In fact, Mandarin itself is only a dialect—albeit a widespread one—of the overarching language group of “Chinese,” which itself comes from the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Mandarin Chinese is ...

Nearly everyone in Mainland China speaks Mandarin, and then there are an estimated 300-plus other languages and dialects spoken. These include Cantonese — in Guangdong province and Hong Kong and ...

Mandarin is a group of related varieties or dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. Because most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is also referred to ...

"Turns out you guys are the biggest winner," joked another. Mandarin is the most widely spoken dialect of Chinese and is the official language of Mainland China. While all Mandarin is Chinese, not all ...

While modern life pushes for simplification, these precise terms—from 'bak fu' to 'yi yi'—remind us that family relationships ...

The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and ... China’s Cabinet, said use of Mandarin, known in Chinese as “putonghua” or the “common tongue, ...

Shanghainese, like many of the estimated 80 other local dialects spoken in China, is endangered by the central government’s pro-Mandarin policy, which allows only “putonghua” — literally ...