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Thai or Lao, Russian or Bulgarian, Norwegian or Danish: the writing on a shop sign can name the country. Read the letters, pick the country, and learn the clue that gives it away.

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Learner Levels 1-6

Free ⭐ 0 / 18

Open to everyone. Finish a level to open the next one.

Expert Levels 11-12

GeoFun+ ⭐ 0 / 6

Every Latin-letter country together, then every country mixed.

How to play Language Spotter

  1. 1

    Look at the photo

    Each level shows 6 street photos, each with a sign or shop name ringed in the middle.

  2. 2

    Pick the country

    Choose the country from the answers. Only one is right.

  3. 3

    Learn the clue

    Wrong? The photo zooms in on the writing that gives it away. Open the Learn card for the full story.

  4. 4

    Earn stars

    All right is 3 stars, one miss 2, at least half 1. New stars earn points.

Why languages?

The writing on signs is one of the strongest clues for telling countries apart in street photos. Some countries have a script of their own, like Georgia, Armenia or Korea. Others share one, and then a single letter decides it: ы is Russian, ћ is Serbian, ø is Danish or Norwegian, ł is Polish and ő is Hungarian.

Language Spotter teaches those clues one photo at a time, from famous alphabets to hard look-alikes like Thai and Lao, or Norwegian and Danish. 12 levels, 38 countries, real street photos.

  • 12levels
  • 38countries
  • 441photos
  • 3stars per level

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Frequently asked questions

Is Language Spotter free?

Yes. Levels 1-6 are free for everyone. Levels 7-10 need a free account, and levels 11-12 are for GeoFun+ players.

Does this help with GeoGuessr?

Yes. Reading the language is a classic GeoGuessr clue: a shop sign in Thai, a Cyrillic ы or a Danish vej can narrow the country down in a second. Language Spotter trains you to read them quickly.

How can I tell Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian Cyrillic apart?

Look for single letters. ы and э are Russian, ъ inside a word is Bulgarian, ђ and ћ are Serbian, ѓ and ќ are Macedonian, and ө and ү are Mongolian.

Where do the photos come from?

From Mapillary, a street-level photo site where people share pictures under a free licence (CC BY-SA). Every photo shows its author and licence.

How do stars and points work?

All right earns 3 stars, one miss 2, at least half 1. You earn points for each new star, so replaying a level for the same stars earns nothing extra.

Photo credits

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, cropped. Licences: CC0, public domain, CC BY and CC BY-SA (crops of CC BY-SA photos are shared under the same licence).

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