Chinese

Chinese, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan language stock. Chinese comprises a number of variants; those that are mutually unintelligible are considered separate languages by some linguists but are classed among the many dialects of Chinese by others.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Chinese Writing System
• Grammar, Pronunciation, and Vocabulary
• Forms of Chinese
• Bibliography

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