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Language True or False

Select either "true" or "false" for these statements about language.
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Last updated: December 4, 2023
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1. English is the hardest language to learn.
True
False
The difficulty of a language depends on what the speaker already knows. While someone who speaks Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, etc. might have a hard time learning English, native speakers of most Romantic and Germanic languages won't have that much difficulty learning English compared to similar languages.
2. Mandarin has the most speakers worldwide.
True
False
While Mandarin has the most native speakers, it's outspoken by English, which has more people learning it as a second language.
3. The letter "Þþ" (Thorn) is still used in use in at least one language.
True
False
Icelandic is the only living language that still uses the thorn.
4. The Bible is the most translated book.
True
False
The Bible has been translated into at least 3,000 languages.
5. All languages come from Latin.
True
False
6. Valencian and Catalan are mutually intelligible languages.
True
False
7. Brazil does not have an official language.
True
False
Brazil does have an official language; Portuguese
8. English is the only language that uses contractions
True
False
A lot of Romantic languages also use contractions.
9. Polish uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
True
False
Polish uses a slight variation of the Latin alphabet.
10. There are 29 letters in the Norwegian alphabet.
True
False
Norwegian has æ, ø, and å, along with the other 26 letters of the Latin alphabet.
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