Answer by Tang Ho for Do Chinese speaking different languages use written...
From my answer to this question: Is referring to Mandarin as just "Chinese" problematic?All Chinese write in one standard language system. (Standard Written Chinese - SWC) People who speak different...
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No, of course not, that's what Putonghua is for! As long as you learn some Putonghua, you can talk to most people in China.Examples:Not 20Km from here is 高淳。They speak an old Southern Song dynasty...
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However, all three use more or less the same writing system. So, I was wondering if Chinese who speak different languages use writing to communicate.I'll start off by quoting a Wikipedia section on...
View ArticleDo Chinese speaking different languages use written Chinese to communicate?
My understanding is that there are multiple languages in China, for example, Hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin, and they are not mutually intelligible. However, all three use more or less the same...
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