Chinese language is one of the oldest languages in the history of the world. It traces its history from Han & family of Sino-Tibetan languages. Composition of Chinese language is from seven dialects which are Mandarin, Min, Xiang, Gan, Cantonese and few others. Surprising thing about Chinese language is that it has no alphabets and only follows symbols and characters which are more than one hundred thousand in number. National language in Beijing is Mandarin.
Chinese language is such as broad and vast language that it’s not restrained only to the boundaries of China only; it is spoken in Hong Kong, East Asia and in some parts of Korea. Member languages of Sino-Tibetan are special in a sense that same words when spoken in different tones carry different meanings. So they are commonly known as tonal language. Even within china there are two different languages being spoken; one for the formal communication whiles other for common usage etc. Mother tongue is the primary language whereas formal language has to be learnt. Here come the cultural issues in the language. In some of the cultures within china, there is no difference between formal and informal but in others there is a vast difference. (Chinese Language, 2011).
Chinese story writers usually follow direct way to communicate and leave a lot on the reader perception whereas others follow indirect ways to communicate. These differences are common particularly in the southern parts of the china such as Guangdong etc. There is a reason behind these variations that these areas had been receiving influence by the westerners so the extent and kind of language spoken there is quite different, due to the dispersed population of the china and cultural barriers this difference in written and spoken is difficult to eliminate. There is also a fact that Chinese languages speakers are more than any other because of the population increase. Moreover, United Nations has placed Mandarin in its list of six official languages. (About Chinese Language, 2012).
References
Chinese Language. (2011). Retrieved 02 27, 2013, from chinalanguage: http://www.chinalanguage.com/
About Chinese Language. (2012, 03 27). Retrieved 02 27, 2013, from chineselanguage: http://www.chineselanguage.com/
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