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
Defeng Institute
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