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  2. Languages of China - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese (or 'Sinitic') languages are typically divided into seven major language groups, and their study is a distinct academic discipline. [1] They differ as much from each other morphologically and phonetically as do English, German and Danish, but meanwhile share the same writing system ( Hanzi ) and are mutually intelligible in written ...

  3. Dwellers of the Forbidden City - Wikipedia

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    The adventure was instrumental in introducing the yuan-ti as a new species of antagonists. [3] Much like the drow from the Queen of the Spiders Series, the yuan-ti have been featured in a number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition books for the D&D game, and are one of the few species that Wizards of the Coast did not keep open for the Open Game ...

  4. List of official languages - Wikipedia

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    2 List of languages by the number of countries in which they are the most widely used. 3 Official regional and minority languages. 4 See also. 5 Notes. 6 References.

  5. List of official languages by country and territory - Wikipedia

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    A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...

  6. Languages of Asia - Wikipedia

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    extinct languages of the Fertile Crescent such as Sumerian and Elamite. extinct languages of South Asia; mainly the unclassified Harappan language; small language families and isolates of the Indian subcontinent: Burushaski, Kusunda, and Nihali. The Vedda language of Sri Lanka is likely an isolate that has mixed with Sinhala.

  7. List of varieties of Chinese - Wikipedia

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    A Mandarin Chinese and Miao mixed language Maojia: 猫家话: 貓家話: A Qo-Xiong Miao and Chinese dialects mixed language Shaozhou Tuhua: 韶州土话: 韶州土話: A group of distinctive Chinese dialects in South China, including Yuebei Tuhua and Xiangnan Tuhua. It incorporates several Chinese dialects, as well as Yao languages. Tangwang ...

  8. Mandarin Chinese - Wikipedia

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    我 wǒ I 给 gěi give 你 nǐ you 一本 yìběn a 书 shū book [我給你一本書] 我 给 你 一本 书 wǒ gěi nǐ yìběn shū I give you a book In southern dialects, as well as many southwestern and Lower Yangtze dialects, the objects occur in the reverse order. Most varieties of Chinese use post-verbal particles to indicate aspect, but the particles used vary. Most Mandarin ...

  9. Varieties of Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Chinese eventually replaced many of the languages previously dominant in these areas, and forms of the language spoken in different regions began to diverge. [7] During periods of political unity there was a tendency for states to promote the use of a standard language across the territory they controlled, in order to facilitate communication ...