Is the Chinese written language the same everywhere?

The writing system is one of China’s most valuable inventions. Many of the oral dialects are mutually unintelligible—meaning they’re so different from one another that speakers of one can’t understand speakers of another. Interestingly though, all of the languages share the same writing system.

Does China have different languages?

The official dialect of China is Mandarin, also call “Putonghua”. More than 70\% of the Chinese population speaks Mandarin, but there are also several other major dialects in use in China: Yue (Cantonese), Xiang (Hunanese), Min dialect, Gan dialect, Wu dialect, and Kejia or Hakka dialect.

Did ancient China have a writing system?

Chinese civilization is truly ancient, as is its writing system. This ancient writing system, called Jiaguwen, was pictographic, meaning each symbol represented a physical object.

How many written languages are there in China?

There are three distinct Chinese written languages: 1 Traditional Chinese for Taiwan 2 Traditional Chinese for Hong Kong SAR 3 Simplified Chinese for mainland China More

Is traditional Chinese still a relevant language in mainland China?

In terms of market size, mainland China vastly outranks its fellow Chinese speaking neighbors. In terms of market value, however, the consumer bases in Hong Kong and Taiwan should not be overlooked. At Lionbridge, Traditional Chinese still ranks in the top 15 most requested languages for translation.

Which language do people write in Hong Kong and Singapore?

The table below solves the riddle: In mainland China and Singapore, Mandarin is the spoken language and people resort to Simplified Chinese when they write. In Hong Kong, Cantonese is the predominant dialect while people write in Traditional Chinese.

Can Chinese people read simplified Chinese?

An interesting quirk in this equation is that most Chinese living in the Hong Kong and Taiwan can read Simplified Chinese, but the majority of residents from the People’s Republic have trouble deciphering Traditional characters.