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Languessr is a browser-based game that challenges your knowledge on world languages. The game shows you a summary of a random Wikipedia article and asks you to recognize what language it is written in.
The game is easy to learn but difficult to master. The summaries are short and concise, so you need to be able to quickly identify key linguistic features. The game also includes a variety of languages, from the most common to the most obscure.
Languessr is a great way to improve your language skills and learn about new cultures. It's also a lot of fun!
List of languages [Edit]
Based on the list of Wikipedias.
Beginner mode — 30 languages
Top 30 most written languages by active users. (Dec. 30, 2023)
Code | Name (en) | Name (local) |
---|---|---|
ar | Arabic | العربية |
bn | Bangla | বাংলা |
ca | Catalan | català |
cs | Czech | čeština |
de | German | Deutsch |
el | Greek | Ελληνικά |
en | English | English |
es | Spanish | español |
fa | Persian | فارسی |
fi | Finnish | suomi |
fr | French | français |
he | Hebrew | עברית |
hi | Hindi | हिन्दी |
hu | Hungarian | magyar |
id | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia |
it | Italian | italiano |
ja | Japanese | 日本語 |
ko | Korean | 한국어 |
nl | Dutch | Nederlands |
no | Norwegian | norsk |
pl | Polish | polski |
pt | Portuguese | português |
ru | Russian | русский |
simple | Simple English | Simple English |
sv | Swedish | svenska |
th | Thai | ไทย |
tr | Turkish | Türkçe |
uk | Ukrainian | українська |
vi | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt |
zh | Chinese | 中文 |
Easy mode — 100 languages
Top 100 most written languages by active users. (Dec. 30, 2023)
Code | Name (en) | Name (local) |
---|---|---|
af | Afrikaans | Afrikaans |
als | Alemannic | Alemannisch |
ar | Arabic | العربية |
arz | Egyptian Arabic | مصرى |
as | Assamese | অসমীয়া |
ast | Asturian | asturianu |
az | Azerbaijani | azərbaycanca |
azb | South Azerbaijani | تۆرکجه |
ba | Bashkir | башҡортса |
be | Belarusian | беларуская |
be-tarask | Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography) | беларуская (тарашкевіца) |
bg | Bulgarian | български |
bn | Bangla | বাংলা |
br | Breton | brezhoneg |
bs | Bosnian | bosanski |
ca | Catalan | català |
ceb | Cebuano | Cebuano |
ckb | Central Kurdish | کوردی |
cs | Czech | čeština |
cy | Welsh | Cymraeg |
da | Danish | dansk |
de | German | Deutsch |
el | Greek | Ελληνικά |
en | English | English |
eo | Esperanto | Esperanto |
es | Spanish | español |
et | Estonian | eesti |
eu | Basque | euskara |
fa | Persian | فارسی |
fi | Finnish | suomi |
fr | French | français |
fy | Western Frisian | Frysk |
ga | Irish | Gaeilge |
gl | Galician | galego |
ha | Hausa | Hausa |
he | Hebrew | עברית |
hi | Hindi | हिन्दी |
hr | Croatian | hrvatski |
hu | Hungarian | magyar |
hy | Armenian | հայերեն |
id | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia |
is | Icelandic | íslenska |
it | Italian | italiano |
ja | Japanese | 日本語 |
jv | Javanese | Jawa |
ka | Georgian | ქართული |
kk | Kazakh | қазақша |
kn | Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ |
ko | Korean | 한국어 |
ku | Kurdish | kurdî |
ky | Kyrgyz | кыргызча |
la | Latin | Latina |
lb | Luxembourgish | Lëtzebuergesch |
lt | Lithuanian | lietuvių |
lv | Latvian | latviešu |
min | Minangkabau | Minangkabau |
mk | Macedonian | македонски |
ml | Malayalam | മലയാളം |
mn | Mongolian | монгол |
mr | Marathi | मराठी |
ms | Malay | Bahasa Melayu |
my | Burmese | မြန်မာဘာသာ |
ne | Nepali | नेपाली |
nl | Dutch | Nederlands |
nn | Norwegian Nynorsk | norsk nynorsk |
no | Norwegian | norsk |
oc | Occitan | occitan |
pa | Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ |
pl | Polish | polski |
pt | Portuguese | português |
ro | Romanian | română |
ru | Russian | русский |
sa | Sanskrit | संस्कृतम् |
sco | Scots | Scots |
sh | Serbo-Croatian | srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски |
si | Sinhala | සිංහල |
simple | Simple English | Simple English |
sk | Slovak | slovenčina |
sl | Slovenian | slovenščina |
so | Somali | Soomaaliga |
sq | Albanian | shqip |
sr | Serbian | српски / srpski |
sv | Swedish | svenska |
sw | Swahili | Kiswahili |
ta | Tamil | தமிழ் |
te | Telugu | తెలుగు |
tg | Tajik | тоҷикӣ |
th | Thai | ไทย |
tl | Tagalog | Tagalog |
tr | Turkish | Türkçe |
tt | Tatar | татарча / tatarça |
uk | Ukrainian | українська |
ur | Urdu | اردو |
uz | Uzbek | oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча |
vi | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt |
war | Waray | Winaray |
yo | Yoruba | Yorùbá |
zh | Chinese | 中文 |
zh-min-nan | Min Nan Chinese | Bân-lâm-gú |
zh-yue | Cantonese | 粵語 |
Normal mode — 326 languages
All languages. (Dec. 30, 2023)
Code | Name (en) | Name (local) |
---|---|---|
ab | Abkhazian | аԥсшәа |
ace | Achinese | Acèh |
ady | Adyghe | адыгабзэ |
af | Afrikaans | Afrikaans |
als | Alemannic | Alemannisch |
alt | Southern Altai | алтай тил |
am | Amharic | አማርኛ |
ami | Amis | Pangcah |
an | Aragonese | aragonés |
ang | Old English | Ænglisc |
anp | Angika | अंगिका |
ar | Arabic | العربية |
arc | Aramaic | ܐܪܡܝܐ |
ary | Moroccan Arabic | الدارجة |
arz | Egyptian Arabic | مصرى |
as | Assamese | অসমীয়া |
ast | Asturian | asturianu |
atj | Atikamekw | Atikamekw |
av | Avaric | авар |
avk | Kotava | Kotava |
awa | Awadhi | अवधी |
ay | Aymara | Aymar aru |
az | Azerbaijani | azərbaycanca |
azb | South Azerbaijani | تۆرکجه |
ba | Bashkir | башҡортса |
ban | Balinese | Basa Bali |
bar | Bavarian | Boarisch |
bat-smg | Samogitian | žemaitėška |
bbc | Batak Toba | Batak Toba |
bcl | Central Bikol | Bikol Central |
be | Belarusian | беларуская |
be-tarask | Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography) | беларуская (тарашкевіца) |
bg | Bulgarian | български |
bh | Bhojpuri | भोजपुरी |
bi | Bislama | Bislama |
bjn | Banjar | Banjar |
blk | Pa'O | ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ |
bm | Bambara | bamanankan |
bn | Bangla | বাংলা |
bo | Tibetan | བོད་ཡིག |
bpy | Bishnupriya | বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী |
br | Breton | brezhoneg |
bs | Bosnian | bosanski |
bug | Buginese | Basa Ugi |
bxr | Russia Buriat | буряад |
ca | Catalan | català |
cbk-zam | Chavacano | Chavacano de Zamboanga |
cdo | Min Dong Chinese | 閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ |
ce | Chechen | нохчийн |
ceb | Cebuano | Cebuano |
ch | Chamorro | Chamoru |
chr | Cherokee | ᏣᎳᎩ |
chy | Cheyenne | Tsetsêhestâhese |
ckb | Central Kurdish | کوردی |
co | Corsican | corsu |
cr | Cree | Nēhiyawēwin / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ |
crh | Crimean Tatar | qırımtatarca |
cs | Czech | čeština |
csb | Kashubian | kaszëbsczi |
cu | Church Slavic | словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ |
cv | Chuvash | чӑвашла |
cy | Welsh | Cymraeg |
da | Danish | dansk |
dag | Dagbani | dagbanli |
de | German | Deutsch |
dga | Dagaare | Dagaare |
din | Dinka | Thuɔŋjäŋ |
diq | Zazaki | Zazaki |
dsb | Lower Sorbian | dolnoserbski |
dty | Doteli | डोटेली |
dv | Divehi | ދިވެހިބަސް |
dz | Dzongkha | ཇོང་ཁ |
ee | Ewe | eʋegbe |
el | Greek | Ελληνικά |
eml | Emiliano-Romagnolo | emiliàn e rumagnòl |
en | English | English |
eo | Esperanto | Esperanto |
es | Spanish | español |
et | Estonian | eesti |
eu | Basque | euskara |
ext | Extremaduran | estremeñu |
fa | Persian | فارسی |
fat | Fanti | mfantse |
ff | Fula | Fulfulde |
fi | Finnish | suomi |
fiu-vro | Võro | võro |
fj | Fijian | Na Vosa Vakaviti |
fo | Faroese | føroyskt |
fon | Fon | fɔ̀ngbè |
fr | French | français |
frp | Arpitan | arpetan |
frr | Northern Frisian | Nordfriisk |
fur | Friulian | furlan |
fy | Western Frisian | Frysk |
ga | Irish | Gaeilge |
gag | Gagauz | Gagauz |
gan | Gan Chinese | 贛語 |
gcr | Guianan Creole | kriyòl gwiyannen |
gd | Scottish Gaelic | Gàidhlig |
gl | Galician | galego |
glk | Gilaki | گیلکی |
gn | Guarani | Avañe'ẽ |
gom | Goan Konkani | गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni |
gor | Gorontalo | Bahasa Hulontalo |
got | Gothic | 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 |
gpe | Ghanaian Pidgin | Ghanaian Pidgin |
gu | Gujarati | ગુજરાતી |
guc | Wayuu | wayuunaiki |
gur | Frafra | farefare |
guw | Gun | gungbe |
gv | Manx | Gaelg |
ha | Hausa | Hausa |
hak | Hakka Chinese | 客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî |
haw | Hawaiian | Hawaiʻi |
he | Hebrew | עברית |
hi | Hindi | हिन्दी |
hif | Fiji Hindi | Fiji Hindi |
hr | Croatian | hrvatski |
hsb | Upper Sorbian | hornjoserbsce |
ht | Haitian Creole | Kreyòl ayisyen |
hu | Hungarian | magyar |
hy | Armenian | հայերեն |
hyw | Western Armenian | Արեւմտահայերէն |
ia | Interlingua | interlingua |
id | Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia |
ie | Interlingue | Interlingue |
ig | Igbo | Igbo |
ik | Inupiaq | Iñupiatun |
ilo | Iloko | Ilokano |
inh | Ingush | гӀалгӀай |
io | Ido | Ido |
is | Icelandic | íslenska |
it | Italian | italiano |
iu | Inuktitut | ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut |
ja | Japanese | 日本語 |
jam | Jamaican Creole English | Patois |
jbo | Lojban | la .lojban. |
jv | Javanese | Jawa |
ka | Georgian | ქართული |
kaa | Kara-Kalpak | Qaraqalpaqsha |
kab | Kabyle | Taqbaylit |
kbd | Kabardian | адыгэбзэ |
kbp | Kabiye | Kabɩyɛ |
kcg | Tyap | Tyap |
kg | Kongo | Kongo |
ki | Kikuyu | Gĩkũyũ |
kk | Kazakh | қазақша |
kl | Kalaallisut | kalaallisut |
km | Khmer | ភាសាខ្មែរ |
kn | Kannada | ಕನ್ನಡ |
ko | Korean | 한국어 |
koi | Komi-Permyak | перем коми |
krc | Karachay-Balkar | къарачай-малкъар |
ks | Kashmiri | कॉशुर / کٲشُر |
ksh | Colognian | Ripoarisch |
ku | Kurdish | kurdî |
kv | Komi | коми |
kw | Cornish | kernowek |
ky | Kyrgyz | кыргызча |
la | Latin | Latina |
lad | Ladino | Ladino |
lb | Luxembourgish | Lëtzebuergesch |
lbe | Lak | лакку |
lez | Lezghian | лезги |
lfn | Lingua Franca Nova | Lingua Franca Nova |
lg | Ganda | Luganda |
li | Limburgish | Limburgs |
lij | Ligurian | Ligure |
lld | Ladin | Ladin |
lmo | Lombard | lombard |
ln | Lingala | lingála |
lo | Lao | ລາວ |
lt | Lithuanian | lietuvių |
ltg | Latgalian | latgaļu |
lv | Latvian | latviešu |
mad | Madurese | Madhurâ |
mai | Maithili | मैथिली |
map-bms | Basa Banyumasan | Basa Banyumasan |
mdf | Moksha | мокшень |
mg | Malagasy | Malagasy |
mhr | Eastern Mari | олык марий |
mi | Māori | Māori |
min | Minangkabau | Minangkabau |
mk | Macedonian | македонски |
ml | Malayalam | മലയാളം |
mn | Mongolian | монгол |
mni | Manipuri | ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ |
mnw | Mon | ဘာသာ မန် |
mr | Marathi | मराठी |
mrj | Western Mari | кырык мары |
ms | Malay | Bahasa Melayu |
mt | Maltese | Malti |
mwl | Mirandese | Mirandés |
my | Burmese | မြန်မာဘာသာ |
myv | Erzya | эрзянь |
mzn | Mazanderani | مازِرونی |
nah | Nāhuatl | Nāhuatl |
nap | Neapolitan | Napulitano |
nds | Low German | Plattdüütsch |
nds-nl | Low Saxon | Nedersaksies |
ne | Nepali | नेपाली |
new | Newari | नेपाल भाषा |
nia | Nias | Li Niha |
nl | Dutch | Nederlands |
nn | Norwegian Nynorsk | norsk nynorsk |
no | Norwegian | norsk |
nov | Novial | Novial |
nqo | N’Ko | ߒߞߏ |
nrm | Norman | Nouormand |
nso | Northern Sotho | Sesotho sa Leboa |
nv | Navajo | Diné bizaad |
ny | Nyanja | Chi-Chewa |
oc | Occitan | occitan |
olo | Livvi-Karelian | livvinkarjala |
om | Oromo | Oromoo |
or | Odia | ଓଡ଼ିଆ |
os | Ossetic | ирон |
pa | Punjabi | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ |
pag | Pangasinan | Pangasinan |
pam | Pampanga | Kapampangan |
pap | Papiamento | Papiamentu |
pcd | Picard | Picard |
pcm | Nigerian Pidgin | Naijá |
pdc | Pennsylvania German | Deitsch |
pfl | Palatine German | Pälzisch |
pi | Pali | पालि |
pih | Norfuk / Pitkern | Norfuk / Pitkern |
pl | Polish | polski |
pms | Piedmontese | Piemontèis |
pnb | Western Punjabi | پنجابی |
pnt | Pontic | Ποντιακά |
ps | Pashto | پښتو |
pt | Portuguese | português |
pwn | Paiwan | pinayuanan |
qu | Quechua | Runa Simi |
rm | Romansh | rumantsch |
rmy | Vlax Romani | romani čhib |
rn | Rundi | ikirundi |
ro | Romanian | română |
roa-rup | Aromanian | armãneashti |
roa-tara | Tarantino | tarandíne |
ru | Russian | русский |
rue | Rusyn | русиньскый |
rw | Kinyarwanda | Ikinyarwanda |
sa | Sanskrit | संस्कृतम् |
sah | Yakut | саха тыла |
sat | Santali | ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ |
sc | Sardinian | sardu |
scn | Sicilian | sicilianu |
sco | Scots | Scots |
sd | Sindhi | سنڌي |
se | Northern Sami | davvisámegiella |
sg | Sango | Sängö |
sh | Serbo-Croatian | srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски |
shi | Tachelhit | Taclḥit |
shn | Shan | ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး |
si | Sinhala | සිංහල |
simple | Simple English | Simple English |
sk | Slovak | slovenčina |
skr | Saraiki | سرائیکی |
sl | Slovenian | slovenščina |
sm | Samoan | Gagana Samoa |
smn | Inari Sami | anarâškielâ |
sn | Shona | chiShona |
so | Somali | Soomaaliga |
sq | Albanian | shqip |
sr | Serbian | српски / srpski |
srn | Sranan Tongo | Sranantongo |
ss | Swati | SiSwati |
st | Southern Sotho | Sesotho |
stq | Saterland Frisian | Seeltersk |
su | Sundanese | Sunda |
sv | Swedish | svenska |
sw | Swahili | Kiswahili |
szl | Silesian | ślůnski |
szy | Sakizaya | Sakizaya |
ta | Tamil | தமிழ் |
tay | Tayal | Tayal |
tcy | Tulu | ತುಳು |
te | Telugu | తెలుగు |
tet | Tetum | tetun |
tg | Tajik | тоҷикӣ |
th | Thai | ไทย |
ti | Tigrinya | ትግርኛ |
tk | Turkmen | Türkmençe |
tl | Tagalog | Tagalog |
tly | Talysh | tolışi |
tn | Tswana | Setswana |
to | Tongan | lea faka-Tonga |
tpi | Tok Pisin | Tok Pisin |
tr | Turkish | Türkçe |
trv | Taroko | Seediq |
ts | Tsonga | Xitsonga |
tt | Tatar | татарча / tatarça |
tum | Tumbuka | chiTumbuka |
tw | Twi | Twi |
ty | Tahitian | reo tahiti |
tyv | Tuvinian | тыва дыл |
udm | Udmurt | удмурт |
ug | Uyghur | ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche |
uk | Ukrainian | українська |
ur | Urdu | اردو |
uz | Uzbek | oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча |
ve | Venda | Tshivenda |
vec | Venetian | vèneto |
vep | Veps | vepsän kel’ |
vi | Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt |
vls | West Flemish | West-Vlams |
vo | Volapük | Volapük |
wa | Walloon | walon |
war | Waray | Winaray |
wo | Wolof | Wolof |
wuu | Wu Chinese | 吴语 |
xal | Kalmyk | хальмг |
xh | Xhosa | isiXhosa |
xmf | Mingrelian | მარგალური |
yi | Yiddish | ייִדיש |
yo | Yoruba | Yorùbá |
za | Zhuang | Vahcuengh |
zea | Zeelandic | Zeêuws |
zgh | Standard Moroccan Tamazight | ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ |
zh | Chinese | 中文 |
zh-classical | Literary Chinese | 文言 |
zh-min-nan | Min Nan Chinese | Bân-lâm-gú |
zh-yue | Cantonese | 粵語 |
zu | Zulu | isiZulu |
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