![]() ![]() ![]() In total, there are 10 large groups of languages in China, which make up a total of 266 dialects. It is spoken by the majority of China's population - 65%. In China, as well as in Singapore and Taiwan, Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin, is the officially recognized language. Usually, they are called dialects, but many of them are so different from each other that they are more like separate languages: a speaker of a northern dialect will not understand a speaker of a southern one. In fact, Chinese is not just one language, but a whole group. You can speak fluently about everyday topics, but still, be unable to write or read. Therefore, oral and written speech in Chinese are two different worlds. ![]() It is impossible to determine the pronunciation of a hieroglyph by its appearance. ![]()
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