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'''Mandarin''' (Chinese: 華語, ''huaju'', lit. ''Chinese speech'language'), also known as '''Standard Chinese''', is a Siniticstandardized languageform andof Chinese that was developed during the early 20th century. It was actsadopted as the official language and ''lingua franca'' of [[China]].the ModernRepublic Mandarinof began formingChina in the1942 1860sand afterhas thesubsequently Cantonimpacted War,ethnic eventuallyChinese becomingcommunities a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koin%C3%A9_language koiné]worldwide. It wasis implementedlargely asbased reunifiedon China'sthe sole officialNanging dialect inof 1942Mandarin by(the court dialect of the republicanunified [[Qing]] dynasty) with significant influence from governmentCantonese.