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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!

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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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