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    Language of The Day: Chinese

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    Chinese is the oldest written language in the world with a history of at least 6,000 years as evidenced by Chinese character inscriptions on Shang dynasty turtle shells from over 3,000 years ago. The document provides basic greetings and phrases in Chinese such as hello, thank you, good morning, and my name is, and explains that the author chose to study Chinese because they find it unique and want to appreciate it more. In under 3 sentences.

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    Chinese is the oldest written language in the world with a history of at least 6,000 years as evidenced by Chinese character inscriptions on Shang dynasty turtle shells from over 3,000 years ago. The document provides basic greetings and phrases in Chinese such as hello, thank you, good morning, and my name is, and explains that the author chose to study Chinese because they find it unique and want to appreciate it more. In under 3 sentences.

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    Chinese is the oldest written language in the world with a history of at least 6,000 years as evidenced by Chinese character inscriptions on Shang dynasty turtle shells from over 3,000 years ago. The document provides basic greetings and phrases in Chinese such as hello, thank you, good morning, and my name is, and explains that the author chose to study Chinese because they find it unique and want to appreciate it more. In under 3 sentences.

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    Language of the Day

    Chinese
    History
    With a history of at least 6,000 years, Chinese
    is the oldest written language in the world. The
    Shang dynasty1 (1766–1123 BC) turtle shells
    contain Chinese character inscriptions,
    demonstrating the written language's existence
    for more than 3,000 years.
    Common Chinese Words

    Hello: Nǐhǎ o (Nee how)


    Thank you: Xièxiè (Shieh-shieh)
    Good morning: Zǎ o (Zhow)
    Goodnight: Wǎ n ān (One-un)
    My name is…: Wǒ jiào... (Wuh
    jeow...)
    Goodbye: Zàijiàn (Zhai-jian)
    Why i chose the Chinese language

    I chose the chinese language cause its


    pretty unique and i would like to give it

    more apprieciation.
    And that’s all for today
    see you again

    Xièxiè!

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