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What is Mandarin? Is it same as Chinese? What's the difference bettwen Cantonese and Mandarin?

I guess most foreigners have the above questions. From here, you can find your answers.

Mandarin is a large grouping of dialects which is commonly referred to as a single language. The term Mandarin may also be used as a shorthand for the dialect of Standard Mandarin, also known as Guoyu or Putonghua. There are more than 850 million speakers of Mandarin worldwide, making it easily the most spoken language on Earth.

Mandarin is spoken throughout southwest and northern China, and most Chinese citizens know at least some Mandarin. It is the OFFICIAL LANGUAGE of China, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is also one of the six languages used officially by the United Nations.

Cantonese is another dialect which is spoken in Hongkong and Guangdong province(the south of China), also in some part of Malaysia and Macao.

Mandarin and Cantonese are both tonal language. There are 4 tones of Mandarin, 6 tones of Cantonese.

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