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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Chinese dialects (Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu) [Absent 1/18/11]

  • Mandarin: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China
  • Cantonese: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Conton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside of China
  • Wu: a dialect spoken in the Yangtze delta

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