| AFRIKAANS | Youngest official national language in the world, spoken by around 7 million people in South Africa (9) |
| MANDARIN | The official national language in China and Taiwan (8) |
| YOUTH | Somalia has about 7 million people and about 20 million what? (5) |
| INDABA | A conference between native peoples in South Africa (6) |
| TAMIL | What language is spoken by some 50 million people in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Fiji, South Africa and Singapore? (5) |
| KIRUNDI | Official national language of Burundi, spoken alongside English and French (7) |
| SWAHILI | One of the two official national languages of Kenya, along with English (7) |
| GONDI | A Dravidian language spoken by the Gond people in south central India. |
| URDU | The official national language of Pakistan (4) |
| ESPERANTO | Most widely used constructed language in the world, created by Polish ophthalmologist Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof in 1887 (9) |
| MANDARINCHINESE | Most widely spoken native language in the world (with 900+ million speakers) |
| RANGOON | Former capital city in south-east Asia (pop about 7 million), founded in the 11th century (7) |
| QUECHUA | A people in South America - or a brand name in Decathlon? (7) |
| ENG | The most-spoken language in the world: Abbr. |
| HINDI | The fourth most-spoken first language in the world (5) |
| SANSKRIT | Spoken originally, it ranks about 3rd oldest language in the world (8) |
| TOKYO | Inhabited by some 37.4 million people in its central or greater area, Japan's capital and the world's most populous metropolitan area (5) |
| TATAR | Language spoken by 5+ million people in Russia |
| XHOSA | People in south taken in by foolish hoax (5) |
| LOURDES | Pilgrimage site in France visited by around six million visitors every year (7) |
