where did the language chinese come from
Learn Chineseï¼General Chinese question: Where did Chinese language come from? Chinese language belongs to Sino-Tibetan and it is a tonal language that is independent and analyzable. Chinese characters are a kind of hieroglyphic. Before May Fourth Movement, the written language was called Classical Chinese, a written form based on the âYayanâ used in the era of Confucius. After that, the written Chinese language is often promoted as vernacular, i.e. the modern written language based on the Northern dialect.