besides english mandarin is the most commonly spoken language in australia.
besides english mandarin is the most commonly spoken language in australia.
besides english what is the most commonly spoken language in australia?
mandarin
mandarin chinese is the most spoken language in the world by the number of native first language speakers. however, it is not considered the lingua franca of the world, english is. many scholars attribute the widespread use of english largely to the internet. there are more chinese nationals surfing the internet than any other nationality in the world, however english remains the most commonly spoken language on the internet. this can be attributed to multiple factors such as the use of websites primarily designed for the use of chinese for the chinese people, and a censored internet. this can be described as a means of creating a form of linguistic isolation. according to ambricht, the use of mandarin as a lingua franca is not spreading because "it's limited to networks such as sina weibo (chinese twitter) and baidu baike (chinese wikipedia). a similar phenomenon can be seen in russia, where vk (russian facebook) is used more than many global social networks." the users of these social networks create online speech communities that stay away from the english-speaking internet but also hinder the integration of their language into globalized media flows.
linguistic capital
in 2003 larger numbers of hispanics in texas reported that they spoke only english. in august 2004, the community of el cenizo, along the u.s.-mexico border, made spanish its official language.









































as of 2007 the state of texas offers its yearly academic tests in spanish as well as english.









































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as of 2014, vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language, chinese is the fourth most commonly spoken language, and hindi is the fifth most commonly spoken language in the state. tagalog is sixth place, and is mostly spoken in small filipino american communities in houston.
languages of texas