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FUN FACTS ABOUT THECHINESE LANGUAGE
There are almost 1 billion nativeChinese speakers making it the most
spoken language in the world.
Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language.
The word 'ma' has 4 different pronunciations
& meanings.
The Chinese language counts over 80,000 characters, but only
1/4 of these are used.
With 1,000 characters you can understand basic Chinese literacy
200 characters constitute 40% of basic Chinese language
(signs, news...)
One character represents one word and by combining 8 of these characters,you can form up to 32 words!
The shape of Chinese characters is inspired by the physicalappearance and meaning of the word.
穴
mā(媽)mother
mā(馬)horse
Fire + Mountain = VolcanoTree Woods(2 trees)
Forest(3 trees)
Crowd(3 persons)
Follow(2 persons)
Person
mā(罵)scold
má(麻)hemp
人 木 林 森 火 + 山 = 火山从 众
: Umbrella : Cave
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