Chinese Isn't (Really) A Language...
Controversial video title. It’s not as bad as it sounds. | Start learning for free with Busuu and try premium for 7 days! 💻 Web: https://bit.ly/kklein_busuu 📱 Mobile: https://bit.ly/kklein_busuu_app Thanks to my patrons!! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=73482298 Sources: Dong, J. (2009). "The enregisterment of Putonghua in practice". Working Papers in Urban Language and Literacies. Norman, J. (2003). "The Chinese dialects: Phonology". The Sino-Tibetan languages. Routledge. Zhang, X. (1998). "Dialect MT: A Case Study between Cantonese and Mandarin". Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Zhao, E. & Wu, Y. (2020). "Over 80 percent of Chinese population speak Mandarin". People’s Daily Online. 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - Various Ramblings 5:50 - Credits Written and created by me Art by kvd102 Idea by gu-de-mao-ning Music by me. This video is sponsored by Busuu Translations: Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch Kaiserthe13th - Turkish Дзишу Фурыч - Russian João P. Magalhães - Portuguese (Brazil) Rubýñ - Spanish deacu daniel - Romanian #chinese #linguistics #mandarin
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