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The Han people have its own spoken and written
language-Chinese. Chinese belongs to the Han-Tibetan language family. It is the
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (common) used language in China and among the largest languages
in the world.
Written Chinese came out in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (it) earliest form
approximately 6,000 years ago. The Chinese characters {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (use)
today, also called “Hanzi”, developed from those used in bones and tortoise
shells more than 3,000 years ago. There are about 56,000 characters, of which
only about 3,000 are in common use.
Mandarin is a category (种类) of Chinese {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (dialect) spoken across most of northern
and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (southwest) China. The term “Mandarin” can also refer to
Standard Mandarin, which {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (base) on the Mandarin dialect spoken in
Beijing. It is officially considered to be the standard for the People's
Republic of China.
Why do most non-Chinese speakers choose to learn standard
Mandarin Chinese? Mandarin is understood by most Chinese people. As mentioned
above, it is China's national language. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you are interested in
basic communication, scholarly research, or {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (pursue) a career in
China, standard Mandarin is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} necessary tool for communication. And
it often serves {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a bridge for communication.