Cantonese (Yue) and Standard Mandarin are both considered Chinese, although China itself has many other languages, sometimes referred to as dialects, within itself.
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Chinese is not one of the oldest languages. It is old, but languages such as Sanskrit and Tamil are considered the oldest.
Most of the languages of the world do not belong on the European language tree, such as all of the indigenous languages of Asia Africa, Australia and the Americas. This would include Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Arabic, Cherokee, Navaho, etc. There are also some European languages that are not on the European language tree, such as Hungarian and Basque.
Mandarin, 普通话 is one form of the Chinese language that can be used to indicate Chinese. However, keep in mind that while mandarin is Chinese, not all Chinese languages are mandarin. Chinese language can be Cantonese, Min, Hunanese, Hakka, and more. So, Mandarin is not completely same as Chinese, it is simply the standard and most common dialect of the Chinese language.
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Yes Chinese is a language. The Chinese speak in two different dialects, Mandarin & Cantonese. These two languages have similarites, and major differences aswell. Hope this helps! :)
Yes. All languages are clear and direct. This is natural aspect of language.
English is the official language, but Chinese languages and Malay are also spoken
There are many Chinese languages, but the most commonly spoken are Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, and Hokkien, among others. These languages are part of the Sinitic language family, which has several dialect groups with distinct regional variations.
Mandarin Chinese has the most tones out of all the world's languages.
No, Chinese is not an Indo-European language. It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, which is a separate language group from Indo-European languages such as English, French, and Hindi.
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