Will Universal Apps Support Visual Basic?

Hi, I'm excited about the new Windows Universal Apps and I've been trying to find out an answer to this simple question: Will Universal Apps support the Visual Basic Language? I'm a self-taught programmer and as such I've only ever had experience with VB,
C# & C++ are very intimidating languages to me and I'm not entirely sure how to even start on those languages. So, is there any information on VB Universal Apps? Is it a feature
you think is likely? I feel it's the best thing MS could do to encourage more app developers and new-comers like myself to create new apps on the Windows 10 platform. 
I should note, I am a Windows Insider and I have all the software (Win 10, Dev License & Visual Studio 15) to get started, but I don't want to start trying to get my head around C# only for VB to be supported tomorrow. Sorry if this is in the wrong category,
I tried my best to categorize my question. 
A huge thank you to anyone that replies. 

I strongly prefer VB.NET, and it is where almost all my Windows & Windows Phone app development is, but I do know enough about C# to have the examples usually help me, so I strongly support the idea of language equality. But here are some sites that
you may like:
For creating VB.NET Universal Apps:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vbteam/archive/2014/06/15/vb-universal-app-part-1-getting-started.aspx
For help converting between VB.NET & C#:
http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/vbnet_csharp_comparison.html
http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/csharp-to-vb/
Hopefully you find these useful, and it's good to know there are other people that still use VB.NET!
Nathan Sokalski [email protected] http://www.nathansokalski.com/

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