Mandarin Language

Language Information

	name	Mandarin
	nativename	北方話 ''Běifānghuà''
	familycolor	Sino-Tibetan
	states	China (the People's Republic Of China and the Republic Of China ), Singapore , Indonesia , Malaysia , and other Chinese communities around the world
	region	Most of northern and southwestern China widely understood in the rest of China
	speakers	8672 million
	rank	1
	fam2	Chinese
	nation	in , ROC , Singapore , United Nations
	agency	in the PRC: various agencies <br />in the ROC: / Speak Mandarin Campaign [http://mandarinorgsg/html/homehtm]

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