The Chinese Language

Seven Main Dialects

Mandarin
Yue (Cantonese)
Hakka
Wu
Min (Fukien)
Xiang
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Mandarin 679,250,000 all of North and
(71.5%) Southwest

Wu coastal area
80,750,000(8. around
Shanghai,Zhejiang
5%)
Gan Jiangxi
22,800,000(2.
4%)
Xiang Hunan
45,600,000(4.
8%)
Hakka 35,130,000(3. widely scattered
7%) from Sichuan to
SOUCE:
Taiwan
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the Philippines
Mandarin
Fukien
Cantonese
Mandarin Vs.
Fukien
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Why Mandarin?
 WHY MANDARIN?
Currently Mandarin Chinese is spoken
by over 1 billion people around the
world, about one fifth of the global
population;
Each year more and more students
around the world whose mother
tongue is not Mandarin are studying
it with enthusiasm and success. If
they all can learn it, so can you!
 Mandarin in
Business World
MANDARIN IN BUSINESS WORLD

CHINESE= Business minded people

(Businessman)

Gives you an edge !