Chinese Language

Emily

Most languages in China belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken by 29 ethnicities. There are also several major dialects within the Chinese language itself. The most spoken dialects are Mandarin (spoken by over 70% of the population), Wu (Shanghainese), Yue (Cantonese), Min, Xiang, Gan, and Hakka. Non-Sinitic languages spoken widely by ethnic minorities include Zhuang (Thai), Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur (Turkic), Hmong and Korean.

Classical Chinese was the written standard used for thousands of years in China before the 20th century and allowed for written communication between speakers of various unintelligible languages and dialects in China. Vernacular Chinese or baihua is the written standard based on the Mandarin dialect first popularized in Ming dynasty novels and was adopted (with significant modifications) during the early 20th century as the national vernacular. Classical Chinese is still part of the high school curriculum and is thus intelligible to some degree to many Chinese.

欲望无恙

怎么是英语阿，支持咯，以后中文才是世界语

lsknuo

no se por que llenas el foro con tantos temas cuyos contenidos copias por ahi, hace que este sitio parezca mas revuelto de lo que esta

Emily

原帖由 欲望无恙 于 2008-4-24 23:06 发表

                               
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怎么是英语阿，支持咯，以后中文才是世界语

Coz most people here know Chinese already and I am trying to promote English, I mean, is that a bad thing to do?

原帖由 lsknuo 于 2008-4-25 02:47 发表

                               
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no se por que llenas el foro con tantos temas cuyos contenidos copias por ahi, hace que este sitio parezca mas revuelto de lo que esta

Well, to let you know the news are from China dayly and I thought it was interesting for people to read a little bit of things that are happening around the world, and this piece of Chinese language is from Wikipedia. I was just trying to share what I read, so people would know more about society and so on. And I absolutely do not think its becoming messy because of me putting things to share.

欲望无恙

hehe ,I"m a stranger,I almost have forgot my English.here is english corner ,very well.

Emily

原帖由 欲望无恙 于 2008-4-26 21:08 发表

                               
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hehe ,I"m a stranger,I almost have forgot my English.here is english corner ,very well.

The good thing is you try it! And try to practise it whenevah you can.