chinese language learning Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/chinese-language-learning Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:37:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.5 Language for China http://toursmaps.com/language-for-china.html http://toursmaps.com/language-for-china.html#respond Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:33:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=231366 Spoken Chinese breaks down into a number of dialects with a basic difference between those of the north and the south. There are eight main dialects in total with many sub-dialects which differ so much that speakers of one dialect cannot understand what is said by speakers of another. As a general rule southern dialects are older and longer-established than those ofthe north. In addition to the different dialects China’s numerous national minorities also have many of their own idioms. The official national language known as guoyu or putonghua has been developed from Mandarin, as it is known in the

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