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You forgot Taiwan/ROC under Mandarin. Also there are a lot of cities in the US (or at least in California) where you can get by just speaking Mandarin/Cantonese
by swang 15y ago
You forgot Taiwan/ROC under Mandarin. Also there are a lot of cities in the US (or at least in California) where you can get by just speaking Mandarin/Cantonese.
Also, how is that list misleading? The title is, "List of languages by number of native speakers" and not, "List of languages by some specific importance"
- WildUtah 15y ago1. There is only one China. The pretenders in Beijing will be overthrown soon enough. 2. The list is misleading if used, as suggested, to prioritize languages to learn. It seems accurate enough as far as sheer numbers go. 3. California should just be marked as an exception to every list of facts. (The only country where you can comfortably live you life speaking only Vietnamese, except California; the first twenty digits of pi, except in California; &c)