Re: Stunning Facts About Chengdu

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In 1279 the Mongols sacked Chengdu, killing 1.4 million inhabitants in the process.

Sichuanese is spoken by about 120 million people, so if it were counted as a separate language, it would be the 10th largest language by number of speakers, just behind Japanese.