Language quiz
Official languages of the United Nations
The United Nations works in six official languages. Name all six, in any order.
- Format
- Type them all
- Items
- 6 answers
- Limit
- 1:00
- Level
- Easy
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Answers
- 6
- Time limit
- 1:00
- Order
- Any order
- Matching
- Case and accents ignored
- Type an answer; it files itself the moment it matches.
- One answer can fill several slots.
- Give up at any time to see what you missed.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
Name the six official languages of the UN.
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About this quiz
A delegate may speak in any of the six official languages, and the speech is interpreted simultaneously into the other five. Most UN documents are issued in all six.
- Each official language has its own UN language day, such as 20 March for French and 18 December for Arabic.
- English and Spanish share a language day, 23 April.
- The UN is one of the world's largest employers of language professionals: interpreters, translators, editors and terminologists.
Sources
- [1]United Nations. Official languages.
Note on the data. The six languages and the facts about interpretation, documents and language days follow the United Nations' official languages page, checked on 3 October 2026.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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