🇨🇳 IS CHINESE A LANGUAGE? The short answer? No. Chinese is a language FAMILY, not a single language. In this video, you will learn the fascinating story of 7 major Chinese languages, and a bit about the many non-Chinese languages that are spoken in China.

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Is “Chinese” a Language?
0:20 - One Country, Many Languages
1:35 - History, In a Nutshell
3:11 - #1: Min
4:41 - #2: Gan
5:30 - #3: Hakka
6:58 - #4: Mandarin
8:24 - #5: Cantonese
10:18 - #6: Wu
11:10 - #7: Xiang
11:48 - Endangered Languages

📜 SOURCES & ATTRIBUTIONS:

BBC: Beijing says 400 million Chinese cannot speak Mandarin
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-c...

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