The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How closely—or distantly—related are Mandarin and Cantonese? Are Mandarin, Cantonese, etc. just dialects of “Chinese”?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Is Cantonese just a dialect of “Chinese”? Is Cantonese just a spoken language?
Publications are now available on jw.org that are written in these Chinese varieties.
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What does the popularity among WeChat users of sending voice messages tell us about Chinese characters?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Is a language family divided first into groups or branches? Are Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, etc. just dialects of “Chinese”?
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