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Standard Chinese Overview and Usage by mamoca8588 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Standard Chinese is the modern standardized form of Mandarin Chinese that was established in the early 20th century. It is based on the Beijing dialect but has become accepted as the common language of mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, and by the United Nations. Standard Chinese is a tonal language that is written using Chinese characters and has a topic-prominent syntax, and it developed from earlier forms of Mandarin Chinese and Middle Chinese.
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- mamoca8588
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