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  1. The government of the People's Republic of China, established in 1949, continued the effort. In 1955, Guoyu was renamed Putonghua ( 普通話 'common speech'. The Republic of China on Taiwan continues to refer to Standard Chinese as Guoyu. Since then, the standards used in mainland China and Taiwan have diverged somewhat, though they continue ...

  2. Standard Chinese is the official language of Taiwan. Standard Chinese started being widely spoken in Taiwan following the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, with the relocation of the Kuomintang (KMT) to the island along with an influx of refugees from the mainland. The Standard Chinese used in Taiwan differs very little from that of ...

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  4. May 13, 2024 · Some scholars divide the history of the Chinese languages into Proto-Sinitic (Proto-Chinese; until 500 bc ), Archaic (Old) Chinese (8th to 3rd century bc ), Ancient (Middle) Chinese (through ad 907), and Modern Chinese (from c. the 10th century to modern times). The Proto-Sinitic period is the period of the most ancient inscriptions and poetry ...

  5. Chinese languages - Dialects, Mandarin, Writing: The pronunciation of Modern Standard Chinese is based on the Beijing dialect, which is of the Northern, or Mandarin, type. It employs about 1,300 different syllables. There are 22 initial consonants, including stops (made with momentary, complete closure in the vocal tract), affricates (beginning as stops but ending with incomplete closure ...

  6. Other articles where Modern Standard Chinese language is discussed: Chinese languages: Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin): The pronunciation of Modern Standard Chinese is based on the Beijing dialect, which is of the Northern, or Mandarin, type. It employs about 1,300 different syllables. There are 22 initial consonants, including stops (made with momentary, complete closure in the vocal…

  7. Standard Mandarin Chinese is based on Beijing dialect, with some lexical and syntactic influence from other Mandarin dialects. It is the official spoken language of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (Republic of China, ROC), as well as one of the four official languages of Singapore , and a high-prestige minority language [11] in ...

  8. Modern Standard Chinese, the language most people think of simply as “Mandarin”, is a standardised version of the Beijing dialect. However, it's not the same as the Beijing dialect since Beijing slang is not considered part of Standard Chinese. And erhua, the pronunciation of a strong “r” sound at the end of many words, is much more ...

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