Earfle

Five short videos from around the world. Name the language each one is spoken in.

  1. Listen to 3 seconds and type a language.
  2. Every miss tells you how warm you are and unlocks the next clue.
  3. Each clip starts at 10,000. Every clue you need costs 1,500.

Clues

  • The first 3 seconds 10,000
  • The first 10 seconds 8,500
  • The whole clip, with English captions 7,000
  • Region hint 5,500
  • A blurry look at the video 4,000
  • The original captions 2,500

Warm or cold

  • BurningSpanish for Portuguese: a sibling language
  • HotItalian for Portuguese: both Romance
  • CoolRussian for Portuguese: same family, far branch
  • LukewarmKorean for Japanese: unrelated, but next door
  • Coldunrelated and far away

Clips get harder through the day: EasyEasyMediumHardExpert

Every clip is a real video someone translated with TranslateMom. A new Earfle arrives at midnight. Finished days are shared anonymously (no account, no personal data) to show how everyone did.

Finish a day to start your stats.

Earfle, the daily guess-the-language game

Listen to five real videos from around the world and name the language spoken in each one. There is a new set every day, it is free, and you don’t need an account.

How it works

Each clip starts with three seconds of sound and 10,000 points. A wrong guess tells you how warm you are: Spanish for Portuguese is burning, Korean for Japanese is only lukewarm. It also costs 1,500 points and unlocks the next clue: more of the audio, the whole clip with English captions, a region hint, a blurry look at the video and, last, the original captions.

The five clips get harder as you go, from easy to expert.

Where the clips come from

Every clip is a public video that someone translated with TranslateMom. After each round you can read what was said, line by line.

Missed a day? Every past Earfle is in the archive.