If you’re reading this, you know what English looks like. Even if we don’t speak any other language, we’ve all seen other writing systems on the internet or elsewhere. How many can you recognise? Each of the examples here uses a different script, and you just need to identify the correct language.
Warning: there is one trick question in there! As usual, please share your reaction and (if you like) your score below 🙂
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Question of
Chinese
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Chinese
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Thai
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Russian
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Korean
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Question of
Hebrew
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Persian
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Hebrew
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Arabic
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Hindi
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Question of
Greek
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Greek
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Latin
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Russian
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Gothic
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Question of
Korean
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Nepalese
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Sanskrit
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Hmong
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Korean
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Question of
Kannada
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American
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Canadian
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Kannada
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Chinese
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Question of
Russian
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Russian
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Greek
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Hebrew
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Sinhalese
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Question of
Babylonian
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Ethiopian
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Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Hebrew
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Babylonian
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Question of
Japanese
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Chinese
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Japanese
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Lao
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Armenian
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Question of
Georgian
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Telugu
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Tibetan
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Georgian
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Greek
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Question of
Arabic
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Bengali
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Arabic
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Hebrew
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Tamil
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Question of
Mongolian
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Hungarian runes
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Arabic
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Mongolian
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Babylonian
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Question of
Tibetan
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Tibetan
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Khmer
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Armenian
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German
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Question of
Hindi
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Chinese
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Hindi
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Korean
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Esperanto
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Question of
Reversed English
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Klingon
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Martian
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Venusian
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Ǝnǫliƨʜ
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Quiz: Can you Recognise a Language by its Writing System?
You got 7 out of 14 right!
Not so bad
Well done, Meshack! This was a tough one, and you got 50% so it’s a pass 🙂
Got 5 out of 14….found one quiz I missed!
One of my toughest, I suspect! Thanks for giving it a go 🙂
My pleasure, great quiz!!
12 out of 14 🙂 I can read and write backwards so you haven’t tricked me 😀 And, of course, great quiz!
Aha – you’re too smart! Thanks for the encouragement 🙂
11 on 14 is not too bad, I guess. But I wish I could write in all those languages except maybe the tricky one…
The tricky one is likely the easiest once you know the trick! 11/14 is an excellent score – but I already knew you were a smart lady 🙂
High praise indeed. Thank you and keep up the good work you are doing here and mostly keep us entertained.
8/14. The Asian letters are difficult to tell apart (if you don’t know the language of course). Great learning quiz! 🙂
You did well enough, Deb! Over 50% 🙂 I bet people who don’t know European alphabets have big trouble distinguishing ours from Russian or Greek!
I would agree, and the English language is confusing for people from other countries to learn, it takes time to perfect our spelling.
Oh, you’re so right. I’ve worked as a teacher of English as a foreign language, and our spelling causes so many stumbles… surpassed only by French spelling!
i got 11
Very good, Anaya 🙂
thanks
Loved the trick question!
Tricky it was 😉
10/14…not bad
That’s a good score, Lourence!
9/14 not bad
Very good. This was a tricky quiz!
11 out of 14 thanks for posting
Nice score, Hamza!
13/14 I didn’t recognize tibetan
That’s an impressive score, Anna! That Tibetan seems to have tripped most 🙂
9 out of 14 right! Man! That was a tough quiz! 🙂
It was meant to be! You did well 🙂
9 here. good one, very interesting
Not bad, Kim! Thanks for playing it 🙂
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12 right, although I did not recognize all the scripts (leaving your “trick” at the end aside, that is!)
You did well, John 🙂 Thanks for the participation.
5 out of 14. Tricky
It was meant to be tricky! Thanks for playing, Meshack 🙂
10 😀
Not bad at all, Marcelle!
12/14 Another cool quiz!
Really well done, Ellie!
I got 9 out of 14 right! Great quiz. Loved your trick question.
Happy you enjoyed! Thanks for playing 🙂
7/14
Twice as good as 3½ 😀 Thanks for playing, Carmen!
5 right! I see how you spelled English. 🙂
You’re wide awake! Thanks for playing, Carol 🙂
🙂
13/14
Very impressive, Gary!
Partly because I got a lot of linguistics when I was in college and partly because I live in a multi-ethnic neighborhood and I see a lot of these alphabets around.
Choked on Georgian, nailed the rest…
Excellent! And I don’t blame you on Georgian – it looks so Indian to my eyes.
Sandskrit has a baseline over the top, but the lower characters do look kinda Georgian. I’d expect them to look much more like Cyrillic…
Got 8…one of a kind quiz…good job Norman 🙂
Thanks, man!
You got 11 out of 14 right!
Great
Very good Edith! Hope you enjoyed 🙂
You got 5 out of 14 right!
Could be better
Love this quiz even though it was very tough ???
Thanks Gina! I’m very happy you enjoyed it – that’s what it’s all about 🙂