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TIL all the Chinese languages share a common written language (wenyan), but it has no single standard of pronunciation. The spoken varieties of Chinese are mutually unintelligible to their respect... (www.britannica.com)

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Original Title: TIL all the Chinese languages share a common written language (wenyan), but it has no single standard of pronunciation. The spoken varieties of Chinese are mutually unintelligible to their respective speakers, including Mandarin, Wu, Min; Gan (Kan), Hakka (Kejia), Xiang; and Cantonese (Yue)

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