because mandarin is only a 300 year old dialect and lacks a good nexus to ancient chinese tongue and ancient chinese culture. it is a fact. so those who promote mandarin are myopic or acting like ostrichs esp. when they say mandarin is good enuff for them to connect to chinese culture, read ancient poems and will not corrupt ancient texts
if a language is to be preferred just by virtue of the number of users, then we shld also throw mandarin down the drain and speak only english or spanish. do you sue your brain to think before you make such a ridiculous statement?
haha... get your fact right before u come talk to your grand uncle. mandarin has got the most people using it. not english or spanish. like i said, u go straighten your mind first, before u come talk to your grand uncle. go on. shoo.