MANDARINOfficial Language

of China

Martin Cahyawijaya - Linguist

¿CHINA?

• 22 Provinces• 2 Special Administratives Regions

Hong Kong

Macau

¿How many languages are spoken in China?

官 吴 湘 赣129 dialects

which are divided into 7 groups

闽 客家 粤

官 吴 湘 赣Which is the most

popular one?

闽 客家 粤Cantonese / 粤语

Mandarin 汉语

Mandarin / 汉语• Official language of UN• Spoken not only in China• Has phonetic system• Tonal language

• Using the oldest writing system

Pinyin Phonetic System / 拼音

The 4 Tones / 声调

Characters / 汉字你好，我叫大卫，是美国人。我是 CETYS的学生。认识你很高兴！

Nĭ hăo,Wŏ jiào Dàwèi, shì

Mĕiguórén.Wŏ shì CETYS de xuésheng.

Rènshì nĭ hĕn gāoxìng!

Nĭ hăo,Hello,

Wŏ jiào Dàwèi, shì Mĕiguórén.My name is David, am American.

Wŏ shì CETYS de xuésheng.I’m student of CETYS.

Rènshì nĭ hĕn gāoxìng!Glad to know you!

•Nĭ hăo = Hello • de = ‘s (possession)• Wŏ = I • xuésheng = student• jiào = to be called • rènshì = to know• Dàwèi = David • nĭ = you• shì = to be (am/is/are) • hĕn = very• Mĕiguórén = American • gāoxìng = glad/happy

Is it Chinese invention?

Is it Chinese invention?

“The important thing is not to stop

questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for

existing.” – Albert Einstein

谢谢！Thank you!

Martin Cahyawijaya / 郑福成Teacher, Translator and

Interpreter(English-Chinese-Spanish-

Indonesian)DEFENG

INSTITUTETel. 176-4203 Cel. 646-197-8305

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