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Celia
Why is standard Chinese called "Mandarin"?
Mar 23, 2011 7:45 AM
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The Chinese language consists of many dialects but Mandarin is the common Chinese language. They call it "Man Da ren " cause the British people living in China called "PU TONG HUA" the language spoken by government officials. See info above...
March 23, 2011
Mandarin = Speech of Officials http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese
March 23, 2011
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Celia
Language Skills
Chinese (Mandarin), English
Learning Language
English
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