Can you name the correct answers to these statements related to language?

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Enter either 'True' or 'False' for each statement. OED = Oxford English Dictionary. 'Most spoken language' questions refer to primary, native languages.
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Hint	True/ False	Extra Info
'Z' is the least frequently occurring letter in the OED
Bengali is the most spoken language in India
The top row of a Dvorak keyboard is 'D V O R A K I L M'
South Africa has 11 official languages
More people speak Wu Chinese than Cantonese
The Rosetta Stone contains an Ancient Greek section
'To', 'Too', and 'Two' are heteronyms
There is no German word meaning 'fluffy'
Currently over 10,000 languages are spoken worldwide
There are 24 letters in the Greek alphabet
German is one of the official languages of the UN
'Kock' is Swedish for 'chef'
Portuguese is the official language of Mozambique
'The' is the most common word in the English language		The second most common word is 'be'.
The language of 'Malayalam' is the longest OED palindrome

Hint	True/ False	Extra Info
In Welsh a microwave is known as a 'popty ping'
'Cheval' is French for 'cow'
The ~ symbol is called a 'tilde'
Spanish is the official language of Suriname
The dot above an 'i' or 'j' is called a 'tittle'
More living languages originate in N/S America than Europe
Nigeria is the country with most indigenous languages
Another name for the '@' symbol is an 'octothorpe'
'Hombre' is Spanish for 'man'		In French, 'garçon' means 'boy'.
The word 'trivia' is an adjective
There are more 5 letter words than 12 letter words
There are more native Japanese speakers than native French speakers
More people speak Kyrgyz than Uzbek
There are no single word anagrams of the word 'anagram'
The Russian Cyrillic alphabet contains 29 letters
There are more native Japanese speakers than native French speakers	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
There are 24 letters in the Greek alphabet	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
'The' is the most common word in the English language	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
'Hombre' is Spanish for 'man'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
'Kock' is Swedish for 'chef'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
The ~ symbol is called a 'tilde'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
The Rosetta Stone contains an Ancient Greek section	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
The dot above an 'i' or 'j' is called a 'tittle'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
There are no single word anagrams of the word 'anagram'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
Portuguese is the official language of Mozambique	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
More people speak Wu Chinese than Cantonese	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
More living languages originate in N/S America than Europe	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
In Welsh a microwave is known as a 'popty ping'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
South Africa has 11 official languages	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
The Russian Cyrillic alphabet contains 29 letters	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
German is one of the official languages of the UN	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
More people speak Kyrgyz than Uzbek	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
'Z' is the least frequently occurring letter in the OED	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
'Cheval' is French for 'cow'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
There is no German word meaning 'fluffy'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
Another name for the '@' symbol is an 'octothorpe'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
'To', 'Too', and 'Two' are heteronyms	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
The top row of a Dvorak keyboard is 'D V O R A K I L M'	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
The word 'trivia' is an adjective	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
There are more 5 letter words than 12 letter words	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
Spanish is the official language of Suriname	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
The language of 'Malayalam' is the longest OED palindrome	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
Currently over 10,000 languages are spoken worldwide	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
Nigeria is the country with most indigenous languages	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.
Bengali is the most spoken language in India	There are 33 letters in the Russian alphabet, or 32 if you don't care for ë.

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	TheDestr0yer:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 04:10 GMT		5 points
	Some of the questions wouldn't take the wrong answer from me...

	ems24:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 04:15 GMT		2 points
	Yeah, something is wrong. A lot of the questions didn't take wrong answers.

	pfrijiritr:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 04:17 GMT		13 points
	Other than the problem with not registering wrong answers though, I will say that this was a truly amazing quiz; I do not think I have learned so much from another Sporcle quiz.

	SporcleAdmin:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 04:26 GMT		9 points
	We apologize everyone, perhaps shouldn't have crammed that dictionary in the server. Everything is fine now, nothing to see here!

	druhutch:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 05:05 GMT		13 points
	Wow, I sure learned a lot. I wish I were able to retain it all. Tomorrow I will probably only remember the 'popty ping' one, but I'll definitely try to work it into a conversation.

	flyerdog11:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 07:10 GMT		5 points
	The first letters in the top row of Dvorak are PYFGCRL, but the first three keys--corresponding to QWE on QWERTY--are actually character keys: apostrophe/quotation mark, comma/left angle bracket, and period/right angle bracket. So you would get ',.pyfgcrl if you typed the top row of Dvorak without using shift. (Cool quiz btw.)

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	Rob42:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 07:27 GMT		5 points
	Good, fun quiz. Quite a few spoofers though, in particular the phrase "popty ping" being Welsh for microwave (and I have studied Welsh as well).

	RobPro:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 07:29 GMT		17 points
	In Sweden, too many "kocks" spoil the broth...

	Schrantastic:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 07:38 GMT		24 points
	@allievenstar: The Rosetta Stone was an important archaeological discovery which led to the interpretation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics by Westerners, while Rosetta Stone software is a modern day language-learning tool used by businesspeople, government officials and astronauts, if I'm to believe the commercials. Terrific quiz!

	allievenstar:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 08:34 GMT		12 points
	@Schrantastic: Thank you!

	abraves10001:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 11:11 GMT		3 points
	And the Swedish verb for to boil is att koka but to cook is att laga. Confusing

	strags11:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 12:03 GMT		17 points
	All things considered, it's probably just as well that the Muppets didn't name him the Swedish Kock. Good quiz.

	eab21:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 13:14 GMT		12 points
	I am part of that 25%.

	Max_Power:	Feb 16th, 2012 at 13:25 GMT		7 points
	"be" may be the 2nd most used word in the English language but ironically it is only used once in this quiz (other than the actual hint about the word)..."the" is used 40 other times.