Mandarin Chinese

FACT FILE:

Official language in: China, Taiwan, Singapore,

Spoken by: 920 million (native)

Language family: Sinitic – Sino-Tibetan

Writing system: Chinese Characters (Simplified, Traditional)

Fun Fact: When people talk about Chinese they normally mean Mandarin, but actually there are a number of different Chinese languages so it is important to be specific.

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