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Mandarin is the official spoken language of the People's Republic of China and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. It is spoken by over 885 million people worldwide and is derived from the Sino-Tibetan language family. Spoken Mandarin, like all spoken varieties of Chinese, is tonal—meaning that pitch or inflection is used to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning.
This page contains resources for learning and studying the Mandarin language.
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- Language Family: Sino-Tibetan
- Number of Speakers: 885 million
- Official Language: People's Republic of China
- Major Dialects: Beijing Mandarin, Northeastern Mandarin, Ji Lu Mandarin
- Writing System: Logographic system composed of Chinese symbols
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Mandarin on Amazon
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Early Start Mandarin Chinese with Bao Bei the Panda Volume 1: Colors and Animals - $19.95
This DVD will provide your preschool-age children an entertaining introduction to Mandarin Chinese. Your children will love Bao Bei the panda puppet, and Chu Chu the cricket, while they teach and entertain! The DVD utilizes common words, p...
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AGB Women's Mandarin Collar Ruffle Shirt,White,Large - $40.00
Ruffled trim adds a feminine flourish to AGB's stretch cotton poplin blouse.
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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar (Modern Grammars) - $39.95
A brand new title for the Modern Grammars series to add to the existing European Languages and to the forthcoming Japanese title. The grammar will present Chinese as spoken in the People's Republic of China (specifically, that spoken around...
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Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook (Modern Grammars) - $35.95
The Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is an innovative book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Mandarin Chinese. The book is divided into two sections:· Section 1 provides exercises based on essential gr...
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Rosetta Stone Version 3: Chinese (Mandarin), Level 1,2 & 3 Set with Audio Companion - $549.00
Foreign language learning with Rosetta Stone Chinese Levels 1, 2&3 you connect with the world around you. With level one you begin learning fundamental vocabulary and essential language structure, from greetings and introductions to simple...
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