2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee co-champion Nihar Janga

Watch the 11-year-old Texan, the youngest champion in the Bee history, spell each word in the finals of the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 29, 2016.

[@vanizaatiq8781]

Nihar's words: Galago / Lovat / Hypozeuxis / IIwi / Gisant / Bailliage / Quillon / Berceuse / Schepen / Cypraeiform / Melilot / Giallolino /Appetitost / Ergataner / Biniou / Taoiseach / Uintjie / Gerrhosaurid / Rafraichissoir / Ayacahuite / Promyshlennik / Ecorche / Villancico / Parinari / Ynambu / Phulkari / Haab / Hohenzollern / Groenendael / Tetradrachm / Euchologion / Gesellschaft

[@clementmonie3372]

Vaniza Atiq thx

[@submariene]

Vaniza Atiq thanks

[@Gingerbear_24]

Vaniza Atiq 😱 he did great!!

[@arlrmr7607]

Vaniza Atiq, Thanks for the list. This is too hard.

[@alexhamham6348]

Vaniza Atiq thanks

[@kzed8926]

Hi Dr Bailey..... Hello Nihar...

[@SardonicALLY]

14:05 is where Nihar gets asked to spell ''Taoiseach'' , for all of us interested Irish people out there, and any other amazed people who may be shocked to see a child rattle the meaning of this word off the top of his head.

[@malexmartinez4007]

The spelling of this word has no relation whatsoever to its pronunciation like wtf

[@architectwmf]

Just mind-blowing. He can work out the spelling from the etymology

[@clementmonie3372]

Morgan Flynn that's how alot of them do it

[@arlrmr7607]

Morgan Flynn, ... with some dazzling *guessing.*

[@venkateshpasam6132]

indian- american are very talented in all the sectors

[@arvindsaripalli4610]

lmao

[@butternuttt]

you're from india or you're parents huh?

[@canadiangoose4438]

ALWAYS A T SERIES HEAD

[@sresthadutta3705]

😂😂

[@Len-kp7kl]

Nihar was one of my favorite contestants.

[@GG-zv3rj]

He warms my heart!

[@juanl.4692]

I'm not sure if even Siri knows these words.

[@Mandhavi]

Juan L. Regards

[@arushchand8316]

O yeah

[@shayan.maredia]

Nihar is in my school it's called River Ridge Elemenatry

[@clementmonie3372]

ShadowPlayz _ not anymore, he's a 6th grade boy

[@arushchand8316]

Oh

[@arushchand8316]

I'm a 1st grade boy

[@malexmartinez4007]

Words Nihar knew the definition 11:55 13:18 14:05

[@imcha444]

Lol whenever he throws his hands up when he gets a word correctly XD

[@vamshigvk475]

I spelled every word wrongly. How could this guy spelled everything correct. I wish these words were leaked to kids before the competition so I could sleep peacefully thinking that I'm a genius. Lol

[@97Pikka]

Indians... Proud to be Indian

[@hey9603]

indian americans... not indians

[@nevmarieart]

my friend was in this championship. She got 16th place i think

[@AbrahamLamontagne]

who?

[@nevmarieart]

Abraham Lamontagne I don't know how to spell her name but its Lapika I think

[@AbrahamLamontagne]

Nevaeh M. Lipika Narisetti?

[@nevmarieart]

Abraham Lamontagne yes!

[@rootsOfMadness15]

then you must be sylvie's acquaintance?

[@Reddylion]

Good....

[@paulinacoffin5704]

And here I am like "I'm going to Districts, suckas."

[@lifeaslily6877]

a bowl of clam chowder lol same

[@jaijoshi950]

like a boss 😤

[@sifazaahmed6608]

Really talented kid !!!!!

[@souadsabik4215]

so smart!!!

[@amandaogbureke2574]

congrats

[@arushchand8316]

😂😂

[@yes-ri7ek]

when you are german ...and you just have to hear out of the american accent, how the word is spelled btw. Gesellschaft means society in english. And every tenth word is like german right? That´s hilarious...

[@patricktheiler594]

idk whats in his brain too damn wise just damn men:O

[@SardonicALLY]

The interesting thing is that they don't actually know all of these words off by heart in their heads (but they obviously know some and a great many), they study global phonology and inter-lingual relationships to learn how different people spell different sounds. That's why they ask the definition and language of origin and alternate pronunciations ... it helps them decide which avenue of phonetic influence to go down when forming an unfamiliar sounding word into a correct spelling. It's very impressive.

[@patricktheiler594]

you're right thanks for the comment have a nice day

[@minimoni247]

this is insane!

[@arushchand8316]

This is the almost the smartest

[@arushchand8316]

Yeah

[@arushchand8316]

Hello if you come here

[@Shiv_with_u]

@@arushchand8316 those were the good old day without covid

[@glanton-yq8qr]

Lovat

[@erichuang5785]

German is always the hardest.

[@Cloiss_]

German phonetics are mostly consistent and predictable though, unlike French.

[@hey9603]

@@Cloiss_ meh french is consistent a bit too look at ecorche and quillon i would say dutch and afrikaans are the hardest

[@thecheesegenius3817]

@@hey9603 i would think tagalog is the hardest

[@hey9603]

@@thecheesegenius3817 Tagalog? Those are mostly basic rules. Although, there can be some exceptions. Scripps barely asks words from Tagalog nowadays. But interesting pick!

[@thecheesegenius3817]

@@hey9603 most of the words from tagalog have phonetic inconsistencies, which can trip people up, but yeah scripps rarely uses tagalog words

[@gabrielskinner1237]

nice vid brosef

[@natashawalter4012]

it's almost too good

[@glanton-yq8qr]

Galago

[@stillnotspicy]

well they kind of pronounced it differnt from the german pronounciation, but it wasnt really a hard word

[@ex.gamerfuns5800]

Who saw his instant karma clip😂

[@gabrielskinner1237]

I wondr if he will be prezidnt sum-day hahaha

[@natashawalter4012]

He'll be better than Clinton!!!!!!!!!!! *poo emoji*

[@acrobatgamez851]

not so sure bout that cuz im going against him

[@lobsangsherek6968]

Great kid!

[@arushchand8316]

Yeah his good

[@heroicray]

jisaw

[@arushchand8316]

This is so hard:0

[@i_love_animals5080]

before he spells the word here's my guess- hypozeuxus wrong it was hypozeuxis

[@heroicray]

eewie

[@samgantar4293]

SO YOUR SAYING THAT THIS DUDE WHO IS SO MEAN WON?

[@ArifRahman-vq6vt]

Spelling right has become unnecessary in today’s world. Waste of time and energy for these kids. Parents are to blame. That’s why you’ll see only immigrant kids are into this

[@msuriname762]

Arif Rahman jealous pakistani spotted

[@stephaniehale946]

Arif Rahman, there are many non-immigrant kids participate in this competition as well, the difference is they don't win. Just want the whole competition, instead of watching the final 2.

[@wacky9075]

Arif Rahman As expected from a Muslim. Just watch the entire competition & see how many non-immigrant kids have participated before commenting garbage here. This competition is way too competitive for kid's brain which in turn develops their brain very fast & very uniquely than other avg. learners. The mind which is primarily focused to learn & grow which can be used in many productive ways. It's one way to train young brains, which takes hours & hours to practice. The Muslim community is far more interested in teaching Religious studies to their kids. The vast majority of Muslims parents are committed to making their kids spend lot of time in Islamic studies. They won't allow their kids to spend time on competitions like this & others & sacrifice time for Madarsa & Islamic studies because I have seen this. "Your Life Goes Wherever Your Attention Goes" For people like you, it is beyond your comprehension. Filling kids' brains with only Quran from childhood & teaching them to evaluate world & other people based on religion is the only thing you Muslim are great at & the whole world knows how multicultural, open minded & liberal your community is & yes also a PEACEFUL........

[@redvelvet__]

I am korean which I learn in international school. I won my school spelling bee a lot but only 4people in our class was interested

[@dparamful]

Work ethic, languages, perseverance, courage, linguistics.... Just a few things you learn here.

[@paperpopper1290]

Nihar's words: Galago / Lovat / Hypozeuxis / IIwi / Gisant / Bailliage / Quillon / Berceuse / Schepen / Cypraeiform / Melilot / Giallolino /Appetitost / Ergataner / Biniou / Taoiseach / Uintjie / Gerrhosaurid / Rafraichissoir / Ayacahuite / Promyshlennik / Ecorche / Villancico / Parinari / Ynambu / Phulkari / Haab / Hohenzollern / Groenendael / Tetradrachm / Euchologion / Gesellschaft