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A question, callithump, if I may. The Fallible Friend called the language he started learning Mandarin, you call it Chinese. In lands outside the Middle Kingdom, we normally differentiate between the various Han languages, especially between Cantonese and Mandarin. Is it standard practice in China to translate "putonghua" as "Chinese", rather than "Mandarin"?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? callithump 05/25/05 05:16 AM Re: Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? TheFallibleFiend 05/25/05 02:32 PM Re: Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? callithump 05/26/05 11:54 PM Re: Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? Vernon Compton 05/27/05 12:33 AM Re: Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? callithump 05/27/05 03:25 AM Re: Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? Vernon Compton 05/27/05 04:06 AM Re: Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? callithump 05/27/05 08:25 AM Re: Anybody dealing with Chinese(language)? MosesLiang 06/21/06 12:10 PM
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