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FAQs

The following is a list of frequently asked questions (FAWs) about Chinese related topics.

  1. What's the difference between Simplified and Traditional Chinese?
  2. What's Madarin Chinese?
  3. How many dialects are there in China?
  4. How can I display Chinese characters on my computer?

How many dialects are there in China?

Chinese is a big language family that consists of languages or dialects that are mutually intelligible to some degree. Depending on classification scheme, the Spoken Chinese are said to have seven to thirteen dialects, of which Madarin（普通话） has about 850 million speakers, followed by Wu（吴语）at 90 million, and Cantonese (粤语) at 70 millions. The following image (from wikipedia) might give you a general idea.Dialects in China