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Originally posted by Melusine:
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Originally posted by wellard:
Is that really the case?. I was under the impression English was by far the most used language?
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If you look purely at the number of people speaking the language, then Mandarin is the world's number one language, yes. Of course English is the first global language, meaning it's the most wide-spread and you have the most chance of someone speaking English wherever you go. [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]"Mandarin is the world's number one language" ok so "English is the first global language, meaning it's the most wide-spread" I'm confused now! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
If India is the most populus country. And Hindu is more widely spoken than Mandarin IIRC, with most educated Indians speaking passable English. Also IIRC is not Spanish more widely spoken than Mandarin, with French coming in a respectable fifth place.
Maybe some one out there has a link. Asking the Chinese (Cantonese speaking) and Indian-Pakistani-Bangladeshi people at work *in English cough* they are of the opinion that English is way ahead of Mandarin as the most widely spoken language.