About this Language Chat

50 episodes of Language Chats! We can hardly believe it! It’s been a little over two years since we started recording this podcast and we’re still here… But so are you! We have a lot of fun chatting language between ourselves and with others, but it’s extra special that there are other language lovers out there who enjoy listening to these language chats too. So, thank you for tuning in and engaging with us on our favourite topics!

To celebrate this little milestone, we’re putting each other to the test with some language trivia! If you’re a fan of the occasional pub quiz but have always wished that there were a few more language-themed questions so you can show off your real talents… You’ll love this episode! So pop on your headphones, turn up the volume and play along with us (and maybe pick up some fun facts to share at your next dinner party)!

Did any answers surprise you? Any questions you wanted to know more about? Let us know!

And if you’d like to join an online trivia session with some other language lovers, join our Facebook group here!

PS: Sources for the questions are linked below, but avoid clicking until after you’ve listened if you’re keen to see which answers you already know!

Episode Links

• The 10 Most Spoken Languages In The World - Babbel Magazine (Top 10 Languages By Number Of Native Speakers)

• The languages spoken in Indonesia - Glossika

• Gretchen McCulloch - The problem with positive answers to negative questions - The Week

• Terviseks - Wordsense

• A Quick Guide to Hangul, the Korean Alphabet - Mondly

• Roman script for writing Turkish - Learning Turkish

• What Languages Do They Speak in Switzerland? - Educations.com

• Official languages - Trivia Genius

• Warum sagt man “das kommt mir spanisch vor”? - SWR (article in German)

• German expression: Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof

• What language is this? - Wikitravel phrasebook

• English word with the most meanings - Guinness World Records

• Yugambeh language - Yugambeh museum

• Little Yarns (ABC) - Kids in Yugambeh

• Languages of our Land - ABC Kids

• Number of new entries in the Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition - Macquarie Dictionary Blog

• The Fluent Show - Words of the Year 2020

• Countries where French is the only official language - Wikipedia

Episode published: 19 Jul 2021