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    Wu (traditional Chinese: 吳語; simplified Chinese: 吴语; Wu romanization and IPA:ngu ngei [ŋu²³³.ŋə̰i²¹⁴], wu6 gniu6 [ɦu˩˩˧.n̠ʲy˩˩˧] (Shanghainese), ghou2...
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  • Shanghainese (category Articles containing Wu Chinese-language text)
    language, also known as the Shanghai dialect, or Hu language, is a variety of Wu Chinese spoken in the central districts of the city of Shanghai and its surrounding...
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  • The Southwestern Mandarin are also the lingua Franca in Guangxi and Hubei. Total Native Han Speakers: 77,175,000 Wu-speaking peoples, in particular, are...
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    across China. Mandarin Chinese is the most popular dialect, and is used as a lingua franca across China. Linguists classify these varieties as the Sinitic branch...
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    advantage of these similarities, systematizing common standards then named línguas gerais ("general languages"), which were spoken in that region until the...
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    the official national spoken language for the mainland and serves as a lingua franca within the Mandarin-speaking regions (and, to a lesser extent, across...
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    estimates the ten most spoken languages (L1 + L2) in 2022 as follows: Lingua franca Lists of languages List of languages by number of native speakers...
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    Power Couple http://hamptons-magazine.com/home-page/articles/sean-macpherson-rachelle-hruska-montauk#bkWuWEghIK8qvEsM.99 GuestofaGuest.com Lingua Franca...
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    used as a lingua franca. "Mandarin" is a translation of Guanhua (官話; 官话; 'bureaucrat speech'), which referred to the late imperial lingua franca. The...
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    these dialects very influential. Some form of Mandarin has served as a lingua franca for government officials and the courts since the 14th century. In...
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