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About one-fifth of the world's population, or over one billion people, speak some form of Chinese as their native language. The identification of the varieties of Chinese"dialects" instead of "languages" is considered inappropriate by some linguists and Sociologist's.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoProbably not many, French & Spanish are easier to learn, and are smoother to the American ear.
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∙ 13y ago13% if I remember correctly
5% english.
read it in national geographic
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∙ 14y agoi guess more than 4,000.000.as Singapore is only country who take Chinese as second laanguage.and the popular of Singapore more than 4,000,000.
more info pls visit www.learnchinese.sg
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∙ 13y agoAbout 850 million people in China speak Mandarin.
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∙ 14y agotwenty percent
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