Lingule

A language-identification puzzle. A word is shown with its romanisation, IPA pronunciation and meaning, and six guesses are allowed to name its language. Each wrong guess reveals whether the macro-area, family, subfamily and genus match, plus a compass direction toward where the answer is spoken. Language data comes from the World Atlas of Language Structures.

Category

Trivia, Geography

How you play

Guess, compare attributes

Languages

English, Spanish, French, Chinese

Daily puzzle

Yes

• 6.7
  thingdle

  Guess the everyday object from a riddle
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• 6.7
  Vroomdle

  Identify the mystery car from its specs
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• 6.7
  Bevel

  Deduce the author of an unattributed passage
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• 6.5C
  Coastle

  Guess the roller coaster from its ride stats
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• 6.5
  Cosmeredle

  Guess the Cosmere character from its traits
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• 6.4
  Quizzdle

  Find a secret character from compared traits
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• 6.3
  Throttle

  Guess the mystery car from its specs
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• 6.2
  dobdodle

  Name a famous person from birth and death places
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