NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

16 Clues
COUNTRIES & LANGUAGES
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Read the clues and fill in the missing letters.

1. People speak this language in France. __ __ __ n __ h

2. German is the main language spoken here. __ e __ m a __ y

3. You can hear this language in Argentina. S __ __ n __ s h

4. This language is common in the Middle East. __ __ __ b i c

5. People speak this in Taiwan. C __ __ n __ s e

6. Hindi is spoken in this country. __ __ d __ a

7. Portuguese is spoken here. __ r __ z __ l

8. “Icelandish”? No, Icelanders speaks this! __ c e l __ n d __ c

9. 150 million people speak this in Russia. R __ __ s __ a __

10. French and English are spoken here. __ __ n __ d a

11. This is the official language of Japan. __ a __ a n __ s __

12. Swahili is spoken in this African country. K __ n y __

13. I’m from Sweden. I speak this language. __ w __ __ i s __

14. People here speak Thai. __ __ __ __ l a n d

15. What language do people speak in Italy? __ __ a l __ a __

16. Worldwide, 500 million people speak it. E __ __ l __ s h

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16 CLUES Countries & Languages
Aim Vocabulary and Spelling Practice
Level Elementary to Intermediate

Answer Key

1. French
2. Germany
3. Spanish
4. Arabic (Arabic is also spoken in many North African countries.)
5. Chinese (Mandarin Chinese is the official language, though other
dialects are also widely used there.)

6. India
7. Brazil (Portuguese is also spoken in Portugal, of course.)
8. Icelandic
9. Russian (This number will vary according to different sources)
10. Canada
11. Japanese
12. Kenya (Swahili speakers throughout several African countries
total about 100 million.)

13. Swedish
14. Thailand
15. ltalian
16. English (This number will vary according to different sources)

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