To: Pontiac
Yup, Mandarin is to the Chinese Empire what Latin was to the Roman Empire and English was to the British Empire.
To: In_Iowa_not_from
"Yup, Mandarin is to the Chinese Empire what Latin was to the Roman Empire and English was to the British Empire."
In Chinese, Mandarin is usually called "Government (National) Language (Guoyu), at least by Nationalist Chinese.
87 posted on
09/11/2023 5:54:42 PM PDT by
Hiddigeigei
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