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Sarah Van Der Goes: language vs peoples

2007-07-11T17:43:37Z

language vs peoples

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			The '''Chinese''' are people from [[China]].

			==Chinese (language)==
	'''Chinese''' is a [[language]] that unlike the romanized [[Europe]]an languages does not use a simple alphabet as a [[writing]] system. Instead it uses a set of over twenty thousand symbols that represent basic concepts or words which can then be combined to create other words. The spoken language is actually a variety of different languages (falsely called "dialects"), rather one specific tongue, all using the Chinese script. [[Cantonese]] and [[Mandarin]] are the best known modern versions of these. The development during the [[7th century\|7th]] to [[10th century\|10th centuries]] is known as Middle Chinese. The use of Mandarin in southwestern China slowly increased after a plague in the [[12th century]].		'''Chinese''' is a [[language]] that unlike the romanized [[Europe]]an languages does not use a simple alphabet as a [[writing]] system. Instead it uses a set of over twenty thousand symbols that represent basic concepts or words which can then be combined to create other words. The spoken language is actually a variety of different languages (falsely called "dialects"), rather one specific tongue, all using the Chinese script. [[Cantonese]] and [[Mandarin]] are the best known modern versions of these. The development during the [[7th century\|7th]] to [[10th century\|10th centuries]] is known as Middle Chinese. The use of Mandarin in southwestern China slowly increased after a plague in the [[12th century]].

Sarah Van Der Goes: corrected # of chinese symbols, added wikis

2007-07-09T17:39:14Z

corrected # of chinese symbols, added wikis

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	'''Chinese''' is a [[language]] that unlike the romanized [[Europe]]an languages does not use a simple alphabet as a [[writing]] system. Instead it uses a set of over ~~one~~ ~~hundred~~ symbols that represent basic concepts or words which can then be combined to create other words. The spoken language is actually a variety of different languages (falsely called "dialects"), rather one specific tongue, all using the Chinese script. Cantonese and Mandarin are the best known modern versions of these. The development during the [[7th century\|7th]] to [[10th century\|10th centuries]] is known as Middle Chinese. The use of Mandarin in southwestern China slowly increased after a plague in the [[12th century]].		'''Chinese''' is a [[language]] that unlike the romanized [[Europe]]an languages does not use a simple alphabet as a [[writing]] system. Instead it uses a set of over twenty thousand symbols that represent basic concepts or words which can then be combined to create other words. The spoken language is actually a variety of different languages (falsely called "dialects"), rather one specific tongue, all using the Chinese script. [[Cantonese]] and [[Mandarin]] are the best known modern versions of these. The development during the [[7th century\|7th]] to [[10th century\|10th centuries]] is known as Middle Chinese. The use of Mandarin in southwestern China slowly increased after a plague in the [[12th century]].

	While it is known that the writing system exists from c1500 BCE, little or no evidence exists of its use in Europe in the early [[period]] due to the lack of interaction between China and Europe. Even [[Marco Polo]] gave no reference to it in his book.		While it is known that the writing system exists from c1500 BCE, little or no evidence exists of its use in Europe in the early [[period]] due to the lack of interaction between China and Europe. Even [[Marco Polo]] gave no reference to it in his book.

	[[Category:Language]]		[[Category:Language]]
			[[category:china]]

220.253.121.204: corrected typo -- eraly to early

2005-12-25T08:59:45Z

corrected typo -- eraly to early

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	'''Chinese''' is a [[language]] that unlike the romanized [[Europe]]an languages does not use a simple alphabet as a [[writing]] system. Instead it uses a set of over one hundred symbols that represent basic concepts or words which can then be combined to create other words. The spoken language is actually a variety of different languages (falsely called "dialects"), rather one specific tongue, all using the Chinese script. Cantonese and Mandarin are the best known modern versions of these. The development during the [[7th century\|7th]] to [[10th century\|10th centuries]] is known as Middle Chinese. The use of Mandarin in southwestern China slowly increased after a plague in the [[12th century]].		'''Chinese''' is a [[language]] that unlike the romanized [[Europe]]an languages does not use a simple alphabet as a [[writing]] system. Instead it uses a set of over one hundred symbols that represent basic concepts or words which can then be combined to create other words. The spoken language is actually a variety of different languages (falsely called "dialects"), rather one specific tongue, all using the Chinese script. Cantonese and Mandarin are the best known modern versions of these. The development during the [[7th century\|7th]] to [[10th century\|10th centuries]] is known as Middle Chinese. The use of Mandarin in southwestern China slowly increased after a plague in the [[12th century]].

	While it is known that the writing system exists from c1500 BCE, little or no evidence exists of its use in Europe in the ~~eraly~~ [[period]] due to the lack of interaction between China and Europe. Even [[Marco Polo]] gave no reference to it in his book.		While it is known that the writing system exists from c1500 BCE, little or no evidence exists of its use in Europe in the early [[period]] due to the lack of interaction between China and Europe. Even [[Marco Polo]] gave no reference to it in his book.

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Conrad Leviston: Category:Language

2004-12-02T22:24:47Z

Category:Language

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	While it is known that the writing system exists from c1500 BCE, little or no evidence exists of its use in Europe in the eraly [[period]] due to the lack of interaction between China and Europe. Even [[Marco Polo]] gave no reference to it in his book.		While it is known that the writing system exists from c1500 BCE, little or no evidence exists of its use in Europe in the eraly [[period]] due to the lack of interaction between China and Europe. Even [[Marco Polo]] gave no reference to it in his book.

			[[Category:Language]]

Cian at 01:27, 17 August 2004

2004-08-17T01:27:25Z

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'''Chinese''' is a [[language]] that unlike the romanized [[Europe]]an languages does not use a simple alphabet as a [[writing]] system. Instead it uses a set of over one hundred symbols that represent basic concepts or words which can then be combined to create other words. The spoken language is actually a variety of different languages (falsely called "dialects"), rather one specific tongue, all using the Chinese script. Cantonese and Mandarin are the best known modern versions of these. The development during the [[7th century|7th]] to [[10th century|10th centuries]] is known as Middle Chinese. The use of Mandarin in southwestern China slowly increased after a plague in the [[12th century]].

While it is known that the writing system exists from c1500 BCE, little or no evidence exists of its use in Europe in the eraly [[period]] due to the lack of interaction between China and Europe. Even [[Marco Polo]] gave no reference to it in his book.