Is the Chinese written language the same everywhere?

The writing system is one of China’s most valuable inventions. Many of the oral dialects are mutually unintelligible—meaning they’re so different from one another that speakers of one can’t understand speakers of another. Interestingly though, all of the languages share the same writing system.

Is Mandarin a constructed language?

Mandarin Chinese is a curious example of this because it’s at an almost perfect intersection of constructed and natural (which aren’t opposites). It was defined as the language spoken in Beijing but limited to the vocabulary shared between all the Chinese languages. But it is still obviously a natural language.

What part of China does Mandarin come from?

North China
Because Mandarin originated in North China and most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is sometimes referred to as Northern Chinese (simplified Chinese: 北方话; traditional Chinese: 北方話; pinyin: Běifāng Huà; lit. ‘northern speech’).

What is the sentence structure in Mandarin Chinese?

Mandarin Chinese sentence structure is quite different than English or other European languages. Since the word order doesn’t match, sentences which are translated word-for-word to Mandarin will be difficult to understand.

How is Mandarin different from other Chinese languages?

Mandarin shares most of its vocabulary with other Chinese dialects. Foreign words and concepts are adopted by creating new compound words that translate the concept behind them. For example, the word for computer is diànnao, ‘electric brain’, the word for telephone is diànhuà, literally ‘electric speech’.

What is the Mandarin Chinese object?

The Mandarin Chinese object has a great deal of flexibility. It is usually placed after the verb, but other possibilities include before the verb, before the subject, or even omitted. Conversational Mandarin often omits both the subject and the object when the context makes the meaning clear.

Is Chinese grammar difficult to learn?

(wǒ zài měi guó zhù) (not in china). Chinese grammar is not difficult; I believe learning the grammar of any language is usually done by repetition. However I still want to suggest a way to make the use of the correct sentence words order easier for Dig Mandarin audiences.