Chinese
More people in the world speak Chinese than any other language. The population of China makes up the vast majority of those people, but in raw numbers well over a billion people in the world speak some form of Chinese. The most popular dialect by far is Mandarin Chinese. Mandarin is the primary language for the majority of China. It is also … Keep Reading → very popular in Taiwan. There are six other dialects of Chinese that have large speaking populations as well. They are Wu, Yue (Cantonese), Min, Xiang, Gan Kejia, and Putonghua. Most Chinese can speak at least a little Mandarin, but speakers of Mandarin will often not be able to speak or understand any of the other dialects. One of the unique characteristics of the Chinese language is the importance placed on tones. Words can have different meaning based on the different tones.
