Chinese

Chinese (also called the Sinitic languages) can be considered a language or language family. About one-fifth of the world's population (over 1 billion people) speak some form of Chinese as their native language. The distinction between different forms of Chinese as "languages" or "dialects" is controversial among authorities.

All spoken varieties of Chinese are tonal and analytic. The most common regional variety is Mandarin (850 million), followed by Wu (90 million), Min (70 million) and Cantonese (70 million). Most of these groups are mutually unintelligible, though some may share common terms and some degree of intelligibility.

The standardized form of spoken Chinese is Standard Mandarin, based on the Beijing dialect.It is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan, one of four official languages of Singapore, and one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Standard Cantonese is one of the official languages of Hong Kong (together with English) and Macau (together with Portuguese). Other forms are influential throughout Southeast Asia.

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Baby word book - Chinese and English
for Nursery-3rd grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Beyond the Great Mountains
by Ed Young
from Chronicle Books
for 1st-4th grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes
by Faye-Lynn Wu
Hardcover with jacket and disc from Tuttle Publishing
for 1st-3rd grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
Chinese in 10 Minutes a Day
by Kristine Kershul
7th edition from Bilingual Books
for 6th-Adult
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
Chinese through Tone & Color w/2 CDs
from Hippocrene Books
for 6th-Adult
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$12.50 (1 in stock)
First Thousand Words in Chinese
by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$12.99
Grandfather Counts
by Alfredo Schifini, Deborah J Short, Josefina Villamil Tinajero
Reprint from Lee & Low Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Learn Chinese with Me Book 1 - Set
from People's Education Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$16.00 (1 in stock)
My First Chinese Exercises - Two Volumes
6th edition from Better Chinese Ltd.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Pet Dragon
by Christoph Niemann
First Edition first Printing from Greenwillow Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Traditional Chinese Early Word Book
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Traditional Chinese Rhymes
in Chinese (Location: FL-GEN)
$8.00 (1 in stock)