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Subject:RE: Appalling English From:APEERY -at- FAMILYDOLLAR -dot- COM To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:22:01 -0500
I seem to recall seeing, in several sources, that Mandarin is the language
with more speakers than any language on earth, outstripping English 2- 1.
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> Sandy Harris:
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> I think Mandarin is the most widely spoken
> language on Earth and a couple of the other Chinese dialects near
> the top of the list.
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>
Steven J. Owens:
> Most widely *read* language on earth, maybe;
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