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'''Mandarin''' (Chinese: 華語, lit. ''Chinese speech'') |
'''Mandarin''' (Chinese: 華語, lit. ''Chinese speech'') is a Sinitic language and acts as the official language and ''lingua franca'' of [[China]]. Modern Mandarin began forming in the 1860s after the Canton War, eventually becoming a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koin%C3%A9_language koiné]. It was implemented as reunified China's sole official dialect in 1942 by the republican government. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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==== Old Mandarin (1550-1860) ==== |
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==== Imperial Cantonese (1860-1931) ==== |
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==== Formation of neo-Mandarin (1931-1942) ==== |
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== Geographic distribution == |
== Geographic distribution == |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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* [[China]] |
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* [[Qing]] |
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Revision as of 12:32, 27 June 2022
Mandarin (Chinese: 華語, lit. Chinese speech) is a Sinitic language and acts as the official language and lingua franca of China. Modern Mandarin began forming in the 1860s after the Canton War, eventually becoming a koiné. It was implemented as reunified China's sole official dialect in 1942 by the republican government.
