Chinese Isn't (Really) A Language...

 

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Sources: Dong, J. (2009). "The enregisterment of Putonghua in practice". Working Papers in Urban Language and Literacies. Norman, J. (2003). "The Chinese dialects: Phonology". The Sino-Tibetan languages. Routledge. Zhang, X. (1998). "Dialect MT: A Case Study between Cantonese and Mandarin". Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Zhao, E. & Wu, Y. (2020). "Over 80 percent of Chinese population speak Mandarin". People’s Daily Online. 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - Various Ramblings 5:50 - Credits Written and created by me Art by kvd102 Idea by gu-de-mao-ning Music by me. This video is sponsored by Busuu Translations: Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch Kaiserthe13th - Turkish Дзишу Фурыч - Russian Jo~ao P. Magalh~aes - Portuguese (Brazil) Rub'y~n - Spanish deacu daniel - Romanian #chinese #linguistics #mandarin