What type of Chinese is most spoken in the states?
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mandarin??  hahaha\nno, the majority of chinese americans speak cantonese, because back during the days when america was seeing a large influx of chinese immigrants, they mostly came from the more southern regions of china.  here's a link about chinese language in general, dialects, and other fun stuff if you're interested:\n\nhttp://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbchilang-u.html
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I am assuming you are talking about spoken languages and not programming languages.  In that case, Mandarin Chinese is the hardest to learn but the most beneficial.
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Trust me, it is. China is growing and mandarin can get you through with many people. I've studied Mandarin before, but then again, I am Chinese and speak Cantonese, so it would be so much easier for me to get the hold of the langauge, anyway, we were forced to learn it at school.
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There are many different Chinese dialects.  They all share the same writing system, however (the traditional Chinese characters you see in Chinatown, in tattoos, etc.).  The Chinese writing system lacks an alphabet (i.e. each character represents a single word), which probably helped encourage local dialects in developing, since there was no alphabet to guide or standardize people's spoken language.\n\nThe official dialect of mainland China and Taiwan is Mandarin Chinese, but pretty much every area of China has its own localized dialect (Shanghai has Shanghainese, Beijing has Beijingnese, Taiwan has Taiwanese, etc).  You may notice that many Chinese immigrants in North America speak Cantonese, which is a dialect most notably spoken in Hong Kong, the source of much Asian entertainment, but even there the official language is now Mandarin after it was handed back to mainland China in 1997.
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Hebrew, French, Italian, and Chinese.  Cuz those are the only languages that are major that I dont know.
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They have 6 official languages:\nArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
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I depends on what your native language.   The structure of Chinese is very different compared to english.   There are even several Chinese dialects that are very different from each other.   I hear the hardest is supposed to be Mandarin Chinese.
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yes i agree that chinese will be the number 1 language in the 21st cent. why hate chinese?\nits a fact that everyone has to deal with. if you are in business it is a plus to learn the language.
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Ni Hao Conor, I'd just like to say for the record there isn't a language called Chinese. In China there's two main languages, Mandarin and Cantonese. Cantonese is usually spoken in Hong Kong and Mandarin is spoken pretty much everywhere else.\n\nI think it'd be great to learn Mandarin, it's a widely used language. You could learn it for business or for traveling, or to even have foreign friends.
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As I know,\nThere has been Yahoo! Answers in Korea \nand Taiwan(traditional chinese).\nIn Taiwan, they call Knowledge+.\ncheck that\nhttp://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/info/ranking.html
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wow! i just noticed that on my professor!! class: EWS the chinese in America.. i was just itching to ask him ... i hope you get a real answer, now im terribly curious.
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Is it in china, sounds chinese
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The language spoken in Beijing is considered the most eloquent even to the people in Taiwan. I have used Transparent Language materials and feel that they are pretty good language software.\n\nYou will need to learn Pinyin (Mandarin romanization) first, then start learning characters. It's a lot to learn at once and can get overwhelming but will level off after a while.\n\nI haven't used software to learn Mandarin, I have lived here for almost 20 years, but you definitely need to hear the language constantly in order to grasp the tones. So you will want something that will give you lots to listen to.\n\nIf you are looking to only use it in or around Taiwan you may want to consider not learning the Mainland China dialect, there are some word usage differences. Plus the character system is the complicated and not simplified system you find in the Mainland. But if you will be using it in the Mainland stick to simplified and Beijing dialect.\n\nThe on-line course at hellomandarin.com sounds good too and they are located in Beijing. Looks reasonable and there is a demo.\n\nZhu ni hao yun! (Good luck!)
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Mandarin Chinese is the most prevalent language.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_speakers
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Arabic,Spanish or Mandrian Chinese
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Mandarin is the common language used throughout China. Cantonese is limited to the Guangdong province only. Go with Mandarin.\n\nBtw, all Chinese languages and dialects are tonal. Cantonese have seven tonal differences in itself and Hokkien has 12. Mandarin only has 4.\n\nWith the above, you can choose for yourself.
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It should be Mandarin. Most of the countries with Chinese people use this language as their official language. Also, it is the language used by most native speakers next to Hindi.\n\nOnce you learnt Mandarin, you will be able to learn other Chinese dialects like Cantonese very easily.