A Sinitic language mostly spoken in China consisting of many dialects, the most prominent of which, and the standard form, is Mandarin
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On the idea that Classical Chinese may *not* be direct ancestor of modern Chinese languages
It's known that Literary Chinese (or Classical; wényán ), the language of historical Chinese texts, differs completely from modern Mandarin as well as from other spoken Chinese languages, not only in ...
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Where can I find references for how to build interlinear gloss for Chinese?
I find building interlinear gloss for Chinese to be difficult without any sort of reference material for what to call different grammatical particles etc. Is there such a reference available online?
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Benefits of Learning a Chinese Dialect in Addition to Standardized Mandarin
[This was first asked at chinese.stackexchange before cross-posting here was suggested.]
Studies have shown that learning more than one language helps people of all ages learn each one of the ...
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If two syllables in Mandarin have the same vowels but different tones, can the syllables be said to rhyme?
If two syllables in Mandarin have the same vowels but different tones, can the syllables be said to rhyme according to native speakers?
I was tempted to ask this question about all tone languages, ...
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Mandarine Phonemes: Which ones are not shared by English AND the most likely to be used?
There are 214 (by one count) Mandarin phonemes. How can I learn
Which of those are not shared by English?
Which of the remaining number are in the most common use (assuming they follow the Pareto ...
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Does Chinese have proper nouns and are they distinguished morphosyntactically or only lexically and or semantically?
In an earlier question I wanted to learn about the nature of proper nouns in a language-neutral way, but the comments and answers to that question so far state that this is not possible, that only ...
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Are there some analyses or linguists with the view that Chinese does not have lexical word class?
I'm not a linguist but a language enthusiast and I read lots of stuff about all languages mostly on the internet in blogs but also in accessible books and sometimes attempt to read some things not ...
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What are the most commonly used Chinese syllables?
There are about 1200 or so unique (includes all tones) Mandarin Chinese syllables, according to some source I read a while back based off the Unihan database.
For my applications I'm limited to using ...
