Brief History of Mandarin Chinese

Brief History of Mandarin Chinese

•Mandarin Chinese is the official
language of Mainland China and
Taiwan, and it's one of the official
languages of Singapore and the
United Nations.
• https://www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-mandarin-chinese-2278430
 Brief History of Mandarin Chinese
• Mandarin Chinese is sometimes referred to as a “dialect,” but the
distinction between dialects and languages is not always clear.

• There are other Chinese dialects, such as Cantonese, which is spoken in

Hong Kong, that are very distinct from Mandarin.

• However, many of these dialects use Chinese characters for their

written form, so that Mandarin speakers and Cantonese speakers (for
example) can understand each other through writing, even though the
spoken languages are mutually unintelligible.

• https://www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-mandarin-chinese-2278430
Brief History of Mandarin Chinese
• Mandarin, also known as Pǔtōnghuà and Guóyǔ, is the official language of
the People’s Republic of China, it is the standard form of the Chinese
language.
• The name “Mandarin” was first used by the Portuguese to refer to the
magistrates of the Imperial Chinese court and the language they spoke.
• most widely spoken language on the planet with 1.2 billion speakers, one
of the official languages of Singapore, and it has been recognized as one of
the key six world languages by the United Nations.
*magistrate-is a judicial officer who has the authority to preside over certain legal matters, often in a lower court.

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