Mandarin is the official language in China and Taiwan.
Chinese only has one written language with Traditional and Simplied characters,in Japanese is KANJI.
Mandarin is a northern dialect,it can be broken down in 4 regions before modern time.
Local Shanghai dialect belong to the Wu sub-group of Chinese language family.
Cantonese is the standard dialect spoken in Canton and Kwangxi provinces,plus Hong Kong.
Last edited by ricecake; Jun 26, 2006 at 11:38.
Yeah, PRC never simplified the characters... In fact, Mao is just a legend...Originally Posted by ricecake
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Oooops ... you just " ding'ed " me on the head.Yeah, PRC never simplified the characters... In fact, Mao is just a legend...
I was brought up on Traditional Chinese,I still find Simplified characters somewhat " eyesore ".
PRC implemented the use of Simplified characters for the peasant contituency since 1949.
Many Chinese wished he was just a legend,otherwise mainland wouldn't have gone through those nightmare events during his reign.
Last edited by ricecake; Jun 27, 2006 at 01:46.
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