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 ...

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, ...

As "TikTok refugees" flood to Chinese site RedNote, language learning app Duolingo has reported an over 200% spike in people ...

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 ...

A father’s older brother is “bó bo” (Mandarin) or “bak fu” (Cantonese), his younger brother “shu shu” (Mandarin) or “suk suk” ...

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 ...