Alphabet Soup - Do you recognize these languages?

nekokami · 09-06-2009, 12:50 AM

How many of these languages can you recognize?

http://www.purposegames.com/game/470/info

How about these?

http://www.purposegames.com/game/mor...soup-quiz/info

Or this one?

http://www.purposegames.com/game/607/info

GraceKrispy · 09-06-2009, 03:03 AM

I tried, got a few right, got sick of being wrong, and *then* ran away screaming. Softly, in my head, so as not to wake the children. Who aren't in bed yet, but I'm pretending. It's better for my sanity.

Sweetpea · 09-06-2009, 08:40 AM

The one with the "living" languages I was best at. Though, I've never heard of most of them

ShortNCuddlyAm · 09-06-2009, 09:01 AM

Averaged around 50% - didn't seem to do any better with living or dead languages!

Sweetpea · 09-06-2009, 09:06 AM

There are some fun quizzes there!

http://www.purposegames.com/game/502

vivaldirules · 09-06-2009, 09:23 AM

Really tough. At a glance I recognized eight out of the thirty on the first page (Braille, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Gujarati) but I spent several more minutes taking the quiz and got no more correct. On the second and third pages I only recognized two each and didn't take the quizzes. I'm pretty sure most of those scripts are not of this world. Where's Adrian?

zelda_pinwheel · 09-06-2009, 12:07 PM

i got 43% on the first one but a few of them were lucky guesses. i recognised mostly the ones which are represented here because we have immigrant populations whose store / restaurant signs are bilingual (or sometimes only in their native language). some of the same as vr : Braille, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew. also the international phonetic alphabet, runic...

some of them i've never even heard of though.

as for the other one... klingon ??? really ???? i'm not going to be embarassed for not recognising some made up language !

nekokami · 09-06-2009, 07:06 PM

I got just over 50% on the first test and just under 50% on the second one. But then, I have an undergraduate degree in linguistics, after all. (There were a few that I got wrong and then kicked myself over.) I haven't had time to take the third one yet.

Klingon, like Tengwar, is an "invented" language of some standing at this point. There are dictionaries, classes, etc. (I got both of those right.)

If you find this sort of thing interesting, you might check http://www.omniglot.com/ and particularly this page: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cons...2.htm#conlangs or http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fictional.php

ShortNCuddlyAm · 09-06-2009, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

I got just over 50% on the first test and just under 50% on the second one. But then, I have an undergraduate degree in linguistics, after all. (There were a few that I got wrong and then kicked myself over.) I haven't had time to take the third one yet.

The third one has a few duplicates from the second - makes it that little bit easier

UncleDuke · 09-06-2009, 08:17 PM

about 2/3, not too good, it is a great mix here in la, everything you've heard of and a lot you've never seen before, the mixtures are very strange, english in the middle of thai is almost commonb now

carlobee · 09-06-2009, 09:46 PM

wow . thanks for sharing these! had lots of fun

nekokami · 09-08-2009, 01:46 AM

I had a non-linguist friend try it today. He got just under 50%, but that was probably skewed by the fact that he's studied Japanese, and 3 of the scripts in the first quiz are used in Japan. Being able to read Japanese kanji gave him recognition of Chinese as a bonus (though he can't really read Chinese). Plus anyone who spends much time in Asian markets gets to recognize Korean pretty quickly.

(That's how I recognize Thai as well-- I was surprised he missed that one.)

Part of the reason I posted this is that I'm wondering how easily our members recognize different scripts, as we now have the ability to create usernames using unicode. If you see a username like 猫神 or नालो, how hard would it be for you to recognize that name again? How about Игор or Αθενε?

pshrynk · 09-08-2009, 11:45 AM

I got 33% in 5:44. But the last one was just a gimme, since it was the only choice left.

badgoodDeb · 09-08-2009, 07:41 PM

How about a choice for "way less than 25%" ???

Was Tolkien's Runic language in there? I looked for it and didn't see it. From the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books.

nekokami · 09-08-2009, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

How about a choice for "way less than 25%" ???

Was Tolkien's Runic language in there? I looked for it and didn't see it. From the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books.

Added the option for you. Tolkien's Cirth writing system is in the second quiz.

View Poll Results: what was your average score across the quizzes you tried?
75% or better	0	0%
50% or better	5	15.63%
25% or better	11	34.38%
I ran away screaming without even trying the quizzes	7	21.88%
The Blue One, Next to the Fish	6	18.75%
Way less than 25	3	9.38%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

09-06-2009, 12:50 AM	#1
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Alphabet Soup - Do you recognize these languages? How many of these languages can you recognize? http://www.purposegames.com/game/470/info How about these? http://www.purposegames.com/game/mor...soup-quiz/info Or this one? http://www.purposegames.com/game/607/info __________________ ~neko “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Click here for Ministry of Unutterable Silliness loot -- featuring Rock Lobster Souvenirs! Is an iPad an InfoPad ? What about the Entourage Edge? Hm...

09-06-2009, 03:03 AM	#2
GraceKrispy Rollin' with the punches Posts: 3,895 Karma: 2633039 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: Sony PRS-650, droid x, sad damaged 505	I tried, got a few right, got sick of being wrong, and then ran away screaming. Softly, in my head, so as not to wake the children. Who aren't in bed yet, but I'm pretending. It's better for my sanity. __________________

09-06-2009, 09:01 AM	#4
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,882 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Averaged around 50% - didn't seem to do any better with living or dead languages! __________________ Am --- So long, and thanks for all the fish

09-06-2009, 12:07 PM	#7
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,828 Karma: 908606 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i got 43% on the first one but a few of them were lucky guesses. i recognised mostly the ones which are represented here because we have immigrant populations whose store / restaurant signs are bilingual (or sometimes only in their native language). some of the same as vr : Braille, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew. also the international phonetic alphabet, runic... some of them i've never even heard of though. as for the other one... klingon ??? really ???? i'm not going to be embarassed for not recognising some made up language ! __________________ blog.ex-elibris.fr : les liseuses, les ebooks, nos lectures, la technologie… I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant since i would never want to disappoint wde and vr, we are thrilled to present the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by vivaldirules himself. Last edited by zelda_pinwheel; 09-06-2009 at 12:10 PM.

09-06-2009, 09:23 AM	#6
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 9,845 Karma: 12304195 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Really tough. At a glance I recognized eight out of the thirty on the first page (Braille, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Gujarati) but I spent several more minutes taking the quiz and got no more correct. On the second and third pages I only recognized two each and didn't take the quizzes. I'm pretty sure most of those scripts are not of this world. Where's Adrian?

09-06-2009, 07:06 PM	#8
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I got just over 50% on the first test and just under 50% on the second one. But then, I have an undergraduate degree in linguistics, after all. (There were a few that I got wrong and then kicked myself over.) I haven't had time to take the third one yet. Klingon, like Tengwar, is an "invented" language of some standing at this point. There are dictionaries, classes, etc. (I got both of those right.) If you find this sort of thing interesting, you might check http://www.omniglot.com/ and particularly this page: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/cons...2.htm#conlangs or http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fictional.php __________________ ~neko “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Click here for Ministry of Unutterable Silliness loot -- featuring Rock Lobster Souvenirs! Is an iPad an InfoPad ? What about the Entourage Edge? Hm... Last edited by nekokami; 09-06-2009 at 07:13 PM.

09-06-2009, 08:17 PM	#10
UncleDuke books & doughnuts Posts: 882 Karma: 37857 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: usa Device: sony reader, kindle2	about 2/3, not too good, it is a great mix here in la, everything you've heard of and a lot you've never seen before, the mixtures are very strange, english in the middle of thai is almost commonb now __________________ I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on TV.

09-06-2009, 09:46 PM	#11
carlobee Fanatic Posts: 535 Karma: 972 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: The new iPad	wow . thanks for sharing these! had lots of fun

09-08-2009, 01:46 AM	#12
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I had a non-linguist friend try it today. He got just under 50%, but that was probably skewed by the fact that he's studied Japanese, and 3 of the scripts in the first quiz are used in Japan. Being able to read Japanese kanji gave him recognition of Chinese as a bonus (though he can't really read Chinese). Plus anyone who spends much time in Asian markets gets to recognize Korean pretty quickly. (That's how I recognize Thai as well-- I was surprised he missed that one.) Part of the reason I posted this is that I'm wondering how easily our members recognize different scripts, as we now have the ability to create usernames using unicode. If you see a username like 猫神 or नालो, how hard would it be for you to recognize that name again? How about Игор or Αθενε? __________________ ~neko “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Click here for Ministry of Unutterable Silliness loot -- featuring Rock Lobster Souvenirs! Is an iPad an InfoPad ? What about the Entourage Edge? Hm...

09-08-2009, 11:45 AM	#13
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,721 Karma: 5533402 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I got 33% in 5:44. But the last one was just a gimme, since it was the only choice left. __________________ Embrace your inner weird.

09-08-2009, 07:41 PM	#14
badgoodDeb Wizard Posts: 4,099 Karma: 9723167 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago outskirts Device: Palm-many, Kindle1, K3, iPad, iPhone 4	How about a choice for "way less than 25%" ??? Was Tolkien's Runic language in there? I looked for it and didn't see it. From the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books. __________________ -----------Found him! Wanna join the chat?

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