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TitleChina's Rich Language Diversity
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A recent government survey estimated that just over half of the population of China can communicate in Putonghua, the nation's official dialect. With 55 ethnic minorities and a massive land area, residents of villages only a few miles apart sometimes have trouble communicating. Read the New York Times (free registration) article at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/international/asia/10chinese.html?ex=1122264000&en=5962ab412f3cf7f3&ei=5070&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1121093436-t66J0waCmwCy+4A/U6ua/Q&oref=login
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