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  2. Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca) - Wikipedia

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    Mandarin ( traditional Chinese: 官話; simplified Chinese: 官话; pinyin: Guānhuà; lit. 'official speech') was the common spoken language of administration of the Chinese empire during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It arose as a practical measure, due to the mutual unintelligibility of the varieties of Chinese spoken in different parts of China.

  3. Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language - Wikipedia

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    The Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL) is a standardized language proficiency test developed for non-native speakers of Chinese. It is the result of a joint project of the Mandarin Training Center, the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, and the Psychological Testing Center of National Taiwan Normal University.

  4. Chinese Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong Sign Language derives from the southern dialect, but by now is a separate language. The Shanghai dialect is found in Malaysia and Taiwan, but Chinese Sign Language is unrelated to Taiwanese Sign Language (which is part of the Japanese family), Malaysian Sign Language (of the French family), or to Tibetan Sign Language (isolate).

  5. Change your language or location preferences in AOL

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    By setting your preferred language and location, you can stay informed with the latest local headlines, weather forecast and date formats displayed. 1. Login to your AOL account. 2. Click your profile to access your Account info. 3. From the Language menu, select your desired language and region. Still need help?

  6. Bibliography of the Chinese language and writing system

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    Bibliography of the Chinese language and writing system. The Chinese language has an attested history spanning more than three millennia, and linguists have reconstructed forms spoken millennia prior to the earliest known examples of written Chinese c. 1200 BC. Chinese may be viewed either as a holistic unit with great internal topological ...

  7. Chinese language law - Wikipedia

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    The law made it illegal to teach languages other than Chinese in schools. Similar laws have been widely criticised as attempts to force minority groups to assimilate into Chinese culture, though the PRC denies those claims. See also. Standard Chinese; Constitution of the People's Republic of China; Table of General Standard Chinese Characters

  8. Microsoft asks some China staff to relocate amid Sino ... - AOL

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    The employees, mostly engineers of Chinese nationality, were earlier in the week offered an option to transfer to the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, WSJ reported, citing people ...

  9. Pinghua - Wikipedia

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    Pinghua is a trade language in some areas of Guangxi, spoken as a second language by speakers of Zhuang languages. Some speakers are officially classified as Zhuang, and many are genetically distinct from most other Han Chinese. [2] The northern subgroup is centered on Guilin and the southern subgroup around Nanning.

  10. Bachelor of Science - Wikipedia

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    India. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) is usually a three-year graduate program in India offered by state and central universities. Some independent private colleges can also offer BS degrees with minimum changes in curriculum. B.Sc is different from Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) or Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech).

  11. Chinese tech exec’s fiery endorsement of toxic workplace ...

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    She joined Baidu in 2021 from Huawei, a Chinese tech giant known for its hard-charging “wolf culture ,” where employees are expected to emulate wolves’ bloodthirsty nature, fearlessness and ...