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1. Your acquaintance speaking Fang (Gabon)is actually declining your invitation for tea, but which chocolatey sounding word for "no" suggests he is proposing refreshment with an alternative beverage?

Answer: Koko

The Fang language is spoken by the Fang people of northern Gabon, southern Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Fang is also related to other African languages, such as, the Bulu and Ewondo languages of southern Cameroon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_language

2. If you want to learn Fijian (Fiji) at super sonic speed it's important to know which of the following words that sounds like a video game company really means "no"?

Answer: Sega

Fijian is one of the three official languages of Fiji (also English and Hindustani) and is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family. For 350,000 people Figian is their primary language with another 200,000 speaking it as a second language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fijian_language

3. You have mistakenly assumed your new Kapampangan(Philippines) speaking friend is a boxing fan, because he replied to your query of attending a match with which of the following words that means "no"?

Answer: Ali

Kapampangan (AKA Pampango, Capampa�gan, Pampangue�o, Amanung Sisuan) is a Northern Philippine language that is a member of the Austronesian language group. Despite its endangered status Kapampangan is considered a major language of the Philippines, which is mainly spoken by Pampangans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapampangan_language

4. The Kirgiz (Kyrgyzstan) speaking cab driver is not making fun of your destination request, but is actually telling you "no" he's off duty when saying which of the following words?

Answer: Jok

Spoken by approximately 4 million people Kirghiz (AKA Kyrgyz) is a Turkic language that in addition to Russian are considered official languages of Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz is spoken not only in Kyrgyzstan, but also in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_language

5. What roundabout word for "no" do Udmurt (Russia) speakers use when declining to dine on eggs for breakfast?

Answer: Ovol

Udmurt is spoken in the Russian constituent Republic of Udmurtia where it is considered co-official with the Russian language. The Udmurt alphabet is based on the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, but has five additional characters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udmurt_language

6. When enquiring after the wellbeing of Michael Rockefeller your Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) guide is not trying to change the subject to tasty treats, but is using what "no" word to tell you that he doesn't know the fate of the missing adventurer?

Answer: Nogat

Tok Pisin's name is derived from English with tok for "talk" and pisin for "pidgin" and therefore means "Pidgin English". Tok Pisin is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language being spoken by approximately 6 million people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin

7. Your Uyghur (Central Asia) speaking date is not suggesting that you talk too much, but is merely answering "no" to your offer of dessert by stating which word?

Answer: Yaq

Uyghur is a Turkic language spoken by over 10 million people in Uyghurstan (AKA East Turkistan), which is a Central Asian region administered by China. Native speakers pronunce Uyghur as "ooygOOr", but English speakers often pronounce it as "wEEger".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_language

8. Your Yupik (Alaska USA) speaking dog sled musher is not suggesting a relaxing smoke before answering your question about whether he's participated in the Iditarod, but is simply answering with what "no" word?

Answer: Ganga

Approximately 12, 000 people in Western Alaska and islands off the coast of Siberia speak Yupik, which is an Eskimo-Yupik language. There are different dialects of Yupik that form a "dialect chain" meaning that each Yupik language may be understandable to speakers of a neighboring dialect, but not to those speaking other dialects that are more geographically distant.

http://www.native-languages.org/yupik.htm

9. You did not overhear the Wiyot (California United States) language study group debating the virtues of a South Korean car, but actually heard them practicing which "no" word?

Answer: Kia

Once spoken in Northern California Wiyot has been an extinct Algonquian language since 1962 when the last native speaker died. However, there has been a recent movement by Wiyot tribe members toward resurrecting the language from audio recordings.

http://www.native-languages.org/wiyot.htm

10. While traveling through the desert your Diyari (Australia)speaking guide may sound like he is requesting libation, but is actually saying which word meaning "no" to your offer of salted peanuts?

Answer: Wata

If you believe you hear your guide speaking Diyari (AKA Dieri) in the desert you'd better take a swig of water yourself, because it is an EXTINCT Aboriginal language that was spoken by the Diyari tribe of South Australia.

Source: Author DR.NO

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