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Facts about Chinese languages:
Chinese is one of the oldest languages still used today
One of the hardest languages to learn
835 million native speakers; 100 million second language speakers.
It is a family of closely related but mutually unintelligible languages.
Dialects includes: Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese (Yue), Min, Hakka, Xiang, and Gan
Mandarin is the main language of the government, media and education in China
Try searching Academic Search Complete for journal articles.
For books and DVDs, search HU Libraries Summons.
Are you practicing speaking, listening, writing and reading in Chinese? Take a look at the Internet Sources page for useful websites.
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