Among Asians is the most common philosophy Confucianism, religion Buddhism, and language Mandarin?

7 Comments

1. dog lover says:

   November 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   I dont know if buddhism is the most common religions in asia, but if you are talking about the most common language, mandarin, it is right only because there are 1.3 billions chinese in asia.

   Besides mainland china, mandarin is understood and partly used in the regions such as singapore, taiwan, hong hong and macau.
2. liminal_lady says:

   November 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   If you’re only talking about East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, etc) then yes. If you are also considering South Asians (like Indians) then I’m not so sure.
3. Raiton says:

   November 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   @liminal: Buddhism came from Orrisa, India…so I guess?
4. hettitiern says:

   November 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   Where in Asia? Ankara, Delhi, Beijing, Kamtjatka, Manila????
5. Rinka says:

   November 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   all those three things are part of chinese culture. id say that theyre only the most common because theres so many chinese people and chinese colonies.
6. d_r_siva says:

   November 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   1) Confucianism and Buddhism are different:

   "In spite of the influence of Daoism and Buddhism, Confucian ethics have had the strongest influence on the moral fabric of Chinese society. "

   http://www.answers.com/topic/confucianism

   2) Confucianism is mostly limited to China.

   3) Standard Mandarin, or Standard Chinese, known by various names to native speakers, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan, and is one of the four official languages of Singapore.

   http://www.answers.com/topic/standard-mandarin

   It is not common in other Asian countries.
7. Black Fox says:

   November 19, 2009 at 11:56 pm

   Buddhism is pretty common religion in Asia, though some SE Asian countries’ main religion is Catholicism and Protestant

   the philosophy is mainly in China

   and language is in China, Singapore, and Taiwan

   all the above are describing East and Southeast Asians, and the other Asians are different

   Muslim and Arab would be the religion and language that the Middle East has, and India believes in Hinduism and speaks Indian/Hindi