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There are 2 groups of languages: Group 1 and Group 2. One of the languages from Group 1 has been placed in Group 2, and one language from Group 2 has been placed in Group 1.
Your job is to figure out which languages are in the wrong Group and why.
Group 1:
French
Russian
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Group 2:
Polish
Bulgarian
Bosnian
Serbian
Romanian
Your job is to figure out which languages are in the wrong Group and why.
Group 1:
French
Russian
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Group 2:
Polish
Bulgarian
Bosnian
Serbian
Romanian
Hint
Group 2 would also include these languages:Czech
Slovak
Slovenian
Macedonian
Answer
Group 1:French
*Romanian*
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Group 2:
Polish
Bulgarian
Bosnian
*Russian*
Serbian
Group 1 contains languages that are considered Romance languages. Romance languages are languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.
Group 2 contains Slavic languages, a group of similar and very closely related languages of the Slavic peoples. Slavic languages are mainly spoken in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
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Comments
Like chickens talking to ducks. Good One.
The answer I got was to swap Russian and Polish. Then, group 1 will include all languages that use a Latin-based alphabet, and group 2 will include all languages with a Cyrillic alphabet.
That doesn't work with the clue though.
That doesn't work with the clue though.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with the answer given ;-)
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