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Fancy yourself an expert at identifying languages? Visit the Great Language Game site and test your skills against the rest of the world. Australian data scientist Lars Yencken has collected audio samples from over 80 of the world’s six to seven thousand languages for this online multiple choice game.
Players receive 50 points for each correct answer and are only allowed three mistakes before the game ends. The hardest language to identify is reportedly Shona. Lars invites players who speak languages not included in the game to contact him to make a contribution. So far there is no examples section on the site, so you’re on your own to find samples to study. Since its debut at the beginning of this month, nearly 550,000 people have played and the standing high score is 8,600. Beat it if you can, and, as always, pictures or it didn’t happen.