Off Topic — HabitableZone

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Double counting, and other errors

If you count First AND second languages, then you can't deduct the total from the whole world population. Many of these people are being double-counted.

Also, what happened to Cantonese? That has to be one of the most common Chinese dialects?

(and I doubt that 1 billion Chinese ACTUALLY speak Mandarin functionally. It's the official state language but many people would not actively use it until they move interstate.)

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