve half a point! =D

Number 13 - I first thought it was Thai and then Vietnamese. I completely forgot about that possibility.

The game was fun and I like playing similiar games such as: https://greatlanguagegame.com. That's why I dind't think it was too difficult. Thanks for the link.

[SamuelCristea]

I play the great language game too! :D

[Synesthete24]

Cool! I got only 8 right, but that was quite interesting! It was also cool to hear the similarities between languages, especially when spoken in neighboring countries. Thank you.

[SamuelCristea]

I would also like to point out that this would be a great idea for a party game or if your just hanging out with friends and you guys decided to play a game I would suggest this would be an interesting and fun game!

[garpike]

101111110111111011

I failed to identify Swahili (if only there were a popular language-learning website on which I could hear Swahili!), Armenian (I've only one book which I casually perused a long time ago but never studied) and Korean (only just started; still not at all used to the sound).

[kwis20171]

Let's see...

1. Guess = Arabic, Answer = Hindi

2. Guess = Japanese, Answer = Swahili

3. Guess = Italian, Answer = Romanian

4. Guess = Chinese Mandarin, Answer = Correct!

5. Guess = Irish, Answer = Correct!

6. Guess = English, Answer = Obviously correct!

7. Guess = French, Answer = Correct!

8. Guess = Greek, Answer = Correct!

9. Guess = Swedish, Answer = Armenian

10. Guess = German, Answer = Correct (Easy)

11. Guess = Spanish, Answer = Correct!

12. Guess = Hebrew, Answer = Japanese

13. Guess = Cantonese, Answer = Correct

14. Guess = Arabic, Answer = Polish

15. Guess = Dutch, Answer = Correct

16. Guess = Arabic, Answer = Korean

17. Guess = Swedish, Answer = Correct

18. Guess = Norwegian, Answer = Arabic

So 10/18

[deactivated user]

Spoilers!

[Bob20020]

1-wrong. 2-wrong. 3-wrong. 4-wrong. 5-wrong. 6-right(motherlanguage). 7-right. 8-wrong. 9-wrong. 10-right. 11-right. 12-wrong. 13-wrong. 14-right. 15-right. 16-wrong. 17-wrong. 18-right.

7/18

[BenjaminAce]

I love games like these! Though I think I would've done a lot better if it were with test than speech haha. The only ones I got right were English, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Cantonese, Swedish, and Japanese, so only 7

[OrlesianMage]

1. wrong (my gut was right, but then I changed my answer at the last second. Darn!)
2. wrong
3. right
4. right
5. wrong
6. right
7. right
8. wrong
9. wrong
10. right
11. right
12. right
13. right
14. wrong
15. wrong
16. right
17. right
18. wrong (I’ve looked at this word so long, it doesn’t even look like it’s spelled right anymore.)

10/18

[MaiaPatata]

Got 13 answers right. Loved the game :-D

[Chilotin]

1. "Some language from India or some Semitic non-Hebrew non-Araibc, let's say Hindi." = Hindi.
2. "What? Portuguese? Noo. Arabic? Nooo. Japanese? Noooooo.?" [End time]. = Swahili.
3. "Romanian". = Romanian.
4. "Mandarin" = Mandarin.
5. "It sounds like English, but it is not Dutch." [End time]. = Irish.
6. "English" = English.
7. "French" = French.
8. "Indonesian? Tagalog? I have no idea." = Greek. "It was obvious, now you say it."
9. "Some language from India? Tamil? Something from Russia?" [End time]. = Armenian.
10. "German". = German.
11. "Spanish. Puerto Rican accent adapted to TV news?" = Spanish.
12. "Japanese, but I can't understand any word". = Japanese.
13. "If Mandarin already appeared, let's say Cantonese". = Cantonese
14. "Portuguese? No. It is a Slavic language, not Russian...." [End time] = Polish.
15. "Dutch". = Dutch.
16. "It sounds familiar. It is like Japanese..." [End time] = Korean
17. "Norweggian, definetely not Swedish" = Swedish. "LOL"
18. "Arabic" = Arabic.
    Final score: 11 out of 18.

[Karlsenski]

I'll format my answers as "guess - answer"

1. Portuguese - Hindi
2. Arabic - Swahili
3. Polish - Romanian
4. Mandarin - Mandarin
5. Irish - Irish
6. English - English
7. French - French
8. Spanish - Greek
9. ???? - Armenian
10. German - German
11. Spanish - Spanish
12. Arabic? - Japanese
13. Cantonese - Cantonese
14. Ukranian - Polish
15. Dutch - Dutch
16. Russian - Korean
17. Danish - Swedish
18. Arabic - Arabic

Overall score: 9/18

Personally I'm really surprised that I got Japanese and Polish wrong, considering I've heard those languages spoken so much. Also I guessed Arabic 3 times, with each language not even being in the same language family as each other.

[Ivyjiminie]

I am just going to say which one I got wrong or right.
1)wrong
2)wrong
3)right
4)right
5)wrong
6)right
7)right
8)wrong
9)wrong
10)right
11)right
12)right
13)wrong
14)wrong
15)right
16)right
17)wrong
18)wrong
9 out of 18 correct

[Yoreni4]

i got 6/18