# Let’s identify these 63 languages **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346 "2020-08-30T02:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/23 "2020-08-30T04:44:17Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Dammit! Discourse added its own numbers to my list and overwrote mine. Stupid! It didn’t muck with my numbers in Post #12. I think that’s because I didn’t indent the numbered lines. 3. xx 5. yy 8. zz Oh wait! I get it! It’s because I didn’t leave a blank line just before the first of the numbered lines! If I just add a blank line before the line “3. xx” then it auto-indents AND auto-renumbers all the numbered lines. Now we know! ETA: And in Post #19 by Kimble, looks like Discourse left his numbers alone because he put a colon instead of a period after each numbers. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/24 "2020-08-30T04:58:39Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > 39 is Bahasa (“Bahasa Indonesia”) Just to put my pedant hat on, “Bahasa” is just the word “language” in Indonesian. So “Bahasa Indonesia” literally means “Indonesian language.” “Bahasa Inggris” means “English language,” “Bahasa Perancis” means French language, and so on. So it’s like hearing someone say, “the tongue spoken in America is the English Language” and then telling people, "I know the name of what they speak in America! The name of their language is “Language!” But so many people who don’t speak Indonesian have made that mistake that Indonesians themselves have started to give in and call their native tongue “Bahasa.” So you’re wrongish, but not totally wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/25 "2020-08-30T05:25:57Z")
Number 54 might be Igbo (a Nigerian language). Asusu Igbo is how Wikipedia has it - that says Ibo asusu, which might be a variant or a misspelling ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/26 "2020-08-30T05:43:11Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > 39 is Bahasa (“Bahasa Indonesia”) > > Just to put my pedant hat on, “Bahasa” is just the word “language” in Indonesian. So “Bahasa Indonesia” literally means “Indonesian language.” “Bahasa Inggris” means “English language,” “Bahasa Perancis” means French language, and so on. > > So it’s like hearing someone say, “the tongue spoken in America is the English Language” and then telling people, "I know the name of what they speak in America! The name of their language is “Language!” > > But so many people who don’t speak Indonesian have made that mistake that Indonesians themselves have started to give in and call their native tongue “Bahasa.” So you’re wrongish, but not totally wrong Ignorance fought! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/27 "2020-08-30T07:02:57Z")
36 Choctaw 47 [Ilocano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilocano_language) 49 Navajo 50 Albanian 58 Marshallese (found by googling a few words from each line) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/28 "2020-08-30T10:39:40Z")
59 looks like Burmese ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/29 "2020-08-30T10:40:23Z")
55 is Nepalese (the word “Nepali” appears in it) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/30 "2020-08-30T10:42:07Z")
I see there’s no Hindi or Urdu on the list yet. Also, if the inclusion criteria are “languages spoken in the US” then Bengali, Telugu, Gujarati, Tamil and Punjabi probably map to some of the more exotic scripts. But I don’t know which ones. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/31 "2020-08-30T10:45:09Z")
17 looks like fucked up Hindi. Some of the vowel markers are in the wrong places, which can happen if the software settings are wrong or if someone is typing it without knowing how the language works. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/32 "2020-08-30T10:47:53Z")
18 looks like Ethiopian 22 looks like Cambodian ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/33 "2020-08-30T10:49:12Z")
19 looks like Gujarati 23 is Panjabi 24 is fucked up Bengali—again either software settings got screwed up or the writer doesn’t know the language. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/34 "2020-08-30T11:45:56Z")
As nearly as I can tell, given Discourse’s propensity to screw things up, the remaining unidentified languages are 16, 23, 36, 41, 43, 44, 48, 53, 57, and 58. I’ve created a new image of the ones left and put it here: [Remaining - 1.](https://imgur.com/Vi8slSg) ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/35 "2020-08-30T12:35:01Z")
44 (“Na ye jam nē Thuɔŋjaŋ, ke kuɔny yenē…”) may be Dinka: > **[Dinka language](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinka_language)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Nyarweng, > Dinka (natively Thuɔŋjäŋ, Thuɔŋ ee Jieng or simply Jieng) is a Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people, the major ethnic group of South Sudan. There are several main varieties, Padang, Rek, Agaar, Bor, Hol, Twic East, Twic, which are distinct enough (though mutually intelligible) to require separate literary standards. Jaang, Jieng or Monyjieng is used as a general term to cover all Dinka languages. Recently Akutmɛ̈t Latueŋ Th... Emphasis on the Thuɔŋjaŋ. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/36 "2020-08-30T12:47:26Z")
I’m basically just googling the words that look like the language names. For Latin alphabets. #58 Kajin Majōl = Marshallese > **[Marshallese language](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshallese_language)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Marshallese language (Marshallese: Kajin M̧ajeļ or Kajin Majōl \[kɑzʲinʲ(i)mˠɑːzʲɛlˠ\]), also known as Ebon, is a Micronesian language spoken in the Marshall Islands. Spoken by the ethnic Marshallese people, the language is spoken by nearly the country's entire population of 59,000, making it the principal language of the country. There are also roughly 27,000 Marshallese citizens residing in the United States, nearly all of whom speak Marshalle... ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/37 "2020-08-30T12:56:04Z")
#33 Chahta is Choctaw ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/38 "2020-08-30T13:25:36Z")
Wait, no, 27 is Ethiopian. 18 is something else. 22 and 28 are Thai and Cambodian but I can’t tell which is which. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/39 "2020-08-30T13:30:02Z")
It looks to me like a lot of the Indian scripts are messed up. And by extension that might mean that a lot of the non-Western ones might be too. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/40 "2020-08-30T13:35:24Z")
Yes, I was wondering how many of the languages were _not_ fucked up. Eg out of the Semitic languages, Arabic was fucked-up, the Syriac I think also(??), someone mentioned Hebrew but I did not see any, there was backwards fucked-up Yiddish though ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/41 "2020-08-30T13:37:05Z")
Yes. 25 is Yiddish, not Hebrew, with both the word order and letter order reversed. hsilgnE eb dluow sIhT. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346/42 "2020-08-30T14:16:41Z")
Have we seen Armenian or Georgian? I’m trying to think of writing that I wouldn’t immediately recognize. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-identify-these-63-languages/919346.md?page=3)