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		UrMomReadsHN on Oct 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For a Better Brain, Learn Another Language No. They are mostly mutually unintelligible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language

rahimnathwani on Oct 19, 2014 [–]

Yes, but most Chinese people can speak Mandarin, even if it's not their mother tongue. So learning Mandarin will indeed enable you to converse with any of a billion people.

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