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You will find many resources below to learn and practice this language. | You will find many '''Free''' resources below to learn and practice this language. | ||
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==Facts about Mandarin Chinese == | ==Facts about Mandarin Chinese == | ||
*Mandarin is a group of Sinitic languages[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinitic_languages] natively spoken across most of China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese. | *Mandarin is a group of Sinitic languages[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinitic_languages] natively spoken across most of China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese. | ||
*Chinese is the language with the most native speakers(About 1.3 billion people,approximately 16% of the world's population). | *Chinese is the language with the most native speakers(About 1.3 billion people, approximately 16% of the world's population). | ||
*Chinese is a tonal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)] language. | *Chinese is a tonal[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)] language. | ||
*Chinese is a logographic[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram] language and has nearly eighty | *Chinese is a logographic[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram] language and has nearly eighty thousand unique characters that came from hieroglyphs[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieroglyph]. | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>cmn</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>cmn</code> | ||
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*'''Other names for "Mandarin Chinese"''': <code>Beifang Fangyan, Beijinghua, Mandarin, Northern Chinese, Standard Chinese, Zhongguohua, Tayok, Hoton, Hui, Hui-Zu, Hytad, Khoton, Qotong, Xui</code> | *'''Other names for "Mandarin Chinese"''': <code>Beifang Fangyan, Beijinghua, Mandarin, Northern Chinese, Standard Chinese, Zhongguohua, Tayok, Hoton, Hui, Hui-Zu, Hytad, Khoton, Qotong, Xui</code> | ||
*'''The Mandarin Chinese language is spoken in''': <code>China</code> | *'''The Mandarin Chinese language is spoken in''': <code>China</code> | ||
Furthur readings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mandarin-language, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-languages, https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mand1415. | |||
==Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries== | ==Mandarin Chinese Dictionaries== | ||