Which statement about the diffusion of the English and Chinese languages is true?Group of answer choicesEnglish is spoken in only the United Kingdom and the United States, while Chinese is spoken all over East Asia.The number of English speakers is declining, while the number of Chinese speakers is steadily increasing.English has diffused worldwide, while Chinese is spoken mostly in China.English and Chinese are both spoken worldwide as lingua franca languages.

Which of the following statements regarding language is NOT true?Select one:a.Chinese culture is characterised by low-context language and communicationb.Countries with more than one language often have more than one culturec.English is the most widely spoken language in the worldd.German culture is characterised by low-context language and communication

Of the 1.3 billion residents of China, approximately 850 million speak Mandarin Chinese as their first language. For more than 60 million others, Cantonese Chinese is their first language. Although both languages are sometimes called 'Chinese', the two sound so different that a Mandarin speaker and a Cantonese speaker cannot understand one another. Mandarin, spoken in Beijing and much of northern China, is the official language of mainland China. Cantonese, however, is more common in southern China and Hong Kong. Both languages are tonal, meaning that when pronouncing words, the voice must rise or fall in certain ways. However, Mandarin has four tones, while Cantonese has nine different ones.Which organisational structure does this text primarily use?

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Regarding language, which of the following statements is FALSE?Select one:a.Language plays a major role in defining ethnic communities and other social groups.b.Translating from one language to another can result in semantic problems.c.The context of the word within a sentence rarely affects the word's actual meaning.d.Language can be a bridge or a barrier between cultures.

The biggest change to Australia’s demographic make-up is those with non-English speaking background, now making up 21 per cent of the overall population. That’s up from 15 per cent in 1996 and includes a significant boost in migrants from China and India.In 1966, the combined immigration from India and China was 1.6 per cent. In 2016, it was 15 per cent.“There’s a fivefold increase in 20 years in Mandarin speakers,” Mr Capuano says. It reflects what University of Melbourne multilingualism expert John Hajek calls “the massive shift from European to Asian languages”