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- Chinese language - Wikipedia
The Chinese government considers the spoken varieties of the Chinese languages dialects of a single language However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are considered to be separate languages in a family by linguists
- Languages of China - Wikipedia
The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on Beijingese, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages, collectively known as Hanyu (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, 'Han language'), that are spoken by 92% of the population
- Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia
Recent increased migration from Mandarin-speaking regions of China and Taiwan has now resulted in the language being one of the more frequently used varieties of Chinese among Chinese diaspora communities It is also the most commonly taught Chinese language
- History of the Chinese language - Wikipedia
Old Chinese, sometimes known as "Archaic Chinese", is ancestral to all current Chinese languages The first known use of the Chinese writing system is divinatory inscriptions into tortoise shells and oracle bones during the Shang dynasty (1766–1122 BCE)
- Written Chinese - Wikipedia
Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages Chinese characters do not directly represent pronunciation, unlike letters in an alphabet or syllabograms in a syllabary
- Chinese language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Chinese language is the group of languages used by Chinese people in China and elsewhere It forms part of a language family called the Sino-Tibetan family of languages
- Chinese Wikipedia - Wikipedia
The Chinese Wikipedia is based on written vernacular Chinese, the official Chinese written language in all Chinese-speaking regions, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Singapore
- Varieties of Chinese - Wikipedia
It is one of the official languages of China and one of the four official languages of Singapore It has become a pluricentric language, with differences in pronunciation and vocabulary between the three forms It is also one of the six official languages of the United Nations
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