Question: Five delegates (A, B, C, D, E) participated in an international summit to discuss responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following was observed about their

Five delegates (A, B, C, D, E) participated in an international summit to discuss responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following was observed about their languages:

Three delegates spoke Portuguese

The most common language spoken was Spanish

The only common language between C and E was Italian

The only common language between A, B and E was French

B and C spoke English but when D joined them, they all switched to Spanish, the only common language among the three of them.

One of the delegates spoke all 5 languages, another one spoke four languages, one spoke three languages, one spoke two languages and one spoke only one language.

Which language(s) did each delegate speak?

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