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The ancient Chinese spoke Sinitic Languages-Sinitic meaning 'of or relating to China'. However Mandarin was the most predominant language over most of the country.
Various time The Chinese speak various dialects: Prior to Three Kingdoms they were speaking Hokkien in Central Plain, the Language thus being assimilated to Fujian Province with the waves of migrations. Hakka was spoken mostly by the Xiong Nu, Chinese from the northern borders that were later assimilated again during the southern migration from the northern plain. Mandarin was the byproduct of Mongolian speaking Chinese language at that time after the fall of Tang Dynasty and eventually refined during Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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∙ 9y agoThere were technically two languages used in the Shang Dynasty. There was the spoken language known as early Mandarin and the written language known as Jiaguwen.
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∙ 14y agoThey spoke mandarin, and wrote in jiăgŭwén.
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∙ 11y agoAncient Chinese
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no that is wrong and the previous answer was toatly incorrect and annoying they are both the same but earlier on in the tribes they split and formed different languages and cultures
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There is a total of 29 Chinese languages.
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Chinese
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He spoke Chinese and Arabic.
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tiwa
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English and Chinese
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What were the languages used in ancient China?
umm i dont know CHINESE!
Do Japanese speak other languages other than Chinese?
Japanese people do not speak Chinese unless they have learned it in school or have lived in China. For the languages of Japan, click here.
What languages do Chinese speak other than Chinese?
Other languages spoken in China include Cantonese, Shanghainese, and Hokkien. Additionally, there are many minority languages spoken by ethnic groups in China, such as Tibetan, Uyghur, and Zhuang.
What languages do Japanese people usually speak in addition to Japanese?
Chinese and sometimes English
