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Varieties of Chinese
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Varieties of Chinese
Chinese
(/
Hànyu
), also known as
Sinitic
, is a branch of the
Sino-Tibetan language family
consisting of hundreds of local
language varieties
, many of which are not
mutually intelligible
. The differences are similar to those within the
Romance languages
, with variation particularly strong in the more rugged southeast. These varieties have been classified into seven to ten groups, the largest being
Mandarin
(e.g.
Beijing dialect
),
Wu
(e.g.
Shanghainese
),
Min
(e.g.
Taiwanese Hokkien
), and
Yue
(e.g.
Cantonese
).
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