With the development of China, Chinese is spoken by more and more people in the world.

随着中国的发展，世界上越来越多的人讲中文。

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Putonghua (or Mandarin), the predominant dialect, is spoken by over 70% of the population and is one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations.

普通话是最普遍的方言，中国70%以上的人口说普通话，普通话还是联合国六种官方语言之一。

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English is spoken by lots of people in the world.

世界上的许多人都说英语。

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It must be metonymic--but wait! It is spoken by a voice.

它肯定是转喻的，但是等等，它是有声音的。

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We're talking about a culture when we're talking about the Greeks, which is most strikingly signified by the language that is spoken.

当我们谈论希腊人时我们是谈论希腊文化,是严格以所使用的语言为主要标志的

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Welsh is spoken by just over 500, 000 people in Wales, just under a fifth of the population.

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Using Microsoft APIs for Speech and Bing, the text is spoken by the phone running Windows Phone 7.

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These are poems of ardour and playfulness (one of them is spoken by his dog), an ongoing celebration.

ECONOMIST: New American verse