Mandarin
Mandarin is the predominant form of
the Chinese language. Most Chinese speak one of the Mandarin dialects,
which are largely mutually intelligible. That spoken in Beijing
constitutes the standard Mandarin dialect. There are over nearly
1,000,000,000 speakers throughout the world. It is the official language
of China.
Mandarin is spoken in China, Taiwan,
Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, United States, Mongolia, Viet Nam,
Brunei, South Africa, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Canada
& Mauritius.
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