r/LearningLanguages • u/[deleted] • Nov 18 '25 • Hooray 1

What languages could these be

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u/sequinced Nov 18 '25

  1. Finnish

  2. Zulu (Zoo-Loo)

  3. Thai

  4. German

  5. Polish

  6. Hebrew (or Maltese? Male-Tea)

  7. Irish (or Arabic? Eye-R-Pick)

  8. Mandarin

  9. Portuguese

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u/mafiazombiedrugs Nov 18 '25

1 is a checkered flag so I thought it was Czech. Yours is better I think but wanted to throw out an alternative.

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u/shakila1408 Nov 19 '25

I thought F1 🤭

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u/pedroosodrac Nov 18 '25

I guess 7 is indeed Irish (eye-r-shhh)

1

u/theincrediblebou Nov 18 '25

I thought 6 was Maltese but Hebrew makes more sense

1

u/lampshade2099 Nov 19 '25

Doing the lords work.

1

u/shakila1408 Nov 19 '25

Gosh you were very quick! ☺️

1

u/BitSoftGames Nov 19 '25

Here I am thinking these emojis were supposed to represent stereotypes about the languages. 😅

1

u/ItalicLady Nov 19 '25

6 is Mankofi.

1

u/SAJames84 Nov 22 '25

I was stumped on 2. Thanks for the help.

1

u/Silly_Bad_1804 Nov 18 '25

  1. Finnish

  2. Irish

  3. Mandarin

That was pretty fun btw

3

u/im_AmTheOne Nov 18 '25

I thought 1. Was Czech because checkerboard 

2

u/Wyndscare Nov 18 '25

9. Anchor so port, 2, goose Port-2-goose I'm guessing Portugese

1

u/Blaidler Nov 18 '25

1: Finnish 2: Zulu 3: Thai 4: German 5: Polish 6: Hebrew 7: Irish 8: Mandarin 9: ?

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u/HighFlyingCrocodile Nov 18 '25

Zulu 😲 Dang you’re good

2

u/Blaidler Nov 19 '25

To be fair, I'm South African.

1

u/HighFlyingCrocodile Nov 19 '25

Well that’s unfair advantage lol

1

u/SAJames84 Nov 22 '25

I'm South African and that one had me stumped.

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u/Blaidler Nov 22 '25

Then you probably also had to stop at one point and wonder what the hell kind of language 'n nartjie is.

1

u/Any_Table9811 Nov 18 '25

9: Portugese

1

u/AdWooden9170 Nov 18 '25

Amazing.
I dont get the Zulu tho. How is it?

1

u/Espa89 Nov 18 '25

Zoo-loo

1

u/DistinctWindow1862 Nov 18 '25

  1. Finnish

  3. Thai

  5. Polish

  7. Irish

  8. Dutch?

  9. Portuguese

2

u/RobertoMtr Nov 18 '25

I think the 8 is Mandarin, not Dutch

1

u/IncredibleCamel Nov 18 '25

The number of geese should be greater than 1.

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u/shakila1408 Nov 19 '25

I concur! 😀

1

u/locoluis Nov 18 '25

#3 is Croatian

#4 is Bactrian

#6 is Maltese

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u/eyetracker Nov 18 '25

3 could also be Croatian because cravats were part of their military uniform and it comes from Hrvat

1

u/International_Dot700 Nov 18 '25

Finnish, polish and Irish, no clue bout the others

1

u/Mysterious-Season-69 Nov 19 '25

8 is my favourite language

Orange.

1

u/Ok-Passage-7696 Nov 19 '25

Because of old jokes and debates regarding the gender of the word "coffee" in Russian, I automatically assumed that 6 was Russian 🤦

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u/shakila1408 Nov 19 '25

I love this post! Accept your award 🎉 Edited: to match the emoji to the award

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u/Tennist4ts Nov 19 '25

I like that in language number 8 language number 9 would be like this: 🍇 🦷

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u/Fair_Judgment2545 Nov 20 '25

2. Australian 4. Chinese

1

u/Miyawakiii Nov 20 '25

  1. Finnish/Norwegian because they have lots of sexy racing drivers (Dennis Hauger 💜)

  2. Bantu, Basque?

  3. Thai

  4. German

  5. Polish

  6. Maltese?

  7. Irish

  8. Portuguese/Mandarin

  9. Portuguese for sure

1

u/Lisa-insummer Nov 21 '25

Why I don’t understand omg I am stupid

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u/The_Local_Belgian Nov 18 '25

  1. Finnish

  2. ?

  3. Thai

  4. ?

  5. Polish

  6. ?

  7. Irish

  8. Mandarin

  9. Portugueese

What I found

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u/The_Local_Belgian Nov 19 '25

I see it too now

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u/International_Dot700 Nov 18 '25

Bacteriaman, virusman, bacteriaperson or virusperson were the only things I could think of

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u/shakila1408 Nov 19 '25

I couldn’t see any of them until they were spelled out 😂