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The basics

What does the Spanish word gracias mean?

AnswerThank you

Gracias is the everyday Spanish word for thank you.

Arigato means thank you in which language?

AnswerJapanese

Arigato, or arigatou, is Japanese for thank you.

Going deeper

What is the official language of Brazil?

AnswerPortuguese

Brazil was a Portuguese colony and Portuguese remains its official language.

Which alphabet is used to write Russian?

AnswerCyrillic

Russian uses the Cyrillic script.

What is the Korean alphabet called?

AnswerHangul

Hangul is the Korean writing system; kanji and hiragana are Japanese.

Expert level

Which Korean king is credited with creating Hangul in the 1440s?

AnswerSejong the Great

King Sejong promulgated Hangul to boost literacy.

What makes the Basque language notable?

AnswerIt is a language isolate unrelated to other living languages

Basque has no proven relatives among living languages.

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