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  2. List of countries by number of languages - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... China (mainland only) 302 3 305 4.29 1,319,419,348

  3. Languages of China - Wikipedia

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    However, in this schema, Han Chinese are considered a single nationality and the official policy of the People's Republic of China (PRC) treats the different varieties of Chinese differently from the different national languages, even though their differences are as significant, if not more so, as those between the various Romance languages of ...

  4. List of multilingual countries and regions - Wikipedia

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    Argentina has several ethnic communities of European, Asian and indigenous origins (the Andean and northeast regions), who speak their own languages, [specify] but uses de facto Spanish as the official language of the country. In most of the country, there is a sizable but bilingual Italian-speaking population.

  5. Language and overseas Chinese communities - Wikipedia

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    The most common Philippine languages in the community are Filipino (Tagalog) and the Visayan languages (e.g. Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, etc.) but Ilocano, Pangasinan, Bikol, Chavacano, and Kapampangan are also spoken. As part of a recent trend, partly due to increased contact with other overseas Chinese in Hong Kong and Singapore, more Chinese ...

  6. List of official languages by country and territory - Wikipedia

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    A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...

  7. List of official languages - Wikipedia

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    List of languages by the number of countries in which they are the most widely used [ edit ] This is a ranking of languages by number of sovereign countries in which they are de jure or de facto official, co-official, an administrative or working language.

  8. List of countries and territories where Chinese is an ...

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    The following is a list of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language.While those countries or territories that designate any variety of Chinese as an official language, as the term "Chinese" is considered a group of related language varieties rather than a homogeneous language, of which many are not mutually intelligible, in the context of the spoken language such ...

  9. Lists of countries and territories by official language ...

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    Country Region Population Status India Asia 1,367,703,110 [1]: Hindi is one of the two official union languages of India alongside English.Hindi and Urdu (both registers of Hindustani language) are official languages along with 20 others under the Eighth Schedule of Constitution of India.