[modern_hero]

could it be the root of the languages? tried

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latin

, but it's not that.

[SilentlyBroken]

Tried:

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English

but to no avail. Incorrect.

[SpinneNetz]

doublecross wrote:

Is there a 25th country in the Pacific, just below and to the left of the 204 for getting the hex set?

Yeah, I missed it but now its fixed.

[nandita]

Does anyone think that there may be some kind of Tower of Babel connection? The idea of there being a mono-genesis of language? That was my first thought when I saw the card...

[hamatoyoshi]

My initial thought was that it was indicating some sort of Language family (wikipedia.org); however, the obvious glaring case against this is the inclusion of Japan with the other Indo-European languages (among others).

[doublecross]

Is there a 25th country in the Pacific, just below and to the left of the 204 for getting the hex set?

[doublecross]

Single answer, headed 'What is the answer?'. Very helpful!

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Perhaps it is a saying made out of the initial letters of the languages? I can get SPEAK and JUDGE out of them. The answer isn't 'speak up and judge fairly' from Proverbs in the Bible, though.

[nandita]

Does anyone know what the answer field looks like yet? Are we looking for one common answer or multiple ones?

[SpinneNetz]

Yeah, its hard to see from the scan, but I can make out:

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US: English (Native American Languages) Brazil: Portugese Ecuador: Spanish (Amerindian Languages) Guatemala(?): Spanish (Amerindian Languages) UK: English, Welsh, Scottish (Gaelic?) Ireland: English, Irish (Gaelic?) Netherlands: Dutch/Frisian Austria(?): German, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian Spain: Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque Albania(?): Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects Mauritania: Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Hassaniya, Wolof Guinea(?): French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language Chad: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects Egypt: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes Equetorial Guniea(?): Spanish (official), French (official), pidgin English, Fang, Bubi, Ibo Angola: Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages Somolia: Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English Eritrea: Afar, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, other Cushitic languages Oman: Arabic (official), English, Baluchi, Urdu, Indian dialects Uzbeckestan(?): Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1% Russia: Russian, many minority languages Japan: Japanese South Korea: Korean Laos: Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages New Caledonia: French (official), 33 Melanesian-Polynesian dialects

Of course, these aren't necesarily the "mother tounges" of these countries, just the most common/official ones.

[Edit: Added the last country that I missed the first time]

[c1023]

I'm not sure of the answer, but:

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It is a map of the world only showing some countries. Presumably it is related to the languages of those countries.

[SilentlyBroken]

[hex set] #202 - Mother Tongue