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The World and the LAnguage

4. Read the text ‘Killer languages’ strengthen their grip. Are these statements true or false?

  1. Russia has more languages than Papua New-Guinea.

  2. Finnish is an Indo-European language.

  3. Finnish is the only official language in Finland.

  4. According to professor Pusztay Khanty and Mansi languages will disappear in 100 years.

  5. According to the most pessimistic prediction 50% of the world current languages will die out by the beginning of the 22nd century.

  6. Russian is the most toxic “killer language” in the world

  7. Finnish is very similar to Swedish.

  8. Khanty and Mansi are the largest members of Finno-Ugric language family.

  9. Finns don’t understand Hungarians.

  10. Professor Pusztay believes that there will be only 50 % of the Uralic languages left by the end of this century.