I'm a 15 year old Albanian boy and I'm interested in learning an Asian language. I've always been intrigued by the characters of each of the languages and the culture of the countries. What do most people study and what would you recommend for me?

i think if chinese mandarin will a 1 language to level global they need to teach the language in china because in china 30% of the people don't speak mandarin,example hong kong's people speak chinese cantones so!!! what do you think

I'm making a website with options for Mandarin and Cantonese translations. What are the Chinese characters for "Chinese" ( in Mandarin) and "Chinese" (in Cantonese )

It seems to me that it would be, and I know that Rosetta Stone is coming out with an Arabic program soon, and I'm thinking of getting it. Has anyone done this? (Learn a language with a different alphabet, I mean) And was it very frustrating? Thanks a lot!

what do you think i heard some people said that but if we study about the english in many conutries is the second language around the wordl and the chineses is a language tone so you can say 1 word like 4 differents forms and each tone mean different thing.and you can image the chinese in computer like visual basic.c++,etc...and the teacher say in china all the business are in eglish and you don't need to speak chinese sooo what do you think

I keep hearing this from various sources like the internet and people who are studying it in school. I am considering taking it as a double-major or something in college.

Any opinions on it?

considering that 3/4s are of Chinese origin and a study said that more of Chinese-Singaporeans prefer to communicate in Mandarin over English at home even among the highly educated?

if yes, why?
if no, then why are those chinese saying that? and why many people start to learn this language?

Should i start to learn this ? will it be helpful to learn ?

I was wondering if Mandarin Chinese was beneficial for a software engineer.

I want to take another language but i am not sure which one I should do.

What job opportunities can a mandarin speaker get? what are the main parts of china that speak mandarin? Why should i learn mandarin?

Doing a school project..
sub question:
Will mandarin overtake English as the international language over the next century? (give reason)
please help out!

when i said close i dont mean if they can understand each other, of course they cant, it's totally diff lang. but like how spanish is closer to french than english
is vietnamese in anyway closer to chinese than let said english?

Hi. I'm from Korea, and going to take Mandarin 12 simplified in Delta school district. Has anyone ever taken Mandarin 12?
If so, could you tell me what kind of questions were on when you took the exam? was it hard ? what was the topic for oral section?? Thank you

points that matter:

rate of people which speak that the idiom
if matter for getting a job
which language is better and why
what language has future in bussines area

I'm doing a report for myMandarin Chinese class. The thing is, i love J-Pop and J-rock, but don't know a single Chinese rock band ( if there really no similiarities between the two, i apologize. I'm an idiot Give me some awesome rock bands from Hong Kong, Taiwan, or any place in China. Thank you

I ask about those three languages mentoned above, because they are the most widely spoken in the world. German is a waste of time, because most Germans speak English. French at least is spoken in some African Countries...

Or do you believe that the world should learn English and Americans should not bother?

I heard before that Mandarin Chinese is the most "spoken" language in the world. Before I heard this, I thought that English held that title. Is Mandarin Chinese just the most common native/first language? Is English the most universally known language?

I don't know exactly what was measured in order to obtain this fact.

I am living in the Philippines, and I am quite proficient with the English language. However, I am getting interested with Mandarin. I want to learn it online or if someone can give me some materials (eBooks, etc.). I hope you can help me.:)

Anybody interested in Mandarin/English language exchange in Kingston, Ontario, Canada?
Anybody interested in Mandarin/English language exchange in Kingston, Ontario, Canada?
I am a Taiwanese who speaks both Mandarin and English. I am studying at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. If you speak English and you are interested in learning Mandarin, please message me.
Actually we better meet by person:)

Need to choose between learning mandarin chinese and ap world history because of a conflict with my other classes

Hi. I'm from Korea, and going to take Mandarin 12 simplified in Delta school district. Has anyone ever taken Mandarin 12?
If so, could you tell me what kind of questions were on when you took the exam? was it hard ? what was the topic for oral section?? Thank you

Does CRISIS+DANGER=OPPORTUNITY in the Mandarin Chinese language, or something around those lines????

I require dvds, cds or books. Does any one no of any free sites to obtain.

I intend on learning Mandarin in evening classes at the University of Aberdeen as it likely to benefit my career once I've finished University. For those of you who have learned it, please tell me if it is difficult or not.

Thank you for your help

I am looking to learn a language, mostly for business, and not sure which one to learn.

Currently I am working in Singapore and there is a lot of people who already speak English and Mandarin so I am not sure if it will be really beneficial.

Any advice?

I'd take a class but they don't teach Mandarin at my school. So i'm stuck with Spanish (which I like btw.)