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Diego Simão Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Why chinese is the most spoken language?
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0 First of all, thanks to their population it is the most spoken language.Secondly, they are growing in business world. 05 0 010id 1
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0 Well, part of the reason it's considered to be the "most spoken language", is because of nationalistic reasons. Most varieties of the Sino-Tibetan language family are all called "Chinese", but that doesn't make them have any more claim to be the same language, because some varieties are more different than some European "languages". So, if for some reason Western Europe was conquered and mad
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Marvin,
Also, we need to consider compulsory language education. In theory, Chinese children, no matter their first language, are to learn Putonghua starting from the age of six (as per what I am told by some mainland peers), with the two newly returned regions (Hong Kong and Macau) being an exception.
Also, we need to consider compulsory language education. In theory, Chinese children, no matter their first language, are to learn Putonghua starting from the age of six (as per what I am told by some mainland peers), with the two newly returned regions (Hong Kong and Macau) being an exception.
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