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The
Chinese language is one of the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（old）written languages in the world. It {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（speak）by the Han majority and many other
ethnic groups in China. Nearly 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as
their first language.
The{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（vary）of Chinese are usually described by native speakers as dialects of a
single Chinese language，but linguists（语言学家）note that they are as diverse as a language family. There are
between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese, of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the most spoken by far is Mandarin（普通话），{#blank#}5{#/blank#}（follow）by Wu, Min, Yue, etc. Standard
Chinese is a standardized form of spoken Chinese based on the Beijing dialect
of Mandarin. It is{#blank#}6{#/blank#}official
language of China, and also one of the six official languages of the United
Nations.
{#blank#}7{#/blank#}many
Chinese dialects exist，the written language is
still a very common form of communication. If we go to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}（differ）provinces, we may not be able {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（communicate）with the local people orally. However,
we can understand each other in writing. The written language can be further
divided{#blank#}10{#/blank#}different forms, like simplified Chinese
and traditional Chinese. There is also a form called "pinyin", which
is the Chinese language with a Roman spelling.
