Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
1. English is the hardest language to learn.
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.
True
False
2. Mandarin has the most speakers worldwide.
While Mandarin has the most native speakers, it's outspoken by English, which has more people learning it as a second language.
True
False
3. The letter "Þþ" (Thorn) is still used in use in at least one language.
Icelandic is the only living language that still uses the thorn.
True
False
4. The Bible is the most translated book.
The Bible has been translated into at least 3,000 languages.
True
False
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.
Brazil does have an official language; Portuguese
True
False
8. English is the only language that uses contractions
A lot of Romantic languages also use contractions.
True
False
9. Polish uses the Cyrillic alphabet.
Polish uses a slight variation of the Latin alphabet.
True
False
10. There are 29 letters in the Norwegian alphabet.
Norwegian has æ, ø, and å, along with the other 26 letters of the Latin alphabet.