1,067,000,000 in China, all users. 889,000,000 (2013), increasing. 70% of Chinese language users speak a Mandarin dialect as L1. 178,000,000. Total users in all countries: 1,091,782,930 (as L1: 897,902,930; as L2: 193,880,000).
Civil War: Songs of the North collects 15 Union-centric instrumental ballads like  Weeping Sad and Lonely/When This Cruel War Is Over, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, and The Battle Cry of Freedom, all of which are impeccably performed by Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Craig Duncan and a small army of talented session musicians.
To mark the anniversary of the war that changed America, I am doing a series of posts on the best histories, memoirs, movies, and novels about Vietnam. Todayâs topic is protest songs.Much as poetry provides a window into the Allied mood during World War I, anti-war songs provide a window into the mood of the 1960s.ob Dylan hailed âVietnamâ as âthe greatest protest song ever written.â The lyrics are simple; the story is powerfully sad. Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, â Ohio â (1970). Neil Young wrote âOhioâ in reaction to the Kent State University shootings on May 4, 1970 that left four students dead.