[DOC] [TLE] Mandarin vs. Cantonese: Which Chinese language should I learn ... [PAR] Nov 17, 2015 ... Mandarin and Cantonese are the largest Chinese dialects. ... powerhouse on the 
world stage, Chinese bilingualism today is more important than ever. ... dialect 
spoken in Beijing) to be taught in schools and used in all public media. ..... is the 
3rd most common language is the United States and Canada. [DOC] [TLE] Chinese language - Wikipedia [PAR] Chinese is a group of related but in many cases mutually unintelligible language 
varieties, ... Standard Chinese (Putonghua/Guoyu/Huayu) is a standardized form 
of ... Dialects of Southern Min, part of the Min group, are widely spoken in .... for 
speakers of all Chinese speech varieties to use it as a common language of... [DOC] [TLE] Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia [PAR] Mandarin is a group of related varieties of Chinese spoken across most of 
northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the 
basis of Standard Chinese, which is also referred to as "Mandarin". Because 
most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is .... When voicing was 
lost in all languages except the Wu subfamily, this... [DOC] [TLE] Why do people usually ask, 'do you speak Chinese?', when it should ... [PAR] Same reason why you'd generally ask whether someone speaks "Spanish" 
instead of ... I've known that Mandarin is intelligible with many Chinese dialects, 
but can ... Chinese is sponsored by the goverment at all levels, taught in schools 
from ... Chinese, the common language is Standard Chinese, often called "
Mandarin... [DOC] [TLE] Is the labelling of Chinese language as Mandarin or Cantonese a ... [PAR] First, to answer the question you asked your teacher: You're learning Mandarin. 
Unless you're ... All dialects including Cantonese need not to be taught and 
learned in schools. ... If you want to know which language the guy is teaching, 
mandarin or ... Chinese, it could be mandarin to a great extent, or Putonghua, as 
we call it. [DOC] [TLE] Chinese language history | Mandarin and Cantonese | Today ... [PAR] The Chinese language, spoken in the form of Standard Mandarin, is the ... which 
can have as many as 30 strokes, while all varieties of spoken Chinese ... Old 
Chinese, sometimes known as Archaic Chinese, was the common language 
during ... of an elementary school education system committed to teaching 
Mandarin. [DOC] [TLE] Call to Teach the Chinese Dialects our Chinese Pupils in School ... [PAR] Mar 2, 2015 ... Call to Teach the Chinese Dialects our Chinese Pupils in School. ... Mandarin 
was never and is not the mother-tongue of the Chinese People. ... So it is sad that 
in Singapore today the younger Chinese generations are ... via the use of the 
English Language as a Common Language for all Singaporeans. [DOC] [TLE] China Is Forcing Its Biggest Cantonese-Speaking Region To Speak ... [PAR] Aug 25, 2014 ... The common language in Guangdong is Cantonese, but that may soon change. 
... Putonghua, the "common language", with its roots in Beijing's northern dialect 
... "A lot of kids, they speak only Mandarin at school," said Huang ... As China's 
richest province, Guangdong draws migrants from all ... Tough call. [DOC] [TLE] Chinese Language Facts - Language Helpers [PAR] Information and facts about the Chinese Language, written and spoken. ... These 
are based on the dialect of Mandarin as spoken in Beijing, and are intended to 
transcend all of China as a common language of communication. ... of Chinese, 
with some preferring to call Chinese a language and its subdivisions dialects, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Chinese language | Antimoon Forum [PAR] Feb 10, 2005 ... Mandarin is much easier to learn compared to other dialects of Chinese. ... 
Unfortunately there is a conformism of thought in China today and a ... that relates 
to China from Taiwan to Tibet to what to call their cities, ... Nowadays Han Yu is 
taught in schools as Common Spoken Chinese (known as Pu Tong... [DOC] [TLE] Comments on

Question: Today, all schools teach this dialect which the Chinese call Putonghua, or "common language"
Answer: Mandarin