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Phrase Quest Step into a market in Tokyo, a café in Paris, a home in Amman — read the moment and pick the authentic phrase that fits. 
Cognate Detective A foreign word looks like an English one — but is it a true cognate or a sneaky "false friend"? Commit your guess, then uncover the truth. 
Language Family Where does a language belong? Place English, Mandarin, Swahili and more under their family, then see the family tree. 
Adventure Map A path through all 16 kits — clear each stop, then move on. All activities
Explore languages
Phrase Quest Read a real-world scene and pick the authentic phrase that fits — then hear what it means. Cognate Detective True cognate or false friend? Commit your guess, then uncover what it really means. Language Family Place a language under its family, then see the tree and meet a relative. Word Voyager English borrowed most of its words. Guess which language a word travelled from, then trace its journey. Script Spotter A single sign from a real writing system appears — is it an alphabet, an abjad, an abugida, a syllabary, or logographic? Classify it, then meet the script. Read It in Context A word with more than one meaning — use context to pick the one that fits, dodging the look-alike trap.
Learn & practice
Concept Kits 16 kits from language families and writing systems to how words travel — a hint whenever you get stuck. Mixed Practice A short round shuffling questions from the kits you have played — spaced out so it sticks. LinguaQuest Sprint Race your OWN best on what you already know. Timer optional, no penalty for a miss. Trick Questions Brain-teasers with a twist — spot why the obvious answer is a trap. Teach the Cast Teach a language idea to a cast member still learning it — teaching makes it stick. Fade-Out Memory Memorize a short line by heart: study it, then rebuild it as more and more words fade away — tap the hidden words back in until you can recall it all. Progress Your levels, streak, and how each skill is coming along — saved on this device. Progress report For grown-ups — a private on-device snapshot mapped to the skill areas. Export a CSV or print.
Play together
Concept Kits — the world's languages, kit by kit
Kit 1: Language Families of the World Language Foundations · 25 questions Kit 2: Greetings and Basic Phrases Language Foundations · 25 questions Kit 3: Cognates and Word Origins Language Foundations · 25 questions Kit 4: Writing Systems and Alphabets Language Foundations · 25 questions Kit 5: Food, Culture, and Language Language & Society · 25 questions Kit 6: Grammar Across Languages Grammar & Translation · 25 questions Kit 7: Translation and Interpretation Grammar & Translation · 25 questions Kit 8: Endangered Languages and Preservation Language & Society · 25 questions Kit 9: Language Families & Evolution Language Foundations · 25 questions Kit 10: Writing Systems of the World Language Foundations · 25 questions Kit 11: Sociolinguistics & Language in Society Language & Society · 25 questions Kit 12: Computational Linguistics & Translation Grammar & Translation · 25 questions Kit 13: Cross-Topic Connections Real-World & Synthesis · 25 questions Kit 14: Real-World Applications Real-World & Synthesis · 25 questions Kit 15: Misconceptions & Reasoning Real-World & Synthesis · 25 questions Kit 16: Advanced Synthesis Real-World & Synthesis · 25 questions
More ways to play
😄 Brain break
Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Bough Language families (genetic descent — Indo-European / Sino-Tibetan / Afro-Asiatic / Niger-Congo / Austronesian) -
Drift Sound change (phonological evolution — Grimm's Law, vowel shifts, palatalization) -
Glyph Writing systems (alphabetic / abjad / abugida / syllabic / logographic — and how each captures speech) -
Bridge Cognates and loanwords (shared roots across languages; trade-route borrowings) -
Cant Sociolinguistics — dialect, register, code-switching, formal/informal speech -
Sign Signed languages — full natural languages spoken with hands, face, and space; each Deaf community's own, never 'just gestures' -
Swoop Tone — pitch that changes a word's meaning (tonal languages); precise and sophisticated, never 'sing-song' or 'exotic' -
Weft Word order / syntax — languages arrange words differently (SVO/SOV/verb-first); no order is 'backwards,' each is complete -
Lex Untranslatable words — words no other language has in one breath; not a gap in your language but a gift another can offer -
Nook Endangered languages + revitalization — keeping fading languages safe; decline is from histories of harm, never the speakers' fault; communities lead the revival
Ensemble stories — the cast together
📚 Books for LinguaQuest
- Storybook
- Storybook (advanced)
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Activity book
- Flash cards
- Joke book
- Poster
- World-language kit