What year did the singer, who is a member of the nation and ethnic group that shares a common culture, history, ancestry and language, release her first studio album (in the language of her ethnic group)?
Laura Pausini (1994 album) Laura Pausini is Italian singer Laura Pausini’s Spanish language debut album, this is also her third studio album issued by CGD (Warner) Records in 1994. This self-titled work offers Spanish language renditions of selected tracks and greatest hits from her native Italian language albums "Laura Pausini" (1993) and "Laura" (1994).
Languages of China The languages of China are the languages that are spoken by China's 56 recognized ethnic groups. The predominant language in China, which is divided into seven major dialect groups (often classified as distinct languages by foreign linguists), is known as "Hanyu" (). and its study is considered a distinct academic discipline in China. "Hanyu", or Han language, spans eight primary dialect groups, that differ from each other morphologically and phonetically to such a degree that dialects from different regions can often be mutually unintelligible. The languages most studied and supported by the state include Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur and Zhuang. China has 297 living languages according to Ethnologue. According to the 2010 edition of the "Nationalencyklopedin", 955 million out of China's then-population of 1.34 billion spoke some variety of Mandarin Chinese as their first language, accounting for 71% of the country's population.