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(Nǐ hǎo)
for the Chinese courses

The Chinese language, especially Standard Chinese (Mandarin or Putonghua), is the most widely spoken language in the world with over one billion native speakers. It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and is the official language of the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and one of the official languages in Singapore. Chinese is characterized by a tonal pronunciation, an analytical grammar and a logographic writing system with thousands of characters. Despite regional dialects, which can differ greatly from one another, standard Mandarin is used as a unifying language in education and the media. The Chinese language has a writing tradition dating back over 3,000 years.