Mandarin now second to English in Australia's biggest cities

Chinese New Year celebrations in Melbourne.

Mandarin now second to English in Australia's biggest cities Source: AAP

Mandarin has overtaken Arabic in Sydney and Greek in Melbourne as the most widely spoken language besides English in Australia’s largest cities. But new research mapping multilingualism within Sydney has also re-emphasised more needs to be done to foster multilingualism among school students.



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