Mandarin Chinese is spoken in the People's Republic of China (better known as China), Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia as an official language. Obviously, many other countries have a considerable population of Mandarin speakers.
Chinese isn't the name of a language - Mandarin is the most widely common language in the Sino-Tibetan group. There are approximately 885 million first language speakers of Mandarin, but even Mandarin has dialects, so there exists a Standard Mandarin. The rest of China, and even some Mandarin natives, speaks different Chinese languages.
There are no countries in China. China is a country.
The number of people studying Mandarin is difficult to determine precisely, but it is estimated that over a billion people worldwide speak Mandarin as their first language, making it the most widely spoken language in the world. Additionally, many non-native speakers are learning Mandarin as a second language, further contributing to its popularity as a language of study.
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Mandarin Chinese while not the most widely spoken language in the world is the language spoken by the most people around the world. It's hard to say how many people speak Mandarin world wide. Due to the countries national language or required learning languages include Mandarin Chinese the following can be assumed: Population of China: 1.4 billion Population of Taiwan: 23 million Population of Singapore: 4.58 million Total of three countries: 1.427 billion (Figures are approximations as of June 2008) This doesn't include the Chinese that have immigrated to other countries. Nor does it include countries where their may be other Mandarin speakers such as Malaysia. The ultimate figure would possibly be much higher.
Mandarin Chinese is primarily spoken in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Singapore. It is also spoken in communities worldwide, especially in countries with significant Chinese populations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
Mandarin is the official Language of China though there are many other dialects.
Mandarin Chinese while not the most widely spoken language in the world is the language spoken by the most people around the world. It's hard to say how many people speak Mandarin world wide. Due to the countries national language or required learning languages include Mandarin Chinese the following can be assumed: Population of China: 1.4 billion Population of Taiwan: 23 million Population of Singapore: 4.58 million Total of three countries: 1.427 billion (Figures are approximations as of June 2008) This doesn't include the Chinese that have immigrated to other countries. Nor does it include countries where their may be other Mandarin speakers such as Malaysia. The ultimate figure would possibly be much higher.
Approximately 460 million people in the world have Spanish as their first language. It is the second most spoken language globally after Mandarin Chinese.
English is currently the most widely spoken language in the world in terms of total number of speakers, followed by Mandarin Chinese. However, Mandarin has the most native speakers, while English is considered the most widespread and used as a second language in many countries.
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