Anywhere in the where there is or has been a Chinese immigrant community, there are likely to be Mandarin Chinese speakers. The largest number of speakers is in the People's Republic of China.
The vast majority of people in Beijing speak Mandarin Chinese, the official language of China. It is estimated that nearly 100% of the population in Beijing is able to speak Mandarin.
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.
China and Taiwan are the only countries with Mandarin Chinese as their only official language. Hong Kong's official language is Cantonese Chinese (and English). Macau's official language is Cantonese Chinese (and Portuguese). Singapore's official languages are Mandarin Chinese (along with English, Malay and Tamil). Mandarin Chinese is spoken by a sizeable portion of the population in these countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
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.
Youll have to be more specific with "Asian" Chinese - many dialects, but the mainland Chinese speak Mandarin Chinese. Japanese - speak Japanese, but write in many ways like Kanji for example Taiwanese/Hong Kong people - Cantonese or Mandarin Chinese Most Asian countries speak Mandarin though.
Chinese speak Chinese, but they have many sub-languages such as Cantonese and Mandarin.
The vast majority of people in Beijing speak Mandarin Chinese, the official language of China. It is estimated that nearly 100% of the population in Beijing is able to speak Mandarin.
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.
China and Taiwan are the only countries with Mandarin Chinese as their only official language. Hong Kong's official language is Cantonese Chinese (and English). Macau's official language is Cantonese Chinese (and Portuguese). Singapore's official languages are Mandarin Chinese (along with English, Malay and Tamil). Mandarin Chinese is spoken by a sizeable portion of the population in these countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
How many Americans speak Mandarin?
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.
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.
Mandarin is a fairly common language among the Chinese races. Wherever there are Chinese communities, there is a likelihood that Mandarin will be spoken. It is the official language prescribed in China by the Beijing authorities, known more commonly as 普通话 pu(3) tong(1) hua(4) lit. common language. Countries with a significant Chinese population that uses Mandarin include Taiwan (but writing is based on traditional character set, Beijing uses the simplified set), Singapore, Malaysia. In Laos and Indonesia, some ethnic Chinese have been known to speak Chinese dialect called Teo-chew. Some ethnic Chinese Thai nationals speak the Chinese dialect Hokkien. Many overseas ethnic Chinese races are able to speak one of the 3 main dialects, namely, Hokkien or Minnan language in Taiwan, Teo-chew and Cantonese (Hong Kong).
They speak many, but here are the main languages: Mongol, Tibetan, Chinese, and Manchurian
5. Italian,English,German,French,and Walrus. oh and Mandarin Chinese.