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Standard Mandarin Chinese developed from a common language used in the Ming and Qing dynasties for administration called Guanhua. Guanhua was based on dialects from the Nanjing area but was not identical to any single dialect. By the middle of the 19th century, the Beijing dialect had become dominant and was necessary for conducting business with the imperial court.
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- rosarosie
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